Luís Chaparro

1 month ago | piedenota.com | Luís Chaparro

LOS ANGELES, California. — The man in front of the camera is a puppet. A person used to fake his voice “to give it more authority,” using words that are not his own, standing before a camera to read something he didn’t write. Behind the camera is the author of that statement attributed to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG). His nickname is ‘El Sapo.’ His real name is Hugo Gonzalo Mendoza Gaytán.

2 months ago | piedenota.com | Luís Chaparro

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rubén Oseguera González, known as "El Menchito," is accused of being a leader and co-founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) alongside his father. The U.S. government considers him a drug trafficker and a "mass murderer," which led U.S. authorities to request a life sentence after he was found guilty of manufacturing and distributing illicit substances, as well as possession of weapons.

2 months ago | piedenota.com | Luís Chaparro

MEXICO CITY.— Through cargo trailers, one by one, José Ángel Canobbio Inzunza built a multimillion-dollar empire where money flowed in twice—once from the transportation and operation of his legitimate company and again from illegal cargo: fentanyl, cocaine, and marijuana. Canobbio had remained in the shadows—not in Culiacán, but from U.S. authorities.

2 months ago | piedenota.com | Luís Chaparro

SAN ANTONIO, Texas— In the video, a man dressed in military green sits at a pristine white desk, with green, white, and red lighting in the background. He introduces an innovative weapons development for law enforcement. The man speaks in Ukrainian; however, the person who sent the video to Mexicans used artificial intelligence to dub his words into Latin American Spanish. "The video highlights the tactical, logistical, and practical benefits of these firearms," the man on screen announces.

2 months ago | piedenota.com | Luís Chaparro

NUEVA YORK.— Desde el ex presidente mexicano Carlos Salinas de Gortari, hasta el reciente Andrés Manuel López Obrador, el mítico narcotraficante Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, ha coleccionado una real narco-enciclopedia donde han desfilado presidentes, gobernadores, alcaldes, empresarios, periodistas, narcotraficantes y otras personalidades que han estrechado su mano por una u otra razón. El contenido de esa enciclopedia está hoy en manos de las autoridades de Estados Unidos.