El Chapo

Vicente Zambada Niebla takes the witness box, at the trial of accused Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, right, in this courtroom sketch

El Chapo trial shows why a wall won’t stop drugs from crossing the US-Mexico border

The trial of Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera’s is a telenovela-style explainer on why a wall is unlikely to stop the lucrative US-Mexico drug trade.

A seller displays El Chapo T-shirts for sale in the Tepito neighborhood of Mexico City on Jan. 25, 2016.

Get ready for El Chapo-brand luggage, jewelry, toys and more

Culture
Mexican actress Kate Del Castillo arrives at the 2011 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival special screening of "Without Men" during the Maya Indie film series in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California, July 24, 2011.

Tracking El Chapo and Kate del Castillo’s relationship from their flirtatious texts

Culture
The entrance of a tunnel connected to the Altiplano Federal Penitentiary and used by drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman to escape, is seen in Almoloya de Juarez, on the outskirts of Mexico City, July 12, 2015.

Two guys risk their lives to get an interview with ‘El Chapo’

Conflict
Donald Trump has some harsh words for El Chapo

Has Donald Trump become ‘the great Latino unifier?’

Culture

The capture of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ may help Mexico clean house

Conflict & Justice

The capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman is a “huge break for Mexico,” according to journalist Alfredo Corchado. But he says it’s only a partial victory for Mexicans unless they use it to find out which government authorities have been colluding with the drug cartels.

How do you capture a drug kingpin without firing a shot?

Global Scan

Over the weekend, US and Mexican officials teamed up to capture one of the Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins, El Chapo of the Sinaloa cartel. And they did it without firing a single shot. Meanwhile, all the gunfire and violence in Ukraine finally forced its president from power and into hiding, but his time is running out. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.

Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Replaces Al Capone as Chicago’s Public Enemy No. 1

Conflict & Justice

How did Mexican drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman become Chicago’s Public Enemy Number One? Anchor, Carol Hills talks with AP’s legal reporter Michael Tarm in Chicago.