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Los Angeles Times
12-08-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Today: Case of ‘El Chapo' son cooperating with U.S. prosecutors roils Mexico
The saga of notorious drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman is full of twists and turns. His arrest in 2019 set off a deadly cartel siege of a Mexican city which forced the government to release him. In 2023 he was rearrested and extradited to the the bombshell news that he's cooperating with the U.S. is roiling Mexico and could expose corruption at the highest levels of government. Patrick McDonnell is the L.A. Times Mexico City bureau chief and joined Lisa McRee.


Los Angeles Times
11-04-2025
- Politics
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Today: Families flock to Mexican murder ranch, hoping for signs of loved ones
Protesters take to the streets throughout Mexico, demanding justice for the 120,000 people who've disappeared. Most of the missing are victims of Mexico's ruthless drug cartels. Many may have died at a recently discovered cartel death camp. L.A. Times Mexico City bureau chief Patrick McDonnell joined Lisa McRee with the story of the ranch that Mexican newspapers have called the 'Mexican Auschwitz.'