Drugs go north and money goes south.
July 11, 2015 - Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman escapes through a hole in his cell block that led to a tunnel nearly a mile long. Guzman previously escaped from prison in 2001 in a laundry cart and eluded authorities for more than a dozen years until his capture in 2014.
January 8, 2016 - Mexican security forces arrest Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Sinaloa. While on the run, Guzman met with actor Sean Penn in October for an interview published in Rolling Stone.
January 29, 2016 - A cross-border raid by US and Mexican law enforcement officials results in the arrest of 24 Sinaloa cartel members. The sting also netted weapons and hundreds of pounds of narcotics.
February 23, 2016 - Alfredo Beltran Leyva, behind the Beltran Leyva cartel, pleads guilty to participating in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy before US District Judge Richard Leon. In 2017, Leyva is sentenced to life in prison.
January 19, 2017 - Mexico's Foreign Ministry turns Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman over to US authorities.
March 14, 2017 - Veracruz State Attorney General Jorge Winckler confirms that a mass grave containing more than 250 human skulls has been uncovered. The remains appear to be victims of organized crime violence killed in recent years.
January 8, 2016 - Mexican security forces arrest Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in Sinaloa. While on the run, Guzman met with actor Sean Penn in October for an interview published in Rolling Stone.
January 29, 2016 - A cross-border raid by US and Mexican law enforcement officials results in the arrest of 24 Sinaloa cartel members. The sting also netted weapons and hundreds of pounds of narcotics.
February 23, 2016 - Alfredo Beltran Leyva, behind the Beltran Leyva cartel, pleads guilty to participating in an international narcotics trafficking conspiracy before US District Judge Richard Leon. In 2017, Leyva is sentenced to life in prison.
January 19, 2017 - Mexico's Foreign Ministry turns Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman over to US authorities.
March 14, 2017 - Veracruz State Attorney General Jorge Winckler confirms that a mass grave containing more than 250 human skulls has been uncovered. The remains appear to be victims of organized crime violence killed in recent years.
As of now El Chapo has a 2018 trial date set in the United States for drug trafficking. Sources say that 10000 pages have been documented in the U.S. case against infamous drug kingpin, El Chapo. Along with being a big drug trafficker El Chapo is also responsible for about 3,000 murders.