Luis Chaparro
Reporter
luis.chaparro@vice.comJournalist and producer moving between the border of Texas and Mexico covering narcos, drugs and immigration.
Cartels Are Using a Police Database to Track and Target Their Enemies
Members of Mexico’s cartels are piggy-backing on technology used by local governments, sources told VICE News.
El Chapo’s Mother Just Died. Mexico’s President Sends his Condolences.
Consuelo Loera Pérez, who was 95, died over the weekend at a local hospital in Sinaloa, Mexico.
“Pablo Icecobar,” a Mexican Meth King, Was Just Sentenced To 14 Years In the Netherlands
"I’m living la vida loca,” drug-trafficker Pavel "Icecobar" N. allegedly wrote before his capture.
How One of Mexico's Biggest Cartels Is Bloodying Up Your Margaritas
The CJNG cartel has created the Lime Special Forces armed group to extort local farmers, according to reports.
The Mexican Military Killed a Migrant and His Smuggler at the Border
It's not the first time law enforcement has used excessive force against migrants in Mexico.
Mexican Cartels Get the Blame for Human Smuggling. But Americans Are Heavily Involved.
One smuggler told VICE News that moving people through the U.S-Mexico border into the United States is now more profitable than moving cocaine.
Did El Chapo’s Sons Really Just Ban Fentanyl Production in Mexico?
A number of signs found in Sinaloa suggest as much, but sources say it is a ploy for more control of the lucrative business.
El Chapo’s Son Ovidio Just Pleaded Not Guilty to Drug Charges in Chicago
The youngest of "Los Chapitos" has now joined his father in the U.S penitentiary system following his extradition from Mexico on Sept15.
He Accused a Local Drug Lord of Owning Meth Labs. Then He Was Brutally Murdered.
Hipólito Mora was an influential leader of the historic self-defense movement in the troubled Mexican state of Michoacán.
Mexico’s President Says His Country Doesn't Produce Fentanyl. His Military Seized 7 Tons in 5 Years.
Mexico is the biggest source of illicit fentanyl killing Americans, according to the DEA.
Criminals Are Using Fake FedEx Vans to Smuggle Migrants
The smuggling network's fake delivery vans were discovered carrying migrants who had crossed the U.S-Mexico border further into the U.S.
A US Woman Went to Mexico for Rehab. She Was Killed and Put in a Blender.
Celia Yaneth Castañeda picked up a drugs and booze habit in the U.S. But she was brutally murdered in the Mexican rehab center she was sent to.