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Joaquín Guzmán

Arcs in the news about Joaquín Guzmán from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Person · 20 stories · 213 articles · earliest story we hold Dec 11, 2023

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Dec 11, 20231307
Mar 4, 202449436
May 20, 20240318
Jul 22, 20249198136
Jul 29, 2024313348
Aug 5, 20240113
Aug 12, 202413212
Oct 14, 20242317
Dec 23, 20241001
May 26, 20251207
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Jul 7, 2025410129
Aug 25, 202538130
Nov 24, 202537524
Dec 1, 2025410232
Jul 20, 2026812868
Jul 27, 20261001
Aug 24, 202687031

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else9 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Joaquín Guzmán that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Jul 30– 31Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty to drug trafficking charges in Chicago24 articles · 16 independent sources
    1 left, 8 center, 2 right
  2. Jul 28– 29Attorney for Mexican drug lord says client ‘forcibly kidnapped’ by El Chapo’s son37 articles · 20 independent sources
    2 left, 4 center, 1 right
  3. Jul 26– Aug 2Alleged cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada appears in federal court in El Paso34 articles · 25 independent sources
    6 left, 7 center, 5 right

Stories that name Joaquín Guzmán

  1. Oct 16– 17Mexico’s former public security chief sentenced to 38 years in US drug case8 articles · 7 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 1 right
  2. Aug 10– 16'El Mayo' news: US prosecutors aim to try Mexican drug lord in New York, then Texas15 articles · 10 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 3 right
  3. Jul 27Mexican kingpin's arrest likely to set off violent jockeying for power19 articles · 15 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 2 right
  4. May 25– 26Top Mexican cartel criminal El Nini, once among America’s most wanted, extradited to the US8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 1 right
  5. Mar 6– 9U.S. court convicts ex-president of Honduras of aiding drug traffickers39 articles · 28 independent sources
    4 left, 9 center, 4 right
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