Many rappers claim they have blood on their hands but one former YouTube star took it to Charles Manson levels. A Mexican rapper tortured three people and then some.
Mexican Instagram star uan Luis Lagunas Rosales a.k.a. El Pirata De Culiacan was shot dead in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Many are saying it was his online slander of Mexican Cartel boss El Mencho that got him killed.
Marshawn Lynch stood during the playing of the Mexican National Anthem ahead of an NFL game, sparking President Donald Trump to call for his suspension.
Netflix series Narcos has unfortunately been touched by real-life violence. A location scout for the show was shot and killed while doing his job in Mexico.
Cuauhtemoc Blanco, a former soccer player and current mayor of a Mexican city, is accused of ordering a murder of a man ahead of a festival earlier this month. Allegations of corruption and misconduct have followed Blanco since he took office last year but contends he had nothing to do with the alleged hit.
Atlanta rapper Kap G stopped by HipHopWired to talk about what he’s been up to since the success of his hit single “Girlfriend.”
The mother of Ethan Couch, the Texas teen who got probation after killing four people in a drunk driving incident and recently evaded authorities by fleeing to Mexico, was released from jail Tuesday (Jan. 12). Tonya Couch’s $1 million bail was reduced to $75,000 after some successful arguing from her attorney.
The arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman last week put an end to a months-long search for the Mexican drug lord. The raid by the Mexican Marines that took down Guzman was caught on video, looking very much like a first-person shooter video game.
For all its glorification, the violence in Mexico due to organized crime is horrific. On Saturday (Jan. 2), Mayor Gisela Mota was slain just a day after taking office in the city of Temixco.
Authorities seized 12 tons of marijuana and arrested 21 people Wednesday (Oct. 21) in connection with an elaborate drug tunnel on the U.S.-Mexico border. The tunnel fronted in a warehouse near San Diego was equipped with a ventilation, and rail system.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the elusive Mexican drug kingpin, has avoided capture once again but not without suffering some wounds in the process. It has been reported that El Chapo narrowly escaped from Mexican government forces near the base of operations of the Sinaloa drug cartel leader.
Tragedy has struck the home of former Miss USA Ali Landry’s home and all indicators point that it has something to do with Mexican cartel gangs.
