Érick Valencia Salazar was among a group of 29 alleged drug lords extradited to the US from Mexico.

Erick Valencia Salazar, aka "El 85," formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with "El Mencho" who was killed by the Mexican army in February.

Mexico and the United States identify the 41-year-old as the possible successor to the powerful organization. Part of an old Michoacán clan and stepson of El Mencho, criminal lineage looms large in th ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mexican drug lord 'El Mencho' appears in undated photographs on a wanted poster on the US Department of State website with a $15m ...

Erick Valencia Salazar, a co-founder of one of Mexico’s deadliest gangs, faces 10 years to life in prison after making a plea deal in a Washington court.

Tourists have been stranded in Mexico and advised to shelter in place after the killing of a notorious cartel leader Sunday sparked a wave of violence across the country. Nemesio Ruben Oseguera ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican army killed the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” on Sunday, decapitating what had become Mexico’s most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Érick Valencia Salazar was arrested in Mexico in 2012 but released five years later, he was re-arrested in 2022 [YURI CORTEZ/AFP ...

In a military raid supported by the United States, Mexican forces have located and killed one of the country’s most notorious drug lords, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as “El Mencho”. In the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A California man who co-founded Mexico’s most violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel pleaded guilty Tuesday to ...