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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who co-founded one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Erick Valencia ...

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Wednesday that U.S. President Donald Trump called her after Mexico’s military killed ...