Narco

The drug war, the cartels, the violence, and the people caught in between — narco coverage that goes beyond body counts to the economics, politics, and human cost of Mexico's longest war.

A dark underground tunnel carved through earth, representing the elaborate escape tunnels built by El Chapo Guzmán, stretching into the distance with a single dim light

Crime

El Chapo's Handwritten Letters from the Prison That Was Built for Him

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán — the cartel boss who tunneled out of two prisons — is now writing handwritten letters from ADX Florence, America's most secure prison, begging a federal judge for fair treatment. His words reveal a man who built tunnels to freedom now trapped in concrete.