At least four soldiers were killed in the latest chapter in a growing problem for the Mexican government and state-run oil company Mexican Petroleum (PEMEX)
He will be allowed to send pre-screened messages to his wife for personal reasons and to help mount his legal defense
A federal indictment in the United States seeks the forfeiture of more than USD$14 billion of drug proceeds and illicit profits allegedly derived from the Sinaloa Cartel's activities
Soldiers were attacked by unknown assailants while monitoring the Mineral de Dolores municipality
MEXICO-DRUG WAR: Head of Beltrán Leyva drug cartel was granted an injunction in his appeal against extradition due to technicalities involving a failure to follow due process
MEXICO-CORRUPTION: "It's a decision the Italian authorities will have to evaluate and make"
MEXICO-DRUG WAR: "The suspect was arrested without incident on Wednesday morning by Mexican authorities in cooperation with U.S. authorities"
MEXICO-CORRUPTION: Tomás Yarrington, ex-governor of Tamaulipas state, was accused in 2013 by a federal grand jury in Texas of taking millions of dollars in bribes from the Gulf Cartel and other traffickers
MEXICO-CARTELS: Beltrán Leyva was arrested by Mexican special forces in early 2008 in what his brothers reportedly believed to be a sell-out by the rival Sinaloa gang
MEXICO-DRUG WAR: Well over 100,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico over the last decade