Close ally of drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’ gets 30 years in prison as U.S. ramps up pressure on cartels Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference about Kilmar Abrego Garcia at the ...

Chicago's most wanted fugitive, the cartel kingpin that goes by "El Mencho," is now wanted even more as the feds have raised the bounty on his head, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.

Meanwhile, El Mencho’s son-in-law, Cristian Fernando Gutiérrez Ochoa, appeared in the same courtroom earlier Friday to plead guilty in a separate case to a money laundering conspiracy charge.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A close ally of fugitive Jalisco New Generation boss known as “El Mencho” for years orchestrated a prolific drug trafficking operation, using a semi-submersible and other ...