DEA on Los Chapitos: ‘The Sinaloa Cartel has never been more powerful or made more money’
Anne Milgram said the criminal organization was operating in more than 40 countries, and had become more ‘ruthless’ since it was taken over by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.

The indictment against Los Chapitos also revealed that DEA agents infiltrated the leadership of the criminal group for a year-and-a-half. In this time, the officers recorded cases of racketeering, money laundering and torture techniques against rival cartel leaders. But the findings did not go down well with the López Obrador government, which claimed that the DEA operations had not been agreed upon or authorized. The Mexican president described the operation as an “abusive, arrogant interference that should not be accepted under any circumstances.” In Milgram’s speech on Tuesday, there was no mention of the diplomatic tensions with Mexico.