El Mayo’s guilty plea, Sheinbaum’s tightrope, and Julio César Chávez Jr.’s release expose a crisis of impunity — and a U.S. president who’s not waiting around.

President Donald J. Trump is not just fighting cartels—he’s defeating them. In a bold, strategic takedown unlike anything seen in modern U.S. foreign policy, Trump has taken direct aim at the unholy trinity of Latin American narco-terrorism: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.

The notion of “mass deportations” has not materialized. Yet the possibility, however remote, hangs in the air, a symbol of how fragile the post-AI labor compact has become.

Julio César Chávez Sr., the legendary Mexican boxer, has broken his silence following the shocking arrest of his son, Julio César Chávez Jr., by U.S. immigration officials on July 2, 2025. The younger Chávez faces extradition to Mexico, where authorities accuse him of working as an enforcer for the Sinaloa Cartel—allegedly torturing rivals by beating them “like punching bags.”