Ultimately, it may be Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s own words that come back to haunt him as he stands trial in the US accused of drug trafficking, write NJ Burkett and David Alire Garcia.

Eight armed men abducted six or seven suspected members of the Sinaloa drug cartel from a restaurant in the heart of Mexico’s Pacific tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta early on Monday morning, the state attorney general said.

Mexican marines have captured a founding member of the brutal Zetas drug cartel, the navy announced.

A gun battle between rival drug gangs in western Mexico has left 29 men dead.