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No prison too secure for El Chapo

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This week we revealed how not even the most secure U.S. prison could fully contain Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, who managed to communicate with his sons from the ADX Florence supermax facility in Colorado, where he has been serving a life sentence since 2019.

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Meanwhile, as the world follows with concern the fate of a cruise ship where several passengers have died or been sickened by the hantavirus, we spoke with one of the people on board about how events have been unfolding, and how for many days they remained unaware of the situation.

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Other featured stories this week include an interview with global pop star Rosalía and a look at the evangelical boom in Madrid, where this religious community has grown by 30% in a decade.

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We hope you enjoy this selection of stories from EL PAÍS USA Edition.

El Chapo managed to communicate with his sons from US maximum-security prison‌

An official report warns that Joaquín Guzmán exchanged messages last year about threats against government informants and payments for drug sales

Working with fake documents: the tool that persists among undocumented immigrants under Trump‌

Thousands of foreigners use forged papers to earn a living, while experts say the US president’s harsh policies have exacerbated the problem

Cruise ship passengers trace the origin of the hantavirus outbreak: ‘It’s being said here that it may have been the Dutch couple’‌

The epidemiology of the virus, the chronology of the infections, and the accounts of the travelers reinforce the theory of person-to-person transmission on board the ‘MV Hondius’

The limbo of the Diablos, the firefighters from the US–Mexico border‌

A group of locals recruited decades ago from the ranching communities of the Coahuila-Texas desert to serve as Big Bend National Park’s firefighting brigade now faces an uncertain future amid the budget cuts and immigration restrictions of the Trump administration

Rzeszów Airport in Poland, Ukraine's wartime air terminal‌

The airfield, 55 miles from the border, has become the main point of arrival for military and humanitarian aid

The evangelical boom in Madrid: Packed stadiums, public transit advertising, and political connections‌

The presence of this religious community has grown by 30% in a decade in the Spanish capital

The phantom fleet fueling Israel’s wars‌

Greek shipping companies transport Azerbaijani crude oil from a Turkish port in violation of the embargo imposed by Ankara, concealing their shipments by turning off their tracking signals

Gabriel Rabinovich, biochemist: ‘My dream is to never have to tell any patient that there’s nothing more we can do’‌

The Argentine scientist, who discovered molecular switches that regulate the immune response, is a senior researcher at the new CaixaResearch Institute in Barcelona

Marrying for love of the mafia: ‘Marriages are a governing mechanism’‌

The study of 900 unions outlines the power network of the various clans of the Calabrian ‘Ndrangheta

Rosalía: ‘You need to be able to joke around and have a sense of humor in life’‌