At the beginning of 2016, two topics took up the forefront of the national media: the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman", founder of the Sinaloa cartel, who had been on the run since July 2015, and the visit of Pope Francis to Mexico from February 12th to 17th. The re-capture of "El Chapo" was widely celebrated by the Mexican Government. Nevertheless, according to the Attorney General of the United States, although it represents an "assertion of law enforcement", Guzman was no longer an active player and the infrastructure of the Sinaloa cartel remained intact.