Unlike the pictured kitty, El Gato is anything but cute and cuddly. The malicious software is a form of ransomware, code that renders a device unusable until the victim forks over money.

Jose Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez, known as "El Gato," was one of 29 cartel figures sent to the U.S. on criminal charges this week, federal officials announced.

FORT WORTH. El Gato, the cartel boss who ordered a hit on a Southlake cartel lawyer in 2013 later received a video of one of his relatives being beheaded, according to testimony in federal court ...

José Rodolfo Villareal-Hernandez, a Mexican cartel leader popularly known as “El Gato”, has been arrested by authorities in Mexico. He was wanted in the US for his alleged role in ...