U.S. State Department Warns of Torched Buses, Cartel Violence in Los Cabos
The US State Department warns tourists to keep an eye on the market as cartel violence continues to surge in busy beach resort areas in Los Cabos. The violence includes not only shootings and targeted killings, but also style attacks on city buses that are set on fire by gunmen despite the packed passengers. The […]
Trump admin partners with Mexican government to arrest key cartel boss
The ICE Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) partnered with the Mexican government’s special law enforcement force to arrest a criminal boss who belongs to the Sinaloa Cartel, known simply as the “440.” This comes after the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration last year said the US was facing the “most dangerous and deadly drug crisis” […]
Gulf Cartel Operates Alternative Government in Mexican Border City
The Gulf Cartels have been almost completely exempt from it, extending control of Tamaulipas to the point where they operate as an alternative government for the border city of Matamoros. This management requires all businesses, including food vendors, flower shops and even bread handlers, to pay weekly protection fees to the Gulf Cartel. The cartel […]
Liberal Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan denies appeal from Mexican family seeking asylum from cartel violence
Families who claim to be facing violence from drug cartels are likely I’ll be deported Supreme Court judge Elena Kagan went to Mexico after rejecting a request for an emergency appeal to block deportation proceedings. Liberal Justice denied a request for appeal to the ruling from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and did not […]
U.S. State Dept. Revokes Visas of Mexican Band that Glorifies Drug Cartel Kingpin ‘El Mencho’
Mexican band Los Alegress del Baranco is a group that praises the drug cartel for many of its songs, and has cancelled its visas by the Trump administration ahead of a planned concert in San Francisco. The band was scheduled to headline the South Bay concert on April 29th, but U.S. Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau […]
Liberal Justice declines to block removal of migrants who claim fleeing cartel
Supreme Court Judge Elena Kagan on Wednesday denied an emergency appeal by four Mexican nationals facing deportation. The request asked the court to temporarily block deletion so that a formal petition could be filed for review. Kagan refused the application without comment and did not introduce the matter to his court colleagues. Petitioners, Fabian Lagunus […]
Mexican Border State Silent About Forced Cartel Recruitment, Kidnappings
Authorities in Tamaulipas’ Mexican border states remain tense over the recent rescue of 21 victims who have been accused of cartel gunmen and are clearly in the process of being drafted into criminal organizations. Officials are actively trying to hide the massive amounts of lures and rescues, claiming the area is safe. The rescue took […]
US offers $8M reward for brothers who lead ‘brutal Mexican cartel’
The US is offering $8 million in compensation for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of two brothers accused of “addicting Americans” of fentanyl and other illegal drugs being trafficked across borders. Johnny Hartado Olascoaga and Jose Alfredo Hartado Olascoaga were accused of La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) co-leaders of the state of […]
Treasury Department Sanctions Mexican Cartel for Fentanyl, Human Trafficking
Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent announced Tuesday that the Trump administration has imposed sanctions on four individuals linked to fentanyl and Mexican cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), which is linked to human trafficking. “Today’s actions underscore our commitment to strengthening pressure on violent drug cartels like LNFM. LNFM continues to transport deadly fentanyl and other […]
Newly Captured Los Zetas Cartel Lieutenant Spent Time Hiding in Texas
Among the recently captured Los Zetas, Li spent more than a year in southern Texas, hiding from his rival before returning to Mexico to unleash extreme regional violence. The cartel figure is believed to have masterminded a massive attack that killed two Mexican soldiers and one police officer, while injuring eight other people in response […]