I believe they are seeking new partners. Yes the major Colombian cartels/groups have suffered fragments but so has the Mexicans. I dont believe that any group what so ever can come to Colombia and start taking over their shops. Just like the Colombians cant go to Mexico and take over the plazas over there, or in Italy and take over the coke market from them. They work together.
The Mexicans aren't in Colombia to take over as they are well aware that wouldn't work. That is like a carpenter taking over a mechanic shop....nobody will be able to get their car fixed.
I've read about this a bit now and it clearly says the Mexicans are settling down in Colombia but NOT with an army, they are not trying to take over territories although they finance their partners over there in their wars.. They basically wants to cut out the intermediaters since its very usual that Colombians,Panamanians,Ecuadorians bring the coke to them in Mexico for about 15k a kilo.
Seems to me they are doing what the Ndrangheta has done for decades now. Establishing more Brokers in Colombia.
That is very interesting that El Mayo gave the top spot to a guy that got locked up in the 1980's and only released in 2013. Caro and his 1980's drug trafficking knowledge will be the ruin of the Sinaloa Cartel.
That is very interesting that El Mayo gave the top spot to a guy that got locked up in the 1980's and only released in 2013. Caro and his 1980's drug trafficking knowledge will be the ruin of the Sinaloa Cartel.
Caro is the guy who did time for the Camarena murder no? I thought he was still locked up, very surprising to me..
Bodies of two kidnapped federal agents are found inside a car in Mexico after cartel video released on YouTube saw gang members surrounding them with guns
It's something i've always wonder are the cartel consider as crime organization or terrorists group ? Or maybe something in the middle ?
In the 80s and 90s drug trafficking in Mexico was run by just a few families mostly from Sinaloa back then it was run like a mafia, the terrorist element really started in 2006 when the government declared war on the cartels.
mexican cartels are organized crime mixed with terrorism, the sicilian mafia in the 1980s was both, it committed slaughters similar to terrorism sicilian mafia did it supported by italian government, probably the same in mexico
One thing i dont understand is that they say the Mexicans run the coke buisness since they basically took it from the colombians. But still you see the main Mexican ( EL chapo) being charged with smuggling only 200 tons of cocaine throughout his years. Alfredo beltran leyva was charged with even smaller amount i think it was some 90 tons.
When the Flores twins phone was tapped you see that they talked to El chapo and it wasnt tons involved, it was about 10-20 kilos, of heroin thou but still. CAN it possibly be that the media overhype the Mexicans when it comes to the dominance of the drug trade?
mexican cartels are organized crime mixed with terrorism, the sicilian mafia in the 1980s was both, it committed slaughters similar to terrorism sicilian mafia did it supported by italian government, probably the same in mexico
i think the term narco terror best describes the cartels,but the media and govt don't want to label it terrorism because it would mean they would have to acknowledge the problem is driven by terrorism and that parts of mexico are a failed state. i could see the comparison to the Sicilian Mafia,but Mexican cartels are terrorists no element of organize crime
One thing i dont understand is that they say the Mexicans run the coke buisness since they basically took it from the colombians. But still you see the main Mexican ( EL chapo) being charged with smuggling only 200 tons of cocaine throughout his years. Alfredo beltran leyva was charged with even smaller amount i think it was some 90 tons.
When the Flores twins phone was tapped you see that they talked to El chapo and it wasnt tons involved, it was about 10-20 kilos, of heroin thou but still. CAN it possibly be that the media overhype the Mexicans when it comes to the dominance of the drug trade?
They're likely only charging him with what's provable. Plus, they've already got so much evidence he's never getting out of jail, so I'd guess it doesn't matter if he's charged with 10 kilos vs 100 kilos.... like being charged with 10 murders vs 20 murders, what's the difference? Life in Florence Supermax is life.
One thing i dont understand is that they say the Mexicans run the coke buisness since they basically took it from the colombians. But still you see the main Mexican ( EL chapo) being charged with smuggling only 200 tons of cocaine throughout his years. Alfredo beltran leyva was charged with even smaller amount i think it was some 90 tons.
When the Flores twins phone was tapped you see that they talked to El chapo and it wasnt tons involved, it was about 10-20 kilos, of heroin thou but still. CAN it possibly be that the media overhype the Mexicans when it comes to the dominance of the drug trade?
They're likely only charging him with what's provable. Plus, they've already got so much evidence he's never getting out of jail, so I'd guess it doesn't matter if he's charged with 10 kilos vs 100 kilos.... like being charged with 10 murders vs 20 murders, what's the difference? Life in Florence Supermax is life.
I bet the government would like to state that they have removed a guy who is bringing in 300 tons a year more than a guy who has brought in 250 tons for 20 years.
But then on the other hand media is media, i am reading about Ecuadors new Pablo Escobar Washington Prada (Gerald) and he also is accused of smuggling 250 tons but then later they say he had 10 boats with 1 ton in each of them moving every week. thats 10 tons a week. So one does not know what to think
Canadians still travelling to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, despite warnings
Both Canada and the U.S. are warning tourists to exercise “a high degree of caution†when visiting the resort city of Playa del Carmen amid security threat concerns. But many Canadians with spring break trips already planned say they aren’t cancelling their flights.
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the level of mexican cartels violence is really insane i don't know if they are all cartel-related, but it's very much the same in palermo at the beginning of the 1980s there were 200 mafia-related murders yearly, palermo has 700.000 innhabitants, tijuana 1.600.000
Tourists find a dead body on beach in Acapulco after 'drug cartel execution' as the bloodshed in vacation hotspot rages on Body of man thought to be a victim of a drug cartel shooting floated ashore on a beach in Acapulco, Mexico Last year, state of Guerrero, where Acapulco is located, registered 25,000 murders - more than 68 per day Earlier this month, 14 people were murdered in just 36 hours in Cancun, another city blighted by violence
Nine bodies found in southwest Mexico Sun May 6, 2018 07:29AM
Authorities in Mexico have found nine bodies in the back of a pickup truck, as violence linked to drug trafficking and organized crime continues to plague the country.
The vehicle had been abandoned on the roadside of a highway between Chilpancingo City and the town of Tixtla, in the violent southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, the state attorney general’s office said in a statement on Saturday.
The bodies, which were discovered on the same day near Tixtla, which is approximately 100 kilometers north of Acapulco, appeared to be those of the members of a group that had gone missing after being kidnapped on Thursday.
The truck was registered to one of the victims.
State prosecutors say the men lived in Tixtla and Chilpancingo and used the vehicle to sell possibly ill-gotten food products.
Violence linked to narcotics trafficking and organized crime is rampant in Mexico. Mexican drug cartels play a key role in the flow of narcotics from Latin America to the neighboring United States.
Last year, violent gangs abducted a large number of people and killed close to 30,000, registering Mexico’s deadliest year on record.
Critics say despite President Enrique Pena Nieto’s decade-long war on drugs, criminal gangs now wield huge influence among corrupt elements in Mexican police, judiciary, and government.
Media reports claim that in some regions of Mexico, law enforcement officers are hired by drug traffickers to protect and enforce their criminal interests.
In the US, drug cartels often employ Mexican-American gangsters to distribute narcotics.
TWO FACED El Chapo rival Amado Carrillo Fuentes who featured in Narcos ‘faked death by giving corpse plastic surgery to look like him so he could escape FBI and start new life in Cuba’
It would be interesting to follow the cartels but this time actually follow and try to see how they are organized especially in the top tier or upper management/bosses etc. The cartels are not terrorist organizations like other people have stated here they are violent drug traffickers with complicated webs of alliances and structure(s) that may or may not overlap between the different cartels or organizations in Mexico. I've followed the cartels in Mexico for a couple of years back in 2010 when Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel officially declared war on each other over a drug boss the Gulf Cartel boss Metro 3 at the time killed a Zeta boss in Matamoros. I followed the violence and was surprised how rugged and brave they were. Seeing the pics of sicario trucks all shot up by the army and federales send a strong chill and aspiration down my spine. I thought the Gulf Cartel and Zeta sicarios were the most hardcore criminals in the America's and other criminals. I have truly never seen a thing like it.
I want to return and see how the cartels are doing right now, I have small glimpses on the Gulf Cartel fragmentation and the civil war between the different Gulf Cartel gangs in Reynosa after the death of Commadante Toro which was the plaza boss of the Gulf Cartel for Matamoros. There is a civil war between the captains of the Matamoros city/plaza/area. I need more research in terms of structure and how things shape in terms of organization and status.
2 Sicarios of Commadante Sierra Flaco of CDG(Gulf Cartel) killed by the State Police in Reynosa(border town), Mexico.
The Secretary of Public Security of Tamaulipas informed that two armed civilians lost their lives in a confrontation with the State Police in Reynosa
According to authorities, the events were registered around midday, when agents carrying out a security and vigilance patrol in the colonia Loma Real saw four pickups, a red Ford 150, and three Chevrolet Tahoe's, black, grey and silver, in which were armed subjects. These subject upon seeing the police opened fire on them and tried to flee.
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The state police repelled the attack and pursued one of the vehicles, the red Ford 150 into Calles Santa Isabel and 16 in the Bugambilias colonia. One of the armed men descended from the Ford pickup and fired at the officers while fleeing, in the interior of the vehicle were two persons dead.
The pickup, the occupants and their weapons were put at the disposition of the Agency of the Public Ministry so they may carry out their respective due diligence, the dead persons were transferred to Semefo for lawful autopsies.
It would be interesting to follow the cartels but this time actually follow and try to see how they are organized especially in the top tier or upper management/bosses etc. The cartels are not terrorist organizations like other people have stated here they are violent drug traffickers with complicated webs of alliances and structure(s) that may or may not overlap between the different cartels or organizations in Mexico. I've followed the cartels in Mexico for a couple of years back in 2010 when Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel officially declared war on each other over a drug boss the Gulf Cartel boss Metro 3 at the time killed a Zeta boss in Matamoros. I followed the violence and was surprised how rugged and brave they were. Seeing the pics of sicario trucks all shot up by the army and federales send a strong chill and aspiration down my spine. I thought the Gulf Cartel and Zeta sicarios were the most hardcore criminals in the America's and other criminals. I have truly never seen a thing like it.
I want to return and see how the cartels are doing right now, I have small glimpses on the Gulf Cartel fragmentation and the civil war between the different Gulf Cartel gangs in Reynosa after the death of Commadante Toro which was the plaza boss of the Gulf Cartel for Matamoros. There is a civil war between the captains of the Matamoros city/plaza/area. I need more research in terms of structure and how things shape in terms of organization and status.
Juárez police arrest alleged gang leader accused of double-cross fueling Mexico violence Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times Published 6:00 a.m. MT May 25, 2018
Mexican authorities arrest wife of drug kingpin By The Associated Press May 27, 2018 1:59 pm MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have arrested the wife of the leader of Jalisco New Generation, one of the country’s fiercest drug cartels.
Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete said at a Sunday press conference that marines arrested Rosalinda Gonzalez Valencia the night before in the western city of Zapopan.
She’s the wife of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho.â€
Gonzalez is accused of managing the cartel’s finances, a role previously held by her brother Abigael, who was arrested by Mexican authorities in 2015.
I read an interview with Nicola Gratteri which is like the main Ndrangheta prosecutor and knows everything about them. He said in order to make a large deal you got to pay a small fee , then they ask him to who this fee has to be paid, he then says its a organization which is above all the Colombian, Peruvian, Bolivian cartels , i assume Ndrangheta is also included there since the interview is about them...
You guys think he means the Mexicans or some shit like CIA? Does the Ndrangheta have to pay the Mexicans for smuggling coke you think?
I asked this on another thread but this one seems more active , maybe i could get an answer faster.
I read an interview with Nicola Gratteri which is like the main Ndrangheta prosecutor and knows everything about them. He said in order to make a large deal you got to pay a small fee , then they ask him to who this fee has to be paid, he then says its a organization which is above all the Colombian, Peruvian, Bolivian cartels , i assume Ndrangheta is also included there since the interview is about them...
You guys think he means the Mexicans or some shit like CIA? Does the Ndrangheta have to pay the Mexicans for smuggling coke you think?
I asked this on another thread but this one seems more active , maybe i could get an answer faster.
That would be very interesting to know but yes I agree the most logical explanation would be the Ndrangheta. I would also like to know in what context did he mean it. Was he referring to the America's and islands only excluding Europe. If that is the case then the Mexicans would be a posibilty but if he meant it to be globally then it would be the Ndrangheta.
I read an interview with Nicola Gratteri which is like the main Ndrangheta prosecutor and knows everything about them. He said in order to make a large deal you got to pay a small fee , then they ask him to who this fee has to be paid, he then says its a organization which is above all the Colombian, Peruvian, Bolivian cartels , i assume Ndrangheta is also included there since the interview is about them...
You guys think he means the Mexicans or some shit like CIA? Does the Ndrangheta have to pay the Mexicans for smuggling coke you think?
I asked this on another thread but this one seems more active , maybe i could get an answer faster.
That would be very interesting to know but yes I agree the most logical explanation would be the Ndrangheta. I would also like to know in what context did he mean it. Was he referring to the America's and islands only excluding Europe. If that is the case then the Mexicans would be a posibilty but if he meant it to be globally then it would be the Ndrangheta.
You mean this organization that is above all the Colombian,peruvian,bolivian cartels is Ndrangheta?
Yes, the Ndrangheta is their biggest customers especially when they control 80% of Europe's cocaine not to mention many other countries that they operate in and I also read months ago that one of the Ndrangheta clan boss's son had married a Colombian cartel boss's daughter. The Ndrangheta have been known to do business with the Mexican's also. They would be the logical choice.
Yes, the Ndrangheta is their biggest customers especially when they control 80% of Europe's cocaine not to mention many other countries that they operate in and I also read months ago that one of the Ndrangheta clan boss's son had married a Colombian cartel boss's daughter. The Ndrangheta have been known to do business with the Mexican's also. They would be the logical choice.
Yeah but it dont much sense that Ndrangheta would fee every Cartel for each shipment. I mean do they really have that power to do that, they dont control the coke in South America. I was thinking more of Sinaloa Cartel or something like that.
Yes, the Ndrangheta is their biggest customers especially when they control 80% of Europe's cocaine not to mention many other countries that they operate in and I also read months ago that one of the Ndrangheta clan boss's son had married a Colombian cartel boss's daughter. The Ndrangheta have been known to do business with the Mexican's also. They would be the logical choice.
Yeah but it dont much sense that Ndrangheta would fee every Cartel for each shipment. I mean do they really have that power to do that, they dont control the coke in South America. I was thinking more of Sinaloa Cartel or something like that.
I here what your saying but the Mexican cartels are so busy fighting each other I can't see them having the logistics & sophistication that the Ndrangheta have. But then again I would of liked to have read the Gratteri statement to see in what context he meant when he said that. Maybe it might be a Mexican cartel charging a fee to get the drugs in and out of the US. But if Gratteri was referring to it in a global context then my bet would be the Ndrangheta.
Mexican politician shot dead while taking selfie with fan By Tamar Lapin June 12, 2018 | 10:29am | Updated
Mexican politician shot dead while taking selfie with fan Play Video A Mexican politician who pledged to defy organized crime was shot dead as he posed for a picture with an admirer, according to reports and video. Congressional candidate Fernando Purón had just finished an election debate in the border city of Piedras Negras on Friday night when a woman holding a selfie stick asked him to take a picture, the Vanguardia reported.
Surveillance footage posted by the outlet and on social media shows a bearded man in a baseball hat walking up behind the politician and shooting him point-blank in the back of the head. Purón, 43, crumbles to the ground as the phone’s flash goes off.
The married dad of one died on his way to the hospital.
Modal Trigger Fernando PurónFacebook Authorities said Monday they’d narrowed their search for the culprits to two men.
Purón, who was running to be a federal congressman for Coahuila, was the 112th political candidate to be murdered in Mexico since September 2017, the Austin American-Statesman reported.
More than 1,000 candidates have dropped out of local races ahead of the July 1 elections because they fear being gunned down.
Though the motive for his murder is still unknown, he’d received death threats during his 2014-2017 stint as mayor of Piedras Negras for defying the notoriously ruthless Zetas drug cartel.
Mexico registered a record 29,168 homicides in 2017 — the 11th year of the country’s crackdown on organized crime.
Drug cartels are suspected in many murders of politicians, which take place in regions already plagued by gang violence.
The murder of candidates “creates enormous insecurity, which is felt and bemoaned by the public — and it’s held up in the faces of the politicians for their incapacity to do anything about it,†said Federico Estevez, political science professor at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico.
“There’s no bigger example of failure out here today than that.â€
During the debate, Purón, the Institutional Revolutionary Party candidate, had promised to take on crime head-on, The Guardian reported.
“You take on delinquency head-on — you don’t fear it, you call it for what it is,†he’d said. “Unfortunately, not all those in power do their job — some are even in cahoots with criminals.â€
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"I can't think of another country in the world where organized crime has achieved as much power as it has in Mexico," Aguayo said.
anyway i wonder how can the cartels control drug trafficking in a similiar situation, total chaos since 2006, if they were so organized they would able to stop this massacre, it's evident they are mostly disorganized, more similar to terrorists
"I can't think of another country in the world where organized crime has achieved as much power as it has in Mexico," Aguayo said.
anyway i wonder how can the cartels control drug trafficking in a similiar situation, total chaos since 2006, if they were so organized they would able to stop this massacre, it's evident they are mostly disorganized, more similar to terrorists
I agree, it's complete chaos down there. I am confident to say that the life span of cartel members in Mexico to be short lived.
American woman killed in shooting at Mexico City restaurant
Real sad, I just ate there two weeks ago.
Yeah, I really feel sorry for that woman.
When you were there was it relatively safe or did you hear gun shots at night ?
I hear gunshots randomly in Houston but not in Mexico. Mexico City is safe like New York City. There's some neighborhood you wouldn't want to be in after dark (Mexico and NYC) but overall very safe.
American woman killed in shooting at Mexico City restaurant
Real sad, I just ate there two weeks ago.
Yeah, I really feel sorry for that woman.
When you were there was it relatively safe or did you hear gun shots at night ?
I hear gunshots randomly in Houston but not in Mexico. Mexico City is safe like New York City. There's some neighborhood you wouldn't want to be in after dark (Mexico and NYC) but overall very safe.
The Real Scandal in the Fight Against Opioids Politicians and the media are ignoring the one solution that could make a difference: more and better treatment.
I read the there are many Colombians now within the rivalgroup of CJNG, dont remember their name, Plaza something. .. They fighting the CJNG at their home turf and Colombians play a big part of this.
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This happens often, the Gulf Cartel "commadantes" and higher bosses are known to do this. As well as the sicarios. The Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are the most bravado cartels in Mexico.
You ever notice how they almost never capture Gulf Cartel bosses or commadantes.
"I can't think of another country in the world where organized crime has achieved as much power as it has in Mexico," Aguayo said.
anyway i wonder how can the cartels control drug trafficking in a similiar situation, total chaos since 2006, if they were so organized they would able to stop this massacre, it's evident they are mostly disorganized, more similar to terrorists
The situation is very complicated even I can not know the degree it has changed or it is. A lot of it has to do with the Mexican government crackdown on the cartels with the help of the DEA targeting the bosses and kingpins. In short I think it's the lack of consolidation of the cartels in Mexico besides their strongholds. People have to remember that the cartels from now are not the same from the 90s or earlier. They have become fragmented in cities they don't control. The only cities they control 100% are the border towns and strongholds. I think Italy has avoided this bloodshed becaause the groups over there have a clear boundry of the territory of different criminal groups. In Mexico the cartels have expanded beyond their stronholds or border towns and because they didn't have enough time to "stronghold" themselves it has caused violence coupled with the DEA and Mexican government crackdown makes things worse and complicated.
According to the DEA the former agent and assassin 'El Mencho' (52) is now the most powerful drug lord in the world. The cartel set up dozens of drug routes in the US, Europe and Asia. Although the Sinaloa cartel is still active, under the leadership of El Chapo's former partner, 70-year-old Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, the organization is only a shadow of what it once was. In this way the largest part of his family is stuck and 'El Mayo' becomes increasingly isolated.
American border police discovered a 180 meter long tunnel that starts in Mexican Sonora and ends up in a franchise-branch of Kentucky Fried Chicken in San Luis, Arizona.
American border police discovered a 180 meter long tunnel that starts in Mexican Sonora and ends up in a franchise-branch of Kentucky Fried Chicken in San Luis, Arizona.
That's amazing. It really fascinates me how to build that. With the time this "construction worker" are professionals.
So what's up with these stories that the Jalisco cartel has dethroned the Sinaloa cartel? Legit or a crock?
Not sure the Sinaloa cartel still has a lot of wealth and owns a large part of the distribution in the United States not sure about abroad. The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generation made a video today about their special group or elite group that is trying to wrestle away the control of petrolium mining in the State of Jalisco from Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima. .
'We are here you filthy animals and we're not leaving': One of El Chapo's former gangs wages war on rival splinter group in chilling videos as masked members brandish weapons and claim their terrority in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez
i think that several murders are done by police but counted as organized crime ones
The Mexican soldiers and the Marines usually extrajudicial kill cartel members and pin them on their enemies or organized crime. In Nuevo Laredo, the border town of Laredo, Texas. the Marines are known to kill "look outs" or "halcones" of the Cartel Del Noreste. The Mexican military is known for it's extrajudicial killings and human rights abuses. People are so tired of the cartel some praise the military for doing such actions in social media, the "Derechos Humanos" or human rights organizations usually try or try to prosecute Mexican soldiers and Marines for doing such actions. Which are reprehensible IMO.
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The cultivation of opium in Mexico has grown by 21% in the last three years. This is shown by figures from the United Nations. Opium cultivation now covers an area as large as the American city of Philadelphia. The violence also increases.
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Sorry for the answer:but how many men had a cartel like Sinaloa? Had the same men of Gambinos and Genovese or had few hundred "made men" and thousand of associates?
At least 15 people killed after masked gunmen open fire at strip club in Mexico as rival cartels' bloody turf battle for illegal fuel tapping escalates
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Oil pipeline explodes in Mexico sending flames shooting 16ft into the sky and causing a blackout in surrounding neighbourhoods 'after thieves tried to steal fuel'
We’ve come for what belongs to us, you filthy possums’: El Chapo’s Sinaola cartel steps up the offensive against their main rival gang in a bid to once again become Mexico's most powerful criminal organization
N.Y. just helped drug traffickers: Bail reform will make it impossible for prosecutors to hold members of cartels while we build the cases against them
Guatemalan presidential candidate arrested for 'promising the notorious Sinaloa Cartel - once led by El Chapo - free reign of his country's' ports to smuggle drugs into the US - IF they helped fund his campaign'
'Strewn with corpses': Suspect with ties to criminal gang leads Mexican authorities to cartel's secret grave site where DOZENS of their victims are buried
Cops in central Mexico find a man's body rolled in a blanket next to his decapitated head and the chopped up remains of a man and a woman near some garbage bags amid a vicious turf war between cartels
Inside sparse Mexican mansion of cartel assassin El Titi, 23, who had buried four bodies, high-powered rifles and drugs all over his property - and was arrested wearing $12 Narcos with Attitude t-shirt
These motherfuckers are Ruthless, say what you want about the mafia and bikers but they don’t kill kids and they don’t kill for fun. Something needs to be done about these animals
Authorities seize bundles of U.S. dollars wrapped in plastic, a cache of military-grade weapons and a hoard of drugs in a raid on a Mexican farm 'belonging to a powerful cartel'
The police are continuing to dismantle the drug laboratory discovered on a cargo ship in the port of Moerdijk. The police hope to be able to remove most of the lab from the boat on Sunday, a spokesperson said. So far, more than three hundred liters of methamphetamine oil have been seized. That lab for the production of crystal meth was discovered on Friday. During the investigation, the 80-meter-long ship suddenly began to sink. A kind of booby trap is probably activated remotely. The police think that a pump was operated remotely, causing water to enter. Rijkswaterstaat then installed a sort of screen around the ship to prevent the spread of chemicals and fuel. The polluted water was pumped away and transported with tankers.
To date, more than three hundred liters of methamphetamine oil have been seized. There was also a lot of waste outside the lab spaces and there was a large container that was completely full with around 10,000 liters of drug waste and chemicals for methamphetamine.
The anti-narcotics brigade of the Colombian police has found 2.2 tons of cocaine in the port city of Santa Marta that had to be shipped to Antwerp. The cargo was hidden in a container with 6 bulk bags of copper ore. The bags together weighed 5.9 tonnes. Of these, 2200 kilos were found to be cocaine.
According to local media , the intercepted cocaine is owned by the Mexican Gulf cartel.
At the end of December last year, 126 kilos of coke were also intercepted in Santa Marta , with Antwerp as its destination. The Gulf cartel is also supposed to have been behind that shipment. And in February 2018, 1700 kilos of cocaine were found in the port of Antwerp among a load of bananas . This cargo also came from Santa Marta.
"Drug cartels want Europe to get the crystal meth" The police are encountering more and more crystal meth labs in the Netherlands. Mexican drug cartels are trying to sell the life-threatening drug in Western Europe, police sources warn.
Koen Voskuil 04-06-19, 03:00 After a raid on a drug boat in Moerdijk in Brabant, the police arrested three Mexicans last month. It appears that in February this year two Mexicans were also arrested in a crystal meth lab in Wateringen. One of those two comes from the Sinaloa region, where an infamous drug cartel is active. Drugs accounted for around 80 million euros in the Watering warehouse.
Methamphetamine or crystal meth is a devastating and addictive drug that has so far hardly been used in the Netherlands. The drug is used at extreme sex parties in the gay scene, but hardly ever outside. The price is falling, says drug researcher Ton Nabben. ,, A gram did 150 euros and in the last year only 80 to 100 euros. That indicates a greater availability. We also see it in Amsterdam: the number of dealers offering the drugs is increasing. â€
Methzombies According to police sources, Mexican drug cartels are deliberately expanding the market. "They are entering the European market with their crystal meth." ,, They first focused on Eastern Europe. There you can see the crystal methzombies. Now they are trying in the west. Last Sunday, the police dismantled a crystal meth lab in The Hague. 25 kilos of the drugs were found there. So far there has been no link with Mexicans.
The police are surprised by the sudden presence of Mexicans in crystal meth labs, says police spokesman Robbert Salome. ,, We still wonder what their role is here. The use and trade of crystal meth in the Netherlands is marginal. "
MAYHEM IN MEXICO The new breed of Mexican drug cartels known for dismembering their victims who are turning Brit holiday hotspots Cancun and Playa Del Carmen into war zones
Again meth-lab with Mexicans discovered 12 June 2019
Seven men are detained in Antwerp (including Dutch and Mexicans) after discovering a large drug laboratory last week in Wuustwezel (B). The federal judicial police invaded last Thursday at a remote pig farm on Noordheuvel.
The research has been going on for a long time. In the laboratory, the entire production process of methamphetamine (or crystal meth) was done, up to and including the vacuum packaging of the product, according to the Belgian judiciary.
The police confiscated more than 4 kilos of crystal meth. Hardware and chemicals were stored in three garage boxes.
Seven people have been arrested on the spot: a Belgian of 62 from Wuustwezel, two Dutch people of 36 and 40, three Mexicans of 26, 28 and 54 and a Colombian of 55. Extensive trace research has been done and the lab has been dismantled. The investigation under the leadership of the examining magistrate will be continued.
In the Netherlands, several meth labs were dismantled this year, including Mexican suspects.
CJNG displaces the Sinaloa Cartel as the largest criminal organization in Mexico, according to the DEA 1 day ago
With a presence in 22 of the 32 states, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is emerging as the fastest growing criminal organization in recent years in Mexico, unlike the Sinaloa Cartel, which will operate in 13.
In 2018, the US Department of Justice considered the CNJG to be one of the six most important cartels in the country and among the five most dangerous transnational criminal groups in the world.
For its part, the Sinaloa Cartel is listed by the Drug Control Administration (DEA) as the fastest growing Mexican criminal organization at the international level; in Mexico, it operates along the Pacific coast.
According to information from the DEA, the CJNG is the most recent creation in Mexico, whose presence extends to the countries of the northern hemisphere of America, as well as to Europe, Asia and Australia.
Reports of the National Evaluation of Drug Threat 2018 presented by the DEA, point out that the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel, whose headquarters are in Guadalajara, is dedicated to the manufacture and trafficking of large quantities of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl.
In the United States, illicit drug trafficking is carried out through several corridors of the southwestern border of the United States located in Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez and Nuevo Laredo, to reach cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
For its part, in Mexico, according to information in the article "Jalisco Cartel New Generation (CJNG)", published and updated on May 21 of this year by the InSight Crime Foundation, the cartel would have operations in 22 states in the country, a figure that matches the evaluation of the DEA.
Among these are: Aguascalientes, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Puebla, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Jalisco and Tamaulipas.
In addition, Colima, Michoacán, Morelos, Guanajuato, Nayarit, Guerrero, Veracruz, Mexico City and the State of Mexico.
Likewise, the National Evaluation of the Drug Threat 2018 details that the rapid expansion of the CJNG is due to the fact that its drug trafficking activities are characterized by violent clashes with government security forces and rival cartels.
According to the media, among the most violent acts that the cartel has carried out against Mexican authorities, is the ambush in April 2015 in Guadalajara, where 15 state policemen died.
That same year, on the southern coast of Jalisco, the CJNG shot down a helicopter of the Mexican Air Force when the authorities allegedly went after the leader and founder of this criminal organization, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho.
The DEA offers for this character that is listed in "The Most Wanted Fugitives", 10 million dollars for those who give accurate information about their location.
On the other hand, among the ex-public officials related to the cartel is the former governor of Nayarit, Roberto Sandoval, who the DEA accused, in May of this year, receiving bribes from drug trafficking organizations, including the CJNG.
Watch: Cartel Gunmen in Cancún Ambush Mexican State Police
The cartels are probably the most armed and well trained criminal insurgency out there . The other groups like the Brazilian drug traffickers don't have the same resources or military connections to arm or group themselves as a criminal insurgent(cy) .
Watch: Cartel Gunmen in Cancún Ambush Mexican State Police
The cartels are probably the most armed and well trained criminal insurgency out there . The other groups like the Brazilian drug traffickers don't have the same resources or military connections to arm or group themselves as a criminal insurgent(cy) .
Gunmen open fire on first responders at scene of helicopter crash in Mexico that left the pilot dead and injured three women on the ground - but the fate of the 'powerful cartel leader who was also on board doomed chopper' remains unknown
Mexican cartels are seeking to cement themselves as “key players†in Europe's drugs market, according to the European Police Office (Europol).
They are active in the production and trafficking of synthetic drugs.
They are involved in trafficking prostitutes from North East Europe to Mexico.
They are also trafficking firearms from South East Europe.
An attempt by the Sinaloa Cartel to settle in Europe, to develop their wholesale cocaine distribution business, was averted, but they are expected to continue expanding their roles along the supply chain towards Europe.
Only an isolated number of violent incidents in Europe – including a murder attempt - have so far been attributed to the groups.
The violence of Mexican cartels could affect Quebec Police agency says 'high-level cocaine importers' are targeted
A wave of settlements linked to the dangerous Mexican drug cartels could hit Quebec and the rest of Canada.
This is the warning given to police by the Criminal Intelligence Service Canada (CISC) in a report on the current state of the narcotics market that Le Journal has obtained. We learn that the murder of Montrealer Philipos Kollaros, shot in La Petite-Patrie last fall, was not an isolated act. Kollaros was an ex-client of Sinaloa's cartel leader, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. "An abnormal number of high-level cocaine importers in Canada who have links to Mexican cartels ... have been recently killed in Mexico and Canada," reports the Royal Canadian Mounted Police agency.
CISC did not specify the exact number of victims. In addition to this Quebecker, at least three drug traffickers from western Canada have been shot dead for 11 months while in Mexico. Unwanted partners This black series suggests to the SCRC that Mexican cartels are "trying to eliminate competition" or restructuring their "operational cells in Canada" by getting rid of unwanted associates.
I seen my old weed dealer at a dunking donuts today. Him and his wife or i should say the wife lived pretty good. They were set up with people near Mexico city. They had a drywall biz they made alot kf money. Anyway i meet some of the cousins strait out of central casting.they wernt. They played church people but blew stacks at foxwoods its been 15 yrs i counted on my fingers. It was shocking to me he was still kicking. Tons of weed. Good people. He blew me off probaly thought i wasnt good. Gas station dunkins funny. Wow he had they beat brick weed back in days not even super bricky lol... look just like cheech doea today
Oh i just waved and said his name i wasnt going near him and some young fat mexican guy wearing a old kevin garnett celtics shirt i just needed a bottle of selzer water for my booze. Laid off need to find steady work getting old
Them cartels are just what the mafia was wit the drugs in the 50 60 70tys a octopus arms everywhere. The pizza connections herion guys were setting up shops in Wisconsin. Wtf dead ass go read that great book the pizza connection
Them cartels are just what the mafia was wit the drugs in the 50 60 70tys a octopus arms everywhere. The pizza connections herion guys were setting up shops in Wisconsin. Wtf dead ass go read that great book the pizza connection
I have the book. I agree with the comparison to a certain degree but I find the cartels to be much more violent.
i supposed mexican army committed a good amount why the homicides have increased enormously after the goverment declared war on drug cartels, they have gone from 2000 to 10,000 in just one year, 2006 to 2007,
US-bound Guatemalan migrant is found dead with his ten-year-old son still hugging his corpse after the pair were kidnapped by Mexican gang members - despite family in America paying their $8,000 ransom
On July 4, two hitmen stormed into a convenience store and killed Sinaloa Cartel operative Juan Ulises Galván Carmona, alias “El Buda,†in Chetumal, along Mexico’s Caribbean coast. Due to El Buda’s expertise in international drug trafficking and the trusted role he had in the Sinaloa Cartel, his murder serves as a big blow to the group’s operations along Mexico’s Caribbean coastline. El Buda had tremendous experience and logistical capabilities in handling drug loads from South America.
El Chapo is sentenced to life behind bars and told to forfeit $12.6 BILLION to the US government at dramatic court hearing where he broke his silence to complain about 'torturous' conditions in jail and thanked his glamorous wife for standing by him
El Chapo’s daughter unveils her new fashion line bearing her drug kingpin father's name with accessories made by prisoners in the first jail he escaped from
SCARE TO THE THRONE New drug lord El Mayo will ‘wipe out El Chapo’s sons and take control of Mexican cartel’ after notorious gangster was sentenced to life in Supermax US jail
Moment woman and man 'assassinate two Israelis with ties to organized crime at mall in Mexico City' before she tries to escape in a blonde wig - as video shows accomplices shooting at cops before the female is arrested
El Chapo's glamorous wife Emma, 29, enjoys a gondola ride in Venice during her European vacation while her husband rots in a hellish Colorado Supermax prison described by ex warden as 'worse than death'
Luxury watch made from parts of the sunken Titanic and seized from a former cop-turned-cartel leader during a 2012 gun battle sells for nearly $9,000 at auction in Mexico
Chilling video shows Mexico’s most powerful criminal organization holding a rival cartel member hostage and forcing him to confess to his role in a drugs turf war shortly before his dead body is found hanging from a highway overpass
Gunmen shoot dead four tortilla shop employees just HOURS after Mexican business owners protested extortion gangs which demand 'impossible' fees in return for protection
Legal case against Mexicans floating methlab Moerdijk started On Thursday, August 22, the criminal case against four men suspected of running a drug lab in the port of Moerdijk starts in the court in Breda. There, on May 10, 2019, the very first floating Dutch drug lab was found in a cargo ship.
Booby trap In addition to 300 liters of methamphetamine oil, a large container with 10,000 liters of drug waste and chemicals was found on the 80-meter boat. Experts spent three days decommissioning. The last day the ship even sank through a suspected booby trap to clear traces. According to the police, during the evacuation action, water suddenly ran into the ship through a pump that was switched on remotely.
Polluted water The hold of the ship was full of thousands of liters of contaminated water. The experts involved in the decommissioning had to leave in a hurry. Rijkswaterstaat placed a screen in the port of Moerdijk to prevent the pollution around the ship from spreading. The chemicals were removed later.
Notorious cartel family Of the four suspects (a 65-year-old skipper from Breda and three Mexicans aged 23, 26 and 37 without a permanent place of residence or residence), one of the Mexicans is part of an infamous cartel family. The owner of the ship is still without a trace.
Warning Many years ago, the police's national threat assessment warned of the arrival of Mexicans, who smuggle unprecedented quantities of raw materials for drugs. Until more than three years ago no crystal meth was detected in the Netherlands at all, in recent years there have been more and more reports of meth finds and labs.
Doubling in use It is striking that in Amsterdam last year there was a doubling in use compared to 2017. Researchers estimate that 300 to 400 people use crystal meth every day in Amsterdam. This puts our capital in eighteenth place in Europe. The doubling in use is also related to the increase in methlabs in the Netherlands.
Gayscene Crystal meth (also called 'Tina' or 'Ice') is mainly exported to East Germany and the Czech Republic for export. Use is relatively high in Slovakia, the US, Canada, Australia and Asia. Use in the Netherlands is low: it is limited to certain circles in the gay scene, where meth is used as 'sex sex' to continue on sex parties for days and nights.
Problems for the Mexican Jalisco cartel September 2, 2019
The Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, or CJNG for short, or the Jalisco cartel, has problems. According to Mexican media , a cell of the organization, called Los Cabos, has left the cartel. With bloody violence as a result. Women and small children are also among the victims.
The problems are particularly noticeable in the state of Baja California, where dozens of people have died in the last few months in the city of Tijuana, especially assassins from Los Cabos. This cell is primarily concerned with human trafficking. The number of murders in Baja California has increased by 30% in the last 4 months compared to the same period last year.
"El Mencho" Los Cabos left the Jalisco cartel because of dissatisfaction with the new structure of the organization. This was necessary because Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka “El Mencho†, the leader of CJNG, has been hiding for a long time. Both Mexicans and Americans have started the hunt for him and have put a high price on his head. The departure of Los Cabos has been meticulously answered by the Jalisco cartel. This also includes innocent victims. In the first week of August, the lifeless bodies of a 25-year-old woman and her 2-year-old daughter were discovered in Tijuana. Both were shot. A few days later, a woman's head was found in a plastic bag in the same neighborhood.
Sinaloa cartel After the departure of Los Cabos from the Jalisco cartel, another human trafficking cell arose: they lost the protection of CJNG and thereby became an easy target of the Sinaloa cartel. The latter organization has been fighting a bloody battle with the Jalisco cartel for years. Los Cabos, for example, literally came under fire from 2 drug cartels. One of the victims of the violence was Ricardo Ãlvarez Olivares, aka "El Baby" or "El Cabo 39". The 30-year-old criminal was wound up in La Paz while he was in his car (photo above). "El Baby" went into hiding in vain.
Issue But the departure of Los Cabos is also a problem for CJNG: in addition to fighting the ancient enemies of the Sinaloa cartel, they also have to fight with their former comrades from Los Cabos. In that complex struggle, it is not always clear to which camp the people involved belong.
Crystal meth CJNG is considered to be one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico. Currently, the activities of the Jalisco cartel are mainly concentrated in eight Mexican states. But the cartel also plays a very important role in the international coke trade and especially in the trade of synthetic drugs and in particular crystal meth. The cartel has links with criminal groups around the world. The export to the US runs over various international stages. Similarly, Chinese criminals are said to be involved in the export of drugs to North America.
The 1500 kilos of pure cocaine intercepted in the port of Rotterdam on September 29, according to the Colombian navy, was from the Mexican Gulf cartel.
The interception was the result of a collaboration between the Colombian navy and British and Dutch authorities. The drugs were hidden in a container with bananas. The Colombian authorities write in a press release that international cooperation to combat drug trafficking will be further developed.
Earlier this year, in May, a good deal of cocaine from the Gulf cartel was also intercepted in Colombia. That happened in the Colombian port city of Santa Marta. It then involved 2200 kilos of coke that was hidden in a cargo of copper ore, destined for Antwerp.
According to a journalist from the New York Times, Ivan Guzmán, the more important brother of Ovidio, was also initially arrested. After being liberated by members of the Sinaloa cartel, relatives of Mexican soldiers were held hostage in order to secure the release of Ovidio. That plan worked.
Graphic Video: Cartel Boss Executed in Mexican Border State Capital Restaurant
Does anyone know why 'El Napoleon' was killed?
It says he was captured in October of 2018 with four gunmen and was later released with no charges.
Was he cooperating? Or is this something totally different?
Yep he would have been snitching. You don't kill Police officers and walk away with no charges.
It was probably corruption as many police the local police are working at the cartel's interest , they are often the legal eyes and ears of the cartel. Once you buy off the police commander you buy off the whole police force . Also snitching is viewed differently in Mexico than the U.S. Snitching is often used by the cartels to tell against their enemy but is a no no for nobody's or sicarios and down . Snitching is good to the or towards the enemy but no no by nobody's.
Guardia di Finanza of Catania arrested 2 men and issued a European arrest warrant against 5 additional people. The seven are members of an international association aimed at the import and trafficking of cocaine, operating between Italy, Spain, Mexico and Colombia. 406 kg of cocaine was also seized. At the head of the group, there would be the Mexican Jose Angel Rivera Zazueta, 33 years old, called El Flaco, one of the most prominent managers of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.
Graphic Video: Cartel Boss Executed in Mexican Border State Capital Restaurant
Does anyone know why 'El Napoleon' was killed?
It says he was captured in October of 2018 with four gunmen and was later released with no charges.
Was he cooperating? Or is this something totally different?
Yep he would have been snitching. You don't kill Police officers and walk away with no charges.
It was probably corruption as many police the local police are working at the cartel's interest , they are often the legal eyes and ears of the cartel. Once you buy off the police commander you buy off the whole police force . Also snitching is viewed differently in Mexico than the U.S. Snitching is often used by the cartels to tell against their enemy but is a no no for nobody's or sicarios and down . Snitching is good to the or towards the enemy but no no by nobody's.
And that's why most Mexican cartel leaders are dead or doing life sentences. Because they're snitching each other out. Fools to the end.
Federal Security Secretary Alfonso Durazo has described the release from custody of the wife of the suspected leader of the Guanajuato-based Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel as “regrettable.â€
Security forces seized four firearms, including an AK-47 and .270-caliber rifle, over 800 rounds of ammunition, loaded magazines, explosives, bulletproof vests, drugs, vehicles and over 69,000 pesos (US $3,700) in cash from the safe house in which the four suspects were detained.
Despite the evidence against them, a federal judge absolved all four suspected criminals on Thursday and ordered their release because Guanajuato state police had not obtained a warrant to search the house.
Durazo told reporters Friday that the government regretted the decision to release the wife of “one of the most important criminal leaders†in Guanajuato.
“The judge alleges errors in due process; we respect the decision of the judge but it doesn’t stop being regrettable [because] after . . . an important investigation we find that the people are returning to the street without having paid†for the crimes of which they were accused, he said.
The security secretary also said that there is a special federal operation underway in Guanajuato, Mexico’s most violent state last year, explaining that the presence of security forces has been bolstered.
The Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel is engaged in a bloody turf war in Guanajuato with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), considered Mexico’s most powerful criminal organization.
The leader of the former remains at large a year after the federal government launched a specific operation to capture him, although there is growing speculation that authorities, or the CJNG, will catch up with him soon.
Irregularities in the arrest of suspected criminals are cited by judges as justification for their release with alarming frequency in Mexico. The release of so many suspects before they face trial is a factor in the high levels of impunity that continue to plague the country.
They were caught red-handed, the three Mexicans who produced crystal meth on a boat in Moerdijk . Who their client was, seems to be the question a few days before the start of their trial - next Tuesday.
Have the lab technicians moved forward from notorious Mexican drug cartels who want to storm the European drug market? Or are Brabant pill farmers looking for new revenue models? And they have flown in with external Mexican specialists to show them the tricky final step in the process: crystallizing the meth.
In the trial against the Moerdijk suspects, it is likely that the next week will be purely about this floating lab, the first of its kind in the Netherlands and the role of the suspects. In police and justice circles such a well-defined investigation, in which the large bosses are left out of the picture, is a short blow.
The Mexican suspects deny and have held their lips tight together until now. These are the brothers Victor Manuel (27) and Diego J. (24) from the notorious narcotic state Durango and Candelario VL (37) from Chihuahua.
In those ruthless circles, talking to the law is equivalent to the death penalty, also for family members
The court would like to hear from them what they did on board the Arsianco. But their lawyers expect the men to continue to invoke their right to remain silent.
That silence proves nothing, but in the scenario that the suspects would work for a Mexican cartel is not very surprising.
In the telephones of the Mexicans, the police found a cash book with, among other things, photos of trays full of (produced) crystals, a total of more than 100 kilos. The police think that drugs were made from mid-December until the raid. The telephone traffic would have shown that the Mexicans received instructions from Mexico via the app.
Of course, the police and the judiciary want to know exactly what the role of Mexicans is, who the organizers and clients are. Mexican crystal suspects have also recently been caught in other crystal meth labs - in Wuustwezel and Wateringen. Something structural is going on.
It is not for nothing that a delegation from the Dutch police recently made a working visit to Mexico, where it was driven around in highly secured transport. That is the problem immediately. Mexico is a narco state where supreme drug cartels have infiltrated the police, the judiciary and the administration and where it is difficult for the Dutch judiciary to investigate, let alone gather evidence.
Reportage on the ongoing violence in the state of Guerrero: “Acapulco - Hellish Paradise†by Alfredo Bosco
***warning: graphic images***
In the crystal-clear waters of a bay in the Pacific Ocean, Elizabeth Taylor smiled ecstatically at the beauty of a city whose name to her and many other Hollywood celebrities was synonymous with Paradise: Acapulco.
Today Acapulco, the most important city in the State of Guerrero, is the theatre of an ongoing war between criminal gangs and the Mexican government. The consequences are poverty, violence, and as a result the demise of wealthy tourism, especially from the Unites States and Canada.
Leader of infamous Mexican cartel dies in prison after contracting Covid-19 11 May, 2020 14:09 / Updated 1 day ago
Notorious Mexican cartel leader Moises Escamilla May has died after contracting the novel coronavirus while serving a lengthy sentence in maximum-security prison on a raft of serious drugs and weapons charges. Escamilla headed one of the factions of the Los Zetas cartel – a notorious criminal gang in Mexico, involved in cross-border cocaine smuggling as well as kidnapping, sex trafficking and extortion. According to the Jalisco State Health Secretariat, Escamilla contracted the virus on May 6 and passed away two days later from respiratory complications believed to be linked to his excessive weight. He was over a decade into a 37-year sentence after being convicted of a range of serious offenses including organized crime, drug charges, possessing firearms, and involvement in the decapitation of 12 people in 2008. Earlier this month, the UN warned about the “chronic†state of prisons in Latin America, which are particularly overcrowded – sometimes at five times their recommended capacity – making them breeding grounds for the spread of coronavirus. Since the start of the viral outbreak, there have been several incidents of prisoners protesting anti-sanitary conditions in their facilities, including a bloody riot in La Modelo prison in Columbia in March in which more than 20 people were killed and over 80 injured. Bogota prison riot over coronavirus leaves 23 dead and 83 injured – Colombian justice ministry (VIDEOS) The Puente Grande maximum security prison in which Escamilla was incarcerated has reported 74 confirmed Covid-19 cases to date, according to health officials, however it’s unclear how many of the sick prisoners have died from the disease.
He was in his sister's car who, together with her husband, were also killed in the attack. According to Mexican police, there was a shooting on Friday night in Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa. The three were kidnapped and found dead the next day in a black SUV.
A judge and his wife were shot dead at home in the Mexican province of Colima on Tuesday. Judge Uriel Villegas was at home with his wife Veronica Barajas when armed men burst into the house and started firing. The couple's two young daughters and a housekeeper survived the attack. The province of Colima has Mexico's largest container port on the Pacific coast and has been the scene of a bloody battle between rival drug gangs for years. Colima had the highest murder rate of all provinces in Mexico in the past year. The judge, in his forties, had only been appointed to Colima for four months, writes the Guardia Nocturna. He handled the case of Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez, the son of the leader of the infamous Jalisco Nueva Generacion cartel, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes aka El Mencho. The son was extradited to the US earlier this year.
It's funny how the Mexico Government don't try too hard for El Mayo, I guess they are in bed with each other. The Mexico Government aware they can't eliminate the drugs and violence but they can control it by making deals with El Mayo, just like they made deals with El Chapo until the relationship between El Chapo and the Mexico Government broke down.
It's funny how the Mexico Government don't try too hard for El Mayo, I guess they are in bed with each other. The Mexico Government aware they can't eliminate the drugs and violence but they can control it by making deals with El Mayo, just like they made deals with El Chapo until the relationship between El Chapo and the Mexico Government broke down.
Yeah El Mayo is the top guy now, but Mexican authorities did arrest his brother, two sons and a nephew. His son Vicente was extradited to US and sentenced to 15 years that was a pretty good deal.
It's funny how the Mexico Government don't try too hard for El Mayo, I guess they are in bed with each other. The Mexico Government aware they can't eliminate the drugs and violence but they can control it by making deals with El Mayo, just like they made deals with El Chapo until the relationship between El Chapo and the Mexico Government broke down.
Yeah El Mayo is the top guy now, but Mexican authorities did arrest his brother, two sons and a nephew. His son Vicente was extradited to US and sentenced to 15 years that was a pretty good deal.
That does not sound like El Mayo and the Mexico Government are getting along well. Just when I thought I had it all figured out
I think his son turned informant which is why he got a good deal.
El Vicentillo claimed there was an immunity deal between Mexico and the U.S, Sinaloa Cartel leaders provided federal agents with information about rival drug gangs.
El Vicentillo claimed there was an immunity deal between Mexico and the U.S, Sinaloa Cartel leaders provided federal agents with information about rival drug gangs.
Yeah I read somewhere that the SInaloa Cartel were providing federal agents with information on their rivals. I guess that immunity deal got thrown out the window.
In Mexico, a cousin of JoaquÃn “El Chapo†Guzmán was found dead on Wednesday . Residents of the town of El Ranchito in the state of Sinaloa heard gunshots from a distance around 19.15 and saw two cars drive away. The body was found the next morning, at an old Toyota Carola. El Ranchito is close to the town of Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, the foundation of the drug cartel of the same name.
The victim was dressed only in blue shorts, his hands were cuffed and he was blindfolded. Police investigations have revealed that he was probably shot and killed with an AR-15 assault rifle, based on the cartridges found.
The victim was identified as Enrique Romero “El Juanon†Guzmán Rocha, who was the cousin of El Chapo. The role of his now murdered brother Enrique Romero was unknown. There was an arrest warrant from the Chicago court against Guzmán Rocha in a drug-trafficking trial. In July 2019, there was a failed assassination attempt on Enrique Guzmán Rocha in Sinaloa.
His brother Juan Guzmán Rocha, aka “Juanchoâ€, was liquidated in December 2011. This Juancho was responsible for the Sinaloa network for cocoa shipments shipped from the city of Guadalajara to the United States.
In Mexico, a cousin of JoaquÃn “El Chapo†Guzmán was found dead on Wednesday . Residents of the town of El Ranchito in the state of Sinaloa heard gunshots from a distance around 19.15 and saw two cars drive away. The body was found the next morning, at an old Toyota Carola. El Ranchito is close to the town of Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, the foundation of the drug cartel of the same name.
The victim was dressed only in blue shorts, his hands were cuffed and he was blindfolded. Police investigations have revealed that he was probably shot and killed with an AR-15 assault rifle, based on the cartridges found.
The victim was identified as Enrique Romero “El Juanon†Guzmán Rocha, who was the cousin of El Chapo. The role of his now murdered brother Enrique Romero was unknown. There was an arrest warrant from the Chicago court against Guzmán Rocha in a drug-trafficking trial. In July 2019, there was a failed assassination attempt on Enrique Guzmán Rocha in Sinaloa.
His brother Juan Guzmán Rocha, aka “Juanchoâ€, was liquidated in December 2011. This Juancho was responsible for the Sinaloa network for cocoa shipments shipped from the city of Guadalajara to the United States.
I'm surprised they didn't give him a traditional cartel execution - chainsawing off his limbs or burning him alive.
Apparently Quintero retaliated by killing a Sinaloa cartel member along with a woman (possibly his wife?) and a 9 year old girl (possibly his daughter?).
President Behind Mexico’s War On Drugs Admitted It Was ‘Unwinnable’ In 2018, Calderón told VICE News that he first deployed the army in 2006 after a request from a state governor who said he had lost control.
'We got very good results at the beginning,' he said, adding: 'Honestly, I think nobody expected that the violence could reach those levels. However, I insist, I'm absolutely clear that violence started because of the fight to control territory between the organised crime groups, between the cartels, not because of the action of the government.'
Questioned about how Mexican military action led the narco gangs to fragment without appearing to impact the overall ability of criminals to traffic drugs, Calderón said in 2018: 'Of course there will be some rearrangements or instability or whatever, but the end of the game is exactly when you take over completely or recover completely the control for the citizens.'
He also blamed America's gun laws: 'The US government, Congress, and society honestly did not do anything to stop the flow of money, to stop the flow of weapons. Actually, the paradox is we seize like 106,000 guns and weapons, and 90 percent of them were sold legally in the US.'
In 2009, following Calderon's own proposals, new laws to decriminalise personal possession of small quantities of some drugs were passed - suggesting he accepted the inevitability of drug use - after previous plans were scrapped due to US opposition.
In 2016, a special session of the United Nations was convened after a joint request in 2012 from Calderón's Mexico, as well as heads of state in Guatemala and Colombia - whose then president Juan Manuel Santos led the efforts - to discuss radically overhauling the UN's prohibitionist approach to drugs. However, the session left reformers disappointed, as no significant changes to the global drug control regime were passed.
Mexican Drug Cartel Boss, ‘La Madrina,’ Gets 22 Years in US Prison By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago Drug trafficking leader Luz Irene Fajardo Campos was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Wednesday in connection with an international drug trafficking conspiracy, reports The U.S. Department of Justice. Campos, who led a drug trafficking organization that was aligned with the Sinaloa cartel, had been found guilty in December 2019 in connection with aconspiracy to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine and dozens of pounds of methamphetamine into the United States. Campos was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release and forfeit $18 million.
According to evidence submitted during the trial, Campos partnered with other traffickers and her adult children in operating a U.S. distribution network that was aligned with the Sinaloa Cartel, Campos, 57, who was known by nicknames “La Comadre,†“La Madrina†and “La Doña,†oversaw the manufacturing of methamphetamine in a desert outside Hermosillo, Mexico. “With this sentencing, we cut the head off of the snake,†said Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Phoenix Field Division. “Drug traffickers like Fajardo Campos tear at the very fabric of our communities. She made millions of dollars from pushing thousands of pounds of poison into Americans’ communities while at the same time fueling violence and crime across the United States.â€
Mexican Drug Cartel Boss, ‘La Madrina,’ Gets 22 Years in US Prison By TCR Staff | 13 hours ago Drug trafficking leader Luz Irene Fajardo Campos was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Wednesday in connection with an international drug trafficking conspiracy, reports The U.S. Department of Justice. Campos, who led a drug trafficking organization that was aligned with the Sinaloa cartel, had been found guilty in December 2019 in connection with aconspiracy to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine and dozens of pounds of methamphetamine into the United States. Campos was also ordered to serve five years of supervised release and forfeit $18 million.
According to evidence submitted during the trial, Campos partnered with other traffickers and her adult children in operating a U.S. distribution network that was aligned with the Sinaloa Cartel, Campos, 57, who was known by nicknames “La Comadre,†“La Madrina†and “La Doña,†oversaw the manufacturing of methamphetamine in a desert outside Hermosillo, Mexico. “With this sentencing, we cut the head off of the snake,†said Special Agent in Charge Cheri Oz of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) Phoenix Field Division. “Drug traffickers like Fajardo Campos tear at the very fabric of our communities. She made millions of dollars from pushing thousands of pounds of poison into Americans’ communities while at the same time fueling violence and crime across the United States.â€
La Jenca was trained as a lawyer, but she soon built herself as a narca, she was close to El Chapo, but they ran their own cartel. She paid a high cost with the murder of her two children.
US authorities have tripled the tip money leading to the arrest of Ismael Zambada Garcia to $15 million. “El Mayo” as Zambada Garcia is nicknamed, is therefore the narco with the highest reward on his head.
Ismael Zambada Garcia is no longer the youngest at 73 years old. He has managed to stay out of the hands of the authorities since 1998. Together with “El Chapo” he led the Sinaloa cartel for years. “El Mayo” would have a budget of $1 million a month to bribe politicians, military and police officers. One of the soldiers who was bribed was a personal bodyguard of former President Vicente Fox. A general of the Mexican army was on the payroll of “El Mayo” for $50,000 a month. He is wanted for murder, drug trafficking, kidnapping, money laundering and leading a criminal organization.
Meanwhile, Zambada Garcia is fighting with the sons of El Chapo over the leadership of the Sinaloa cartel.
Shortly after the announcement of the tripling of the tip money, banknotes of 1000 Mexican pesos appeared on a large scale depicting “El Mayo” (see photo below). The notes were mainly found in the state of Sinaloa.
A record catch of crystal meth in Rotterdam in 2019 appears to be linked to a Spanish investigation into a Mexican drug cartel operating in the Netherlands. In the investigation, the Dutch police seized a total of 2,537 kilos of pure methamphetamine in a Rotterdam shed in the Schiebroek business park in 2019. The police recently arrested 16 people in Spain, the Netherlands and Turkey who smuggled large amounts of cocaine and methamphetamine into Europe, the Spanish National Police reported. The organization was based in Spain and the Netherlands and is said to be affiliated with the Mexican Beltrán Leyva cartel.
The US has offered a $5 million bounty for the arrest of four sons of drug lord EL Chapo. These are Ovidio, Iván Archivaldo, Jesus Alfredo and Joaquín Guzmán.
If they are extradited, they could face charges of trafficking in cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana. The United States does not regard them as the leaders but as key figures of the Sinaloa cartel.
Sinaloa Cartel Ovidio, nicknamed El Ratón (The Mouse), is the best known of the four. The 30-year-old son of Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán and his second wife Griselda López Pérez is regarded by the US as a "high-ranking member of the Sinaloa cartel." He is wanted in several US states for illegal drug imports and money laundering.
In Mexico, Ovidio became known to the general public at the end of 2019 when he was arrested in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa, during an operation by the national police, the Guardia Nacionál. In October of that year, heavily armed, balaclava-clad officers arrested El Chapo's son on orders from the government who wanted to extradite him to the US. Almost immediately, members of the Sinaloa cartel appeared from every nook and cranny of the city and launched an attack on the police and army with weapons of war.
The city was literally under fire. Residents had to run for their lives. Shops and offices closed their doors, schools ended classes, public transport was shut down and a Mexican football match was cancelled. The drug criminals took soldiers hostage and freed 51 inmates from the local prison. Violent videos of the violence appeared on social media.
massacre Hours later, Ovidio Guzmán was released on orders from President López Obrador because he wanted to prevent “a massacre.” This is consistent with his strategy against organized crime called 'abrazos no balazos', roughly translated: hugging each other instead of shooting at each other. Thirteen people, including a civilian, were killed during 'Black Thursday' or 'El Culiacanazo'.
Drug lord El Chapo is serving a life sentence at ADX Florence Prison in Colorado, one of the highest-security prisons in the US.
'Mexican cartels target Spanish cannabis cultivation' June 5, 2022
Spanish police say they dismantled a criminal network last week that dealt and laundered various drugs in Spain, Portugal, Mexico and Switzerland. According to the Spaniards, the investigation shows that Mexican cartels are trying to gain a foothold in organized cannabis cultivation in Spain. More than 200 officers took part in the operation and 24 people were arrested. Searches have been carried out in thirteen places in the Spanish provinces of Madrid and Guadalajara.
Submachine guns The investigation led to the seizure of 1,000 kilograms of marijuana buds and 37 kilograms of cocaine. Also seized were two cocaine laundries, ten firearms (three submachine guns and seven pistols), and luxury goods worth more than six million euros, including 17 expensive cars.
The organization had set up a structure of companies in Spain, Colombia, Switzerland and Portugal, partly to launder money from criminal activities.
Mexicans The investigation began at the end of 2020 when the Madrid detectives discovered several Mexicans from a family with criminal connections from Sinaloa settled in luxury houses in the city. The investigation found that these Mexicans visited large marijuana plantations in the province of Guadalajara. The Mexican family is said to have brought and laundered more than ten million euros in cash and gold to Spain, investing in real estate and luxury goods.
CBD oil In Spain, the Mexicans established contacts with criminals from Spain and other European countries. They also set up companies in Spain, Portugal and Switzerland for the legal exploitation of cannabis, namely the production of CBD oil, and for laundering purposes.
Weed and packages of cocaine paste were sold to, among others, Dutch, Chinese and people from Croatia.
37 kilos of cocaine were found in a cocaine laboratory.
Super Labs and Master Chefs - The Changing Face of Europe's Drug Trade BELTRAN LEYVA ORG
19 MAY 2022 BY CAT RAINSFORD AND ALESSANDRO FORD \ Cocaine processing has taken root on European soil, Mexican and Dutch synthetic drug traffickers have partnered up, and a new chemical technique is encouraging the establishment of super-labs in Europe’s methamphetamine trade.
European drug agency: concerns about Mexican crime June 14, 2022
The increasing activity of Mexican criminals in the Netherlands and Belgium is worrying, writes the European drug institute EMCDDA. In the two neighboring countries, criminal organizations produce synthetic drugs such as crystal meth in collaboration with Mexican “cooks” or Mexican know-how.
Industrial scale The EMCDDA also notes that there is no incidental involvement of Mexicans, but that ' Mexican criminal organizations' are increasingly active in Europe.
The European drug agency writes in its annual report 2022 that methamphetamine is produced in Europe on an 'industrial scale'. Small-scale labs seem to be replaced by labs that produce on a much larger scale, for export.
Afghanistan Methamphetamine use in Europe has traditionally been concentrated in the Czech Republic and later in Slovakia. Crystal meth is also used in the Baltic states. Slightly more would now be used in other European countries as well.
The EMCDDA suspects that Europe is now playing a greater role in the production of crystal meth on a global scale. There are also indications that production in Afghanistan is increasing, with it coming to Turkey via the heroin smuggling route.
In Afghanistan, one of the raw materials for meth is widely available through the cultivation of ephedra, from which ephedrine can be extracted.
An armed group is believed to have opened fire on patrons and staff in a bar in Mexico's state of Guanajuato, killing six men and six women. The latest massacre comes just weeks after a similar mass shooting.
US sanctions Mexicans linked to powerful Sinaloa drug cartel The Treasury Department has sanctioned a group of people and firms connected to Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, including a sibling involved in the family-run Valenzuela drug trafficking organization
A Marine Known as ‘El Marino’ Has Allegedly Started His Own Cartel Carlos Enrique Martínez Cuesta formed the criminal group after spending time both in the armed forces and the Sinaloa Cartel, leaked documents say.
40 criminal groups behind drugs, extortion and murders in Mexico City The Unión de Tepito and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have the biggest influence
Edgar (La Barbie) Valdez has been whisked into the Witness Protection Program after 12 years of incarceration and will testify for federal prosecutors in an upcoming series of corruption cases against former Mexican officials, per sources. “La Barbie” vanished from the BOP website late last month.
Most of Valdez’s cooperation has had to do with corruption within the Mexican government under former Mexican President Felipe Calderon. He’s expected to be a star witness at the upcoming drug trial of Genero Garcia Luna, Mexico’s top security officer in Calderon’s administration, who was arrested by the DEA in 2019.
n Mexico, a brother of the fugitive drug lord “El Mencho” was arrested on Tuesday morning. It's Antonio Oseguera Cervantes. He is the brother of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, aka El Mencho , who is leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG).
Antonio Oseguera Cervantes was arrested in the state of Jalisco by units of the Mexican army in cooperation with the national intelligence service. A number of weapons and two cars have been seized, as well as a package of cocaine. He has been handed over to the Ministry of Security Affairs, which, together with the Public Prosecutor's Office, is responsible for fighting organized crime in Mexico.
According to Sedena , the Defense Ministry, Oseguera was involved in money laundering, buying large quantities of weapons and coordinating violent attacks against rival groups, as well as international drug trafficking. The paramilitary branch of the CJNG is very well organized and armed.
Next to the criminal network called the Sinaloa cartel, CJNG is currently the most influential group in Mexico.
Son of El Chapo arrested!! Ovidio Guzman was also arrested in 2019 but also released because of a possible bloodbath.
Violence has broken out. Cars were set on fire and residents were carjacked by alleged cartel members in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa province on Wednesday night and into Thursday. Authorities have not said what sparked the violence, but such actions sometimes occur following the arrest of a cartel member.
Fighting breaks out in Mexico after cartel boss El Chapo's son is arrested
Fighting broke out in the western Mexican city of Culiacán between the Sinaloa cartel and the National Guard. The unrest follows the arrest of Ovidio Guzmán, a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. There are shootings in the streets and gunmen are trying to take control of the city's airport.
Cartel members steal cars, buses and trucks and set them on fire to block roads. A passenger plane was also shot at Culiacán airport. No one would have been injured. Local and national authorities are warning everyone to stay indoors.
When Ovidio was arrested three years ago, the cartel caused so much unrest that the Mexican president decided to let him go again. That happened after gunfights broke out between the National Guard and members of the cartel.
In today's operation, residents of Culiacán were called in advance to stay indoors. Schools and government buildings also had to keep their doors closed. The city's airport was closed by the military.
Ovidio Guzmán is accused of drug trafficking by the United States. The country wants him extradited so that he can be tried there. That also happened to his father in 2017, who is now imprisoned for life in the highest security prison in the US in Colorado.
Not just Mexico: China’s fentanyl fuels US drug crisis Violence in Mexico shows depth and danger of deadly trade; China’s ending of counter-narcotics cooperation exposes its hidden hand
Meet Mexico's new 'Cartel Queen' now leading El Chapo's drug trafficking empire El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzmán was arrested in a major military operation in Mexico last week - and his wife Adriana Meza Torres has now been dubbed the 'Queen of the Sinaloa Cartel'
Meet Mexico's new 'Cartel Queen' now leading El Chapo's drug trafficking empire El Chapo's son Ovidio Guzmán was arrested in a major military operation in Mexico last week - and his wife Adriana Meza Torres has now been dubbed the 'Queen of the Sinaloa Cartel'
Architect of Mexico's war on drugs on trial in U.S. for trafficking i24NEWS - AFP January 14, 2023 at 06:47 AM latest revision January 15, 2023 at 03:12 PM
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Genaro Garcia Luna accused of taking millions of dollars to allow Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine to United States
A once-powerful Mexican government minister who oversaw his country's war on drug trafficking goes on trial in New York on Tuesday, himself charged with facilitating the smuggling of narcotics.
Genaro Garcia Luna is accused of taking huge scraps to allow the notorious Sinaloa cartel to smuggle cocaine when he was public security minister during Felipe Calderon's 2006-2012 presidency.
The 54-year-old is the highest-ranking Mexican official to be charged in New York federal prosecutors' extensive pursuit of alleged drug traffickers from Central and South America and their ministerial accomplishments.
Ex-Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who headed Sinaloa, is currently serving a life sentence in the United States after being convicted by a jury in Brooklyn in 2019.
Garcia Luna was detained in Texas in December 2019. He has pleaded not guilty to five counts that carry possible sentences of between 10 years and life in prison.
U.S. prosecutors accuse Garcia Luna of accepting millions of dollars in scraps to look the other way as Guzman's cartel shipped tons of drugs into the United States between 2001 and 2012.
Two other high-profile Latin American drug cases are taking place at the same district court in New York - Colombian drug trafficker Dario Antonio Úsuga David is waiting for his trial and former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández has denied drug trafficking charges filed by prosecutors in Manhattan.
LMFAO!! It would be too easy to fucking blow all these cartels away in a matter of minutes if Mexico gave the go ahead for us to come in there with our military.
Too easy!!!!!!!!!! Nice little guns they have there haha. Those will do real damage to a fucking Tank with night vision.
LMFAO!! It would be too easy to fucking blow all these cartels away in a matter of minutes if Mexico gave the go ahead for us to come in there with our military.
Too easy!!!!!!!!!! Nice little guns they have there haha. Those will do real damage to a fucking Tank with night vision.
US have been helping, training and financing Mexican forces for years and they are getting nowhere.
MIAMI — The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) quietly ousted its former top official in Mexico last year over improper contact with lawyers for narcotraffickers, an embarrassing end to a brief tenure marked by deteriorating cooperation between the countries and a record flow of cocaine, heroin and fentanyl across the border.
Nicholas Palmeri’s socializing and vacationing with Miami drug lawyers, detailed in confidential records viewed by The Associated Press, brought his ultimate downfall following just a 14-month stint as DEA’s powerful regional director supervising dozens of agents across Mexico, Central America and Canada.
Region plagued by drug cartel violence Eight killed in Mexican nightclub attack Yesterday, 23:10 ABROAD _
JEREZ - Eight people have been shot dead in an armed attack on a nightclub in Jerez, a city in north central Mexico. The local authorities announced this on Sunday. Jerez is at the heart of a region plagued by drug cartel violence.
Heavily armed men opened fire in the case in the night from Friday to Saturday, according to the same sources. Six people died on the spot, two succumbed to their injuries while receiving medical treatment.
Among the victims are musicians, customers and employees of the nightclub. Five people with gunshot wounds were still in hospital on Sunday.
Region plagued by drug cartel violence Eight killed in Mexican nightclub attack Yesterday, 23:10 ABROAD _
JEREZ - Eight people have been shot dead in an armed attack on a nightclub in Jerez, a city in north central Mexico. The local authorities announced this on Sunday. Jerez is at the heart of a region plagued by drug cartel violence.
Heavily armed men opened fire in the case in the night from Friday to Saturday, according to the same sources. Six people died on the spot, two succumbed to their injuries while receiving medical treatment.
Among the victims are musicians, customers and employees of the nightclub. Five people with gunshot wounds were still in hospital on Sunday.
Failed to pay extortion to the cartels? Thats what it sounds like to me.
Region plagued by drug cartel violence Eight killed in Mexican nightclub attack Yesterday, 23:10 ABROAD _
JEREZ - Eight people have been shot dead in an armed attack on a nightclub in Jerez, a city in north central Mexico. The local authorities announced this on Sunday. Jerez is at the heart of a region plagued by drug cartel violence.
Heavily armed men opened fire in the case in the night from Friday to Saturday, according to the same sources. Six people died on the spot, two succumbed to their injuries while receiving medical treatment.
Among the victims are musicians, customers and employees of the nightclub. Five people with gunshot wounds were still in hospital on Sunday.
Failed to pay extortion to the cartels? Thats what it sounds like to me.
yes, probably, but there have been cases where they killed apparently for no reason like that group of mormons or the immigrants
Former Mexican President Accused of Supporting Sinaloa Cartel The accusation, which was quickly denied, was made by a former Mexican official at the trial in Brooklyn of Mexico’s former top security chief.
Imo, the US needs to take over the control of the Mexican ports, where the Fentanyl precursors are allowed in from China. When you look at the number of dead Americans, over 100,000, this is an act of war to let this happen.
The US may have to kick Mexico's corrupt behind yet once again...
Mexico is depending on the US, the war on drugs is getting nowhere thousands of deaths in the US ad hundred thousands in Mexico. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for more than a decade, but with limited success.
Mexico is depending on the US, the war on drugs is getting nowhere thousands of deaths in the US ad hundred thousands in Mexico. Mexican authorities have been waging a deadly battle against drug cartels for more than a decade, but with limited success.
War on drugs is an unwinnable war. You will never stop flow of drugs , not in Mexico,not in US, not anywhere in the world. But mexico is having zero success because of too many corrupt politicians, if they wanted they would destroy cartels in matter of year or two, but there is too much money.
Former Mexican President Accused of Supporting Sinaloa Cartel The accusation, which was quickly denied, was made by a former Mexican official at the trial in Brooklyn of Mexico’s former top security chief.
it is clear that the Mexican cartels have on their payroll not only a large number of public officials but also politicians at the highest level, otherwise they would have already been defeated and people like El Mayo arrested
Let’s just say we invaded Mexico and said fuck you , you had enough chances to prevent this. What would actually happen other than tariffs on certain products? They would be destroyed.
Former Mexican President Accused of Supporting Sinaloa Cartel The accusation, which was quickly denied, was made by a former Mexican official at the trial in Brooklyn of Mexico’s former top security chief.
it is clear that the Mexican cartels have on their payroll not only a large number of public officials but also politicians at the highest level, otherwise they would have already been defeated and people like El Mayo arrested
In US court Vicente Zambada implicated his father El Mayo, who he said had a budget of up to $1 million a month for bribing officials. A Mexican Army general attached to the Secretariat of National Defense was paid $50,000 a month by the cartel, Vicentillo said. He added that his father also regularly bribed a member of the military who occasionally worked as a bodyguard for former Mexican President Vicente Fox.
Let’s just say we invaded Mexico and said fuck you , you had enough chances to prevent this. What would actually happen other than tariffs on certain products? They would be destroyed.
Do you think China would come to their defense?
They would not need China, China would not get involved anyway. The reason they would not need China is because there are so many traitors in America who would side with Mexico, plus the millions of Mexicans here illegally along with the ones who were given amnesty.
Let’s just say we invaded Mexico and said fuck you , you had enough chances to prevent this. What would actually happen other than tariffs on certain products? They would be destroyed.
Do you think China would come to their defense?
They would not need China, China would not get involved anyway. The reason they would not need China is because there are so many traitors in America who would side with Mexico, plus the millions of Mexicans here illegally along with the ones who were given amnesty.
LMAO Illegal immigrants taking on our military is fucking hilarious. Even gangs would get blown up in a matter of seconds by our local law enforcement we have here.
Mexico would in fact be fucked and its a war they would never win.
Mexico: lieutenant of 'El Chapo' Guzman extradited to the US AMTwo thousand 03 April 2023 Mexico's Attorney General has extradited to the US the lieutenant of drug kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzman , who is currently in prison. The man, a Mexican, referred to in the reports as Jorge "G" , was identified by local media as Jorge Ivan Gastelum Avila and is accused of belonging to a criminal organization, in particular of being one of the leaders of the Sinaloa square and of being responsible for the export of various quantities of drugs to the United States. Arrested on January 6, 2016 together with "El Chapo", he had so far avoided extradition thanks to his lawyers. According to the prosecutor's office, Jorge "G" was handed over Sunday afternoon at Mexico City's international airport to US agents in charge of the transfer.
Mexico is a big country 126,7 milllion people, the underworld is therefore also huge and prisons are already overcrowded.
yes, beyond the big cartels there are many street gangs 40 in Mexico City alone... i wonder how many are involved considering the huge number of drug related murders
Mexico is a big country 126,7 milllion people, the underworld is therefore also huge and prisons are already overcrowded.
yes, beyond the big cartels there are many street gangs 40 in Mexico City alone... i wonder how many are involved considering the huge number of drug related murders
The days of the big cartels are over Mexico's criminal underworld fragments and we will see more high level groups who are no longer centered on direct involvement in drug activity but mainly focused on providing services to lower level drug traffickers and international mafia groups.
They should stop using the word "Cartel" in my opinion.
American, 23, among seven workers kidnapped from two Mexican 'cartel-linked' call centers that reportedly targeted seniors in the United States and Canada by fraudulently selling or renting their time shares
Mexican cartel horror as 45 bags filled with the remains of men and women are discovered in a ravine following search for group who worked at call centre linked to crime gangs
Mexican cartel horror as 45 bags filled with the remains of men and women are discovered in a ravine following search for group who worked at call centre linked to crime gangs
Most have been killed as rival drug gangs battle for key trafficking corridors into the United States.
-They seek to use beheadings to cow the citizenry from squealing on them and to pressure local authorities to collaborate. -Fear paralyzes people, stopping them from interfering with their business e.g. by stealing goods. And fear can make people cooperate, e.g. when a cartel seeks to take over an area.
-It is meant to intimidate rivals and send a message to the authorities,” security expert Alejandro Hope told the Associated Press.
DoJ files first-ever charges against Chinese fentanyl manufacturers for fueling America's deadly opioid crisis: Two execs are arrested in Hawaii and one is on the run
For at least the last seven years, Mexican mobsters including from El Chapo's notorious Sinaloa cartel have been paying Chinese middle-men to 'clean' money made selling drugs on America's streets in a complex scheme involving members of Beijing's elite.
Alleged Mexican drug cartel hitman pleads guilty to charges Juan Francisco Sillas-Rocha, of Tijuana, Mexico, pleaded guilty to three charges in a hearing before Chief Judge Peter Welte in Fargo, North Dakota, including conspiracy to commit murder in furtherance of the continuing criminal enterprise.
Europol: Colombian arrested for the Netherlands involved in record crystal meth capture July 20, 2023
The Colombian Jean Paul Hoyos Bohórquez (alias “Sodapuppy”, 43) who was arrested in Colombia on Tuesday at the request of the Netherlands is linked by the Dutch Public Prosecution Service to the seizure of 2.5 tons of methamphetamine in 2019 in Rotterdam. Authorities in four countries have worked together to catch him. His arrest was a top priority for the international investigation services, because he is seen as a key figure in the operations of Mexican cartels in the Netherlands and Europe.
Hoyos is said to have coordinated cocaine and methamphetamine production in the Netherlands in the service of Mexican drug cartels. He is also associated with the importation of large amounts of cocaine and several drug labs in the Netherlands. The 43-year-old man is now detained awaiting his extradition to the Netherlands. He is also suspected of laundering large amounts of money. A total of 20 million euros has been linked to him from the Netherlands to Mexico and Colombia.
In the course of the investigation, several drug labs have been dismantled in Europe and more than 50 suspects have been arrested. Colombia had sent three detectives to Europol headquarters to work on this case with Europol and their counterparts in the EU Member States.
The 2.5 tons of crystal meth was found after a raid on the Schiebroek business park in Rotterdam. The stash was behind a double wall in a hidden room, it is the largest ever catch in Europe.
This is an international study in which a location in De Meern also came into the picture. More than 17,000 liters of chemicals were seized there. Police believe they should have been used to make cocaine from cocaine paste.
Mexican drug cartel leader arrested in Spain, also stayed in the Netherlands July 31, 2023
The Spanish National Police in a joint operation with the Colombian and American police in Madrid have arrested a leader of the Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas. He would represent the interests of the network in Europe. A total of five people were arrested and 400 kilos of cocaine, 220,000 euros in cash, two vehicles, ten telephones and various documents were also seized.
The Netherlands The "European" leader of Los Zetas, according to the authorities, is said to be a Colombian nicknamed "El Repetido". His two brothers would also belong to the same criminal organization that was involved in large-scale cocaine smuggling. Drug trafficker “El Repetido” led a kind of nomadic life in Europe, but reportedly stayed mainly in Madrid and the Netherlands.
During the operation, 400 kilos of cocaine, 220,000 euros in cash, two vehicles, ten telephones and documentation were seized.
Cooperation According to the Spanish police, thanks to international cooperation with the Colombian authorities, leaders of the Colombia-based criminal organization have been arrested and thus dismantled in the various countries in which it operated.
Cops find grisly makeshift morgue where 34 butchered bodies are wrapped in plastic and stuffed into kitchen chest freezers at Mexican drug cartel hideouts
Irishman accused of being Sinaloa Cartel boss was ‘troubled child’ in Kerry It is understood his father comes from the Killorglin area and died in Mexico
Why do you think he's dead? He has been well protected by high level people as well as the so called Mencho Special Forces. An Elite Group made up of gunmen with paramilitary training.
Five Mexican students brutally murdered on camera by cartel were lured to meet the gang by FAKE job offer and then killed when they refused to become hitmen for drug lord
Hector Berrellez: El Chapo Was Never A Cartel Boss, They Made Him Bigger Than What He Is By Sol Prendido 8/12/2023 11:34:00 AM 69 comments "Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat
Former DEA agent Hector Berrellez discussed the motivations and actions of drug lords Rafael Quintero and El Chapo, shedding light on their roles within the Sinaloa cartel. Contrary to popular belief, Berrellez revealed that El Chapo was not the ultimate boss of the cartel, but rather worked under Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada.
He also stated that El Chapo was known for his violence, acting as an executioner for another cartel member, Pacho Herrera. Berrellez further claimed that El Chapo was involved in the kidnapping, torture, and burial of DEA agent "Kiki" Camarena, and criticized the fact that El Chapo was not charged with murder when he was eventually captured.
Berrellez expressed frustration with the CIA's role in drug trafficking and the negative consequences it had on communities affected by crack cocaine. He also discussed the dangers he has faced for speaking out against corruption in the Mexican government and his own government's potential plans to hand him over to Mexican authorities.
Chilling video shows inside house where five Mexican students' charred remains were found after they were brutally murdered on camera
So explain to me why they did this to them. Do you really believe it was because they refused to join the Cartel? I believe they were targeted to set an example and create fear. These young men would have been killed no matter what.
Father of Mexican cartel victim says charred remains don’t belong to students: ‘Not our children’
These cartels are completely out of control...and have been for many years. And as you guys mentioned, they are first and foremost, "terrorist organizations" who violently destroy and terrorize the very fabric of the country they're based in, even before they sell a single gram of that white death they distribute.
Grupo Elite from CJNG is most sophisticated paramilitary group in Mexico for the past few years.
Yes the cartel has declared war on the government two years ago, aiming to eradicate an elite state force known as the Tactical Group which the gang accuses of treating its members unfairly.
“If you want war, you’ll get a war. We have already shown that we know where you are. We are coming for all of you,” reads a professionally printed banner signed by the cartel and hung on a building in Guanajuato in May 2021.
So lets just hypothetically say today all the members of each cartel were blown to pieces. All their factories and equipment destroyed. What kind of impact would this have?
Two prosecutors Víctor Salas Cuadras and Fernando García Fernández have been gunned down this week. Both 'excellent' murders committed in the territory of Guerrero. The first, Victor Salas Cuadras, was returning to the office after a few days of leave, having received threats from the criminal group called La Famiglia Michoacana.
The man suspected of setting up crystal meth labs in the Netherlands appears to have previously been convicted in the US for trafficking in methamphetamine. The suspect who was called 'Pablo ICE cobar' in chat conversations is actually called Pavel N. A man with the same personal details was a member of a criminal organization in Texas in 2006, the leader of which ended up in a shootout with the police.
'Pablo Ice-cobar and Dr. Tattoo' in court over gigantic drug labs The criminal trial started this morning in Den Bosch against seven people suspected of involvement in three large drug labs in Arnhem, Achter-Drempt and Wassenaar.
'Escort ladies led to the downfall of the Pablo Icecobar gang'
Drug suspect Pablo Icecobar surrounded himself and his 'cooks' with escorts. That ultimately led to the downfall of his gang, writes RTV Oost, which "became aware" of the police investigation. Justice suspects Pablo Icecobar of, among other things, running a crystal meth lab in Willemsoord, just across the Drents-Overijssel border. Ice is a nickname for crystal meth. The Mexican came to the Netherlands a few years ago and met the Colombian Paula, an escort lady. According to RTV Oost, Pablo is introduced to other Latin American friends from the escort world. On the grain The police eventually track down Pablo and his brother Jorge and find out that Pablo Icecobar is in the Netherlands to make the highly addictive drug crystal meth. Pablo and Jorge are eventually followed by the police, the broadcaster knows. This is done, among other things, with cameras in a van and by recording telephone calls. "Detectives see that not only Pablo and Jorge surround themselves with escorts, their co-suspects also like to be pampered. Through the party nights, they introduce the police team to all the individual gang members. Ultimately, this turns out to be the downfall of the entire group," writes RTV Oost. Justice suspects Pablo and his gang not only of the drug lab in Willemsoord, but also of labs in Achter Drempt and Arnhem in Gelderland, Moerdijk in Brabant and Hauwert in North Holland. 'Money laundering with the help of escorts' According to the judiciary, the money the gang earned was laundered. Partly with the help of the escort ladies. Money would be transferred to the village where Pablo Icecobar comes from. The lawyer of one of the escorts says that this happened 'without criminal intent'. "It is good practice in Latin America to help each other. The men had asked to do this, they saw no harm in it," the lawyer told the broadcaster. The women are also said to have arranged living quarters for the cooks and cooking pots. One of them is said to have nineteen bank accounts in her name.
Cutting cartel recruitment could be the only way to reduce Mexico’s violence
If you Google security jobs in Jalisco Mexico for example, there are numerous ones that popped up that look legit. On Linkedin and so forth. These are all more than likely traps to force young naive people into the cartel.
DEA on Los Chapitos: ‘The Sinaloa Cartel has never been more powerful or made more money’ Anne Milgram said the criminal organization was operating in more than 40 countries, and had become more ‘ruthless’ since it was taken over by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
The indictment against Los Chapitos also revealed that DEA agents infiltrated the leadership of the criminal group for a year-and-a-half. In this time, the officers recorded cases of racketeering, money laundering and torture techniques against rival cartel leaders. But the findings did not go down well with the López Obrador government, which claimed that the DEA operations had not been agreed upon or authorized. The Mexican president described the operation as an “abusive, arrogant interference that should not be accepted under any circumstances.” In Milgram’s speech on Tuesday, there was no mention of the diplomatic tensions with Mexico.
Six kidnapped Mexican teenagers found dead Modified: Today, 00:38 Yesterday, 10:53 PM abroad _
MEXICO CITY - Six bodies found in northern Mexico appear to be those of teenagers kidnapped after a party on Sunday. A seventh victim was found alive but injured.
The ages of the victims are between 14 and 18 years old. They had a party at a remote home in Villanueva, a municipality in the northern province of Zacatecas. There they were overwhelmed by armed persons. Two suspects were arrested in Villanueva. Authorities consider it very likely that the pair were involved in the violence.
Two cartels are battling each other over lucrative smuggling routes through Zacatecas to the United States. Prosecutors previously said they did not believe the kidnappings were related to forced recruitment by criminal groups.
Four killed in a gun battle at a Mexico hospital including, Dr. Otniel Montoya, was caught in the crossfire: Shocking video shows moment 'armed commando' runs in to 'finish off' two in intensive care
EL QUITO'S | Mexico's Sinaloa cartel put up posters claiming gang is no longer selling fentanyl “El Chapo” Guzman’s sons apparently no longer in the ‘apache’ game.
Níall Feiritear Today at 12:16 Signs have appeared in northern Mexico claiming that the notorious Sinaloa Cartel is no longer pushing the synthetic opioid drug fentanyl. The drug, known as ‘apache’ or ‘china town’ , causes thousands of overdoses worldwide every year- and is one of the most profitable income streams for the infamous crew, so investigators have poured cold water over the claims.
Nonetheless, one of Mexico’s top journalists, Michelle Rivera, wrote a translation on social media about what the banners revealed.
“In Sinaloa the sale or trafficking of Fentanilo is prohibited, say the Chapitos. Placed in various points throughout the State,” the broadcaster stated.
“The sale, manufacture, transportation or any type of business that involves the substance known as fentanyl is strictly prohibited, including the sales for its production.
“They also assure that they have never been related to the fentanyl business. ‘Depend on the consequences,’ they warn.”
The banners appeared in the northern state on Monday, known as "narcomantas", and were signed by Los Chapitos, the sons of El Chapo Guzman who took over their dad’s evil gang when the crime boss was extradited to the United States in 2017.
Prosecutors in Sinaloa confirmed that the banners appeared on overpasses and near motorways, but could not say whether they were genuine or who had placed them there.
Earlier this year, U.S. government named Los Chapitos, or "little Chapos", as the main importers of fentanyl into the United States.
In September, Ovidio Guzman, the youngest of the four Los Chapitos brothers, was caught and extradited as US authorities desperately try to stem the crisis.
Leo Silva, a former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent who worked in Mexico, said the banners were likely an attempt by Los Chapitos to take the heat off themselves.
"Coupled with extradition of one of the brothers, it's a ploy to take the heat off of them," Silva said. "I don't see them stopping production,” Mr Silva said.
In July, Sinaloan investigative outlet ‘Riodoce’ reported that Los Chapitos had told producers in Culiacan, the state capital, to stop manufacturing fentanyl.
After this, dead bodies began to appear hanging from bridges and on the side of roads, appearing to have been tortured and with fentanyl pills stuffed in the pockets.
A large portion of the territory where the banners appeared is controlled by El Chapo's former buddy, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, who runs another powerful offshoot of the Sinaloa cartel.
DEA agent Silva doubted Los Chapitos would cease production of the addictive pills.
"It's too much money to turn down or turn their back on," Silva stated.
Mexico’s drug cartels have captured worldwide attention recently for committing mass murder.
In two of the most recent slaughters, separate groups of teenage boys were dispatched in a very gruesome manner, with videos of the lead up to the killings and the actual murders being recorded and sent to family members of the deceased.
It is thought that one group of boys had applied to work in a call centre which was secretly run by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
The youngsters were then killed reportedly for not wanting to take part in the gang’s nefarious activities.
Why would anyone want to be involved in an organization where you more than likely will never ever meet the guy who runs everything?
There are just way too many people involved in Cartels and I don't think that is a very good thing in the long run for your career or personal lifespan. Whats the average lifespan of a cartel member? Do they even make it to the age of 18 without being killed or ending up in prison for a very long time? Highly unlikely.
A few days ago, the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) announced the seizure of 'significant quantities' of chemical precursors that would be sent to Narita, Japan, but which is the Japanese mafia to which these substances would be delivered and who links do you have with Mexican drug traffickers? We tell you.
According to the Global Organized Crime Index; Japan is a place of illicit substance consumption and one of the 10 largest importers of pseudoephedrine, which is used to make methamphetamine. And this drug is one of the drugs with the highest smuggling rate in the country and is also one of the most lucrative in that nation.
In recent years, Mexican cartels have strengthened their ties with international mafias to whom they supply drugs and precursors. In this sense, Mexican drug traffickers have built a solid relationship with the Japanese Yakuza, since almost all the illegal substances consumed in that country are imported.
According to a report from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB ), since 2015 the Sinaloa Cartel has had operations in Japan. While the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is in charge of providing the Yakuza with the cocaine they distribute in Japanese territory, which sells for around 700 dollars (around 12,600 pesos at the current exchange rate) .
In exchange, the Japanese would pay with chemical precursors used to make fentanyl. Although the exchange has been successful for both mafias, in recent years the Japanese government has tightened efforts to control the yakuza, which has led to the decrease in their financing sources and the desertion of their members.
HOW WANTED BOSS OF ‘MOST FEARED’ MEXICAN CARTEL LIVED A ‘NO FRILLS’ LIFE ON SPAIN’S COSTA DEL SOL: THIS IS WHERE THE ‘LOS ZETAS’ KINGPIN LIVED, ENTERTAINED WOMEN AND CLOSED MULTI-MILLION EURO DRUG DEALS
The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ), had begun to gather evidence against Ovidio Guzmán López, el Ratón, years before his extradition, however, all the evidence gathered by DEA agents to incriminate the drug trafficker will not be disclosed as in other trials, but will be destroyed once it is reviewed by the defense.
"It will be like a closed-door trial, with the difference that there will be access to family members or the general public, but the evidence will never be seen," said sources familiar with the case.
According to a court order signed by Judge Sharon Johnson Coleman, all evidence that comes to the defense, including photos, videos, audio of calls, photos of text conversations, and seized drugs, will be subject to a protective order and will be delivered before and after each hearing to the defendant's lawyers, and with the exception of official documents that the court maintains as official, this evidence will be subsequently eliminated.
Jeffrey Lichtman has said that his defendant is encouraged and determined to confront the U.S. government since he considers that there is not enough evidence against him, but that everything is based on the testimonies of protected witnesses, although for the U.S. those testimonies should be enough to put him away for the rest of his life.
As a result first of Ovidio's arrest, and then after a series of operations that the USDOJ announced to go against his brothers, the Los Chapitos cartel, as some security analysts identify them today, people associated with the Guzmán brothers began to place narco mantas in Culiacán, Caborca, and Sonoyta, prohibiting the production and trafficking of fentanyl in territories controlled by them.
The prohibition would have been a consequence of the announcements made by the US government, although, in the opinion of security analysts, the measure is considered "very innocent", since it is evident that the DEA wants and it will only be a matter of time before it arrests all the Guzmán brothers.
Guzmán López is currently being held in the Metropolitan Correctional Center prison in Chicago, awaiting an eventual trial.
Grand Lodges of Mexico Unify Efforts to Strengthen the Masonic Fraternity THE QUARRY PUBLISHED ON
10/31/2023 BY DNA EDITORIAL / STAFF The Grand Lodges of nine Mexican states commit to strengthening unity and promoting Masonic development, with a view to a National Congress next year. Guadalajara, Jal. (ADN/Staff) – In an emblematic meeting known as Interpotential, held recently in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the Grand Lodges of several Mexican states joined forces to strengthen the Masonic fraternity and add lines of action oriented towards unity and Masonic development. The Most Respectable of the Grand Lodge Valle de México, RH.: Cuauhtémoc Plascencia Albiter, outlined the steps for this strengthening through a delegation present at the event.
This Masonic conclave brought together representatives of the Grand Lodges of Colima, Michoacán, Nayarit, Querétaro, Jalisco, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Quintana Roo and Valle de México. Together, they committed to working to find solutions to various problems, promoting Masonic development and planning to hold a National Congress next year. In addition, they agreed to hold periodic meetings for analysis, strategy and joint action in favor of Mexican Freemasonry.
The proposal presented by RH.: Cuauhtémoc Plascencia Albiter for its representation highlights the importance of unity and collaboration between the lodges to address the challenges facing Freemasonry in the country. These joint actions represent a significant step towards the consolidation of a unified Masonic agenda that seeks, among other objectives, to strengthen fraternal ties and promote education and development within this ancient fraternity.
The confirmation of a National Masonic Congress for next year highlights the willingness of these lodges to work together, on a platform that will allow dialogue and coordinated action. This congress will serve as a forum to share experiences, discuss challenges and propose solutions that benefit the Masonic community nationwide.
The periodic meetings agreed upon during the Interpotential meeting also constitute a vital space for continuous analysis and the formulation of strategies that allow us to effectively confront the contemporary challenges facing Mexican Freemasonry. Through these meetings, we seek to foster a culture of collaboration and continuous learning among the participating lodges.
The union and commitment demonstrated by the Grand Lodges of these nine Mexican states highlights the positive evolution in Masonic cooperation, establishing an encouraging precedent for future collaborations. This collective effort will not only strengthen the Masonic fraternity, but will also contribute to the development and well-being of its members and, by extension, Mexican society.
I work with the cartel': Mexican mayor Iván Estrada arrested on abuse of power charges as prosecutors confirm his voice in audio where he brags about his ties to a criminal organization
US Seeks Swift Extradition of Alleged Sinaloa Cartel Security Boss November 23, 2023 7:48 PM Reuters Print
WASHINGTON — The United States is seeking a swift extradition from Mexico of Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, or "El Nini," who is accused of heading security for the faction of the Sinaloa cartel headed by the sons of founder Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday.
The Mexican National Guard on Wednesday captured Perez Salas. Viewed by U.S. anti-narcotics agents as one of the most ruthless Mexican drug figures, Perez Salas was detained in Culiacan, the Sinaloa cartel's heartland, and was taken to Mexico City, according to government detention records.
"Shortly after the apprehension of El Nini, I spoke with Mexican Attorney General [Alejandro] Gertz to thank him for the extraordinary efforts of the Mexican authorities who made the arrest," Garland said in a statement.
"We are now seeking El Nini's swift extradition from Mexico to face justice here in the United States," the statement said.
The capture came less than a week after U.S. President Joe Biden met with his Mexican counterpart, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
The U.S. State Department has accused Perez Salas of working under Ivan Archivaldo Guzman to lead the "Ninis," a violent group of security personnel for the Guzman brothers, also known as "Los Chapitos."
U.S. courts have indicted Perez Salas on a number of charges in relation to his alleged role at the helm of the Chapitos' security apparatus, including cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking, conspiracy, possession of machine guns and witness retaliation.
The State Department had offered up to $3 million for information leading to his arrest.
In January, Mexican authorities captured Ovidio Guzman in Sinaloa and extradited him to the United States in September. The three other Guzman brothers who are suspected of leading Los Chapitos, including the figurehead, Ivan, remain free.
The problem with Mexico is that there is corruption in the armed forces, police and government. Very difficult for honest people to step up.
The country is poor and cartels who get their money by selling drugs in US have insane amount of money they use to bribe police and government. Its an never ending circle there, if you are honest and get in the politics trying to change something , you will be killed within a year.
US-based Mexican Mafia gang members reveal how they're able to legally buy firearms in America and smuggle up to ONE HUNDRED across the border to Mexico every few days
Incredible story of how El Chapo's inside man Margarito Flores - who helped put kingpin behind bars - now risks his life to teach cops how to catch drug trafficking gangs that operate like 'criminal versions of Amazon'
El Chapo' Guzman's mother dies at 94 as Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador pays respect to jailed drug lord's family two years after she asked politician to let him return to native country
Mexican military seize TEN IEDs at the US-Mexico border at Tucson: Border patrol agents are warned to be 'vigilant' as America is faced with unprecedented migrant surge
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Mexican drug chef fears for his life in Dutch prison because of cartel 'murder squad'
Source: The Limburger | Limburg De Limburger | Limburg January 3, 2024, 4:57 PM Sittard - 47-year-old Ignacio F. fears for his life as long as he remains in prison in Sittard. A drug cartel from his home country Mexico is said to have ordered him to be liquidated in prison.
Inside Ecuador's brutal drug gangs: How ruthless cartels are leaving a bloody trail of destruction in battle for supremacy - as country spirals out of control in 'civil war'
The CJNG has been battling the notorious Sinaloa cartel for dominance in the coca fields of Colombia and Peru for years, but is now hell-bent on seizing control in Ecuador, which has become the primary location from which to export cocaine to Europe rather than the US.
Sara Cosío, the woman who almost divided the Guadalajara Cartel and unleashed an internal war The daughter of the former Secretary of Education in Jalisco fell in love with two bosses of the organization, causing an internal conflict that could be resolved
"Spidermen" narcos use ropes in Ecuador's biggest port to hide drugs on ships bound for the U.S. and Europe
The gangs are in cahoots with three major transnational traffickers: Mexico's Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels -- which are behind the influx of fentanyl into the U.S. that's killing tens of thousands of Americans -- as well as Albanian groups with ties to Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia.
Francisco Orantes Abadía aka El Panchito. As long as you keep protecting El Güero Pulseras from the Cartel de Sinaloa. And sending your policemen to extort the migrants we will continue attacking your police headquarters.
The 2006 election campaign of Mexico's current president allegedly received money from drug traffickers ‘Operation Polanco’: How the DEA Investigated AMLO’s 2006-Presidential Campaign
The Mexicans also started with alcohol during Prohibition.
Juan Nepomuceno Guerra Cárdenas (July 18, 1915 – July 12, 2001) was a Mexican drug lord who founded and led the Gulf Cartel for over 50 years. He is often considered the "godfather" of U.S–Mexico border cartels.
He began his criminal career in the 1930s by smuggling alcohol from Mexico during the Prohibition in the United States. He later diversified to other cross-border smuggling activities. He is the uncle of Juan García Ábrego, his successor in the cartel and once considered Mexico's most-wanted man.
During the 1930s he began smuggling whisky across the Mexico–United States border through south Texas. Through shrewd political connections he had fostered, Nepomuceno Guerra was able to control all the contraband moving across the Rio Grande. In the 1970s, his nephew Juan García Abrego began utilizing those connections and developed the organization into a drug cartel primarily dedicated to the more lucrative business of smuggling cocaine.
Massacre in Mexico as cartel violence spirals out of control leads to truce between rival drug gangs: Horrifying videos show drug gangs slaughter rivals, burn piles of bodies and shoot corpses 'so they don't come back to life'
2024 is the year of elections. In Mexico general elections are scheduled to be held on 2 June 2024. Voters will elect a new president to serve a six-year term.
Dozens of properties linked to the Mexican drug lord Chapo Guzman, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, are found throughout Colombia.
According to journalist Malcolm Beith in his book The Last Narco: El Chapo, the Mexican drug trafficker owned mansions, offices, buildings, hotels and farms, properties scattered all over Colombia.
Native American chiefs reveal THOUSANDS of drug cartel gangsters have infiltrated reservations and are using them as bases to traffic fentanyl - as they reveal the shocking number of tribal cops they have to fight them
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