How Two American Teens Became Assassins for a Mexican Cartel (click on above link to be re-directed) This is a small snapshot of what is out there on the streets right now. Fifteen Year Old Stone Cold Killers. Be Prepared. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Category: Cartel and Gang Profiles
Cartel Corner #97: Mexican Farmers Go From Coffee to Smack
Farmers Switch From Coffee to Poppy in Mexico’s Heroin Hub (click on above link to be re-directed) Leave it to drug dealers to take advantage of a agricultural disaster in Mexico to increase Heroin Production. Would it be beyond the cartels to intentionally start a fungus so their poppy fields could get larger?? Stay Alert, Stay…
Espionage Files: The Story of Los Pepes, The Paramilitary Group that Took On Pablo Escobar and Won
Los Pepes: The Paramilitary Group That Took On Pablo Escobar And Won (click on the link above to be re-directed to source page) I am a sucker for all things historical as you know, and I have been watching the second season of Narco’s on Netflix which chronicles the story of Pablo Escobar’s rise and…
Cartel Corner #96: Columbia’s Cocaine Trade is About to Explode
What Does Colombia’s Peace Deal Mean for the Cocaine Trade? This is of course going to have HUGE implications in the Southern Border States like my home state of Texas. Stay on your toes gents. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Cartel Corner #95: Guatemalan Gangs Crafting IED’s
Guatemalan Gangs Are Now Crafting Remote-Detonated Bombs (click on above title link to be re-directed to source page) With Trans-National Gangs like MS-13 routinely traversing Americas porous Southern Border, these types of terrorist tactics will definitely rear their ugly head in the U.S. in due time. I highly urge all CO’s to keep tabs on…
Cartel Corner #94: Crooked Cop Executed by Mexican Mafia in Texas
A crooked cop’s execution-style killing in Texas exposes the ruthless inner workings of the Mexican Mafia (click on above link to be re-directed to source page) It always amazes me the stupidity of crooks (either straight up crooks or crooks pretending to be cops) advertising themselves on social media. #Dumb-ass of the Year Award. Stay…
Cartel Corner#93: Cartel Tactics Analysis of Nuevo Laredo Cartel Battle: 16 July 2010
Cartel Tactics Analysis of Nuevo Laredo Cartel Battle, 16 July 2010 (Click on Above Title Link to be Re-directed to Source Page) **WARNING** Contains Graphic Images from Police Crime Photos. Not Safe For Work! These type of overviews are extremely helpful in studying gangs and cartel TTP’s. Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Cartel Corner #92: Columbia’s Elites and Organized Crime
Colombia Elites and Organized Crime (click link above to be re-directed to Host Site) InSight Crime has done an OUTSTANDING job on producing a 3 part series on understanding the current narco-business culture in Columbia which revolves around a connection between the Countries Elite Families and Personalities and the the Country’s most Notorious Drug Lords….
Cartel Corner #91: Gulf Cartel Policing Texas Border for Petty Criminals?
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The failed strategy by the Mexican government has created a new issue in this border city where organized crime has tried to diminish common crime in an effort to lower public attention. Drug cartels appear to be succeeding in lowering common crime, something that the State of Tamaulipas has failed in. “They…
Modern Crime: Kidnapping Still A Booming Business in South America
Criminals in Brazil are reportedly asking one of the most powerful men in sport for $36.5 million in exchange for the safe return of his mother-in-law. Aparecida Schunck, 67, was kidnapped in Brazil on the night of July 22 in the city of Sao Paulo. She’s the mother of Formula 1 CEO Bernie Ecclestone’s wife…