Opioid Abusers Using Loperamide to Get High or Alleviate Withdrawal, with Fatal Consequences One of the most used drugs in any survival stockpile is Immodium (loperamide). It safely and reliably stops diarrhea. It is also used on the street to treat opiate withdrawal symptoms. Here’s how it works for that purpose. If society…
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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…
Cartel Corner History: The Man Who Tried To Run Forever
Twenty-four years ago today, Pablo Escobar walked out of prison, setting off a massive 18-month manhunt. In season two of Narcos, the hunt is on. Watch the new trailer, and don’t miss new episodes of Narcos, streaming on Netflix September 2. It was humiliating. He practically walked out of jail and disappeared into thin air….
Cartel Corner #90: Armed Vigilante Groups Wage Urban Warfare Against the Cartels in Mexico’s Second Largest City
Vigilante Urban Warfare in Guadalajara, Mexico Jesús Morones, the owner of a candy shop in El Salto, a rugged industrial area on the southeastern fringe of the Guadalajara metropolitan area, says he’s been robbed at gunpoint eight times. “Last time they beat me and locked me and my family in here for 10 minutes while…
Modern Crime: White Trash Meth Monkey Who Killed Two Bailiff’s in Michigan Had A Violent and Sick Past
May God be with the families of the two Peace Officers who were killed and a Speedy recovery to the Deputy and Civilian who were wounded. It is pieces of human fecal matter like this that legitimize bringing back mandatory sterilization and public executions. -SF A man who accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a…
Cartel Corner #89: Homemade Narco Tanks (Yeah I said TANKS)
As drug-trafficking-related violence in Mexico raged, the cartels came up with a radical solution for improving their capabilities in face-offs with other criminal groups and Mexican security services. Narco tanks are homemade armored vehicles, also known in Spanish as “monstruo” for their hulking size. They reached peak popularity in 2011 as the Mexican military seized…
Cartel Corner #87: The Lime Grower Vs. The Cartel
How A Lime Grower Led An Uprising Against One of Mexico’s Bloodiest Cartels IT WAS WINTER in the pocket of Mexico known as Tierra Caliente, the Hot Land. The sky was cloudless and the sun’s rays were casting flickering reflections off the convoy coming into focus: two behemoth SUVs, one black, one silver, passengers invisible…
Modern Crime: The $24 Million Dollar Wall
Wow. He must have sold a lot of Miracle Grow to make this haul, huh? -SF Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez runs a successful gardening store in Miami-Dade, but not quite successful enough to explain the $24 million cops found stashed in his wall. The 44-year-old was charged with offenses including money laundering and marijuana trafficking after police…
Modern Crime: The Amazing Story of John Cramsey (The Dude Who Got Arrested at the Holland Tunnel with An Arsenal Today)
A gun shop owner heading to New York City to rescue a heroin-addicted teen from a drug den was arrested with two companions at the Holland Tunnel after a police officer stopped his truck for a cracked windshield and found a cache of weapons and ammunition. John Cramsey made it his mission to save addicts…
Cartel Corner #86: Attack on El Chapo’s Hometown Points To A Cartel Turf War
Heavily armed men reportedly descended on the hometown of “El Chapo,” ransacking his mother’s home, killing several residents and displacing 150 families, a clear indication that the sun is setting on an era marked by the Mexican crime boss’s dominance. A gang of 150 attackers appeared early on June 11 in the small mountain town…