The Mexican Los Zetas cartel controls portions of the Texas-Mexico border and has proven to possess Russian rocket-propelled grenade launchers and the grenades (RPGs). This is significant in that the Mexican transnational group has shown a willingness to fire upon U.S. aircraft, such as they did on June 5, 2015 in the Laredo Sector along…
Category: The Drug War & The Border
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…
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…
Islam Invasion: New Mexico Muslim “Refugee” with Gas Pipeline Plans Arrested in New Mexico
The Bottom Line in all of this folks is EXACTLY what the author states: They (The US Govt.) would rather see Americans die at the hands of Islamic jihadis than be politically incorrect. Take Charge of your Own Security Now! -SF But remember: building a wall is racist. Judicial Watch reported Wednesday that police…
Cartel Corner #85: El Chapo’s Prison Guard Found Dead And No One Is Fessing Up
A soldier assigned to guard the northern Mexican jail currently holding Sinaloa cartel chief Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was found dead last week, with signs of torture, and it’s not clear who’s responsible for his killing. The body of Jorge Mauricio Melendez Herrera, 20, was discovered on Friday in an unpopulated area in western Ciudad Juarez. He…
Examining Terrorist Tactics: Brazilian Smuggling Ring Responsible for Helping Middle Eastern Illegals Cross Southern Border
A Brazilian-based smuggling network has been helping illegal immigrants from the Middle East cross the Southern border — and in one case, an Afghan man was found to be part of a terrorist plot in North America, the Washington Times reported Thursday evening. The network has helped smuggle at least a dozen Middle Eastern men…
Cartel Corner #83: Acapulco Turned Into “Gurrero’s Iraq” By Drug Cartels
The idyllic Pacific coast town of Acapulco in Mexico’s Guerrero state once welcomed Hollywood stars and honeymooners, but the city has suffered a wave of bloody violence in recent years, as cartels and criminal groups battle for control. Since 2012, Acapulco, which has been called “Guerrero’s Iraq,” has been the most violent city in Mexico,…
Cartel Corner #82: Facebook Equals “KillBook” With Salvadoran Gangs
Just one more reason to dump social media. These gangs are moving North by the hundreds and bringing their skill-sets with them. -SF Teens hoping to escape the pressure of gang recruitment in El Salvador by fleeing to the US might breathe a sigh of relief when they cross the border. Their solace is often…
Border Security Update: Somali Man Tries to Run Over Border Patrol in AZ
Why is a Somali citizen trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico in the first place? “In April, investigators say Ahmed Elni Abdalla drove up to a checkpoint near Amado, AZ. When agents approached Abdalla’s car, he drove through the stop sign and tried to get away at a ‘high rate of speed.’” Once…
Border Security: Deportation Raids ARE NOT Stopping Families From Entering the U.S. Illegally
With bags on her shoulders and her four-year-old daughter in her arms, a 25-year-old single mother named Amanda fled her village in El Salvador without saying goodbye to her parents or siblings. She was focused on just one thing: survival. “I owned a store, and gang members made me pay them $200 of what I…