The charade continues in typical dramatic fashion….I wonder how much per day all the bribes Guzman is paying out break down too? a Million? 2 Million? -SF Earlier this week, Mexican troops entered La Tuna, the hometown of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in northwestern Mexico, and while it seems the soldiers are…
Category: The Drug War & The Border
Cartel Corner #37: Drug Traffickers “Spoofing” Border Surveillance Drones
The homeland security agency, and local law enforcement as well, are looking to harden its drones against attack, but that comes at a price. The drug cartels aren’t just buying golden Uzis anymore. As the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, or CBP, has upped its drone patrols along America’s Mexican border, narcotics traffickers have…
Border Security Update: Team led by “Middle Eastern” Woman caught Surveilling U.S. Facility on Mexican Border
“Team led by Middle Eastern Woman Caught Surveilling U.S. Facility on Mexican Border,” Judicial Watch, December 16, 2015: DECEMBER 16, 2015 A Middle Eastern woman was caught surveilling a U.S. port of entry on the Mexican border holding a sketchbook with Arabic writing and drawings of the facility and its security system, federal law enforcement…
Cartel Corner #36: Gulf Cartel Attacks Mexican Federal Building, Two Arrested in Spain for buying Weapons for Cartel
REYNOSA, Tamaulipas — Gulf Cartel gunmen stormed the headquarters of Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office in this border city knocking down the front gate and shooting up the building before making their getaway. The attack took place Monday early morning when various gunmen in two SUV’s rammed the door of the building and then fired their…
Cartel Corner #35: “El Chapo” Paid Handsomely for his Escapes from Prison
The Mexican attorney general released more details from the government’s investigation of Sinaloa drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s high-profile prison escape in July, though she refrained from divulging specifics. “The exact amount of how much [El Chapo] spent [to escape] we have not documented totally,” Arely Gómez González, Mexico’s attorney general, told Mexican newspaper Milenio in…
Cartel Corner #34: The El Chapo/ISIS Media Bandwagon Rides Again!
A blog about Mexican drug cartels reported on December 7 about a leaked encrypted email supposedly sent by notorious Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán to prominent Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi. In the email, Guzmán allegedly threatens to retaliate against ISIS for destroying drug shipments and interfering in cartel business….
Cartel Corner #33: Where in the World is El Chapo Guzman? (Hint: He is Not in this leaked cell phone video!)
Well Guys and Gals, it appears the DEA can now mistake Mexican Music Videos for “credible intelligence”!! Wow, that sure goes a LONG WAY to boost my confidence in the Federal Law Enforcement System, how about you? -SF Earlier this week, what appeared to be “leaked” cellphone video showing fugitive Mexican drug lord Joaquin…
Cartel Corner #32: Gulf Cartel Boss and Family Murdered; Australian Surfers Murdered and Burned in Mexico
MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas — The infighting for control of the Gulf Cartel in this border city has led to the kidnapping and likely execution of a long time cartel boss and founding leader of Los Zetas. It appears his family met the same fate. Rogelio Rolando Gonzalez Pizana better known as Kelin or Z-2 was…
Border Security Update: 5 Middle Eastern Men Arrested 30 Miles INSIDE UNITED STATES
Original Article can be Read at Judicial Watch Five young Middle Eastern men were apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol this week in an Arizona town situated about 30 miles from the Mexican border, law enforcement and other sources told Judicial Watch. Border Patrol agents spotted the men crossing a ranch property in the vicinity…
Cartel Corner #31: Sinaloa Cartel Showing Signs of Splintering?
The capital of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur is named La Paz, or Peace, and it’s garnered a reputation over the years for its tranquility, whale watching, and sunset dining in restaurants along the coastal boardwalk. For a long time it seemed like La Paz was immune to the drug violence that has plagued the nearby…