MEXICO CITY—As many as eight young workers were confirmed dead Tuesday in Mexico after they apparently tried to quit jobs at a call center operated by a violent drug cartel that targeted Americans in a real estate scam. U.S. and Mexican officials confirmed the brutal story that unfolded late last month when relatives of the…
8 Young Workers at Drug Cartel Call Center Killed, Bodies Placed in Bags
Former ICE Agent Calls for Sanctions on Mexico, China Over Drug Trafficking
On Tuesday, the U.S. government levied sanctions on 17 Mexican and Chinese companies for their suspected involvement in the production of illicit fentanyl. The target, however, should be the two governments themselves, according to former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Victor Avila. The Biden administration imposed sanctions on May 30 on 17 people and…
National Sheriffs’ Association Urges Congress to Take Action Against Mexican Drug Cartels
American sheriffs are calling for Congress to take action against Mexican drug cartels behind the ongoing fentanyl crisis—including providing additional manpower and tools for law enforcement—in the aftermath of the deaths of two Americans in an attack by gang members. The National Sheriffs’ Association (NSA) said it supports recent attempts in Congress to undercut and…
2 Americans Violently Kidnapped in Mexico Found Dead, 2 Alive
Mexico’s president said Tuesday that two of the four U.S. citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, while the other two have been found alive. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that one of the individuals who was found alive had been injured in last week’s violent abduction. Tamaulipas…
Former Mexico Drug Czar Convicted in US of Taking Bribes From Cartel
NEW YORK—A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia Luna accepted bribes from the…
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When the Ruling Class Makes War on the Middle Class
This is what it looks like when U.S. elites set fire to their own country: First, violence in the streets, opens borders exposing families to terror, crime, and drugs. Then they target the younger generation and destroy their ingenuity, ambition, and success. And if you speak out to defend your family, community, and country, you’re…
Border Patrol Agent Shot by Suspected Smugglers in New Mexico
A Border Patrol agent in southern New Mexico was shot by suspected smugglers, who were inside a vehicle, on Thursday. When a Border Patrol agent stopped a vehicle at 11:25 a.m. he was shot multiple times on his bulletproof vest. The agent returned fire and the vehicle fled north of Hachita, according to a press…
29 Killed as Mexican Authorities Detail Raid to Arrest Son of ‘El Chapo’
Authorities in Mexico announced on Friday that 10 military personnel and 19 suspected gang members were killed in a wave of violence surrounding the arrest of an alleged cartel leader who is the son of convicted cartel drug kingpin Joaquín Archivaldo “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera. In a blow-by-blow description of the operation to detain Ovidio…
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