Mexican federal investigative police in the border city of San Luis Río Colorado seized 14,000 fentanyl pills and 168 pounds of methamphetamine during the service of a search warrant at a residence. Investigative personnel also seized approximately 2,000 rounds of ammunition of various calibers.
Tijuana surpassed 2,000 homicides in 2019, largely due to cartel turf wars. The border city is now approaching its 2018 record of 2,518 killings.
An active duty Mexican Army lieutenant was arrested with nearly 200 pounds of cocaine and methamphetamine in Tijuana over the past weekend, say authorities.
A newly appointed municipal police chief in central Mexico resigned this week after surviving a fierce attack by cartel gunmen while traveling in an armored patrol vehicle. The attack took place two weeks ago and left two of the chief’s bodyguards wounded. His armored truck sustained more than 100 bullet strikes.
Cartel violence in the Mexican border state of Chihuahua left three police officers murdered in separate attacks this week. Several officers were also wounded.
The cartel-related violence in the Tijuana metropolitan area recently marked at least 18 killed in less than 24 hours.
A team of masked cartel hitmen attacked an auto body shop in the Mexican border city of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, and killed three suspected Sinaloa Cartel operatives. The Saturday night attack also left another man seriously wounded. Investigators discovered a weapons cache featuring a rocket-propelled grenade launcher at the scene.
At least 15 cartel-related murders were registered in Juárez in less than 24 hours late last week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly 723 pounds of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl worth at least $8.9 million at the Lukeville Port of Entry in Arizona. The seizures occurred during two separate vehicle inspections and resulted in the arrests of two individuals.
A group of FBI agents and support staff crossed into Mexico Sunday, November 10, to join the investigation into the Mormon family murders that left nine dual citizen women and children dead earlier this month.
The number of cartel-related homicides in Tijuana for 2019 now sits at 1,925 as of this week. Among the dead is a decapitated person dumped in a trash bag.
Mexican authorities reported the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 10 bodies on the outskirts of a popular tourist port city 60 miles south of Arizona. The Saturday unearthing occurred outside Puerto Peñasco, also known as Rocky Point.
The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, issued a security alert prohibiting U.S. government employees from traveling to the state’s capital city. The newly released travel restriction is in effect until further notice.
Another attack carried out by cartel gunmen in Northern Mexico left one dead and a second wounded from a traveling family.
A team of cartel gunmen torched at least 16 vehicles Tuesday, November 5, in Ciudad Juárez, resulting in the deaths of at least 10 victims. Members of “Los Mexicles,” an armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel, also opened fire on a government building adjacent to the offices of the state attorney general’s office.
A cartel operative potentially linked to the Monday attack near the Arizona-New Mexico border area with Sonora was arrested in Agua Prieta later that day. The man held two bound and gagged kidnapping victims, several firearms, and ammunition in his vehicle. The earlier narco-terror attack left nine Mormon family members with dual citizenship dead–all women and children.
A cartel convoy of at least 10 trucks disrupted the early morning hours of the Mexican border city of Agua Prieta Monday morning with gunfire. The attack began at approximately 3:15am and resulted in two deaths with several vehicles torched.
A U.S. man from New York was kidnapped in Arizona and rescued in the Mexican border state of Sonora Sunday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Border Patrol agents seized 169 pounds of methamphetamine, 90 pounds of heroin, 11 pounds of fentanyl, and 29 pounds of cocaine during the past week at five separate vehicle inspection checkpoints in California and Arizona.
A suspected Gulf Cartel hitman believed responsible for at least 21 homicides was captured in Sonora earlier this week.
The record number of killings in Mexico in 2019 continues with 542 homicides registered nationwide during a recent one-week period. Organized crime and turf disputes generated the majority of the bloodshed, according to government sources.
Three Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States pleaded guilty to operating a meth lab across the street from an elementary school in an Atlanta suburb. The three defendants—cousins—entered pleas within the last 10 days in federal court.
Authorities reported the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 42 bodies on the outskirts of a popular Mexican tourist port city near the Arizona border. The grisly discovery occurred just outside Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, also known as Rocky Point — located approximately 60 miles south of Arizona.
A clash between rival criminal gangs in southwest Mexico resulted in the deaths of nine cartel operatives on Wednesday night. Police made the grisly discovery after responding to reports of numerous dead males observed on a roadway in the pacific coast state of Guerrero.
The Mesa Police Department in Arizona announced the arrests of two suspected drug traffickers and the seizure of 15,000 fentanyl pills.
A total of 60 military families were forced to flee their homes in Culiacán, Sinaloa, after last week’s ultimately aborted capture of two sons belonging to imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The military operation sparked a violent response from the Sinaloa Cartel, forcing the Mexican government to release at least one prisoner. Officials did not confirm if both sons were initially caught.
The government of Mexico deployed 230 Mexican Army Special Forces personnel who arrived in Culiacán, Sinaloa, on Friday night in response to cartel violence that broke out throughout the city on Thursday afternoon. The deployment of additional security elements resulted from a cartel rampage that exploded in Culiacán after the capture of the son of the notorious and imprisoned drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The Mexican government released the drug lord’s son after security forces became overwhelmed by the cartel response.
Intense gun battles broke out in Culiacán, Sinaloa, this afternoon after the Mexican Army and Federal Police captured Ovidio Guzmán López aka “El Ratón Nuevo,” a son of “El Chapo” Guzman.
Six badly burned murder victims were discovered in a nine-hour time span earlier this week in Tijuana.
Mexican authorities discovered five ladders used to scale a border wall by human and drug smugglers in the El Paso Border Sector Tuesday.
Border Patrol agents seized 22 pounds of fentanyl during a traffic stop in southern California last week–enough to kill more than 5 million people.
A team of cartel hitmen launched a brazen daytime attack on a motorist earlier this week in southeastern Mexico. The attack left the targeted driver dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
A team of cartel gunmen attacked the home of the mayor for the tourist port city of Guaymas, Sonora. The Thursday night incident occurred at approximately 7:00pm and resulted in no injuries.
A kidnapping gang, which included three Mexican police officers, was busted in Tijuana Tuesday. Three victims were freed in the incident.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized approximately 161 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $3,238,000 Sunday at the Texas-Mexico border.
A team of cartel gunmen stormed a restaurant in Playa del Carmen and opened fire, killing the owner and wounding four others before fleeing Sunday. Authorities attributed the incident to a failure to pay a cartel extortion tax, often called a “piso.”
United States Border Patrol agents carried out two separate arrests this week involving drug smugglers transporting large quantities of methamphetamine while utilizing children as a diversionary tactic. The two busts resulted in a total seizure of 225 pounds of methamphetamine valued at approximately $541,694.
The leader of a Gulf Cartel cell operating in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, was captured Wednesday. The cell known as “Los Pelones” is believed responsible for much of the violence in the tourist region.
Cartel-related violence in Tijuana continues with at least 1,709 homicides in 2019 at the close of September.
A murdered police commander videotaped in a forced narco-confession and later found beheaded in Cancún has been connected to the jailed ex-governor of Quintana Roo. The murder of the police commander occurred last Sunday following his kidnapping by a team of cartel gunmen earlier that week.
