U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized approximately 320 pounds of methamphetamine, 32 pounds of marijuana along with heroin, fentanyl, and cocaine worth $1.3 million over the weekend during four vehicle inspections at the Arizona border. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrests of one U.S. citizen and three Mexican nationals.
A team gunman opened fire on three trucks transporting migrants on a highway in the southern border state of Chiapas Sunday morning, leaving two dead and seven wounded. The migrants, made up of primarily Guatemalans, were heading north toward the United States border as part of a caravan.
A cartel gunman opened fire on a vehicle stopped in traffic on a highway leading into the main Hotel Zone in Cancún, leaving three dead and one injured. The shooting was captured by security video cameras.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized approximately 360 pounds of methamphetamine and 2,900 of marijuana on Wednesday during two vehicle inspections at the Arizona border with Mexico. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrests of two Mexican nationals and seizure of more than $2.6 million in drugs.
Cartel gunmen murdered a municipal police director from the Mexican city of Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, while driving into the state capital on Tuesday. The attack occurred at approximately 2 p.m. as he drove his duty vehicle along the highway into the city of Chihuahua accompanied by a bodyguard who gunmen also murdered.
The Mexican Army (SEDENA) assigned to drug interdiction at Tijuana’s Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport seized more than one ton of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine concealed inside a parcel truck. The Tuesday incident did not result in any arrests.
Three Central American MS-13 members were arrested last week for a double murder case which occurred in November 2018 in the southern border state of Chiapas.
Elements of the Mexican Federal Police seized approximately 3,000 fentanyl pills at a security checkpoint on the highway entrance to Nogales, Sonora, this past Monday. The seizure resulted in the arrest of a male driver.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized approximately 350 pounds of hard drugs consisting of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl worth over $6.1 million this past Saturday during three vehicle inspections in southern Arizona. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrests of two U.S. citizens and one Mexican national.
Elements of the Mexican federal police seized approximately one ton of methamphetamine and fentanyl in powder and tablet form and heroin. The seizure occurred as police conducted security operations on a highway along the Mexico-California border this past Thursday. The operation resulted in the arrest of one male suspect.
A suspected Honduran MS-13 gang member gunned down two municipal police officers and a suspected rival gang member in the southern Mexico border state of Chiapas this past Tuesday. Security cameras captured the murder of the two police officers and led to an extensive manhunt for the killer.
Mexican immigration authorities were attacked by members of a new Central American caravan which illegally crossed from Guatemala on Monday. The group of at least 500 pelted officials with rocks, causing damage to vehicles and minor injuries at a roadblock.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly a half-ton of methamphetamine estimated to be worth more than $12 million. The smuggler allegedly concealed the drugs within a commercial shipment of frozen strawberries from Mexico.
Elements of the Mexican Army seized more than 2 tons of methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and marijuana during separate security operations in the border states of Sonora and Baja California late last week. The busts yielded one arrest.
Four cartel gunmen carrying rifles and handguns stormed into a bar in the tourist resort city of Cancun and began firing indiscriminately. The attack on Friday left five dead and 12 others injured.
Kidnappers in the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz dumped the body of a woman in a vacant lot inside of a garbage bag after her husband could not pay a ransom of 4 million pesos ($200,000 USD). The kidnappers also left a taunting message to the victim’s husband blaming not paying for his wife’s death.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized 86 pounds of methamphetamine estimated to be worth more than $1.7 million during two separate vehicles inspections. The seizures occurred on Wednesday at two different ports of entry in Laredo, Texas. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrests of two Mexican nationals on drug smuggling charges.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 17.4 pounds of fentanyl during a vehicle inspection earlier this week in California. The incident resulted in the arrests of two American citizens for drug smuggling charges.
Mexican Federal Police and elements of the Army arrested two cartel gunmen over the weekend with an arsenal of rifles, handguns, grenades, and ammunition. The duo was arrested in a stolen vehicle in southern Chihuahua.
A brazen Mexican cartel attack on a businessman and his bodyguards occurred in front of a luxury hotel in Ensenada last week. Three were left wounded. The incident was caught on security camera footage.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a half a ton of methamphetamine estimated to be worth more than $14 million dollars as smugglers attempted to move the drugs through a South Texas border crossing. The smugglers allegedly concealed the methamphetamine within a commercial shipment of fresh produce this past Wednesday.
Eight Guatemalan migrants were rescued from the top of a border wall near Mexicali, Baja California, Wednesday after they attempted to scale the barrier.
Mexican federal police in the border state of Sonora seized over 550 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl in a truck that was abandoned by smugglers after a pursuit over the recent weekend. The occupants were able to flee on foot.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 122 pounds of methamphetamine during a vehicle inspection earlier this week at the California border. The alleged seizure resulted in the arrest a 59-year-old female U.S. citizen on drug smuggling charges.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 395 pounds of methamphetamine during a commercial vehicle inspection last Friday in California. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrest of a Mexican national on drug smuggling charges.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agents (CBP) and U.S. Army National Guard personnel came under recent rock attacks from Mexico while patrolling Calexico and El Centro, California. Three separate incidents occurred last week, leaving one Border Patrol agent injured and vehicle damage.
The homicide count continues to rise in Tijuana with at least 218 registered in January. Eleven bodies were recently discovered in a 26-hour span.
Cartel gunmen murdered a police Chief from a small town that borders the popular tourist port of San Carlos Bay, in Guaymas Sonora. The attack occurred as he drove his duty vehicle along a local street last week.
U.S. Border Patrol agents in Arizona arrested a previously deported murderer this week.
U.S. Border Customs and Border Patrol agents seized 254 pounds of fentanyl and 395 pounds of methamphetamine during a regular inspection of an 18-wheeler at the commercial border crossing in Nogales, Arizona Saturday. The seizure of fentanyl was the largest ever recorded at a U.S. port of entry.
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine and cocaine in two separate vehicle inspections this past weekend in California. The alleged seizures resulted in the arrest of a Mexican national and a U.S. citizen on drug smuggling charges.
Mexican federal police and soldiers arrested suspected cartel gunmen with an arsenal of rifles, ammunition, and three grenades over the weekend in Agua Prieta, Sonora. The seven were believed to be involved in drug smuggling activities near the Arizona and New Mexico border.
U.S. Border Patrol agents seized 41 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $1.3 million during a checkpoint vehicle inspection this past Wednesday. The inspection led to the arrest of a Mexican national on charges related to drug smuggling.
The ranks of a new Central American migrant caravan reportedly grew in size to more than 12,000 as of Friday. The caravan is now heading to Mexico’s southern border.
The border city of Ciudad Juárez, abutting El Paso, Texas, ordered the reinforcement of six police stations after a series of cartel attacks left nine officers injured.
Two Central American migrants who escaped human smugglers holding them for ransom led U.S and Mexican authorities to a nearby stash house.
Seven men were gunned down in a Cancún residence Sunday as cartel-related homicides continue to shock the traditionally tourist-friendly city.
Tijuana continues to notch cartel-related homicides with 17 registered in a 28-hour period over the weekend.
The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, issued a security alert following a series of coordinated attacks against police officers in that city and for Ciudad De Chihuahua. Gunmen carried out the attacks on January 17.
The Attorney General’s Office for the Mexican border state of Sonora confirmed for the first time that an investigation is underway in the kidnapping of six victims which occurred on December 26, 2018.
