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Nearly 3,300 additional Central American caravan migrants arrived at the Mexican northern border city of Tijuana on Saturday, authorities in Mexico stated.

A former Wells Fargo banker was arrested by FBI agents on Wednesday, for allegedly participating in an international money laundering conspiracy connected to Mexican cartels.

Portions of the migrant caravan consisting of nearly 900 Central Americans in 22 buses arrived in the northern border state of Sonora, escorted by state and federal police on Wednesday.

A caravan of nearly 400 migrants in eight buses arrived in the northern border state of Sonora, escorted by state and federal police on Monday.

Mexican Federal Police with assistance from the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and Army (SEDENA) captured René Gerardo Santana Garza, “El 300,” one of the leaders of Los Aztecas. The gang is believed to be responsible for much of the recent cartel bloodshed in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Mexican Federal Police in Sonora sized 1,067 pounds of methamphetamine concealed inside a tractor-trailer on Wednesday in the municipality of Carbó.

The cartel violence in Tijuana continues with at least 36 murders registered in the first week of November, bringing the unofficial total to 2,124 for 2018.

Six decapitated bodies dumped in the border state of Chihuahua last month have been identified as cartel gunmen by Mexican government authorities. They are believed to be victims in an ongoing cartel war between El Nuevo Cártel de Juárez and the Sinaloa Cartel—La Gente Nueva.

A municipal police officer in Chihuahua who was kidnapped by cartel gunmen on October 18 was found murdered Wednesday after appearing in a forced interrogation video released on social media.

An alleged serial rapist reportedly living in the U.S. illegally attacked at least seven Phoenix area women in a year, local police say.

The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, issued a security alert warning federal personnel stationed in the Mexican border city about a threat involving criminal groups trying to carjack armored vehicles.

Amid a cartel turf war featuring daily homicides throughout Tijuana, local Deputy Attorney General Jorge Alberto Álvarez Mendoza acknowledged that only 2 percent of cases end in convictions.

Law enforcement officials near Boston, Massachusetts. arrested two Dominican nationals in connection with the seizure of over 70 pounds (32 kilograms) of fentanyl. The drugs have an alleged street value of $28.8 million dollars.

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon announced a nine-count indictment against 22 members of an alleged criminal organization responsible for trafficking and distributing large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine in the Pacific Northwest.

The State Attorney General’s Office in Chihuahua confirmed the discovery of six decapitated bodies located early Tuesday in the rural mountain community of Creel–sparking fears of an escalation in territorial cartel violence.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge in Phoenix sentenced an illegal immigrant previously protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) to 35 years in prison followed by lifetime probation for the kidnapping and attempted abuse of a 3-year-old girl.

The Mexican border city of Tijuana topped 2,000 homicides during the first ten months of 2018, as a cartel war rages. Multiple cartel hits add to historic figures with multiple murders registered daily.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the State Department doubled the reward for the capture of Mexican drug kingpin Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes aka “El Mencho” to $10 million. “El Mencho,” is the alleged leader of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG) – one of the largest, most dangerous organizations currently operating in Mexico with a heavy presence in the United States.

The United States Customs and Border Protection seized more than 300 pounds of methamphetamine during three separate inspections over the weekend in Arizona and California.

Authorities in northern Mexico are investigating the murder of Catholic Priest Ícmar Arturo Orta, whose lifeless body was located Friday inside his vehicle in Playas de Rosarito. Tijuana Archbishop Francisco Moreno Barron announced the death in a statement.

Tijuana continues to rack up cartel-related homicides with 16 registered in a 30-hour period over the weekend.

The Mexican Army discovered a weapons arsenal belonging to the Sinaloa Cartel in the border city of Nogales, Sonora, earlier this week.

The Mexican tourist destination city of Ensenada, Baja California, broke its all-time homicide record in 2018 amid continuous cartel violence.

A police officer from Mexico was arrested in Orange County, California, for allegedly transporting 50 pounds of methamphetamine on Wednesday.

The investigation of a recently discovered yet incomplete narco-tunnel into California revealed structural features such as a rail system and ventilation powered by solar energy.

The United States Customs and Border Patrol seized approximately 22 pounds of fentanyl and 30 pounds of methamphetamine in Arizona during two separate inspections on Sunday and Monday.

Sonora State Attorney General Rodolfo Montes de Oca Mena and State Security Director for Public Safety Adolfo García Morales resigned on Friday after six police officers were gunned down by cartel gunmen inside 24 hours.

The Mexican Army discovered a large weapons cache on Tuesday after repelling an ambush by cartel gunmen in Sinaloa.

Five police officers were murdered during two separate attacks carried out by cartel gunmen in Guaymas, Sonora, on Thursday.

As a cartel war rages in Tijuana, a total of 215 homicides were tallied there in September.

Cartel violence in the Mexican border state of Sonora continues to escalate. Officials report 31 homicides in the capital city of Hermosillo in September — 52 more in Ciudad Obregón. The killings make the month the state’s most violent of 2018.

Mexican Federal Police assigned to drug interdiction at Tijuana’s Abelardo L. Rodríguez International Airport seized short of 8,000 fentanyl pills during a routine inspection on Friday.

U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Border Patrol agents seized approximately 140 pounds of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl at the Arizona border during three separate inspections on the afternoon of September 27.

Mexican federal border inspectors and the Army seized a large cache of weapons crossing from Arizona Wednesday afternoon.

The Mexican Army seized 950 pounds of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin on Sunday in Baja California–adding to the number of significant drug busts within the past two months.

The Mexican military, in coordination with the Baja California Norte State Preventive Police (PEP), discovered a narco-tunnel leading into California late last week.