New Mexico — An active duty member of the U.S. Army has admitted to his role in smuggling illegal aliens for what authorities are calling a Mexican “transnational criminal organization,” according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. federal court.
“Despite Mexican government statistics adding up to more than 110,000 murders during Calderón’s term, the international press continues to report estimates of the death toll in Mexico ranging from 50,000 to ‘more than 60,000.’” — Molly Molloy, border and Latin
Mexican police have detained the alleged leader of the Juarez drug cartel, a 47-year-old man known as “Ugly Betty,” authorities said. Alberto Carrillo Fuentes was arrested by federal police in the western state of Nayarit and he was later questioned
A 60-year old woman working for the National Park Service has been critically hurt in an attack in Arizona near the Mexican border. Authorities have not stated if the attack came from a Mexican national who entered the U.S. illegally,
It has long been known that U.S. authorities use unmanned aerial drones to patrol the nearly 2,000-mile U.S./Mexico border. However, a recent report by FOX News‘ William La Jeunesse reveals the U.S. is engaging in aerial surveillance over Mexican soil–manned
Police have detained a drug cartel operator in northern Mexico suspected of being responsible for the killing of more than 350 people found in 23 clandestine graves, authorities said Thursday. Mario Nunez Meza, 39, was captured on Wednesday in Ciudad
By ANTONIO ALEJANDRO VILLEGASAssociated PressVILLAHERMOSA, MexicoA notorious cargo train known as “the Beast” and carrying at least 250 Central American hitchhiking migrants derailed in a remote region of southern Mexico on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring 17,
By KATHERINE CORCORANAssociated PressMEXICO CITYWith the capture of two top drug lords in little more than a month, the new government of President Enrique Pena Nieto is following an old strategy it openly criticized for causing more violence and crime.
The Mexican army arrested Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño, leader of the Gulf cartel, Saturday morning. This cartel is one of the oldest in Mexico and based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, which is directly across from Brownesville, TX. In 2008, a federal
On Friday, the Department of Homeland Security conceded that requests for asylum in the United States along the border between the United States and Mexico have more than doubled over the last three years. The federal government released the numbers
A body believed to be that of a Honduran national killed by Mexican drug cartel violence was seen floating in the Rio Grande river as a congressional delegation focused on border security matters visited the Texas/Mexico border. Congressman Leonard Lance
At the Otay crossing near the San Diego border last Monday, about 200 people coming from Mexico gained entry to the United States all using the same key phrase; they claimed they had a ‘credible fear’ of drug cartels. According
In an open letter to the public in late July, several retired Border Patrol agents wrote on behalf of the National Association of Former Border Patrol Officers to warn that Mexican drug cartels are actively operating inside the United States
Breitbart News reported in April 2013 on declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) documents that detailed the business relationships between certain U.S. prison gangs and Mexican cartels. At the same time the claim of a secured border falls apart, a disturbing
Attorney General Eric Holder has been caught spending more than $4 million of taxpayer cash on extravagant travel over the past four years, according to documents uncovered by watchdog group Judicial Watch. In total, Holder accrued $4,263,704.01 in travel expenses between
Heavily-armed men assaulted Mexican federal police units in a carefully planned attack in which 22 people were killed, most of them assailants, in six towns, the government announced Tuesday. The gunmen concealed themselves in hills above checkpoints in Michoacan state,
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officer operated a two-year criminal enterprise along the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Human smuggling, cocaine and marijuana trafficking, and bribery resulted in 108 months in prison for
The captured head of Mexico’s Los Zetas cartel is in fear of being tortured, according to a report from the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Miguel Angel Treviño has asked the courts in Mexico for special protections for fear that he will
(AFP) – Mexican marines captured Miguel Angel Trevino on Monday, the head of the country’s ultraviolent Zetas drug cartel. For a long time, Central American migrants were at risk of kidnapping and extortion by Mexico’s criminal organizations like Zetas. But
ALBUQUERQUE–U.S. taxpayers will foot the bill for two Mexican nationals to receive free housing, food, and healthcare. The two men were in the U.S. illegally and have received lengthy prison sentences for aiding a methamphetamine operation on U.S. soil. Had
After a Father’s Day weekend bloodbath in which 46 people were shot and eight were killed, including one by a police officer, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy have little to show for their claims of reduced
As left-of-center voices call for even less border security, a chilling report from U.S. law enforcement reveals an alleged Mexican cartel member claims he killed 30 individuals on U.S. soil. The confessed killer, Jose Manuel Martinez, is originally from Mexico but
Norfolk, Virginia — A Mexican national has been sentenced for participating in a large cocaine trafficking network on U.S. soil. Authorities say the operation was centered in Virginia but extended across the United States. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office’s
After having been deported back to Mexico, a man illegally returned to the United States and operated a shingle mill as a cover for a methamphetamine and gun running operation for Mexican cartels. He had four previous drug-related convictions on
(AP) – Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights Templar cartel is extorting
Klamath Falls, Oregon–Law enforcement officials thwarted a Mexican cartel-linked narcotics operation with a number of raids in the early morning hours of May 16, 2013. Officers made at least 38 arrests, then seized approximately four pounds of methamphetamine, over fifty
(AFP) – When Malcolm X’s grandson was beaten to death in a seedy Mexico City bar last week his name joined the hundreds of US citizens who have been murdered in this country in recent years. Excluding terror attacks and
On Friday, Barack Obama traveled to Mexico and told the Mexican people that America is responsible for their country’s gun violence and drug cartel problems, stumped for his immigration reform agenda, and thanked Hispanics for electing him – all the
One of the top motivations for Mexican citizens coming to the United States is that there are more economic opportunities north of the border. After guest-workers were limited in the 1960’s, illegal entry into the United States increased substantially. The
In speaking out against the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” immigration bill at a Capitol Hill press conference on Thursday, Sheriff Sam Page of Rockingham County, North Carolina said Mexican drug cartels are active in his county despite its geographical distance
Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar sent a letter to Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte to push for a hearing for his Resolution of No Confidence in Attorney General Eric Holder. He filed the resolution in December 2011 as
Sometimes the Internet is fun–and Breitbart’s own Brandon Darby had a ball slamming the profane Wonkette after it accused him of being a “snitch” for helping the FBI stop a domestic bombing in 2008, and claimed that Darby had lied
On Sunday, Judge Jeanine Pirro of Fox News discussed the murder of top felony prosecutor Mark Hassey of the Kaufman County DA’s office in Texas, as well as the murder of District Attorney Mike McClellan and his wife Cynthia a
Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) risktheir lives and the safety of their families to protect and serve, yet politicians inWashington, D.C. have left many of them stranded, without fuel, and feeling asthough their operational integrity has
Univision News won a 2013 Peabody Award for its special on Operation Fast and Furious on its magazine show Aqui y Ahora in September 2012. “All of these prestigious national recognitions, an unprecedented achievement for a Spanish-language media company, speak
Politico’s Katie Glueck on Thursday attempted to spin Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s comments on Mexican drug cartels and their potential connection to the murders of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife as a gaffe. On Wednesday, Perry
As the brutal drug war which has claimed over 80,000 lives still rages, one anonymous blogger has been providing Mexicans with something they can’t get elsewhere – an inside view of their country’s debilitating narcotics battle. With over three million
News coverage of the assassinations of Kaufman County, TX Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse, District Attorney Mike McLelland, and McLelland’s wife Cynthia has turned to the alleged involvement of a group named the Aryan Brotherhood (AB). Considering McLelland was part of a task
Immigration and Customs Enforcement union president Chris Crane told reporters on Wednesday that the Mexican drug cartels’ influence inside the United States has been “almost completely absent” from the immigration reform debate but needs more attention. “I mean, if these
On Wednesday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry suggested on Fox News that there is a potential connection between the Mexican drug cartels and the murders of D.A. Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia. “We know the drug cartels are very, very active
