Guerrero’s Cocaine Production Surges 1,271 Percent in Two Years
According to data from the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Guerrero’s coca leaf production has grown exponentially over the last two years alone
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FGR Arrest Warrant Prevents Release of Drug Lord ‘El Güero’ Palma
Mexico’s Attorney General of the Republic executed a new arrest order against Héctor “El Güero” Palma — alleged founding member of the Sinaloa Cartel — for the crime of homicide, effectively preempting his release
Read moreJudge Dismisses Testimony of Witness against García Luna
Two major issues that have been put on the spotlight as the case unfolds, especially in the relationship between the United States and Mexico, are border security and drug trafficking
Read moreDefense: Cartel Members ‘Out for Revenge’ against García Luna
Prosecutors said that for more than 10 years, García Luna received millions of dollars in bribes to protect the same drug traffickers that he was supposed to be pursuing
Read moreGarcía Luna Begins US Trial on Charges of Cartel Collusion
García Luna has been accused of receiving millions of dollars in bribes, from 2006 to 2012, from the Sinaloa Cartel
Read moreMexico City Police Seize 1.8 Tons of Cocaine in Record Drug Bust
By MARK LORENZANA Mexico City police seized around 1.8 tons of cocaine on Tuesday, July 26, in what was considered to be the biggest drug bust in the Mexican capital so far. Authorities estimated that the seized cocaine, which was being smuggled in two freight trucks, has a street value of 400 million pesos, and could even reach twice that
Read moreSinaloa Cartel Already Operating in Mexico City
By MARK LORENZANA Elements of the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) of the Mexico City Attorney General’s Office, in coordination with Mexico’s National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), have seized drug shipments, searched homes and even detained leaders of Los Chapitos (Little Chapos), a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, which has been attempting to expand its operations in Mexico City for almost a
Read moreUN: Methamphetamine Use Skyrockets in Mexico
By MARK LORENZANA Drug treatments in Mexico for methamphetamine use have already outnumbered those for alcohol, showing a sharp rise of the synthetic drug throughout the country, warned the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). In its World Drug Report 2022, which was presented at the international level on Monday, June 27, the agency revealed that the use
Read moreCartel Arrests and Product Seizures Lowered under AMLO
By KELIN DILLON As the administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) continues its policy of “hugs, not bullets” against Mexico’s widespread narco trafficking cartels, arrests and seizures by the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) against the groups have gone down in tandem. Between 2020 and 2021, a total of nine anti-cartel practices have been reduced by Sedena,
Read moreCienfuegos, Another Notch in the DEA’s Smoking Gun
By RICARDO CASTILLO The denial for a $750,000 bail by California Federal District Judge Alexander F. Mackinnon to former Mexico Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda on Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Los Angeles set the stage for a drawn-out trial. Now what remains for the 72-year-old former soldier is a long and windy road to hell. Cienfuegos has gone from riches
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