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CIA Reviewing Its Authority for Lethal Force Use on Cartel Targets
"Socalj" for Borderland BeatFrom a CNN Exclusive ReportThe CIA is reviewing its authorities to use lethal force against drug cartels in Mexico and beyond as the Trump administration moves to make...
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"El Mochomito" Sanctioned by OFAC
Treasury Press ReleaseWASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Mexican national Jesus Alfredo Beltran Guzman, a key leader of the...
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Coast Guard offloads nearly $510 million in illegal narcotics
US Coast Guard Press ReleaseMIAMI – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded more than 44,550 pounds of cocaine and 3,880 pounds of marijuana valued at approximately $509.9 million in Port...
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Guadalajara Cartel Co-Founder Don Neto Free at age 95
El Armadillo for Borderland BeatErnesto Fonseca Carrillo, better known as Don Neto, one of the original architects of Mexico’s modern drug trade, is now a free man. According to Reforma, as of April...
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California Prison Escapee Kills Mexican Policewoman in Tijuana, Evades...
"Socalj"& "Char" for Borderland BeatA law enforcement officer was killed in an apparent shootout involving escaped California inmate Cesar Moises Hernandez.The incident occurred during an joint...
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Shock And Awe Raid By Military Special Forces In La Huerta, Mocorito,...
"Char" for Borderland Beat This information was posted by LOS NOTICIEIRISTASAPRIL 10, 2025WRITTEN BY: LOS NOTICIERISTAS Culiacán, Sinaloa.- Six people were arrested in a massive land and air operation...
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CDG Chismes: El Flaco Arrest & More
By Itzli. Our fourth installment of CDG chismes, where I break down the latest online news, rumors, and gossip about the Cártel del Golfo (CDG, Gulf Cartel) and try to put it in context. This time...
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Three men shot and killed, and a home set on fire in the Miguel Hidalgo...
"Char" for Borderland Beat Video information published by LUZ NOTICIAS APRIL 10, 2025VIDEO TRANSLATION Well, unfortunately, most of the violent incidents continue to occur in the state of Sinaloa....
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Flashback: Anatomy of a Drug Cartel
Armadillo: Below is a piece about the Gulf Cartel by Texas Monthly from 1998. It is lengthy but interesting, enjoy!Drug Lord Juan Garcia AbregoYou won’t find drug trafficker Juan García Abrego at the...
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Los Chapitos Cartel Interrogate Jose Manuel Hernandez Carillo Brother Of A...
"Char" APRIL 11, 2025 Los Chapitos/La Chapiza/Los Chapos and La Mayiza/ Los MF/ Los Mayos continue their war conflict that has lasted for about seven months now. Los Chapitos captured Jose Manuel...
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Who was El Cebollas of the CAF? Alleged leader of FEF Killed in February
El Armadillo for Borderland BeatIn early February, during a party in Tijuana, 26 year old Jesús Sebastián Moreno Olivas—known as "El Sebas" or "El Cebollas"—was fatally shot, police found 30 shell...
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Clashes reported Between Armed Criminal Groups in the Choix mountain range;...
"Char" for Borderland Beat Video Published by LUZ NOTICIAS APRIL 9, 2025VIDEO TRANSLATION In the north of the state, there was also a strong confrontation in the mountains of Choix, even with some...
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US Transfers 13 Drug Traffickers Serving Prison Time Back to Mexico
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs with the assistance of the Department’s Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) transferred 13 Mexican nationals,...
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Siblings of La Nueva Familia Michoacan Leaders Sanctioned, Rewards Offered...
El Armadillo for Borderland Beat from OFACToday, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned four individuals affiliated with La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), a Mexican cartel...
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Four Killed by Gunmen in Attack at Sports Field in Cárdenas, Guanajuato
By "El Huaso" for Borderland BeatFour were killed after an armed group attacked civilians at a packed soccer field yesterday evening in Cárdenas, Guanajuato. The event is similar to another attack...
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US Transfers 100,000 Acres of Borderland in New Mexico to the Army
"Socalj" for Borderland BeatSecretary of the Interior Doug Burgum traveled to New Mexico today to announce the emergency withdrawal and transfer of administrative jurisdiction over approximately...
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GOEM Or Grupo De Operaciones Especiales Mencho Armed Wing Of CJNG Cartel In...
"Char"APRIL 15, 2025GOEMGRUPO DE OPERACIONES ESPECIALES MENCHO Jalisco Cartel New Generation or CJNG Cartel's armed wing GOEM/Grupo De Operaciones Especiales Mencho (Mencho Special Operations Group)...
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EMPRESA MF Or Enterprise MF Hung A Narco Banner In Obregon Bridge And Costera...
Char April 16, 2025Empresa MF or Enterprise MF led by Ismael Zambada Sicairos, "Mayito Flaco" heir of the Mayo Zambada faction of the Sinaloa Cartel hung narco banners in Culiacan, Sinaloa. The...
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Opinion: Cartel Clickbait
El Armadillo for Borderland BeatI’ve been studying Mexican drug cartels since 2018, and one of the most persistent issues I’ve seen is the overwhelming amount of misinformation and disinformation that...
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California Fugitive Killer Cesar Hernandez Caught in Tijuana
"Socalj"& "Char" for Borderland BeatA multi-agency manhunt led to the arrest Thursday night of an escaped California inmate wanted in the killing of the Tijuana chief of a state police unit that...
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La Chapiza Cartel Sends Brutal Message In Good Friday To Los Cabrera/MF In El...
"Char" April 18, 2025 The Sinaloa Civil War between La Mayiza/MF and Los Chapitos/La Chapiza continues, and a peace treaty at the moment does not seem possible. The morning of this Good Friday, April...
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Intelligence Reports Claim Mexican Cartels Plotted Assassination of Ecuador’s...
"Socalj" for Borderland BeatEcuador has declared a state of “maximum alert” over an assassination plot against President Daniel Noboa.In a statement entitled “The revenge of the bad losers” issued...
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Los Chapitos Cartel Captured And Interrogated A La Mayiza or MF Member. The...
"Char" April 19, 2025 In the early hours of Tuesday, April 15, 2025, the municipal police booth located in the Los Huizaches neighborhood in Culiacan, Sinaloa, was viciously attacked by gunfire....
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Walgreens Reaches Settlement with DOJ, Agrees to Pay $350 Million for its...
"Socalj" for Borderland BeatThe Justice Department, together with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG), today...
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RICO Charges Filed Against Dozens of Tren de Aragua and Anti-Tren Gang Members
"Socalj" for Borderland Beat Two superseding indictments were unsealed charging 27 individuals currently or formerly associated with the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA)...
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