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Government seizes property of Sinaloa and Los Zetas Cartels
Lucio R. Borderland BeatHouse belonging to Z42 Nuevo LeonThe office of Mexico’s Attorney General (PGR), conducted operations in five states of Mexico, targeting members of the Sinaloa and Los Zetas...
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Tijuana: 'El Gordo' de CJNG detained
CJNG operative detained in TijuanaFor months rumors and banners have announced, implied, threatened, that the CJNG was in, or coming to Tijuana. These rumors had many versions, some claimed longer...
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IRIS: A "Guerrilla" Against Corruption
By: José Gil Olmos | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatAnother ingredient has been added to the chaos occurring in Michoacán: a group emerging in the troubled Tierra Caliente region. But...
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Alejandro Hope: Silver or Lead? Dangerous Liaisons
DD For Borderland Beat-Republished with permission by Alejandro Hope El Daily PostDangerous liaisons. Over the past decade, every political party has been burned by revelations that some of their...
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Tamaulipas: Mexican Navy Takes Down 7 Alleged Criminals
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatMembers of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR) took down seven alleged members of a criminal group operating in the region of Ribereña, in the state of Tamaulipas.In a...
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Jalisco: Federal agents discover military grade weapons cache at CJNG camp
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from PGR websiteIt is uncertain why the attorney general is referring to this as a "dismantling of a major cell" as only 3 persons were arrested, but the weapons...
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Armed Group Enters Chilapa;Demands Return of Arms
By: Gustavo Alberto Nava | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatAround 200 armed civilians entered Chilapa at dawn for about two hours demanding the return of their weapons from the ministerial...
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The murder of Adriana Coronado and her father
The Murder of Adriana Coronado and her fatherI wasn't surprised or shocked when Adriana Coronado, the 14 year old girl, who captured headlines for a few days, after her disappearance, which occurred...
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Zetas Money Laundering Case: Pancho Colorado gets 20 year sentence in his...
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from U.S. Press release and ArchivesPancho Cessa Colorado suffered heart attack in Louisiana courtroom in January re-trailNote from Lucio:This is the second retrial won by...
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Government adds to Guerrero's Most Wanted List
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from BB archives and PGR click to enlargeIt appears that just as in every high profile case, weapons found are connected to Fast & Furious, it also seems that...
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Morelos: 3 Missing Youths Found Dead; Lady Found Decapitated
Javier Mencia Molina, Erick Mauro Sánchez Mencia and Jorge Amaro MendozaBy: Jaime Luis Brito | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThe bodies of three youths with tied hands were found in a Yautepec...
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Cartel godfather to be freed from U.S. prison. More to follow soon.
Posted by DD. Some material republished from My San Antonio and Houston ChronicleWith all the fragmentation of the major cartels into smaller cartels or just multiple gangs over the recent past it is...
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Absurdity of the day: "All is Calm in Acapulco", says Fed Police Commissioner
Posted by DD Republished from Mexico News Daily.Crowne Plaza Acapulco, hotel of choice for Federal PoliceWhat is happening in Acapulco is in no way funny or humorous. It is a tragedy for the city,...
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Happy Easter
As I sign off BB for the day, I wish all of you a wonderful day, wherever you are, whoever you are with.I am spending Easter with my clan, which is my favorite place for me to be, with my family.But,...
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"King Midas", alleged cheif financial operative of Sinaloa Cartel arrested...
Posted by DD Some material republished from Corta Mortaja.As reported in CortaMortaje ; "As part of the strategy of the Government of the Republic to break the financial and operational structure of...
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PGR reports CJNG expansion into the North Border of Baja California
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from El UniversalCartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), one of the organizations with greater financial capacity, headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, (El Mencho) – has...
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Sinaloa Cartels Heroin-Fentanyl Mix has landed in Arizona
Lucio R Borderland Beat from Arizona Daily Star A strong synthetic opioid made by the Sinaloa cartel is increasingly making its way through Arizona, and officials fear a rise in drug-related deaths...
View ArticleVideo:Alameda California Coast guard intercepts "Drug Sub" with 13k pounds of...
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from US Coast Guard TwitterSeizing over six tons of cocaine bound for USAALAMEDA, Calif. – Coast Guardsmen seized more than 12,800 pounds of cocaine and apprehended four...
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Sinaloa clash with CJNG pushes Colima to killing top spot of Mexico
Lucio R. Borderland BeatIn February, Colima hit a record number of drug violence murders of 41 in Tecoman alone. The uptick of killings has steadily increased since last fall, when the Sinaloa Cartel...
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Slain Texas Atty of Osiel Cárdenas was warned he was being hunted
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from Dallas Morning News A Mexican drug cartel lawyer who was slain by a masked assassin in Southlake Town Square in 2013 was warned prior to the hit that he was in danger,...
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