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Canadian Vísa Changes Could Encourage Mexican DTO's
by Yaqui republished from Calgary SunCanada's border guardians have reason to fear the elimination of visa requirement for Mexico will lead to an influx of drug cartel operatives, says a former DEA...
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Pangas, Trickery, Intimidation, and Drug Trafficking in California
Guest reporter republished from Small Wars Journal by Nathan JonesThe "Blind Mule" CaseFigure 1: Example of a “Super Panga” found in Santa Barbara County[v]Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s...
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Chapo is "very cold and scared"...files with the court request for an...
Mica republished from UnivisionChapo has become Mexico's most whining inmate in history...he should not have escaped Altiplano, seems he was much more comfortable there.The defense team of lawyers...
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San Diego: Homeland Security agent indicted, stole hundreds of thousands from...
San Diego: Homeland Security stole hundreds of thousands from Tijuana money couriersPart 1: June 2013: "I smell something"With minutes til he reached the border, CW1 (Cooperating witness 1) must have...
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Alfonso Arzate Garcia, "El Aquiles"
Excerpt taken from Gente de la Tia JuanaTranslated by El WachitoBorn and raised in Colonia Libertad, Tijuana. Aquiles was always a reserved kid with few friends. The oldest of the Arzate Garcia...
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U.S. Consulate Killings: El Paso judge kicks out press, seals cartel case
Sent in; thank you BB follower from El Paso TimesA federal judge kicked out the news media Thursday from an El Paso sentencing hearing for adefendant in a Mexican drug cartel-related case.The hearing...
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Mexican soldiers made a terrifying discovery during an operation in Jalisco...
Original article available at El Sol de ZacatecasTranslated by El WachitoDuring an operation lead by 3 levels of government, 10 individuals were arrested while they were transporting the dead bodies of...
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Cocaine S.A.
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoPrior recommended reading: 631 Kilos of cocaine seized*Article dated August 15, 2016Law enforcement personnel detected several group of...
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Tijuana: The whole city a crime scene
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoPrior recommended reading: Brother of El Karateca Shot*Article Dated 29th August, 2016With the full entrance of CJNG to the fight between...
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PAN politician arrested in San Diego for money laundering
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoLast Friday, December 16th, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), arrested in San Diego, California, two individuals around 2:16PM.Luis...
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10 Years of Mexico's War on Drugs, In Pictures
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatFormer President Felipe Calderón declared the war against drug trafficking on December 11, 2006, in Mexico, leaving an outcome calculated with over 27,000 people...
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The Effects of the Disappearance of a Parent
By Edgar Avila | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatWhen violence knocked on the door of his house, it struck everyone equally, even the smallest in the family.The disappearance of the head of the...
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Decapitated heads found in Acapulco *Graphic content*
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoFour human heads were found in a cooler that was located in front of an Oxxo convenience store, in the community of Llano Largo, over the road...
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Mx. Army General: ""If you want us to go back to our bases, fine, I'll be the...
Posted by Mica on BB Forum republished from ABC NewsMexico's top military officer said recently that the army is uncomfortable with the law-enforcement role it was given a decade ago when the...
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Money launderers of Cartel de Sinaloa declared themselves guilty
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoPrior recommended reading: Sinaloans are laundering drug proceeds using currency exchange centersOsvaldo Contreras Arriaga and Omar Ayon Diaz,...
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12 Members of some of Tijuana's most prominent families arrested for money...
Original article available at Jornada ABCTranslated by El WachitoPrior recommended reading: PAN politician arrested in San DiegoThe arrest of prominent members of the society of Tijuana, including the...
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"El Chueco" leaving U.S. prison after only 3 1/2 years
Guest Reporter for Borderland BeatHe gained fame as the epitome of Mexico’s political corruption and narco collusion. His motto was“Don’t bring your bullshit, in this state I am in command”, his...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
POSTED BY ALL THE STAFF OF BORDERLAND BEATChristmas is a time for family and even though most of us have never met in person, we consider all of you readers and followers of BB as family and wish you a...
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In Mexico Violence and Death do not take a Christmas Holiday
Posted by DD, material from The Guardian, El Diario de Coahuila, and PanAmPost Mexico’s plague of drug-gang related violent death showed no sign of let-up on Christmas Day – In the western state of...
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