Border Patrol Agent guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity,...
Posted by DD from material at El Paso Proud and Texas Tribune and Borderland Beat archivescontents of Joel Luna's big black safeIn the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas a Cameron County jury on Tuesday...
View Article"EL Lobo"Hodoyan of the CAF gains his freedom
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a ZetatijuanaarticleSubject Matter: Alfredo Hodoyan PalaciosRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Zeta...
View ArticleCommandante Cano of Old School Zetas in Ciudad Victoria arrested
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article with additional pictures from Valor por TamaulipasSubject Matter: Ciudad Victoria, Old School ZetasRecommendation: No prior...
View ArticleEl Chapo had pretrial hearing in NY today
Chivis for Borderland BeatStill complaining about accommodations “El Chapo” appeared in a Brooklyn, New York, federal courtroom today for a pretrial hearing. U.S. Marshalls escorted the Sinaloa capo...
View ArticleJudge rejects El Chapo's lighter security request, saying "I think we all...
By Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatThe defense team of El Chapo sought relaxing of the tough security measures their client is subjected to.However, Judge Brian Cogan, slammed the door shut on that...
View ArticleHolland bank "Rabobank" accused of money laundering and colaboration in...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Riodoce articleSubject Matter: RabobankRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Paulo Monaco Felipe for La JornadaWe...
View ArticleFlorida heroin bust reveals something bizarre: Drugs covered in Donald...
Heroin, like cocaine and marijuana, seems to inspire an endless supply of monikers once the drug hits the streets.In case you needed a refresher, there’s “dope,” “smack,” “China white,” “brown sugar,”...
View ArticleTHE BORDER WALL: MAKING MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS GREAT AGAIN
After a campaign of “sending rapists,” “deportation force,” “whip out that Mexican thing again,” and “bad hombres,” the Trump administration has moved from the theatrical to the practical in its first...
View ArticleZetas: "El Cano" Killed in prison, 3 days after his arrest
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatTamaulipas Coordination Group (GCT) confirmed this afternoon that the death of José Luis Cano Lumbreras, 37, (El Cano), was recorded, inside the Sanctions...
View ArticleExtraditions are complicated
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject matter: Extradition of top capos of all cartelsRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredThe...
View ArticleGuerrero: Police ignore calls for help as 50 sicarios terrorize town
Javier for Borderland Beat material posted on Mx News Daily from Universal and El SurIt was a night of terror for a small town (330 inhabitants) in Guerrero this week when at least 40 armed men...
View ArticleMarines detain "El Cochi" alleged leader of BLO in Nuevo León
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Sinembargo articleSubject Matter: El Cochi, Beltran Leyva OrganizationRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredThe state...
View ArticleLeader of the Cartel del Golfo to be extradited to the USA
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article with additional pictures from the Borderland Beat archive.Subject Matter: Mario Ramirez Trevino "El X-20" , "El...
View ArticlePGR ordered to pay 13M USD for alteration of drug trafficking plane
Javier for Borderland Beat translated from Reforma Cd. de Mexico An aircraft used to traffic drugs, seized in 2000,as a part of a drug trafficking investigation, was found to have been physically...
View ArticleSinaloa: Armed commandos engage in firefights in Navolato *Video and Graphic...
Original article available at DebateTranslated by El WachitoNavolato, Sinaloa.- It was around 16:30 today Tuesday, when neighbors of Villa Juarez reported to the authorities that there was a firefight...
View ArticleSons of El Chapo claim that Damaso Lopez tried to kill them
Original article available at DebateTranslated by El WachitoJournalist Ciro Gomez Leyva published in his Twitter account an anonymous letter were it was informed that the sons of the Sinaloan Druglord...
View ArticleGente de la Tia Juana: Report from Culiacan, Sinaloa
Original article available at Gente de la Tia JuanaTranslated by El WachitoOriginal article was published in February 7th at 2PMThe war for local-drug trafficking has started in Sinaloa between Ivan...
View ArticleClandestino: Sinaloa Cartel Documentary by David Beriain
Original article available at DMAXTranslated by El WachitoIn Spain, the number 13 is the a number that represents bad luck and 18 represents the age when you become an adult. In El Salvador, these...
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: Mexican Marines shot and killed "El H2" a Nayarit Plaza leader...
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoJuan Francisco Patron Sanchez, alias "El H2" or "El Chico", leader of the Beltran Leyva Cartel, was executed this Thursday night by elements of...
View ArticleIdalia Romelia Salazar Gonzales, ex-sister in law of "El Chapo" executed in...
Original article available at PROCESOTranslated by El WachitoGuadalajara, Jal.- Idalia Romelia Salazar Gonzalez, sister of Alejandrina Maria, who was the first wife of Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, was...
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