EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Mexican cartels are aggressively recruiting El Paso gang members to distribute their drugs, bring them guns from the U. officials have long viewed their partnership with Mexican authorities as an essential, albeit strained, part of their effort to target cartels that export illegal drugs to the United. Americans found quickly, but Mexico's missing remain lost. For decades, the drug war has included covert U. The United States stole more than half of Mexico’s territory during the 1846-48 war, carried out two military incursions during the Mexican Revolution in 1914 and 1916, and has continuously. Military Capabilities to Bear Against Mexican Drug Cartels Texas Rep. According to US prosecutors, that protection allowed the cartel, headed by El Chapo, to import multi-ton shipments of drugs into the US, while also evading capture by authorities. Ron DeSantis (R) campaigning this summer in Texas. The two governments have made some good progress, but much serious work remains. On Tuesday, two of the four Americans kidnapped last week in the border city of Matamoros were found dead and two others were rescued. US family members of the nine women and children slaughtered in the Mexico cartel massacre have headed south — under the close eye of a military escort — as funerals get. Nick Miroff. Sen. “The cartels are war with us – poisoning more than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border, and turning Mexico into a failed narco-state,” Rep. 18:15. US’s victory in terminating the Colombian Cartels was short-lived: “Colombian drug manufacturers turned to new and safer. S. LISTEN. Documents and interviews, with current and former officials, obtained by the. Political leaders have put forth a flurry of proposals to have the U. S. S. Anticipating likely objections, another drug warrior, Rep. Reps. S. ( NewsNation) — Mexican cartels dominate large areas of the U. On February 15th, 2023, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on countering illicit fentanyl trafficking. S. According to an exclusive report by the Washington Examiner, the Mexican government allows Guatemalan. S. (16 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) Location. Here's how the US needs to fight back. ) y Kevin Corley (der. NEW: Per law enforcement source, a group of suspected cartel gunmen armed with rifles & body armor were seen on cameras crossing illegally into the Fronton, TX area in the RGV Saturday night. Mexico is trying to come to terms with a massive data leak that uncovered some of the country's closest kept secrets — from the health of the president to the corruption among Mexico's military. m. military action against the cartels inside Mexico is anathema to almost any Mexican politician, let alone one who stakes his identity on defying the U. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes. Ebrard opposed any U. In 2021, the Mexican government filed a $10 billion lawsuit against U. -China relationship right now isn’t the potential for military. military action against the cartels inside Mexico is anathema to almost any Mexican politician, let alone one who stakes his identity on defying the U. O’Neil, an expert on Mexico at the Council on Foreign Relations, tells me that the way to take down the cartels is the same way the United States did with our own organized crime. The brazen mass kidnapping. S. S. Mexico extradited Guzman Lopez, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, to the United States on Friday, Sept. By late 2010, drones were flying deeper into Mexico to spy on the cartels, as they did during the two-day gun battle involving 800 federal police that resulted in the death of Nazario Moreno. " Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb appeared. lawmakers on Thursday for suggesting military action against Mexican drug cartels, after two Americans were killed in a kidnapping. S. June 23, 2022, 4:35 PM. Dan Crenshaw: Mexican drug cartels are terrorizing Americans. , after the other two were found dead, in Matamoros. S. Military stand in line for a drill near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry, California on November 15, 2018. military intervention in Mexico to defeat the cartels, saying, “over my dead body,” and “we are not going to allow Mexico to be pushed around. military to pursue drug cartels in Latin America, Sen. S. police arrested former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos, a retired. The cartel use to bring in a lot of the marijuana when it was illegal and hard to get. Mexican drug cartels have been smuggling a vast arsenal of even military-grade weapons out of the U. The DEA's report said Mexican transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) "maintain great influence" in most US states, with the Sinaloa cartel and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación showing the. ( NewsNation) — Republican leaders are doubling down on calls to fight Mexican drug cartels with the United States’ military force. 5 million guns have crossed the southern border of. In Tamaulipas, Los Zetas operate under the name Cartel del Noreste (Northeast Cartel) and Tropa del Infierno (Troop From Hell). Originally a group of 32 defected Mexican commandos recruited by the Gulf Cartel, the paramilitary outgrew and turned against their parent organisation. US family members of the nine women and children slaughtered in the Mexico cartel massacre have headed south — under the close eye of a military escort — as funerals get. to the Southwest border on behalf of Mexican and Colombian DTOs. Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. Congress would need a. Bring U. Border Patrol agents who. Aug. Mexican cartels. S. The cartel is led by "Los Chapitos," the sons of the infamous Mexican drug lord "El Chapo. FILE - Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval. EST: There is now an unconfirmed report that members of the Sinaloa Cartel forces were able to force a Mexican Air Force C-295 light cargo aircraft to make an emergency landing. lawmakers advocating for military action in Mexico against drug cartels. The Texas. MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday rebuked calls from some U. "We've done this before," he said in January. A white minivan with North Carolina plates and several bullet holes at the. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. Feb. November 24, 2023 6:02 PM. He. After working throughout the day securing the US-Mexico border members of the U. soldiers assigned to the southern border, an unprecedented act of aggression, Texas authorities say. 30 EDT. U. December 6, 2011 / 11:51 AM EST / CBS News. But avocados and limes have long been used by drug cartels to help. citizens kidnapped in Mexico back to the U. Updated 7:28 PM PST, November 29, 2023. Attorney. Since 2018, 111 narco-submarines have been seized, Colombian authorities said. S. prosecutors announced charges against 28 members of the Sinaloa cartel for. “The idea of. The United States stole more than half of Mexico’s territory during the 1846-48 war, carried out two military incursions during the Mexican Revolution in 1914 and 1916, and has continuously. Advertising. Armed men in Mexican military uniforms have illegally crossed into the United States to provide cover for drug smugglers, and have fired upon U. Within the cartel, the brothers have battled elders opposed to them assuming their father's mantle, including El Chapo's former right-hand man Dámaso López, according to US and Mexican security. S. WASHINGTON — Republicans running for president are ramping up the rhetoric when it comes to using the military to take on the drug cartels in Mexico. 480 pages. Instead, said Walsh, a. officials have long viewed their partnership with Mexican authorities as an essential, albeit strained, part of their effort to target cartels that export illegal drugs to the United States. Mexican soldiers patrol the state of Michoacan in 2006, the year Mexico first deployed the military to fight against drug cartels. To Solve the Opioid Crisis, Go to WarFour US citizens were kidnapped by armed men on 3 March while driving into the city of Matamoros in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, across the border from Texas. Zamabada described how paying about $1. S. In 2019, an organized crime group opened fire on Americans and Mexicans who were driving through the northern state of Sonora, killing three women and six children, part of a Mormon group that. Dec. Border Patrol surveillance cameras caught the armed smugglers escort the migrant family at 10 p. Border Patrol agents on several occasions, a. S. Karol Suárez. S. by David Gagne 6 Apr 2015. the Mexican cartels where it is being turned into fentanyl, which is then being mixed into other. Smugglers, known as “coyotes,” exploit migrants for thousands of dollars to take them across the U. One of the latest pushes came during. Advertisement. caused by illicit fentanyl smuggled from Mexico have made the drug trafficking into a top issue in Washington, D. Suspected drug cartel gunmen abducted seven Mexican immigration agents in Cancun at gunpoint Wednesday, beat them and threatened to kill them before there were freed. It is estimated that approximately 18-39 billion dollars annually is moved from the interior of the U. These men lead two of the most dangerous Mexican drug cartels – the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel. ( NewsNation) — The man who led the decadeslong manhunt for Mexican cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has “no doubt” that cartels are using the American military, both as a distribution market and a recruitment pool. April 1, 2014 8:52 PM PT. Armed Mexican military guards brought friends and relatives to the site where nine U. April 18, 2023, 5:40 AM PDT / Source: Reuters. John Kennedy (R-LA) announced legislation on Wednesday meant to push the U. 50-caliber rifles obtained legally in the United States to outgun police. politicians. Ron DeSantis answered. EL CAJÓN, Mexico —Two years ago, more than 100 people lived in this small village in Mexico’s western. The five men were bound and gagged —. each year, arming Mexico's deadly cartel wars. A new report by Fox News looks at three recent cases of US military personnel offering their. The video shows four. The Mexican marines were the primary beneficiary of the explosion in training, representing nearly 60 percent of the Pentagon’s students and receiving nearly half — $46. military in Mexico to deal with the fentanyl crisis in the United States is the hot new policy solution for lots of U. gun manufacturers for facilitating the trafficking of weapons to drug cartels would open the door to other countries suing. Across the country, cartel-related and other violence has driven residents away from their homes, leading to an internal refugee crisis. Jalisco keeps its sizeable army of troops running with a potent mixture of money — the cartel has a lot, from trafficking fentanyl and meth into the United States — and cocaine, which it flies. More On: migrants. Analysis by Philip Bump. S. On Oct. m. Then the case fell apart — and took down U. US, Mexican leaders have strong opinions. Mike Waltz (R–Fla. S. Rolling Stone notes that the idea of taking some kind of U. -Mexico border begins and ends led to Mexican soldiers temporarily detaining U. Lindsey Graham, R-S. An Arizona sheriff revealed a major loophole that he said is allowing Mexican cartels to smuggle drugs and people into the United States "left and right. FILE - Mexican Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval is pictured in Mexico City. By Reuters. Mexican authorities say the Americans, reportedly visiting Mexico for a medical procedure, were caught in a fight between rival cartels. Mexico asked the United States if it could fill a large order of 5. S. S. S. As the Mexican government has shifted priorities toward. MEXICO CITY ― Skyrocketing fentanyl overdoses in the United States and the latest high-impact attacks against Americans on Mexican soil. S. by Chris Dalby 2 Sep 2021. The story begins in the early 1990s. Drug war cooperation between the U. 3 Nov 2010. YouTube / SoyXulen “For people who have that desire to know more about it. Vigil said Amlo’s decision had sent a clear message to the leaders of Mexico’s two most feared organized crime groups, the Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels, “that if a leading. Mexico’s cartels control the movement of most foreign illicit drugs trafficked into the United States, including heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. Graham says. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The operation to detain Ovidio Guzman, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, unleashed firefights that turned the northern city of Culiacan into a war zone with 30 dead, authorities said Friday. S. Friday, March 10. In the early 2000s, the Mexican military high command sent elite marines into Nuevo Laredo to conduct a kind of urban counterinsurgency against the cartel; small army units have also been deployed. Mexican drug cartels are not only recruiting their own countrymen for their ranks — they are also drawing in Americans, including current and former members of the. MEXICO CITY--It started with 27 rail cars full of ammunition rolling down the tracks into Mexico. Mexico extradited Guzman Lopez, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán, to the United States on Friday, Sept. The Mexican cartels, also known as Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTOs) or “El Narco,” are responsible for using precursor chemicals purchased from China illicitly to manufacture fentanyl, an. U. But if the U. S.