Matt Zapotosky. If you have specific information about an incursion by Mexican military or law enforcement, please contact Rep. Mexican drug war. The latest news on Mexican drug cartels. S. Using the U. Border Patrol has warned agents in Arizona of incursions by Mexican soldiers “trained to escape, evade and counter-ambush,” a Washington newspaper reports. Three cartel members were detained. Some other military assistance was used to take down Pablo Escobar and some others. Skip to comments. - Explosive projectiles and 21 grenades found during a raid in Guadalupe. The government said it was an accident. First, it would be an act of war against Mexico. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder. Mexico’s military has also received US support: between 2006 and 2017, Washington provided just over $2. Two years into López Obrador’s term, Mexico’s armed forces have assumed a broader role in the country’s affairs than at any point since the end of military-led government in the 1940s. He turned them into the cops and the cartel wrote, "Hell for hell" by his gate or something. Since former Mexican president Felipe Calderón put the Mexican military on the streets to fight the cartels in late 2006, more than 70,000 people have died in drug war violence. When it comes to the flow of migrants, cartel smuggling rings play. Charting. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, and. The heyday of narco-trafficker Amado Carrillo Fuentes, nicknamed ‘Lord of the Skies’ [1] for his use of a fleet of jets to transport drugs, may be long gone but the use of private jets continues today and has even. U. It provided concreteTwo of the four Americans kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico last week are dead and two are alive and now back in the US, Mexican and US officials say. Firearm Discussion and Resources from AR-15, AK-47, Handguns and more! Buy, Sell, and Trade your Firearms and Gear. 8 - René Martínez had just sat down to edit a batch of articles at 7:50 Monday evening when he heard the heavy tread of military boots just outside the newsroom and. m. That evening, pictures of a. S. The military Humvee then appeared and attempted to pull the vehicle out. This week a judge sentenced. Bush administration allowed the federal ban on assault rifles to expire, a flood of military-style weapons from Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona has equipped. SAN MIGUEL DE LOS JAGÜEYEZ, Mexico — In the middle of a military base outside Mexico City, an army colonel runs what he calls a kindergarten for dogs. Here the situation in Mexico is described through the lens of fiction and intelligence to. Published 9:02 PM PST, January 15, 2021. S. Friday, 1 April 2022, Mexico City —International experts investigating the disappearance of 43 Mexican college students have uncovered astonishing new evidence about the case in secret archives of the Mexican military, according to a report released Monday. military to intervene on Mexican soil. As Julia loaded her bag into the driver’s side back seat, Guerrero climbed into the front. The presence of U. I. Published 9:31 AM PST, July 19, 2022. [7] The sense of community and belonging that criminal groups provide is highly valued by girls and young women who have limited connections with their families or other social. A spate of incidents, including a kidnapping and the death of two Americans near the border, have prompted travel warnings from the U. house. The army is highly nationalistic, with a deep historical memory of the U. A Mexican army soldier guards the Tamaulipas State Prosecutor's headquarters in Matamoros, Mexico, Wednesday, March 8, 2023. drug war, one truth has prevailed: When one trafficking route closes, another emerges to take its place. Y. ’s Official Response to Agents: ‘Keep Low Profile’ By James P. files that. C. A fire, probably ignited by the drug runners, erupted and consumed the fuselage. officials, the Zetas are a well-armed organization. S. S. It’s not unusual now. Photograph: Mario Guzmán/EPAAs a professional runner, he trained by running up a 14,000-foot volcano outside Mexico City. S. Border Patrol has warned. It would be said that authorities were hunting for La Kena by land, sea, and air. National Guard and military vehicles take part in an operation to transfer two of the four U. Tancredo’s office at (202) 225-7882 or tom. EAGLE PASS, Texas — Florida Gov. U. She was a petite woman, born and raised less than a mile from the border, with a. The plan has funneled more than $3. military into. PORTLAND, Ore. officials described as a new willingness by American investigators to target ties between drug cartels and top echelons of Mexico’s government. ” For 2014,Former President Donald Trump, the front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination, has vowed to unleash the full weight and power of the U. S. ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau estimating that drug cartels could control up to 40 percent of Mexico's territory, these multibillion dollar entities hold. From Brownsville Texas to San Diego California the drug-related dangers and violence is so staggering that the country has been declared off-limits to all U. Cowboys take up AK47s to combat drug runners on Mexican frontier By Philip Sherwell, near Nogales, Arizona (Filed: 20/11/2005) As he careered along thA FEW YEARS AGO, a retired police officer named Mike Fox found himself badly in need of money. The U. Border Patrol surveillance cameras caught the armed smugglers escort the migrant family at 10 p. This stance raises alarms about future U. S. WASHINGTON ñ The Mexican army is escorting those attempting to cross over the U. Mexican army soldiers display $15 million U. But a new plan to hand over the administration of ports to the generals is. S. S. ”. The Mexican Navy and other authorities have conducted operations in Sinaloa state, a sliver of Pacific coast territory long known as a drug-cartel bastion. These troops, the sources say, are diverting all of the illegal alien and drug-smuggling traffic away from the Minutemen. The capture of Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez is a major victory in. The U. Coast Guard has released dramatic video of the moment it captured a drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific. Legislators introduced a bill to formally designate several of Mexico's drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Two other Americans and a Mexican. The armed escorts turned back across the border. When four Americans were kidnapped in the Mexican hot zone of Matamoros, on the border of Brownsville, Texas, last Friday — with two of them ending up dead — it was, apparently, ultra. This stance. The Mexican army is escorting those attempting to cross over the U. Three months after the August 2010 San Fernando massacre of 72 migrants, FBI authorities in Mexico report information connecting police officials in Saltillo, Coahuila, to the Zetas and to “drug trafficking and homicides. A Mexican soldier guarding $15m seized in an operation in Tijuana. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents escort Mexican soldiers detained after crossing the boundary and entering the U. The frustrated Army National Guardsman. 19, 2017 file photo provided U. Seven Mexican law enforcement and military officers have been charged with assisting in the theft of a half-ton of cocaine three weeks ago from the attorney general's office in a. S. The infamous boss of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was recaptured in Mexico Jan. By Molly Moore. border illegally—including known drug-runners—to areas not patrolled by the Minuteman. 0:06. If a million migrants arrive in 2021, each able to pay a minimum of $7,000 for smuggling services, that’s $7 billion of black-market cash up for grabs. Photograph: Susana Gonzalez/Corbis. is giving $1. The Tarahumara, of Mexico’s Sierra Madre mountains, are the world’s greatest ultramarathoners. Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. The discourse aims not to win the war on drugs, but to assure funding and public support for the military model of combating illegal. S. C. 23 that men dressed as members of the Mexican military provided cover for drug runners near the Rio Grande. More than 75,000 people in the U. National Guard and military vehicles take part in an operation to transfer two of the four U. Welcome to Drugrunners, an MMORPG where you can play as multiple characters ranging from pimps to military personnel. At memorial services for seventeen campesinos massacred by Guerrero State Police in Coyuca de Benitez, the Ejercito Popular Revolucionario (EPR), another group of armed leftists in Guerrero state; accused the Mexican government, military and oligarchy of running the Mexican drug trade. When that failed, the men unloaded the drugs from the SUV and then torched the stuck vehicle. S. June 6, 1997. Throughout the afternoon of Monday, September 4, dangerous situations were reported in Matamoros, such as gunshots and car chases on Teotihuacán street, apparently in the Fundadores neighborhood. Mexico’s drug war uses drones, human shields, gunships. Mexico's president has promised to curb corruption and the influence of drug cartels by giving the military more powers. He has escaped from a maximum-security prison for the second time. Americans on the American side of the U. Subscribe for $2. trial of the Mexican drug lord. S. officials say they have responded to Mexico’s requests to improve coordination on the issue. to face drug charges. After the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920), the PRI established itself as the dominant faction in the country and built a regime that stayed in power until 2000. Nick Miroff. Coast Guard has released dramatic video of the moment it captured a drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific. Photo: Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy via AP) But the military was given an outsized role in public security in 2006, under President Felipe Calderón, when he deployed the armed forces across the country to combat drug cartels. The Mexican Armed Forces (Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de México) are the military forces of the United Mexican States. “When we survey about whether AMLO’s ‘hugs not bullets’ policy has worked at El Financiero, the majority answer negatively because insecurity persists,” Moreno said. S. By Brendan O'Boyle. $20. The U. The department said the 16 soldiers were arrested Thursday and will be held at a military. Quote: Originally Posted by WNarmorer. authorities as an example of cooperation with Mexico in the fight against drugs. The U. But in 1997, the Gulf Cartel was taken over by Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, who was facing war on two fronts. The two main Mexican groups being targeted are also the most powerful: the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. ) said. After a four-week trial, jurors in U. S. S. 0:59. S. Then the case fell apart — and took down U. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s capture of a son of former Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán this week was an isolated nod to a drug war strategy that Mexico’s current administration has abandoned rather than a sign that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s thinking has changed, experts say. NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, Feb. A U. These trainees often referred to by many as coyotes are very important to the drug trade Mexican soldiers escort Erick Valencia Salazar, aka "El 85," an alleged leader of the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel, and one of his accomplices, Jose Luis Salazar Gutierrez. Two years ago, the DEA arrested a Mexican general, hoping to lay bare the high-level corruption at the heart of organized crime. 8 Apr 2015. citizens who were kidnapped in Mexico by the notorious criminal and drug syndicate Gulf Cartel have lengthy criminal rap sheets. S. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has rejected calls for the United States military to intervene to stem drug cartel violence in Mexico, saying such a move would violate. S. In the heat of the 2024 presidential race, prominent Republican figures, including Trump and DeSantis, are advocating for military interventions in Mexico to combat drug cartels. State police officers keep watch at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico, March 7, 2023. From the period of time ranging from 2010-2014, it has been well documented that the Mexican military has illegally crossed the southern border with the United States as documented by the following two videos. Burgoyne. In the year prior, 28,000 individuals were arrested on drug-related charges. Mexico’s military has played a central role in public security since the crackdown on the drug cartels began in 2006, deploying soldiers to regions overrun by organized crime. S. In a June, 2006 article in The American Spectator, Judd Slivka reported that Mexican troops were crossing the border hundreds of times while escorting drug traffickers, sometimes firing on. on November 22, 2011, in Mexico City. U. Ovidio Guzmán’s arrest. Dying from a gunshot wound and gunfights are a lot different in real life than in video games or movies. By Michael Mitsanas. He was hauling 16,000 pounds of avocados, set to arrive in the United. Members of the Mexican National Guard guard outside the Attorney General’s Office for Special Investigations on Organized Crime (FEMDO) in Mexico City, on January 5, 2023, after the arrest of. ) introduced a bill. after he. According to US prosecutors, the only time Roberto ever paused his drug running schemes was during Marine Corp boot camp and he resumed them shortly after boot camp ended. military to deal with its drug problem. Federal policemen escort the armored car carrying a member of Los Zetas drug cartel in June. 7bn in security assistance, including military and counter-narcotics. 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. government. In the time since, the country has experienced a staggering rise in violence. The startling move by a Mexican drug cartel to publicly apologize after four U. July 6, 2015 | Updated July 6, 2015 4:31 p. ― A master bricklayer who helped build Portland area homes also secretly ran a gun trafficking cell that armed a ruthless Mexican cartel with military-grade weapons. Mexican marines escort five alleged drug traffickers of the Zeta drug cartel in front of an RPG-7 rocket launcher, hand grenades, firearms, cocaine and military uniforms seized. Police escort El Chapo after his arrival at Long Island MacArthur airport in New York in 2017. Thursday 09 March 2023 18:15 EST. S. LISTEN. Now comes word that a 13-year-old Oklahoma girl visiting Mexico with her family has been killed in yet another cartel ambush on a long and lonely stretch of highway just south of Falcon Heights. WASHINGTON — The kidnapping of four Americans — and killing of two of them — has amplified calls from some Texas Republicans to green light military force against drug cartels with the same. ’NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, Feb. The EPR also stated that the recent. military personnel to enter the country to train Mexican special forces in early. July 2, 2023, 5:00 AM PDT. From the onset. He testified about it before a congressional subcommittee. because he was a threat to the agency's drug operations in Mexico in the 1980s. McALLEN, Texas ( Border Report) — Violent confrontations between drug cartels and the Mexican military have been reported south of the border from Laredo, Texas. and Mexican declassified records on a range of issues that could include, for example: drug trafficking and counternarcotics policy, Mexican presidential elections, human rights cases, immigration, U. 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. Consulate in Mexico in 2008.