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Several municipalities in Southern Guanajuato were the backdrop for burning businesses, vehicles, and gunfire, after the rumored capture of "El Muñeco", a leader of the Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) last night.
by
@HuasoBB
, videos via
@All_Source_News
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Part 6 of Itzli's deep dive on the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros is out!
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Mexican authorities arrested Hector Raul Luna Luna, alias "El Tory", leader of the "Grupo Los Torys" or "Tropas del Infierno" criminal group that operated in the states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and Puebla.
via
@Milenio
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This is the checkpoint that armed individuals set up on the Badiraguato-Guadalupe y Calvo highway. The men stopped a national press convoy covering President López Obrador's activities in the area.
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This morning, the Sinaloa Cartel - Chapitos figure “El Mago” was reportedly killed in a shooting in the Willowbrook area of Los Angeles, California.
By
@HEARST_BB
&
@LatamObscuro
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A video was sent to Borderland Beat contributor
@HEARST_BB
which shows Sinaloa Cartel's Mayito Gordo, the son of El Mayo, walking through SeaWorld in San Diego, California. This is the first footage of him since his release from US prison in July 2022.
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"This is what I get for being a rat" chant accused thieves escorted by armed men in tactical clothing with the initials of the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). The video was filmed in Ocotlán, Jalisco, CJNG stronghold.
via
@proceso
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A video from
#Tantoyuca
,
#Veracruz
shows an unarmed man being chased down a city street. His pursuers, 3 heavily armed masked men, catch and kill him.
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🧵Interested in the history of the Gulf Cartel, Mexico's oldest criminal group? See Borderland Beat writer Itzli's multi-part series, linked below!
Part 1-: 1970’s-2014, a brief history of the CDG & how it became the Matamoros faction.
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The plaza boss of Carteles Unidos in La Costa was abducted by Jalisco Cartel. In the interrogation he discloses important points about Hector Navarrete Zepeda, "El Teto."
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Mounstro-type vehicle of the CJNG/CDG Metros somewhere in La Ribereña.
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In a message alleged to be signed by Ismael Zambada, alias “El Mayo”, the group Operativa MZ says they are sending 500 hitmen to the state of Veracruz and seek to take the state out of the control of CJNG’s Iván Casarín Molina, alias “El Tanque”.
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📹 A heavily armed team of enforcers for the Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel (CSRL) appeared on film threatening rivals the the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) in the state of
#Guanajuato
.
Translation in article ⬇️
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Shootings, narco-blockades, and security force mobilizations are being reported right now across the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa. Some reports claim that they are inn retaliation for the recapture of Ovidio Guzmán, son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
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New details about the kidnapping of four Americans by Gulf Cartel members in Matamoros including the purpose of their trip to Mexico and as well as the potential motive behind the abduction.
By
@HEARST_BB
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Ernesto Piñón De La Cruz aka El Neto, a prolific kidnapper for Los Mexicles gang, who escaped from prison last Sunday, was reportedly shot dead early this morning in a confrontation with police officers in Ciudad Juárez.
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Videos and photos are surfacing from Zapopan, Jalisco showing armed criminals hijacking and burning vehicles. Rumors of a shootout between CJNG and government forces.
#ALMOMENTO
| Una cámara de seguridad captó el momento en que sujetos prenden fuego a vehículos en carreta a Saltillo en Zapopan,
#Jalisco
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A video of cartel hitmen beating a taco seller for not paying an extortion fee in Caborca, Sonora, has gained a lot of attention online.
The Attorney General alleges there are no extortion fees being collected by cartels in the state.
By
@HEARST_BB
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Video of an ambush of the Chihuahua state police from "careful, careful, they are shooting at you dude, here on this side!"
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Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of El Chapo, was captured in a military operation in Sinaloa.
Sinaloa Cartel hitmen swarmed the closest airport, hoping to intercept and free him.
Live thread with all the latest details by
@HEARST_BB
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Two men were found murdered, their bodies placed on several kilos of suspected fentanyl pills yesterday in the sector of La Costerita near Culiacan, Sinaloa.
by
@acm_0493
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The CJNG hitmen who forced a young man to stab his four friends to death on camera have allegedly been arrested. Here’s what we know about the detainees so far.
By
@HEARST_BB
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The singer Chuy Montana was kidnapped and killed by cartel hitmen in Tijuana.
Chuy was closely associated with a band named Fuerza Regida which uses promoters who are currently being investigated for potential Sinaloa Cartel money laundering.
Fuerza Regida has previously been…
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An insider contacted Borderland Beat and gave us exclusive information on Sinaloa Cartel's Iván Archivaldo Guzmán. Info like the locations of his houses, the women he has murdered, and much more.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
&
@Redlogarythm
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Brayan M. EL 18 or La Monja is arrested in Cajeme This subject is accused of the attack on the presidency of Guaymas, Sonora, where a young activist was killed.
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El Flaquito, one of the top cartel leaders in the border city of Tijuana, was shot by hitmen and rushed to a hospital in critical condition.
Let’s review the top three cartel groups who are suspected of being behind the hit.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
&
@LatamObscuro
…
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Another audio clip of hitmen alleging that Mayo handed over Ovidio’s location has emerged online.
By Sol Prendido and
@HEARST_BB
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A recent law enforcement operation against the Surenos gang that yielded over 1,000,000 fentanyl pills highlights the partnership between Mexican organized crime groups and American street gangs.
by Buggs
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#BREAKING
The criminals responsible for the IED on 7/28 detonated the the explosive remotely while watching a livestream video of the interior of the house, according to a video released online.
by
@HuasoBB
with info from
@David_Saucedo_
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“Please, dad, help us, get the money. If not, they are going to kill us", plead two kidnapped Nicaraguan migrants on video. The siblings were captured by a Mexican criminal group while making the dangerous journey to the United States.
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Los Zetas founding member Jaime Gonzalez Duran ("El Hummer") was extradited to the United States from Mexico yesterday, following 12 years of delays due to court motions, suspensions, and delays.
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Edgar Valdez-Villarreal, better known as "La Barbie" the American-Mexican drug lord, shows up as 'NOT IN BOP CUSTODY' on detention databases despite having a release date of 07/27/2056.
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Along with the body, they also left a narco cardboard banner:
"We are the MZ operative, the New Generation Jalisco Cartel fucked us up, because they are more bad asses, we are sorry, Mayo Zambada, we failed you.
Attentive: the Sierra Operative"
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A video shows CJNG members performing a timed assembly of AR-15 platform rifles, a common military training drill. Criminal groups post videos like these to portray an image of being an elite fighting force, despite often not being the case.
by
@HuasoBB
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🔴 LIVE POST: According to El Universal, Rafael Caro Quintero, the leader of the Caborca Cartel and a top target of the United States government has been captured by the Mexican Navy.
#BREAKINGNEWS
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Part 1. The news publication Contralinea released images from seven old military intelligence documents which cover the Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS). Some contain photos which may have never been released before.
@HEARST_BB
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A Cartel Arellano Felix operator named Christian Espinoza Silver, alias “El Chato”, who was affiliated with El Flaquito, was allegedly killed in the US city of San Diego.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
,
@LatamObscuro
,
@SocaljBB
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Audio clips of allege Sinaloa Cartel hitmen claim that Mayo Zambada knew the location of Ovidio Guzman and imply that they suspect Mayo turned in his location to the federal government, leading to Ovidio’s arrest.
By
@HEARST_BB
and Sol Prendido
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Roberto Salazar, a US Marine was caught leading a Mexican drug smuggling group during his military service where he recruited discharged Marines into acting as drug runners.
This week a judge sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
By
@HEARST_BB
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Former DEA Chief of International Operations Mike Vigil argues that "Edgar Valdez Villarreal, aka 'La Barbie,' is collaborating with the United States authorities as a protected witness and "has a lot of information" about many people."
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Sinaloa Cartel group Cazadores has been fracturing since 2021, with rivals competing to take over the section of the US-Mexico border they control. Now, Cazadores’ armed wing Deltas split away from the group and is fighting against them.
Let’s take a closer look at how this…
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Borderland Beat interviewed security analyst David Saucedo who revealed unreleased details about the Celaya car bomb, like the type of explosive used, and why the CSRL, and the CJNG, were behind the car bomb attack.
By
@HEARST_BB
&
@Redlogarythm
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El Ruso, a direct subordinate of Mayo Zambada and the founder of Sinaloa Cartel group “los Rusos”, was named on the FBI’s wanted fugitive list.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
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El Macrina, the alleged head of the La Familia Michoacana in Zacualpan was killed in a shootout with the Mexican Army today in Mexico State.
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In a new narco video, an armed enforcer for the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) stands before a camera announcing that the CJNG claims control of several regions of Mexico State, and will fight existing criminal groups.
📹 from
@GHOSTDEVIIL
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An 85 year-old cattle rancher and one of his workers were killed and set on fire at his ranch in San Pedro, Nuevo Leon. The criminals were allegedly members of a drug gang trying to hide from security forces on his ranch.
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📹 Early August, armed criminals kidnapped 4 workers while they repaired security cameras in
#Apulco
,
#Zacatecas
. One of them appears in a new video interrogation released by
#CJNG
Translation by Sol Prendido linked ⬇️
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A work-in-progress map of the way the state of Sinaloa is divided between Sinaloa Cartel's Chapitos, El Mayo and Chapo Isidro, from our story here:
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In a narcomanta they threaten the ex-mayor of Parral, Chihuahua this Thursday morning, "Caballo, we know you talked to the DEA, do not set foot here pig."
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US Customs & Border Patrol named Sinaloa Cartel’s Sergio Valenzuela Valenzuela, alias “El Gigio”, as a target in their new push to start naming the cartel bosses who control regions south of the border which aims “to increase public and law enforcement pressure on them.”
Story…
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Security analyst
@David_Saucedo_
: "The narco blockades in recent hours in cities in Jal & GTO, as well as the attacks with molotov cocktails and incendiary grenades against OXXO stores are a reaction of CJNG following the capture of an important leader.
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Yesterday, armed gunmen stopped and threatened motorists traveling through Guanajuato on their way to Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco.
#CSRL
#CJNG
📹 from
@Elicheo16
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A judge has ordered that Mencho’s brother Abraham Oseguera Cervantes, alias “El Rodo”, be released from prison.
The FGR may be able to rearrest Rodo when he is released if they can scramble together new charges.
Live updates from
@HEARST_BB
here:
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A video showing a large group of armed sicarios marching up a hill in a training exercise, holding rifles and equipped with bandoleers and magazine belts surfaced on twitter this morning, posted by account
@guerrerolibre12
.
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Video of the shooting that terrorized Ensenada, an area besieged by the Sinaloa Cartel; Last night two agents of the State Attorney General's Office died in a confrontation with criminals.
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I was given the confirmation from a very reliable source. Chino is dead. waiting for an additional ID process already id via fotos.
#ChinoAntrax
this source has never let me down so I m posting what I was told.
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More on the checkpoint of the 10 armed sicarios of the CDS set up on the Badiraguato-Guadalupe y Calvo highway. They interrogated members of a national press that had been covering President López Obrador.
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A police chase and shootout with cartel hitmen in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, led to the seizure of 40 radios, ammo, and guns.
By
@HEARST_BB
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The Gulf Cartel - Escorpiones control the drug and migrant smuggling in the most eastern part of the US - Mexico border.
Here’s our review of the top cartel figures who are active in the group.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
& Morogris
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A closer look at the history of Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuño, alias “El Flaquito”, who is one of the top cartel leaders in the border city of Tijuana, which has one of the busiest ports of entry into the US.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
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A video shows a column of La Familia Michoacána gunmen travelling through the community of Oxtotitlán in northern Guerrero. Hours after, a shootout was reported in the nearby town of Tlatzala.
Video & reports from
@APIGUERRERO
summarized by
@HuasoBB
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Carlos Jiménez
@c4jimenez
, a Mexican journalist specializing in security issues, is the focus of death threats in a newly released narco video. “ There’s no place where you can hide from us”, the armed men say.
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The Fuerzas Especiales Barrera (F.E.B.) or Barrera Special Forces, an armed criminal cell in service for the Sinaloa cartel from the state of Durango appears in new photos and video.
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Matthew Allen, Director of the Los Angeles office of the DEA, said in an interview with Univision Noticias that the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, is still alive, despite rumors.
by
@SocaljBB
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A Sedena diagram released by the Guacamaya jacking group shows that Aureliano Guzmán Loera, "el Guano", the brother of 'Chapo' Guzmán controls a criminal structure in Sinaloa and Durango made up of more than 300 people.
via
@Riodoce_mx
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In a video, children are seen playing as narcos, emulating violent cartel interrogation videos common to Mexico. The stories, music, and reality children are exposed to make an impression.
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On March 14, US law enforcement simultaneously served search warrants at various homes throughout Tulare, Kings, and Fresno counties in Central California as part of Operation SLO Ride, directed those with ties to the Sinaloa Cartel.
by
@SocaljBB
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In light of Nini's recent arrest, the following is a brief overview of some of the notable events in Nini's criminal history.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
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A major Mexican drug trafficker, the Cartel Arellano Felix figure “El Apache”, was shot by hitmen outside a Chili’s in the US city of Chula Vista, California.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
&
@LatamObscuro
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El Omega's brother "El Taquiza" was found dead in Sonora, near Chapitos territory.
A few weeks earlier, a different member of los Omegas was found dead in a similar area.
So, who is killing off these members of los Omegas? And why are some pointing fingers not at Chapitos, but…
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The explosion in Irapuato is related to the CJNG-CSRL conflict in Guanajuato, says
@David_Saucedo_
to Borderland Beat.
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A firefight involving 50 vehicles left at least 10 dead as the Chapiza and Los Rusos, two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, fought in a small town on the border of Sonora and Baja California.
by
@HEARST_BB
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Images of the bloody aftermath which scars the town of Jesús María, along with photos of the house Ovidio was staying in when he was arrested have been published by the newspaper Riodoce.
By
@HEARST_BB
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For years, two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, the sons of
#ElChapo
Guzman & cells aligned with El Mayo Zambada, have violently battled for control of territories north of the Gulf of California.
@HEARST_BB
offers an explanation look of the conflict.
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🔴Live🔴 Following a gunfight with the army, armed criminals are setting fire to vehicles on public roads in Zapopan, Jalisco, in effort to slow government response.
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A chemical broker responsible for supplying a Mexican cartel with enough precursor chemicals to produce more than 2 billion doses of fentanyl and 700 million doses of methamphetamine was sentenced Feb. 23 to almost 19 years in federal prison.
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In a video, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación announced their presence in the state of Morelos. They threaten existing criminal actors in the state, and those who have used the CJNG name without permission.
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Sinaloa Cartel's Arzate brothers have made El Ranchero their lead executioner in the border city of Tijuana.
Let's review the crimes tied to El Ranchero to better understand who he is and the current rival group he's focused on.
Story by
@HEARST_BB
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Part 2. The news publication Contralinea released images from seven old military intelligence documents which cover the Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS). Some contain photos which may have never been released before.
By
@HEARST_BB
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In a new video, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel interrogates a captured hitman from the Grupo Escorpion faction of the Gulf Cartel near Tamuín, San Luis Potosí.
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