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Ovidio Guzman Lopez, 35, pleaded guilty to two counts of Drug Trafficking and two counts of participation in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise before U.S. District Judge Sharon Coleman in Chicago.
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CHAR
JULY 10, 2025
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The Central American president requested that the Secretary of Security correct the information regarding a small plane seized in Colima.
By: Andrés Martínez
On Wednesday afternoon, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele asked Secretary Harfuch to rectify his July 8 report, stating that an aircraft from the Central American country was seized in Tecomán, Colima.
"In Tecomán, Colima, as a result of surveillance and protection of Mexican airspace, personnel from the National Center for Surveillance and Airspace Protection detected an aircraft from El Salvador carrying 428 kilos of cocaine, and three people were arrested. The value of the drugs is 96 million pesos," Harfuch explained during the "People's Morning Press Conference" conference.
“On July 3, at 1:00 p.m., Costa Rica reported a suspicious aircraft track northwest of its territory. They activated the regional alert through APAN, a Central American air safety network. According to their own report, the aircraft track entered Costa Rica, briefly disappeared from radar, and then reappeared, heading out into the Pacific,” Bukele wrote on his X account.
CHAR
JULY 9, 2025
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So far, 38 victims have been classified, of which 18 have already been pre-identified. They continue working with heavy machinery.
Román Ortega
This Wednesday, eight more bags containing human remains were found in the grave in the Las Agujas neighborhood, in the municipality of Zapopan. This brings the total to 54 since work began on the second site last Sunday, June 29, and 223 bags, including the 169 bags found on adjacent land since last February.
Maribel, a member of the Guerreros Buscadores collective of Jalisco, indicated that so far, less than a quarter of the land has been worked on, despite the work being carried out with heavy machinery.
"There hasn't been much progress. In other words, we were talking about not even a quarter of the land being worked on. Today, eight bags were found."
I think progress has been made. Well, the truth is, we only made a few meters to where we had left off yesterday, to the limit of where work was done yesterday, and I think this will take a long time, for several months, because it does indicate and hint at more pockets.”
He added that one reason why little progress was made today is because one of the two excavation machines broke down, so he hopes it will be working again by tomorrow, Thursday.
Sources close to the investigation indicate that 38 victims have been classified so far, 18 of whom have already been pre-identified through tattoos; none have been released to their families.
On Tuesday, personnel from the National Search Commission joined the search due to a lack of personnel from the State Search Commission and the high demand for work.
Members of the Luz de Esperanza collective and Lupita Aguilar, founder of the Familias Unidas por Nuestros Desaparecidos collective, also joined the search.
CHAR
JULY 9, 2025
WRITTEN BY: ERNESTO MARTINEZ
Culiacán, Sinaloa.- Members of the Mexican Navy deployed a strong mobilization by land and air on the morning of Wednesday, July 9, in the municipalities of Culiacán, Navolato, and Elota as part of the security reinforcement in the central region of the state and in anticipation of the arrival of the 400 SEMAR members who were deployed since Monday in these last two municipalities.
Although some of the aircraft flew at very low altitudes over Navolato during the overflights, it was confirmed that no arrests have been made so far by this agency, while dozens of units known as "rapid" patrolled the city of the sugarcane municipality this morning.
Authorities hope that with the presence of federal forces, crime rates will decrease in the coming days, but so far, there is no information on how long the marines will be in the state carrying out these tasks.
NAVY HELICOPTERS FLY OVER NAVOLATO, CULIACAN, ELOTA
BY: CHAR
CHAR
JULY 8, 2025
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They will also have to pay 1.3 million pesos to repair the damage.
CHAR
JULY 8, 2025
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Author | Roxana Vivanco
By "El Huaso" for Borderland Beat
Mexican authorities have apprehended Felipe Jesús Ceballos Tovar alias "El Franco 6," identified as the presumed successor to José Francisco "N," known as "Alfa 1," a key figure in the Escorpiones faction of the Gulf Cartel in the states of Queretaro and Guanajuato.
CHAR
JULY 7, 2025
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The robbery occurred on July 4th, on a highway near Guadalajara.
CHAR
JULY 7, 2025
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They will continue working in the coming days
CHAR
JULY 7, 2025
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WRITTEN BY: ERICK VALENZUELA
CHAR
JULY 7, 2025
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Author | Alejandro Monjardin
Date | July 7, 2025
Time | 10:39 am
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Following last week's ICE arrest and accusations of Sinaloa Cartel ties of boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., Mexican news outlet Reforma also cited numerous sources regarding the ties of a Mexican businessman who is a partner in a gas station convenience store company with famed Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez.
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BY: CHAR
JULY 6, 2025
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