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Monday, August 31, 2020
2 and a half tons of marijuana discovered on the banks of the Culiacán River
Sedena Intercepts a Colombian narco-plane with 1.3 Tons of cocaine in Palenque, Chiapas
The economics of drug prices or why the War on Drugs is failing
Iguala: Narcos kidnap, torture and kill "Tuffito" the clown who entertained the poor
Canada: 'Feeding the Monster' An addict's story of receiving free prescription heroin at the Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver
Chihuahua: Commando arrives unleashing terror in Bocoyna
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Video: Brother of former mayors of Isla Mujeres, Benito Juarez killed in Florida plane crash
RCQ Nephew is arrested in CDMX and will be prosecuted
Public Security Chief Durazo: We arrest criminals we just don't "show them off"
Tamaulipas: Federal government send over 1k additional elements for 'Operation Nuevo Laredo'
Alberto Bazbaz Sacal Explains How Embracing Cybersecurity Can Help Mexico’s Fight Against Money Laundering
Alberto Bazbaz Sacal, a well-known financial intelligence specialist and former president of The Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (GAFILAT) for Latin and South America, has a new priority: cybersecurity.
Preserving Evidence of Disappearances in Mexico
"MX" for Borderland Beat; MacArthur Foundation
Families of people who have gone missing assemble at a site in Panteon La Paz to create more pressure for exhumations. |
When it comes to preserving evidence of more than 60,000 Mexicans who have disappeared since 2006, Felipe Sánchez Nájera’s goal is simple. “Our objective is to have every voice be heard,” said Sánchez Nájera, director of the Human Rights Program at Iberoamerican University in Mexico City.
“Maybe there will be drawings or other memory processes that might not be traditionally part of documented evidence, but we want to collect and safeguard the broadest range of information available.”
Iberoamerican has joined College of Mexico, the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), and Chicago-based Center for Research Libraries to create a safe harbor for documents and evidence related to the disappearances of tens of thousands of Mexicans during the nation’s 14-year war on drug trafficking.
18 policemen Edomex police, suspended for recording a parody video mocking CJNG Elite Grupo video
Puro gente del 'Chavez'
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Sicarios kidnap a 17-year-old girl; body found unrecognizable is identified
Dark Web's Largest Drug Sales Vendor "Empire Market" falls after suspected "Exit Scam"
Huge Fentanyl Haul Seized in Asia's Biggest-Ever Drugs Bust
"MX" for Borderland Beat; Myanmar Now
The massive haul raises fears that the opioid crisis ravaging the US may emerge in Asia
Myanmar authorities display pre-cursor chemicals and machinery used to make illicit drugs seized in Kutkai Township, Shan state. March 6, 2020. (Photo: Sai Zaw/ Myanmar Now) |
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Myanmar police say they have seized a huge haul of liquid fentanyl, the first time one of the dangerous synthetic opioids that have ravaged North America has been found in Asia’s Golden Triangle drug-producing region.
In a signal that Asia’s drug syndicates have moved into the lucrative opioid market, Reuters can reveal more than 3,700 litres of methylfentanyl was discovered by anti-narcotics police near Loikan village in Shan State in northeast Myanmar.
The seizure of the fentanyl derivative was part of Asia’s biggest-ever interception of illicit drugs, precursors and drug-making equipment, including 193 million methamphetamine tablets known as yaba. At 17.5 tonnes, the yaba almost equalled the amount seized in the previous two years in Myanmar.
An arrest warrant is issued against the wife of César Duarte
Feds Say CJNG Plaza Boss ‘La Roca’ Used Dallas Western Wear Store To Launder $10 Million
Jose Valdovinos Jimenez (who went by the alias “La Roca”), along with 27 other co-defendants, are charged with smuggling meth and heroin in from Mexico, distributing the product in North Texas, laundering the money through the strip mall western wear store, and sending the money back to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Judge puts the brakes on the U.S. extradition to US of 'El Hummer' a founder of Los Zetas
Spokesman for the Guanajuato Prosecutor's Office Is Found Dead; Was Kidnapped on August 15
"stevectpa" for Borderland Beat
Elihú Ojeda Vallejo |
The Guanajuato State Attorney General's Office (FGE) confirmed the death of its coordinator of Attention to Social Communication, Elihú Ojeda Vallejo, after he was kidnapped on August 15. Two suspects have been arrested for the crime.
Relatives of the spokesperson for the Guanajuato Prosecutor's Office received calls in which they asked for "a large sum" of money in exchange for the freedom of the public servant. The case was turned over to the Specialized Unit in Combating Kidnapping (UECS).
As reported by the State Prosecutor's Office in a statement, it was established that a man and a woman kidnapped Ojeda Vallejo and seized his vehicle on the night of Saturday, August 15, when Ojeda Vallejo left Valle de Santiago to Salamanca municipalities.
Friday, August 28, 2020
13-year-old boy found executed in Cancun as retaliation against parents
An arrest update at bottom...
28 People Linked to the CJNG Were Charged in the US for Money Laundering
"stevectpa" and MX" for Borderland Beat; USDOJ
A Mexican
cartel boss and 27 coconspirators have been charged with laundering more than
$10 million in drug proceeds through a local clothing retailer, announced U.S.
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
In a 38-count superseding indictment unsealed today, a federal grand
jury charged 28 individuals connected to Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion – one
of Mexico’s most violent and powerful drug cartels – with conspiracy to launder
monetary instruments and other financial, drug, and gun crimes, including
conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute heroin, and
possession of a firearm by an undocumented alien.
“Drug cartels like CJNG wreak havoc across the globe, driving the spread
of deadly drugs like meth and heroin,” said U.S. Attorney Nealy Cox. “We’re
committed to tracking the money and disrupting these organizations by attacking
their bottom line. By striking both the money and the drugs, we can more
effectively impact the organization.”
Hearing for 'El Quillo' postponed for the 6th time, the accused killer of journalist Javier Valdez
The day Sinaloa police adbucted boxing champ El Travieso Arce for Chapo Guzman and Mayo Zambada
California Firefighter Goes Missing After Visiting His Condo in Baja California
"MX" for Borderland Beat
Aguilar has been missing since Thursday |
Francisco
Aguilar (age 48), a firefighter based in Los Angeles, California, went missing
last week while he visited his condo in Rosarito, Baja California, a coastal
town south of Tijuana and less than 30 minutes from the U.S.-Mexico border.
Aguilar's family told reporters that he visited his condo in Mexico
regularly and always stayed in close contact with his family during his trips.
When they did not hear from him in 24 hours, some of his family members went to
his condo to check on his — only to discover a frightening scene.
Missouri's Fentanyl Problem: Its Path to the United States
"MX" for Borderland Beat; The Salem News
Fentanyl is a serious threat to Missourians. In November 2017, a man was caught on i-55 carrying almost fve pounds of fentanyl—enough to kill 40 times the population of New Madrid County, where police stopped him (source: Safe Medicines). |
There are two major means of entry of
illegal synthetic opioids into the U.S.: a route into the U.S. by the postal
service, and routes into the U.S. used by drug traffickers. In both cases,
Chinese chemical factories are the source of these synthetic opioids arriving
in the U.S.
Clandestine laboratories in Mexico convert Chinese fentanyl precursors
to fentanyl and combine IMF with heroin. The Mexican cartels “tend to use crude
methods” to make it and “they just take the fentanyl and stir it with a spoon,”
said Doug Coleman of the DEA. Illegal fentanyl is then trafficked into the U.S.
market, already combined with heroin and other drugs. The U.S. General
Accountability Office has determined that Canada, as well as Mexico, is a
supply route for drug traffickers.
American drug dealers can order fentanyl and analogues to be sent by
mail from China, often diverted through another country. One Chinese drug
dealer who operates openly on the Chinese social media WeChat said that sending
drugs through the Chinese mail to the U.S. is easy: “We have our people in the
postal companies.” Chinese sources can be found on the Internet that will ship
fentanyl analogues that are still legal in China.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
El Marro's Family Bought Cows From Former Chihuahua Gov. César Duarte; He Wanted to Be a Cattle Rancher
"stevectpa" for Borderland Beat; Milenio
El Marro's siblings laundered money with the fine cattle that the former governor of Chihuahua César Duarte Jáquez bought in Switzerland |
A man hugs a heifer and shows her off to the
camera: that's the last image of Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel leader José Antonio Yépez Ortiz ("El
Marro") in full before his arrest. It shows the facet that he tried to
develop but that could no longer culminate in the face of a large government crackdown: that of cattle rancher. The photograph was obtained
by state intelligence sources and is in the possession of MILENIO newspaper.
It is presumed that it was taken in 2017, the year when El Marro wanted to become a
cattle rancher. The image, according to a forensic analysis, was taken at a
ranch located in the Torrecillas community in Villagrán, very close to Santa
Rosa Municipality. El Marro's sibling’s bought the cattle from former Governor
of Chihuahua, César Duarte Jáquez. MILENIO announced that Mexico's Financial
Intelligence Unit (UIF) detected El Marro's money laundering network and its
links to Duarte through the company Promotora Ganadera Campestre SPR de RL
de CV. Duarte sold fine cattle for MXN$400,000 and MXN$150,000 to El Marro's brother
Roberto and sister Karen.
One of Mexico's best surgeons says: ‘I Am the Person Who Handed Over El Chapo’
The 10 Most-Wanted Fugitives in the Mexico City Area
"stevectpa" for Borderland Beat; Excelsior
These are the 10 most wanted in Mexico City, they are men and women wanted by the Secretariat of Citizen Security and the Attorney General's Office. On the list are drug traffickers, extortionists, kidnappers, murderers and even a serial rapist. The numbering goes from the least priority to the most sought after.
Please click the "Read more" link for a detailed list of these fugitives: