By "Karamazov" for Borderland Beat
On April 14th, OFAC sanctioned three individuals and two casinos related to the Northeast Cartel (CDN) in an effort to diminish the power of this foreign terrorist organization following its formal designation in 2025.
Casino activities have been linked to money laundering, as they are considered high cash-use activities. Two of the three connected individuals, Juan Pablo Penilla Rodríguez (Penilla) and Jesús Reymundo Ramos Vázquez (Ramos), are not directly linked to criminal activity; they are accused of presenting a legal front to the cartel before the government and civil society.
The first, Penilla, is a lawyer close to major drug kingpins such as the Treviño brothers and Mayo Zambada, as well as the new political class of the MORENA party. In 2023, Tamaulipas Governor Américo Villarreal and Senators from MORENA, Amalia García Medina and Juan Carlos Loera de la Rosa, awarded him several distinctions, making him appear as a model citizen in front of society and giving him legitimacy within the political class.
Juan Pablo Penilla Rodríguez (Penilla) and Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum. Image from when Sheinbaum was on the presidential campaign trail. Source: https://www.reforma.com/no-conozco-al-abogado-del-mayo-ni-hay-complicidad-csp/ar2959276
The second, Jesús Reymundo Ramos Vázquez, is a criminal rights defender who, since 2018, has been connected to the former Los Zetas and has received payments for denouncing officials for abuses and disappearances by SEMAR and SEDENA.
The third person accused by OFAC is the criminal leader Eduardo Javier Islas Valdez (Islas), a.k.a. “Crosty,” who, according to the accusation, is the regional leader responsible for human trafficking, drug transportation, and guarding all the stash houses in the Laredo region.
Amid the context in which the government denies the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED), which has declared that forced disappearances in Mexico are carried out in a systematic manner, the same officials who are supposed to work to end forced disappearances have direct connections at every level with different criminal organizations.
This connection must be known to the general public, as forced disappearances in Mexico continue, and the persons who are supposed to be working to uphold the law and protect human rights are enabling those responsible for forced disappearances.
The scale of terror would not be possible without the help or complicity of the government, as extermination camps have been operating while security forces refuse to apply the rule of law. That is why it is essential to remove from power all these corrupt political actors that make it possible for cartels to operate with complete impunity. Sources: OFAC, Reforma This article was written by Karamazov for Borderland Beat
Great job Karamazov. You must be a new BB guy. Watch out for Sol. Every town or municipality in Mexico has this kind of set up of politicians and lawyers working with cartels. Especially in the very small towns. It is easy to say remove them from power but it doesn't change anything because the next ones that take the position will be the same. The reason for this is that the cartel gives them two options which is plata o plomo. Money or death. Almost all of them pick money. Nuff Said!!!
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Delete🤦🏻♂️ No. Not “every” but about 70%. And no, they can stop it if they want but the people responsible for stopping it profit. The equivalent to a RICO prosecution snares them all. Instead they selectively prosecute, WHEN they prosecute. NUFF should say less 😉
DeleteNuff Said you have a distorted idea of the map in México. The politicans allow them not the other way around. Not every politician is persuaded by narcos. You cannot threaten those in the capital or in powerful states. That equates to your own doom.
DeleteGood post, Nuffy, and as a student of Dostoyevsky, you are able to see the promise in this new Russian contributor.
DeleteThe sage moderators wisely decided not to chase the dude away on his first day, and deleted an ignorant, immature, and discouraging comment @ 5 :55 a.m., as seen below.
We can't keep this koo foo karamazov in a safe space forever, though, and he'd better have a thick skin to put up with the jeering & abuse that seems to go along with the job.
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its good news. to beat the cartels the US and Mexico must go after the money
ReplyDeleteJesús Reymundo Ramos Vázquez has for a long time been accused of corruption and being a CDN lackey...interesting to see the ofac confirmation. Good article ty Karamazov
ReplyDeletegreat article Karamazov
ReplyDeleteI wonder when Américo Villarreal will go down, there are many rumors of his corruption it must be coming soon
Without doubt with CDG/fuel theft etc going way back mexico is mired in that shit,another MORENA corrupt rat.Morena is more corrupt than PRI and that is saying something
DeleteWelcome Karamazov! Excellent post.
ReplyDeleteThey need to look into Sabinas Coahulia for having sooo manyy banks in such a smalll town...
ReplyDeleteRumor was it that they had all the OG Zs $$$ like 42/40/Z3. It's where they would make the deposits before they would go to accts in San Pedro Monterrey. Obv wayyy back but there still has to be somewhat of a trace there I would imagine
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ReplyDeleteScottish zeta is still here sticking to the shadows ATTE SCOTTISH ZETA
DeleteNewbies Nuffy & Buffy are scratching they heads, wondering "who the heck is Scottish Zeta?" 🤔😂
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DeleteGracias Karamazov por la información.
ReplyDeletePretty concerning to see how deep these connections run. When sanctions start exposing links between cartels and political or financial networks, it really shows how complex the situation is beyond just crime itself. Hopefully this leads to more accountability and real action.
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DeleteNow THAT'S a proper BB welcome!
Relax, red panties Rubio aka white pampers.
DeleteDon't this foo Karamazov have two brothers?
DeleteWill they be contributing to BB also?
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7:52 you are welcome, beware of cheap as motherfuckers trying to look like too smart.
Delete12.26 I just don't understand why Da Rubio thinks he is smarter than us, when he is mentally challenged.
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DeleteYou could dismiss retrograde articles from cavernicolas too.
It is nothing that every candidate gets approached by unsavory characters while on campaign or visits everywhere they go, some people have accused Claudia S. for her getting embraced by some drunk in a garden as if that was her goal, some "influencers" get paid to spread outright lies and half truths or to stretch them to the moon and get hopes of getting a bite feom a billion dollar budget when their handlers get to power with their lipspittle and BS.
The mexican military got left to fend for themselves when carlos salinas de gortari stole 2 billion dollars from the military budget, the military had no balls to fix that, they went for the people's pockets with everything and THEY want to keep it that way, and the US trained too many of them as did "2 generals who went to help pinochet after the massacres of students in MEXICO 68".
Still the US behind the BS and new russian bots in action in BB
Nice going "administratero"
It's Swol-O from an alternate account.
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Deletedude looks crooked AF, gold chain, hermes belt, greasy hair....why don't any of these boys work hard, dress plain, and be upright citizens?
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11:17 these days the rotting agencies are doing the dirty work of the rotten and corrupt untouchable american billionaires, including the
Delete"pretenders faking it til they make it".
Secretary Kegsbreath rambled not too long ago about a western hemisphere empire he called "Fortress América" aka Technate of América. This idea was touted nearly a century ago during the Great Depression. Curious BB readers should read up about this movement. Elon Musk's maternal grandfather was a prominent member in Canada.
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You fools think CDN are scrubs ? Arguably they have the most important plaza with the heaviest truck traffic in the Americas ''10,000+ northbound trucks crossing daily'' Piensen en eso, payasos,think on it clowns,facts not glory the worst rats have it on lock
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