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Merchants in Santa Bárbara closed their businesses as a precaution after the attack on and brief detention of seven state police officers.
In reaction to the violent events that occurred today in the southern region of the state, business owners in Santa Bárbara chose to close their establishments as a precautionary measure, following the attack on seven State Police intelligence officers and given the ongoing security operation in the municipality.
According to available information, the atmosphere of uncertainty intensified after it became known that, at approximately 2:00 p.m., state police officers conducting an investigation to locate a high-priority target were attacked by armed civilians traveling in several vehicles.
As a result of this event, it was reported that no police officers were injured by gunfire; however, the officers were disarmed and beaten during the attack, in addition to being temporarily detained, which increased the perception of risk among the population.
Following these events, partial closures of establishments and a reduction in commercial activity were observed in different parts of the municipality, while some families chose to stay in their homes and limit travel, awaiting official information.
The situation worsened with reports registered in San Francisco del Oro, where gunfire and one injured person were reported, as well as the alleged involvement of a black van; subsequently, the Municipal Public Security Directorate (DSPM) issued a warning asking citizens not to leave their homes until further notice.
These events caused operations to be extended and reinforced in the region, with patrols and inter-agency presence in municipalities such as Santa Bárbara, San Francisco del Oro, Matamoros, and Hidalgo del Parral, as well as the implementation of checkpoints and surveillance actions on highways.
To date, authorities have not confirmed any arrests nor have they specified the total number of casualties resulting from the events, the corresponding areas continue to follow up to locate those responsible and clarify what happened.
Meanwhile, a climate of alert prevails in Santa Bárbara, with limited commercial activity and a constant presence of security units, while the population remains attentive to official communications regarding the progress of the operations and the conditions for returning to normalcy.
Source: El Sol de Parral
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The operation was the result of military surveillance in the community of Cieneguilla and was carried out after obtaining a court order.
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Back in February 2024, an unknown crime mob made its appearance here at Borderland Beat (BB) with a decapitation video. At the time not much was known about who exactly they were.
What little we did know is that the person who was being beheaded belonged to La Barredora. It was long suspected that the mob in that broadcast was the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).
Research has shown that the CJNG has had a dominant presence in Tabasco since as far back as 2021. Specifically in the towns of Macuspana, Villahermosa, and Huimanguillo.
As reference, longtime readers of BB should remember that denial video made for the massacre against bar patrons in Macuspana. Villahermosa is where nine beautiful Colombian escorts got kidnapped. And the two Americans with sugar in their tanks who were abducted but later released in Huimanguillo.
Every one of those criminal acts, along with many others, were later attributed to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Today, another beheading was also linked to them.
Source: Anonymous
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The Sinaloa Cartel, embroiled in an internal war between the Mayo and Chapo factions after one of the latter handed over Ismael Zambada García, "El Mayo," to U.S. authorities, has expanded its criminal activities in Tecate beyond the production, trafficking, distribution, and sale of drugs. To acquire illicit funds, they have diversified into other crimes such as fuel theft, extortion of businesses, telephone scams, property theft, and now, highway robberies.
Using caltrops, they disable vehicles and transport trucks before robbing them. Investigators report that one of the most problematic stretches is the area connecting Tecate and Mexicali, particularly near the Luis Echeverría "El Hongo" and Rumorosa areas. Another high-risk zone is the southern part of the municipality along the Tecate-Ensenada highway, where there are numerous areas without cell phone coverage. Criminals are aware of these communication dead zones and exploit them to target and rob travelers.
“We went to Valle de Guadalupe for a weekend; on the way back, before reaching the toll booth at El Hongo, we had to stop because one of the tires blew out. Seconds after getting out of the car, we were approached by armed men in a black Tahoe SUV. They intimidated us, took our belongings, and then left. It was minutes of terror; and although we were later assisted by authorities to whom we recounted what happened, we decided not to file a formal complaint because the assailants took pictures of our vehicle, license plates, and even my driver's license, which terrifies us every day because they practically know where we live,” said Claudia, a victim of the robbery in September.
Two weeks after the robbery against Claudia's family, in August 2025, the president of Coparmex Ensenada, Alberto Muñoz Avilez, publicly denounced that a group of tourists had been robbed on the same stretch of road and demanded greater security from the authorities for those who are an important part of the state's economic sector: “We want to demand that all three levels of government uphold the law; we are aware of the situation that has recently been occurring on the stretch of road from Ensenada to Tecate and vice versa, where not only business owners, but also citizens have been subjected to robberies or attempts to dispossess them of their property. We need the authorities to take action with proper coordination,” he declared.
The businessman said that despite knowing of testimonies from people who have been victims of this crime, the authorities continue to ignore the issue and rely on their "statistics."
“As citizens, we are not feeling the protection of the authorities, so it is time to demand action and for us as citizens to dare to file a complaint when these types of situations occur, and for it not to be an excuse for the authorities to say that there are no complaints and therefore they don’t intervene,” he said.
The businessman said they are aware of a close acquaintance who was the target of an attempted armed robbery on the Tecate to Valle de Guadalupe highway, near the Agrícola y Ganadera de Valles de Las Palmas neighborhood, and recounted that the victim was intercepted by a vehicle that blocked their path.
“A person was leaning halfway out of the car, pointing a gun and shouting for them to get out. However, the victim was able to make a U-turn and escape in the opposite direction. That's how they managed to get away, but they were pursued for several kilometers while they called 911. Eventually, they reached a municipal police unit that provided assistance,” he explained.
The businessman lamented that no arrests were made in that case, and suggested there might be other cases where citizens don't dare to report the crimes.
“How is it possible that there were no arrests? How far could the vehicle have gone? What are the escape routes in that area? These robberies are happening on that stretch of highway due to the lack of police presence, and perhaps because there are roads they can use to escape,” he remarked.
But carjackings aren't the only incidents reported on the Tecate–Ensenada highway; from kilometer 16 onward, the area is desolate, a fact that in past years has been exploited by members of organized crime to execute, disappear, or abandon bodies, 90 percent of which showed gunshot wounds, in addition to evidence of having been tortured prior to their murder.
In that same stretch between the Nueva Hindú and Valle de las Palmas areas, drug laboratories have been seized, where people recruited in Ensenada were forced to work. They had been offered attractive wages to work in the fields harvesting vegetables and were then transported to an area located in the mountains that separate these rural areas of Tecate.
In July, a woman identified as Silvia publicly reported that while driving on the Tecate–Ensenada highway near the area known as "El Polvorín," between Valle de las Palmas and Rancho Viejo, armed men tried to force her to stop her vehicle: "It happened in broad daylight, around 1:30 p.m. It was a recent model blue Toyota with California license plates and a yellow car, which suddenly cut in front of us, while a dark gray Nissan (Altima or Maxima) that I don't know where it came from (it was moving slowly) wouldn't let me move. The passenger started sticking his hand out and showed a gun and started pointing it at us, making gestures for me to pull over," she recounted.
"They followed me for many kilometers. We started dialing 911 (the emergency number), but in that stretch of the highway there's no signal. It's clear they have identified the places where you won't be able to call for help," she warned. They managed to make the emergency calls and contact municipal police who assisted them, although no arrests were made. “It’s something we haven’t fully processed at home yet, and obviously it’s going to affect us because of the fear and because I have to change the license plates on the car, even the car itself. ‘What am I going to do?’ ‘What’s going to happen?’ It’s no longer criminals against criminals, but criminals against society,” he warned.
General Laureano Carrillo Rodríguez, head of the Baja California Secretariat of Citizen Security, acknowledged that there are criminal groups in the area, but that they have not been able to apprehend them. The same thing happens, he said, on the stretch between El Hongo and La Rumorosa, where there is a response time of up to “40 minutes” to activate the municipal police, and for the National Guard (GN) to subsequently arrive to provide support:
“Unfortunately, we were unable to apprehend the attackers. We know that they operate in that area, and we currently have a significant deployment that we had in La Rumorosa. What we are going to do is move further in that direction; we will be focusing more specifically on the Valle de las Palmas area and especially on that highway where the incident occurred,” he indicated.
RECORD OF TIRE PUNCTURES SINCE 2024
On Tuesday, December 10, 2024, shortly after the El Hongo toll booth towards Tecate, a user traveling on the road reported that she and her family were almost robbed.
She explained that on a stretch of the highway, some men obstructed their visibility with flashlights, causing the driver of the vehicle they were in to swerve and hit tire spikes, puncturing a tire; however, they managed to escape.
The user recounted that she saw at least seven cars with punctured tires, whose occupants were being robbed of their belongings by several hooded and armed men. This occurred without any law enforcement presence in the area to assist them. In response, the Secretary General of the State Government, Alfredo Álvarez Cárdenas, indicated that the National Guard, along with elements of the State Secretariat of Citizen Security (SSCBC), were already patrolling the area, both on the toll road and the highway, and that the incidents were being investigated by the State Attorney General's Office (FGE).
Likewise, the then Secretary of Security in the State, General Leopoldo Tizoc, acknowledged that they were aware of seven incidents in which the alleged criminals had used caltrops to rob drivers.
Criminal activity using this modus operandi isn’t new, as the presence of tire-puncturing devices and incidents of assault on the Tecate-Tijuana highway were already reported in April 2024.
“We’re not the only ones to suffer an attempted robbery, but we experienced it firsthand, and it's a terrible fear. It's also outrageous to see that this is happening on the Fiarum toll road and that government authorities are doing nothing,” complained users who were victims of the assaults.
The National Chamber of Freight Transport (CANACAR) in Baja California has also reported attempted armed robberies or attacks using caltrops against its vehicles, an activity that hadn’t previously occurred in this state:
“Since 2024, we have issued recommendations to our operators to avoid resting or stopping in desolate stretches between Rumorosa and Tecate; we have records of attempted robberies, and we certainly fear that if there is no prompt response and a tangible solution, this will escalate, and tomorrow this border city, considered one of the safest, will end up becoming like those in the south, where people are robbed for their merchandise, their vehicles, or even where drivers are murdered,” warned CANACAR.
Source: Zeta Tijuana
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The Chinese-born pharmaceutical businessman Zhenli Ye Gon, currently incarcerated at Federal Social Rehabilitation Center Number 1 “Altiplano,” obtained a federal injunction requiring Mexican authorities to inform him of the exact date of his arrest in the United States and to provide him with a copy of the criminal proceedings against him before a judge in Washington D.C.
Judge Juan Mateo Brieba de Castro, assigned to the Sixth District Court for Criminal Matters in Mexico City, determined that the information requested by Ye Gon is “crucial to safeguarding the due process of law in the criminal proceedings against him.” The judge ordered that the businessman's petition, filed in November 2024, be forwarded to the First District Court for Criminal Matters in the State of Mexico, located in Toluca de Lerdo, for appropriate action.
The federal judge argued that, in order for the petitioner to have the necessary tools to confront the punitive power of the State, the judge presiding over the case must have all possible information to resolve the legal situation of the accused. “The actions of the responsible party were not consistent with Article 17 of the Constitution, which mandates that all authorities seek substantive justice,” Brieba de Castro stated in his ruling, indicating that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) should have forwarded the request to the judge in charge of the case.
According to El Universal newspaper, on December 13, 2025, Ye Gon sought federal protection after the SRE denied him the information, arguing that it lacked the authority to handle requests from private individuals and that the Attorney General's Office (FGR) is responsible for extradition proceedings.
In November 2024, the Chinese-born businessman requested the information from Miguel Ángel Méndez Buenos Aires, prosecutor for International Affairs at the FGR, who forwarded his petition to the Extraditions Directorate of the FGR's International Procedures Unit. The agency responded in April 2025; however, Ye Gon questioned the legality of the document.
Ye Gon's case dates back to 2007, when federal agents carried out a historic seizure of $207 million in cash at his residence located at Sierra Madre 515, in Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City. Following the operation, the pharmaceutical businessman was arrested in Rockville, Maryland, by agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
In 2009, the U.S. justice system acquitted Ye Gon of charges of methamphetamine distribution in the United States. Nevertheless, the Chinese-born businessman managed to remain in the U.S. through various legal maneuvers that stalled the extradition request from the Mexican government, which sought him for organized crime, money laundering, and drug trafficking offenses. He was finally extradited and is currently incarcerated in the maximum-security Altiplano prison in the State of Mexico.
Sources: Zeta Tijuana, Borderland Beat Archives
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A new armed group called the Garapayla Revolutionary Movement has been formed in Venezuela.
They are prepared to defend Venezuela with their lives against any foreign military intervention.
We are the Carapayca Revolutionary Movement. The first revolutionary front of Carapayca.
We have decided that in the face of the constant threats from the United States of America, its South American lackeys, and traitors to the homeland, to take up arms again to defend the nation from the insolent foreign aggression.
The path we take will follow the legacy of our commander, Murachín. Our forces are properly organized and prepared throughout our national territory in the 24 states, 335 municipalities, and 1,200 parishes.
Together with this, our main strategy is a guerrilla warfare tactic that was developed 500 years ago by our ancestors.
That for all intents and purposes, is identical to the valiant chieftain Murachín, who led his people against the Spanish conquest in 1567.
During an era in which he actively participated in the armed forces defending our country against the Spanish captain Rodrigo Ponce de León.
It should be noted that our Armed Resistance Force will be automatically activated the moment the insolent forces set foot on our soil.
Likewise, immediate action will be taken against all internal and external enemies of the homeland and the Chávez government. In addition, they will become military targets of this movement.
Source: R🅾️M🅰️N🅾️SKY
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November ended with 49 murders in the city, a figure that far surpasses other municipalities in the state, according to data from FICOSEC and the Attorney General's Office.
Despite a decrease in homicides during November in Ciudad Juárez, this border city remains the most violent municipality in the state of Chihuahua, according to figures shared by authorities.
In its monthly report, FICOSEC showed that, according to data from the State Attorney General's Office, November ended with a total of 49 people murdered in different areas, neighborhoods, and subdivisions of Juárez.
These figures represent more than 59% of the homicides committed in the city of Chihuahua, where 20 murders were recorded during the same month.
The third municipality with the most homicides was Cuauhtémoc, which closed the month with 14 cases, while in Parral, authorities handled 11 cases of murdered individuals.
Thus, a total of 97 homicides were committed throughout the state of Chihuahua in November, amidst the disputes between various criminal groups in the region.
Regarding Ciudad Juárez, both the Municipal Police and the State Public Security Secretariat asserted that the homicides are due to these organizations fighting for control of drug trafficking.
However, it should be noted that in the last few months of this year, there has been a considerable decrease in violent incidents in this border city, dropping from an average of three murders per day to just one.
Authorities maintain that the most violent sectors, or where these cases continue to occur, are the western and southeastern parts of the urban area, as these are where the greatest number of crimes are committed.
Source: El Heraldo de Juárez
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A female police officer was murdered last Wednesday night while on her way home after finishing her shift as an officer with the Municipal Public Security and Traffic Department (SSPyTM).
The municipal officer was identified as Nayeli Rivera who was the leader of the purple group of the Culiacán Municipal Police. The attack occurred when the police officer was driving on the Culiacán-Navolato highway in a Nissan SUV when she was ambushed by an armed group around 9:30 p.m.; her vehicle overturned on the side of the road near the community of Alamitos.
According to authorities, the police officer had finished her shift and was heading to her home in the Bariometo ejido, in Navolato.
This attack brings the total number of local police officers murdered in Sinaloa this year to 45, making the state the one with the most cases, surpassing Guerrero with 37 and Guanajuato with 36.
Operation against armor plating workshops
Separately, authorities seized three properties that were being used as workshops to install makeshift armor plating on vehicles in the Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood.
The operation came about after an anonymous tip was made to the State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE). The mobilization took place on the afternoon of 10 December on Alba de Acosta Street.
So far, no information has been released about whether anyone was arrested or what was seized inside the building.
Sources: Proceso, Imagen Crystal
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The Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación used a carbomb to target a Policía Comunitaria base in the municipality of Coahuayana, Michoacán on Saturday morning, killing six and wounding twelve others.
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Violence continues to escalate in Nuevo León. On the night of Wednesday, December 10, 2025, officers from various branches of the State Government, as well as personnel from the National Guard, deployed an impressive operation in the Avance Popular neighborhood of García municipality, after an armed attack was reported. This violent incident left two people injured, one of whom died.
According to initial reports from local authorities, the events occurred yesterday, Wednesday, December 10, at approximately 10:00 p.m. local time, on Carmen Serdán Street. Residents in the area reported hearing multiple gunshots before authorities arrived. Witnesses said that several individuals arrived at the scene in a vehicle and, without a word, opened fire directly on two men who were standing outside a house.
After the attack, the gunmen fled in an unknown direction; one of the victims was left lying on the ground, while the second man, who was seriously injured, sought help from neighbors. A Code Red alert was immediately activated in that sector of García.
Municipal Police and State Guard officers arrived at the scene and secured the perimeter to preserve evidence and prevent onlookers from approaching. Minutes later, agents from the State Investigation Agency and personnel from Forensic Services arrived and began collecting ballistic evidence and witness testimonies to determine the motive for the attack and locate those responsible.
Paramedics from the Red Cross confirmed that one of the men died at the scene of the attack, while the second victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where he remains under medical observation. As of the publication of this report, his condition is unknown.
Authorities haven’t revealed the identities of the victims nor have they confirmed whether the incident may be related to criminal activity in the area. However, they reported that the investigation will continue by the Attorney General's Office of the State of Nuevo León (FGJ-NL) until the exact circumstances of the crime are determined and progress is made in locating the attackers.
Source: Tribuna
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The official was on his way to start his workday when he was attacked.
Following the direct attack, state authorities who are part of the Security Task Force condemned the incident.
“Those of us who lead and comprise the corporations and institutions represented on the State Coordination Board condemn the attack and express our condolences to the affected official and his family during these difficult times.”
They also stated that they are already collaborating in a coordinated manner with the State Attorney General's Office in the corresponding investigation to identify and bring those responsible to justice.
It was also announced that the official is in stable condition.
A video showing the moment of the attack was circulated on social media. It shows a white van approaching and the shots being fired.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2025
The Attorney General's Office of Aguascalientes has already identified the trailer used and is coordinating the investigation with neighboring states to locate those responsible.
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An intense confrontation between elements of the Mexican Navy and a group of armed civilians took place this Tuesday afternoon, December 9, in the community of El Roble, in the municipality of Elota, Sinaloa, generating a large-scale deployment of federal and state forces in the area.
According to initial reports, the armed clash occurred when Navy personnel were conducting patrols in the rural area and detected the presence of armed individuals traveling in several vehicles. After attempting to stop them, the civilians allegedly responded with gunfire, triggering an exchange of fire that lasted for several minutes.
Due to the intensity of the confrontation, it was preliminarily reported that there were injuries, as well as fatalities, but this information hasn’t been confirmed.
The area remains heavily guarded by Navy personnel, the National Guard, the Mexican Army, and elements of the State Preventive Police, who established a wide security perimeter at the entrances to the community to prevent the passage of vehicles and ensure that investigations can be carried out.
Operations were launched in dirt roads, agricultural fields, and local roads due to the possible presence of more individuals involved who may have escaped after the confrontation. Authorities continue to conduct patrols by air and land to ensure that the situation is completely under control.
To date, no authority has issued an official number of fatalities, injuries, or arrests; a more detailed report is expected in the coming hours once the investigations are completed and confirmed information about what happened is obtained.
Where did the confrontation take place?
In the community of El Roble, municipality of Elota.
Were there any injuries or fatalities?
Preliminary reports indicate that there were injuries and fatalities.
Is the area still under guard?
Yes, it remains under the surveillance of federal and state forces, while operations continue.
Source: Los Noticieristas
