Phone Extortion in Mexico Continuing to Rise Despite Low Success Rate

 A new report claims the success rate of phone extortion is dropping in Mexico, but the fluid nature of this crime makes it difficult to prove.Between 2013 and 2019, the number of businesses in Mexico receiving such extortion calls increased by nearly 22 percent, but total payouts diminished by over 15 percent, according to a recently published investigation by...

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Rafael Caro Quintero disagrees with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo over business

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Cartel Gunmen Take Out Surveillance Cameras in Sinaloa, Mexico

 Cartel Gunmen Take Out Surveillance Cameras in Sinaloa, MexicoIn Mexico, gunmen have gone on a shooting spree of police surveillance cameras in the city of Culiacán – attacks that not only blind authorities but reinforce cartel control.The shootings have become such a concern that agents with the Sinaloa Attorney General’s Office gathered shotgun casings after the latest...

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US Sanctions Reveal CJNG’s Grip on Mexico Port To Move Fentanyl

 US Sanctions Reveal CJNG’s Grip on Mexico Port To Move FentanylThe United States has sanctioned four suspected members of Mexico’s powerful CJNG cartel, alleging that they controlled drug operations at a Pacific port that is a crucial entry point for fentanyl and methamphetamine precursor chemicals from Asia.Aldrin Miguel Jarquín Jarquín, Jose Jesus Jarquín Jarquín,...

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End of Maria and Miguel

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In the Riviera Maya, Cartel Extortion Schemes Know No Limits

 In the Riviera Maya, Cartel Extortion Schemes Know No LimitsDespite the pandemic’s economic fallout being felt throughout the Riviera Maya, cartels have continued their extortion schemes in Mexico's popular tourist destination, where their operations have grown to target everyone from local vendors to large businesses.The breadth of cartel extortion schemes in the Riviera...

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Cyclones, Scorpions and Old School Killers - The War for Tamaulipas

Cyclones, Scorpions and Old School Killers - The War for TamaulipasIt was so simple once. The Gulf Cartel and its ancestors maintained control of Tamaulipas for eight decades.In the 1930s, Juan Nepomuceno Guerra smuggled whisky across the Rio Grande during Prohibition. The enterprise swiftly grew to all types of contraband. By the 1980s, this business had been formalized in...

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'Narcos' Wagner Moura On His Role As Pablo Escobar | Los Angeles Times

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Accusations against Mexico’s Former Top Cop Grow in US Courts

Accusations against Mexico’s Former Top Cop Grow in US CourtsEvidence and accusations are piling up against Mexico's former top security official Genaro García Luna, as US prosecutors proffer new records in their case alleging he pocketed bribes from drug traffickers and Mexico demands the return of millions of alleged illegal assets.In a September 29 filing in a New York...

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Narcos: Mexico Diego Luna & Michael Pena on the complexities and modern parallels in Season 1

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 Mexico's Geoduck Clams Latest Casualty of Asian DemandMexican geoduck clam populations are suffering as legal harvests are threatened by rampant poaching, which has driven the species onto the endangered species list.The legal geoduck clam industry is steadily being pushed out by poachers who operate with little fear of repercussion, according to La Jornada, quoting...

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Jalisco Cartel Sets Off Alarm Bells Along Mexico-Guatemala Border

 Jalisco Cartel Sets Off Alarm Bells Along Mexico-Guatemala BorderThe Jalisco Cartel New Generation, which has rapidly expanded to become Mexico's greatest criminal threat, may now be spreading its influence in a new area: the border with Guatemala.Much of the border area is a no-man's-land, where traffickers can easily avoid the police. A recent wave of violence began...

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Bomb Threats: Mexico's Crime Groups Turn to Explosives

 Bomb Threats: Mexico's Crime Groups Turn to Explosives package bomb that killed a restaurateur and his manager underscores the escalating use of explosives – and the terror that they generate – by criminal groups in Mexico’s most violent state.The bombing occurred on September 19 during a birthday celebration at a family restaurant in Guanajuato's Salamanca. Delivered...

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South Korea Becomes Transit Point for Mexican Methamphetamine

 South Korea Becomes Transit Point for Mexican MethamphetamineA ton of Mexican methamphetamine found in South Korea and suspected of being bound for Australia has shown how Mexican synthetic drugs continue to make inroads in the Asia-Pacific.On September 1, prosecutors in the southern port city of Busan detained and charged a Korean male in his 30s for importing 404 kilograms...

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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria was the pioneer in industrial-scale cocaine trafficking. Known as “El Patrón,” Escobar led the Medellín Cartel from the 1970s to the early 1990s. He oversaw each step of cocaine production, from sourcing coca base paste in Andean nations to feeding a booming US market for the drug. He also successfully challenged the State on extradition, showing...

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