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Diego Luna & Michael Pena are interviewed for the Netflix American drug crime TV series Narcos Mexico, created by Carlo Bernard and Doug Miro. It was originally set to be series 4 of Narcos, but has been set up as a companion/sister show focusing...
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
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...
Sunday, September 26, 2021
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...
Saturday, September 25, 2021
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...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
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...
Saturday, September 11, 2021
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...
Friday, September 10, 2021
As Marijuana Profits Dry Up, Mexico Crime Groups Turn to Alcohol and Logging
As Marijuana Profits Dry Up, Mexico Crime Groups Turn to Alcohol and LoggingMexico remains the main international provider of marijuana for the United States, but this has greatly diminished since 2013, forcing certain criminal groups to adapt and look for other funds.As more US states move towards legalization, “Mexican marijuana has largely been supplanted by domestic-produced...
Thursday, September 2, 2021
How Mexico's Cartels Have Learned Military Tactics
How Mexico's Cartels Have Learned Military TacticsAs violence has continued to rise in Mexico year after year, criminal groups have adopted an increasingly militarized approach to their tactics, weaponry and training.InSight Crime sat down with Robert J. Bunker and John P. Sullivan, founders of Small Wars Journal and editors of a new book, Illicit Tactical Progress: Mexican...
