'Massive' smuggling ring dismantled in Arizona

by Dennis Wagner - Oct. 31, 2011 12:43 PM The Arizona Republic http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2011/10/31/20111031arizona-drug-smuggling-bust-103111.html#ixzz1cPu0V0fh A deputy's routine traffic stop last year helped authorities penetrate what they say is one of the biggest smuggling operations ever identified in Arizona, a network that allegedly has moved $2 billion...

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Another Border Patrol Agent convicted...for detaining Mexican drug smuggler

By Diana Washington Valdez \ El Paso TimesEl Paso native Jesus "Chito" E. Diaz Jr. lost his career with the U.S. Border Patrol and ended up with a felony conviction after an encounter three years ago with a Mexican teenage drug smuggler on the South Texas border.On Oct. 20, U.S. District Judge Alia Moses Ludham sentenced Diaz to 24 months in prison for depriving a 15-year-old...

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Cabo San Lucas heats up

A confusing situation continues to unfold in Cabo San Lucas after the Plaza Sendero retail mall in this resort city was the scene of a confrontation between gunmen and authorities during the afternoon hours of Saturday. This Saturday evening the Milenio news agency reported that 12 gunmen armed with assault weapons had barricaded themselves in the Soriana big box store...

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Attorney General in Mexico: 200 Murders Result of Operation Fast and Furious

By Texcoco From the Forum In a conference call this morning with Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Darrell Issa, reporters were told the Attorney General in Mexico has confirmed at least 200 murders south of the border happened as a result of Operation Fast and Furious. “I would be remiss if I didn’t mention, as the Attorney General in Mexico is so concerned, she’s...

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Lazcano Told to Watch his Back from Z-40

They told Lazcano to watch his back from Miguel Angel Trevino Morales aka "The Z40." By Texcoco From the Forum A Zetas boss member testified that "Z40" has given information to the police about people of his own organization in order for them to get arrested. Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales When Zeta boss Enrique Rejon Aguilar, “El Mamito” was arrested...

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Hacking Grp Anon IRC-Gives 1st Zeta Name

Hacking Grp Anon IRC-Gives 1st Zeta Name + Promises Names of Zeta supporters & announces OP CARTEL Posted by Buela Chivis From the Forums (note: article of zeta first name at bottom; today Gustavo's website was hacked and a photo inserted from ANONYMOUS MEXICO) Unless you have been in a coma, if you follow narco news you must have heard the story of AnonymousIRC group...

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Mexican Drug Gangs Take War to the Streets

Residents in the towns of Huejucar, Florencia and Bolanas are getting caught up in the crossfire. By: Aljazeera Rival Mexican drug cartel groups are taking their turf wars to the streets of northern Mexico. Residents in the towns of Huejucar, Florencia and Bolanas are getting caught up in the crossfire during street battles between the Zetas and Sinolas gangs. Adam Raney reports from Jalis...

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Nephew of Gulf Cartel Boss Arrested in Texas, Facing Drug and Immigration Charges

From the Archives, Followup: By Associated Press A man arrested on federal drug and immigration charges in South Texas is believed to be the nephew of the former boss of Mexico’s Gulf cartel and was a rising player in the drug trafficking network, a U.S. law enforcement official said Wednesday. Rafael Cardenas Vela was arrested last week following a traffic stop in Port Isabel,...

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Online Hackers Threaten to Expose Cartel's Secrets

Group called Anonymous demands release of one of their own who was kidnapped By Dane Schiller Houston Chronicle An international group of online hackers is warning a Mexican drug cartel to release one of its members, kidnapped from a street protest, or it will publish the identities and addresses of the syndicate's associates, from corrupt police to taxi drivers, as well...

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Smugglers in Texas Using "Cloned" Vehicles to Move Drugs

By: AztecWarrior13 From the Forums Texas law enforcement agencies report drug smugglers have resorted to "cloning" company and government vehicles to try to avoid detection and protect their illegal cargo. "It's making our job a lot harder," said Michael O'Connor, Victoria County sheriff. "We're up against a matrix of deceptive transportation." O'Connor said his officers...

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CHAPO: Lord of the Mountains, Grows Stronger in Mexico’s Sierra Madre

Buela Chivis From the Forums He was the barefoot son of a peasant who became one of the richest moguls in the world, a billionaire entrepreneur with a third-grade education. He controls a vast drug distribution empire that spans six continents, but he still carries his own AK-47. He is generous and feared, a mass murderer and a folk hero. He is a ghost who has become a legend....

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The Messenger

One wonders even now whether showing her picture could cause more harm, put more people in danger, spread the poison. Her offense? She was an online chat room moderator in Mexico, using the Internet to crusade against her city's organized crime. On September 24, she became the first confirmed social media correspondent to be executed by criminal interests, as they sought to...

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Islamic Plot to Bomb U.S. Embassy Reported in Mexico

From the Archives More on the bomb plot that has been covered by Borderland Beat; Is U.S. a target from Islamic Extremists via Mexico? Reporter: Tom Ramstack Source: (AHN) An Islamic terrorist tried to detonate explosives to destroy the American embassy in Mexico City last year, according to Mexican media reports this week. The reports drew denials from Mexico’s...

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The lack of security and other little problems

Pa Que Sepas/Carlos De (falta de) seguridad y otros problemitas http://paquesepas.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/de-falta-de-seguridad-y-otros-problemitas/ These past weeks I've been thinking how in Mexico, the problem of insecurity has grown from a  problem in some localities to become a national problem with serious negative consequences for the economy and society. How...

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Mexican Marines Arrest Zeta Leader "El Bam Bam" in Veracruz

By Rafael Carranza Valley Central The Zeta leader for the embattled port city of Veracruz, Mexico is in federal custody following his arrest on Tuesday. The Mexican Navy received an anonymous tip regarding the whereabouts of Carlos Arturo Pitalua-Carillo, also known as “El Bam Bam.” Soldiers arrested him with five other men, and seized several high powered rifles and ammunition. The...

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Mexican Couple Arrested with Ice Chest Filled with Body Parts

Army raids bulletproofing auto shop Adriana Gomez Licon Associated Press The Mexican army says it has found an auto shop used to bulletproof vehicles for drug gangs. Ten people were arrested and soldiers confiscated 10 cars or SUVs that were being bulletproofed, as well a six other vehicles in a warehouse in the northern state of Sinaloa, the army said in a late-Monday statement. Authorities did not say which cartel managed the shop raided...

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Mexico Deploys Battalion Across from the Rio Grande

The Monitor More than 600 Mexican soldiers arrived in the area across the Rio Grande from Starr County on Monday in an effort to help secure the known drug corridor after several recent firefights. Frontera Chica, or Little Border, is the common name given to the area including Camargo, Miguel Aleman and Ciudad Mier. Among the recent violence there was a daylong firefight...

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Nephew of Mexican Cartel Kingpin Busted in Texas

By Dane Schiller, Houston Chronicle The up-and-coming nephew of imprisoned Gulf Cartel king Osiel Cardenas Guillen is in U.S. custody after being arrested in deep South Texas, where he had decked out a luxury home, concealed his identity and was hiding from both the law and his fellow Mexican underworld rivals. Rafael Cardenas Vela was wearing pink shorts and loafers while...

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U.S. Agencies Infiltrating Drug Cartels Across Mexico

Jesús Vicente Zambada-Niebla, center, known as Vicentillo, at the attorney general's office in Mexico City in 2009. By GINGER THOMPSON/New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/world/americas/united-states-infiltrating-criminal-groups-across-mexico.html?_r=1&src=rechp American law enforcement agencies have significantly built up networks of Mexican informants...

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