Juarez police officer seeks asylum in Texas
He says his life in in danger because he arrests the wrong people and won’t take bribes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Tag Mexico drug cartels
Gulf Cartel leader killed. Drug wars continue
That’s Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, alias “Tony Tormenta” on the billboard. He was killed by Mexican Marines after the billboard in the US with a price of $5 million on his head appeared, but this was probably coincidence. From Borderland Beat.…
Mexican drug cartels establishing US presence
Hugely profitable drug trafficking, corruption of high officials including police and military, and now the drug cartels are establishing major command and control centers in places like San Diego. John Le Carre’s new book,”Our Kind of Traitor”, deals with “the…
Terror and the silenced screams: violence engulfs Tamaulipas
You can’t trust the police or the military either. The root cause of the current horrific violence seems to be that three cartels have declared war on the Zetas. The streets are beyond not safe. Cartels block intersections to hijack…
Los Zetas, drug cartels, and weapons
Los Zetas were formed when an elite unit in the Mexican Army, trained here in the US and elsewhere, went rogue and began providing muscle to the Gulf Cartel. They later broke away and formed their own cartel. Both cartels…