by Tyler | Aug 13, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Drug Trafficking, Eagle Scout, Fentanyl, Opioid Crisis, Trending
The trial for a former Eagle Scout accused of making millions of dollars in an online opioid distribution scheme faced a Utah jury on Monday. He is accused of importing fentanyl from China and then making knockoff oxycodone and Xanax pills.
by Tyler | Aug 11, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Crime, Trending
Gulf Cartel gunmen fired several shots at a state vehicle occupied by one of the top health officials in Tamaulipas. Authorities reported no injuries in the brazen attack.
by Tyler | Aug 5, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, El Paso, El Paso County Sheriff's Office, El Paso Shooting, Politics, Richard Wiles, Trending
El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles says he is “outraged” after “this Anglo man came here to kill Hispanics.” His comment came in a Facebook post after a man from Allen, Texas, traveled nearly nine hours to El Paso where he is now accused of...
by Tyler | Aug 4, 2019 | Active Shooter, Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Trending
Police in El Paso, Texas, report 20 people died in a shooting at an area Walmart store Saturday morning. Earlier in the day, officials walked back their multi-shooter and gang-related terrorism statements. Officials say one suspect is in custody. El Paso police called...
by Tyler | Aug 3, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Media, Trending
A group of gunmen ambushed and killed a journalist in front of children in the tourist beach resort area of Zihuatanejo. The case marks the second murder of a Mexican reporter this week, and is ninth in 2019.
by Tyler | Jul 29, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Crime, Human Smuggling, immigration, Interstate 35 Checkpoint, Laredo North Station, Laredo Sector, Trending, U.S. Border Patrol
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued ten migrants from tractor-trailer rigs being towed through a South Texas immigration checkpoint.