by Tyler | Aug 3, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima, Cartel Violence, Crime, Fuel Theft, Trending
Mexican authorities arrested the top leader of a hyperviolent fuel-theft cartel that been waging a fierce turf war for control of key areas in Central Mexico. The organization known as Cartel Santa Rosa de Lima (CSRL) is linked not only to gruesome mass killings but...
by Tyler | Jul 6, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Del Noreste, Cartel Violence, CDN, Crime, Mexican Military, Nuevo Laredo, Trending
Mexican military forces killed a total of 16 gunmen from a faction of Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. The gunmen wore cloned military uniforms and were part of a paramilitary cartel force known as Hell’s Troop or Tropa Del...
by Tyler | Apr 12, 2020 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Violence, Crime, Mexican Journalist, Murdered Mexican Journalist, Trending
Mexican authorities confirmed the murder and beheading of a journalist from the beach tourist hotpot of Acapulco who went missing last week.
by Tyler | Dec 16, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Cartel Violence, CJNG, Crime, Trending
An ongoing investigation into a drug cartel stash house in the Mexican state of Jalisco has yielded the discovery of 50 bodies in one property. Since November, authorities in Jalisco have found a total of 81 bodies in two ranches and arrested 15 gunmen in connection...
by Tyler | Dec 1, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Crime, Gulf Cartel, Trending
A fierce turf war between two rival factions of the Gulf Cartel brought a new wave of terror to residents of numerous rural coastal communities approximately 70 miles south of the border with Texas.
by Tyler | Nov 25, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Violence, Crime, Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Trending
A newly appointed municipal police chief in central Mexico resigned this week after surviving a fierce attack by cartel gunmen while traveling in an armored patrol vehicle. The attack took place two weeks ago and left two of the chief’s bodyguards wounded. His...
