by Tyler | Nov 11, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Chihuahua, Crime, immigration, Travel Advisories, Trending, U.S. Consulate
The United States Consulate General in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, issued a security alert prohibiting U.S. government employees from traveling to the state’s capital city. The newly released travel restriction is in effect until further notice.
by Tyler | Nov 3, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Violence, Crime, Drug Trafficking, La Familia Michoacana, Los Viagras, Trending
A yearlong investigation by U.S. authorities in Kansas led to the arrest of a methamphetamine distribution cell tied to Mexico’s Los Viagras faction of the Familia Michoacana Cartel. The cartel cell is considered to be part of the violent cartel’s drug distribution...
by Tyler | Oct 25, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Violence, Crime, Drug Smugging, Gulf Cartel, Tamaulipas, Trending
Mexican border state authorities arrested a top Gulf Cartel lieutenant a few miles south of the Texas border. The cartel operator is known as the second in command of one of the factions engaged in a fierce turf war.
by Tyler | Oct 13, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Violence, Crime, Trending
A team of cartel hitmen launched a brazen daytime attack on a motorist earlier this week in southeastern Mexico. The attack left the targeted driver dead from multiple gunshot wounds.
by Tyler | Sep 23, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Cartel Violence, Crime, Trending
A group of tourists celebrating a birthday on a party boat in Mexico came face to face with a crew of heavily armed pirates who robbed them at gunpoint. A passenger captured the ordeal on a cell phone video as gunmen can be heard and partially seen waving guns at the...
by Tyler | Sep 22, 2019 | Border / Cartel Chronicles, Border Violence, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion, Cartel Violence, CJNG, Crime, jalisco, Sinaloa Cartel, Trending
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Jalisco continue to discover dozens of trash bags filled with dismembered human remains. The discoveries point to an ongoing extermination tactic by cartel members fighting for control of the region. Officials found the...
