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Treasury flags cartel-linked fuel smuggling via U.S. firms

Treasury is teaching institutions how to identify suspicious transactions by U.S. freight and logistics firms potentially tied to drug cartel-backed fuel sales to Mexico.

Contraband fuel: Smuggling gasoline into Mexico earns cartels millions

The scheme, known as huachicol fiscal, is the second-largest source of revenue for cartels, after drug trafficking.

Gang deploys new tactic to smuggle cocaine through South American port

Police in Ecuador have seized more than a tonne of cocaine in a raid illustrating a novel smuggling technique. A drug gang in Ecuador has deployed a highly sophisticated new tactic...

Mexican cartel in Europe sought mortars, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades

Washington is striking back at a powerful Mexican cartel that federal prosecutors say sought to treat Europe as a safe base for drugs and weapons deals. Alleged cartel operatives a...

Feds: Truckers hauled hundreds of kilos of cartel cocaine on US-Canada freight lanes

The wider investigation spans drug trafficking, cargo theft, extortion and human trafficking, while key drivers and carriers remain unidentified. The post Feds: Truckers hauled hun...

Borderlands Mexico: US widens Mexican cartel crackdown to tequila makers, baby shoe company

This week in Borderlands Mexico: US widens Mexican cartel crackdown; Port Houston posts record first-half container volume; and Foundry Commercial plans logistics center in Fort Wo...

Contraband fuel: Smuggling gasoline into Mexico earns cartels millions

MEXICO CITY — Mexico has been a major oil producer for more than a century, but its lack of refining capacity creates a quandary: The country must import much of its gasoline and d...

Cartels Are Exploiting Mexico’s Cattle Trade As Americans Pay More For Beef

Traffickers use falsified paperwork and black-market identification tags to launder smuggled animals into legitimate Mexican commerce.

Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico

A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women.

Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using bomb-laden drones and improvised explosive devices. ‘We are facing steady in...

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, and the Sinaloa Cartel have fought for years over control of Zacatecas.

Cartel Calls Out Mexican Government Corruption After Hanging Bodies from Overpass

A group of gunmen claiming to be from the Sinaloa Cartel released a video and various social media messages calling out the deals between Mexico’s government and drug cartels. The...

Between cartel threats and U.S. airstrikes, Ecuador fishers have nowhere to hide

Drug cartels have turned the small ports of Ecuador's Manabi province into a cocaine-trafficking hub, extorting local fishers who are prized for their navigation skills.

How Mexican drug cartels have outsourced meth labs to Nigeria

West Africa is becoming increasingly attractive to those who want to make and export illicit drugs.

New Violent Action by Mexican Cartels Could Disrupt Avocados From Entering US Market

FEDS: Terrorist Mexican Cartel Bought RPGs, Machine Guns from Czech Republic

Four members of the terrorist organization known as Cartel Jalisco New Generation (CJNG) are facing federal charges in the United States in connection with the purchase of RPGs, ma...

NDLEA uncovers Mexican cartel links to meth labs in Ogun, Oyo forests

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raised the alarm over attempts by international drug cartels to establish production bases in Nigeria, disclosing that Mexican-...

Four arrested for interstate cocaine trafficking conspiracy using white Freightliner semi trucks

Authorities arrested four people in connection with a conspiracy to traffic cocaine from Texas to Florida. Daniel Cruz Pinales, Arturo Carlos, Joaquin Enriquez, and Jesus Guadalupe...

CBP finds $1.17M in cocaine after inspecting bell pepper truck at Texas border

A Kenworth hauling bell peppers drew additional scrutiny at a Texas border crossing, where CBP officers uncovered 16 packages of cocaine. The post CBP finds $1.17M in cocaine after...

Borderlands Mexico: Criminal groups keep pressure on Mexican freight networks

Mexican authorities say highway cargo theft is falling, but criminals are increasingly targeting freight through evolving schemes and vulnerable locations. The post Borderlands Mex...

The cartels are learning drone warfare from Ukraine

Last summer, European news outlets reported that “volunteers” from Mexican and Colombian drug cartels had infiltrated Ukraine’s military — considered the world’s “drone superpower”...

USSOUTHCOM Moves From Plinking Drug Boats to Taking Out Cartel Infrastructure

$634,000 worth of alleged COCAINE being smuggled into US from Mexico seized by feds: CBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has reported busting a smuggling operation at a port of entry at the United States-Mexico border.CBP told Blaze News that officers at the cargo f...

Nigeria dismantles meth lab as Mexican cartels push into country

Meth seizures and raids on labs in Nigeria have been on the rise since around 2011, according to a 2019 report from the Institute for Security Studies, as Latin American specialist...

Operator of Sham Produce Companies Sentenced to Federal Prison for Cocaine Importation and Money Laundering

ATLANTA – Carlos Salazar-Garcia has been sentenced to federal prison for using sham companies to import hundreds of pounds of cocaine concealed in fruit and electronics shipments t...