Category Archives: Crime

Sinaloa Cartel’s Chapitos Faction Is Going Downhill and May Be On the Way Out

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Allan Wall

Last September a war broke out between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel. The intra-cartel war pits one faction, La Mayiza, led by the son of “El Mayo” Zambada, against the Chapitos, sons of “El Chapo” Guzman. According to the Noroeste … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Claudia Sheinbaum, Donald Trump, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, Los Chapitos, Sinaloa Cartel | Leave a comment

Drug Enforcement Administration’s 2025 Threat Assessment: A Report on Mexican Cartels

Posted on May 26, 2025 by Allan Wall

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.) has released its 2025 National Drug Threat Assessment, and it paints a grim picture of the Mexican cartel threat. You can see the document yourself here. Mexican drug cartels are referred to as Transnational … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Drug Enforcement Administration (D.E.A.), Fentanyl, Methamphetamine, Sinaloa Cartel | Leave a comment

Is the CJNG Teaming Up with a Faction of the Sinaloa Cartel?

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Allan Wall

Since last September, there has been a vicious struggle between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, which however has not stopped its lucrative business of exporting drugs to the United States. The intra-cartel war pits one faction, led by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), DEA, Los Chapitos, Los Mayos, Nemesio Ruben "el Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, Sinaloa Cartel | Leave a comment

Sinaloa Cartel War – Death Toll Passes 1,200

Posted on May 12, 2025 by Allan Wall

The ongoing war between two factions of the Sinaloa cartel, being fought in Mexico’s Sinaloa state, broke out last September 9th and continues. As of May 5th, according to AFP, the death toll in the conflict had passed 1,2000 dead, … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Badiraguato, Drug cartels, Sinaloa Cartel, Sinaloa state | Leave a comment

The Tragic Story of Ivan Morales Corrales

Posted on May 10, 2025 by Allan Wall

The tragic story of recently-murdered Ivan Morales Corrales displays the power and ruthlessness of a Mexican drug cartel. Ivan Morales Corrales was a Mexican federal agent. On May 1st, 2015, Morales was part of a secret mission in Jalisco state … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Drug cartels, Enrique Pena Nieto, Ivan Morales Corrales, Jalisco, Morelos, Nemesio Ruben "el Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, Ruben "El Menchito" Oseguera Gonzales, Temixco, The U.S.A. | Leave a comment

Isobel Yeung’s Controversial CNN Interview with a Sinaloa Cartel Operative

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Allan Wall

There’s been a firestorm in the media over a recent CNN interview with a Sinaloa Cartel gangster. See here for example. I decided to watch the whole CNN video . It lasts ten and a half minutes and stars CNN … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Culiacan, Donald Trump, Drug cartels, Isobel Yeung, Sinaloa Cartel, Sinaloa state | Leave a comment

Wanted Posters for Mexican Narco Brothers

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Allan Wall

Remember the old Wanted posters from the Old West? Here is a Wanted Poster offering a reward for the Dalton Brothers. In our day and age, Wanted Posters are still used. For Mexican narcos, for example. On April 15th the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Drug cartels, Guerrero state, Johnny Hurtado Olascoaga "Pez", Jose Alfredo Hurtado Olascoaga "Fresa", La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM), Michoacan, State of Mexico, U.S.A. | Leave a comment

The Mexican Music Market, Narcocorridos and Freedom of Speech

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Allan Wall

Mexico is a musically-oriented country and recently became the 10th-largest music market in the world. There are various genres of Mexican music, plus Mexico is a big market for music from other Spanish-speaking countries and from English-speaking countries. Like other … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime, Culture | Tagged Christopher Landau, CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Claudia Sheinbaum, Corridos, Drug cartels, Jalisco, Los Alegres del Barranco, Luis R. Conriquez, Music, State of Mexico, Texcoco, U.S.A. | Leave a comment

U.S. Companies in Mexico Targeted by Mexican Drug Cartels

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Allan Wall

As I reported in a previous article, Mexican companies are targets of Mexican drug cartels.See Mexican Corporations Extorted by Drug Cartels. U.S. companies operating in Mexico are also targets of the Mexican cartels. As reported by Julian Resendiz of Border … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Border Report, Drug cartels, Global Guardian Security Firm, Julian Resendiz, Michael Ballard | Leave a comment

CJNG Cartel Denies “Extermination Site” Accusation; Attorney General Gertz Discusses Case

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Allan Wall

My previous Mexico News Report article reported a possible cartel extermination site in Jalisco state (see Possible Cartel “Extermination Site” Discovered in Jalisco State ). The drug cartel suspected of running this site has denied it. That’s the CJNG (Cartel … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Alejandro Gertz Manero, CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Claudia Sheinbaum, Drug cartels, Jalisco, Teuchitlan | Leave a comment