Tag Archives: Drug cartels

Triangular U.S.-China-Mexico Money Laundering Scheme Utilized by Drug Cartels

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Allan Wall

A recent U.S. government report uncovers a financial link between the Mexican drug cartels and China. Discovering how drug cartels are financed and how the money is laundered is important if progress is to be made in fighting these criminal … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged China, Drug cartels, Fentanyl, Money laundering | Leave a comment

In Brooklyn Court, El Mayo Pleads Guilty

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Allan Wall

In 2024, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was tricked into flying to El Paso, Texas, where he was arrested by U.S. authorities. Now, El Mayo has submitted a guilty plea in a U.S. federal court … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Claudia Sheinbaum, Drug cartels, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia, Pam Bondi, Sinaloa Cartel, The U.S.A. | Leave a comment

Mexican Senator Calls President Sheinbaum a Narco-Politician, on Fox News No Less!

Posted on August 24, 2025 by Allan Wall

Mexican Senator Lilly Tellez is under fire for her interview on Fox Noticias, the Fox News Spanish channel. Senator Tellez criticized President Sheinbaum and others, calling them narco-politicians. (A few months back Senator Tellez criticized President Sheinbaum for something else, … Continue reading →

Posted in Corruption, Crime, Foreign Policy, History | Tagged Adan Augusto Lopez, Donald Trump, Drug cartels, Fox News, La Barredora, Lilly Tellez, MORENA Party, PAN, Rachel Campos-Duffy, The U.S.A. | Leave a comment

Extortion of Businesses Getting Worse in Mexico

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Allan Wall

According to the Associated Press, the problem of extortion is getting worse in Mexico. From the Associated Press (AP): “Extortion is strangling businesses in Mexico. Much, but not all, of it is linked to Mexico’s powerful organized crime groups. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged Claudia Sheinbaum, Drug cartels, Extortion, Mexico City | Leave a comment

Colombian Mercs in Mexico

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Allan Wall

A growing number of Colombian mercenaries have been working for Mexican drug cartels. Spain’s El País recently ran an English-language article on the topic. From the article: “The growing presence of former Colombian military personnel in Mexico has authorities on … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime | Tagged CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación), Colombia, Drug cartels, ITAM, Mercenaries, Ukraine | 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