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Who Are Los Granados? Here’s What We Know About the Group Linked to Disappearances in Guerrero
Who are the Granados, and how did they become entangled in the mysterious disappearance of eight farmers in Guerrero? In Guerrero’s Costa Grande region,…
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‘Carlitos Rugrats’ Is Accused of Narco-Terrorism by the United States
The federal government is targeting one of the most violent operatives of the “Los Mayos” faction in Sinaloa. Identified as Carlos Páez Pereda—known as…
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“Orders are Carried out Right Here”: The Narco Ballad that Allegedly Reveals ‘El Benny 17’s’ Network in Mazatlán
Who is the mysterious operative keeping southern Sinaloa under fire while his true identity remains hidden? More than two years after the outbreak of…
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The Northeast Cartel Uses Horse Racing to Launder Illicit Profits
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on Mexican individuals and companies linked to the Northeast Cartel.…
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Children in Tecate Exposed to Fentanyl and Organized Crime
Lethal substances such as fentanyl—mixed with marijuana or delivered via “wax pens” (cannabis extract)—are already circulating among children and young people in the municipality…
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The Brutality of the CDS Hitmen
Jorge Said Salgado Mendoza began a life of crime at the age of 14. As a teenager, he was recruited by street-level drug dealers…
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Cartels Steal Luxury SUVs in the U.S. to Transport Them to Mexico
The Los Angeles Times recently revealed this story, which sounds like something out of a movie. The Jalisco Nueva Generación and Sinaloa cartels are…
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Army Seizes 48 Jamming-Resistant Drones in Sinaloa
The army seized 48 FPV drones that operate via fiber-optic cables, a technology that makes them resistant to conventional signal jammers. The operation took…
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One Hundred Children Have Been Out of School Since 2024 in the Community of Chenalhó, Chiapas, Where Residents Report That an Armed Group is Forcing Minors to Use Drugs
Official documents from the Chiapas Secretariat of Education confirm that there have been no classes in Fracción Tzanembolom since February 2024; the community…
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The Iranian plot to hire Los Zetas: How an attack in Washington Was Foiled
He chose a windowless hotel room on the border between Reynosa and Texas, asked for the key, and waited patiently for the hitman to…
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Using State-of-the-Art Drones: El Rosario, a Key Hub for Drug Trafficking Between Sinaloa and Nayarit
For criminal organizations, controlling El Rosario—located in southern Sinaloa—represents far more than mere dominion over a municipality; it means securing a strategic outlet toward…
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“Better Them Crying in Their House Than us Crying in Ours”: the Fall of the Leader of the “Anti-Government Ranch”
What would you do if abandonment by the authorities forced you to create your own laws? But that rebellion ended in tragedy. In Tonalá,…
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Extermination Center with Ovens and Human Remains Found in Nayarit
In Xalisco, Nayarit, Milenio visited a site described by the State Prosecutor’s Office as an extermination center. Salvador Arellano reports on what was found…
