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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…
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Black Market on WhatsApp Sells U.S. Weapons and Ammunition
Milenio gained access to a WhatsApp chat where items ranging from weapons imported from the United States to exotic animals are sold and traded—clearly…
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Mauro’s Police Force, Like Alvar’s, Kills An Innocent Person And Criminalizes Them
Iván was 19 years old, an only child, and worked for a multinational company based in the Puerto Interior industrial park. He supported his…
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AMLO Calls U.S. Actions Regarding the Capture of ‘El Mayo Zambada’ ‘Extrajudicial and Interventionist’
In his new book titled *Pueblo* (People), former President Andrés Manuel López Obrador described the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada—and the U.S. intervention…
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Aquiles Cell Arrested with Drugs and Weapons
On the night of October 4, at approximately 8:39 p.m., five individuals—four men and one woman—were detained by officers from the State Citizen Security…
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“They Treat Us Very Badly”: Children Recruited by Mexican Cartels Recount Their Experiences
I’m 15 years old. I was recruited by the Jalisco cartel. Organized crime stole their childhood. More than 30,000 Mexican children and adolescents have…
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“El 500,” An Alleged Operator of the Sinaloa Cartel in Tijuana, Has Been Captured
Luis Adán Torales Castillo, aka “El 500”—identified as an alleged operator for the Sinaloa Cartel in Tijuana, was arrested early Saturday morning, October 3,…
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From “El Vicentillo” to “El Pilo”: The Major Informants on Mexican Drug Cartels in the Service of U.S. Justice
Although many cases have been built on intelligence gathered by various U.S. agencies, many others have been based on a common element within the…
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“Mayito Flaco” is Located by the DEA in Mexico City; The Agency Issues a Wanted Notice
This is the updated wanted poster for Ismael Zambada-Sicairos, alias “El Mayito Flaco,” released this Wednesday, September 30, by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…
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Who Are the 21 Individuals and Companies Linked to ‘La Mayiza’ Sanctioned by the United States?
At some point yesterday, you or I likely came across the word OFAC. What is it? Well, it is the Office of Foreign Assets…
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Mexico’s Deadliest Female Hitmen | Women Who Killed for the Cartels
These 10 female hitmen—or *sicarias*—are proof that the Mexican drug trade was never just a man’s game, and at least seven of them are…
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Airplanes, 84 Semi-Trucks, and 19 properties! Stunning Images of the Operation Against ‘El Bebo’
How did a single man manage to move millions of liters of fuel and launder fortunes for one of Mexico’s most dangerous cartels? We…
