https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/live-post-30-reportedly-massacred-in.html

Live Post: 30 Reportedly Massacred in Buenavista, Guerrero but LFM Gunmen Claim Only 'Los Tlacos' Killed

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/ciudad-juarez-chihuahua-female-assassin.html

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua: Female Assassin Is Arrested For Killing And Beheading 3 Men

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/throwback-series-newly-uncovered.html

Throwback Series: Newly Uncovered Details on Z-1's Death

https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...exican-community-drones-gunmen-106147913

A drug cartel has attacked a remote Mexican community with drones and gunmen, rights group says

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexico-massacre-alleged-attack-cartel-drones-gunmen-deaths-injuries/

Mexican authorities investigate massacre after alleged attack by cartel drones and gunmen

https://www.whittierdailynews.com/2...ng-guns-and-ammo-to-mexican-drug-cartel/

Former Marine from Whittier sentenced to 8 months for smuggling guns and ammo to Mexican drug cartel

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/ecuador-declares-state-of-emergency.html

Ecuador Declares State of Emergency After Los Choneros Gang Leader "Fito" Escapes Prison
Has forged links with Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel.

https://insightcrime.org/news/children-war-violence-addiction-youth-ciudad-juarez-mexico/

‘Children of War’: How Violence and Addiction Rob the Youth of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rgency-drug-gangs-cartels-civil-war.html

Inside Ecuador's brutal drug gangs: How ruthless cartels are leaving a bloody trail of destruction in battle for supremacy - as country spirals out of control in 'civil war'

The CJNG has been battling the notorious Sinaloa cartel for dominance in the coca fields of Colombia and Peru for years, but is now hell-bent on seizing control in Ecuador, which has become the primary location from which to export cocaine to Europe rather than the US.

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/two-mexican-cops-seek-asylum-from.html

Two Mexican Cops Seek Asylum From Cartel Violence at California Border Crossing

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation...ing-drug-cartels-fuels-a-national-crisis

In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico’s warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis

Sara Cosío, the woman who almost divided the Guadalajara Cartel and unleashed an internal war
The daughter of the former Secretary of Education in Jalisco fell in love with two bosses of the organization, causing an internal conflict that could be resolved



https://www.infobae.com/mexico/2024...guadalajara-y-desata-una-guerra-interna/

CJNG Kidnaps Nine Colombian Escorts

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/villahermosa-tabasco-cjng-kidnaps-nine.html

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/el-chapos-logistics-coordinator.html

El Chapo's Logistics Coordinator Imprisoned in Chicago Asks for Leniency in His 22-Year Sentence

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/decay-and-desolation-el-chapos.html

Decay and Desolation: El Chapo's Abandoned Home in Los Mochis, Sinaloa

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/la-linea-regional-boss-el-38-found-dead.html

La Línea Regional Boss 'El 38' Found Dead Inside Prison Cell

https://www.vox.com/world-politics/...lence-murder-daniel-naboa-columbia-crime

Cocaine, cartels, and corruption: The crisis in Ecuador, explained

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/independent-drug-lord-el-tio-sentenced.html

Independent Drug Lord 'El Tío' Sentenced to 22 Years in US Prison, Ordered to Forfeit $280M

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/court-nullifies-10-year-sentence-for.html

Court Nullifies 10-Year Sentence for Mayor's Wife Connected in 43 Missing Students Case

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/mexican-drug-cartels-are-ecuadors-real.html

Mexican Drug Cartels Are Ecuador's Real Enemy In 'Terror' Fight Against Criminal Gangs

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/off-duty-police-commander-and-agent.html

Off-Duty Police Commander and Agent Gunned Down in Chihuahua; Cartel Members Are the Main Suspects

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/dr...farm-workers/Z745QTLKLRBKPFZE4FWPYOT52U/

Drug cartel accusations: Mexican bride arrested on wedding day for extorting and kidnapping farm workers

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...g-chicken-farm-workers-drug-cartels.html

Mexican bride appears in handcuffs in her WEDDING DRESS after being arrested for extorting and kidnapping chicken farm workers for drug cartels

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/spidermen-narcos-ecuador-drugs-ships-bound-for-us-europe/

"Spidermen" narcos use ropes in Ecuador's biggest port to hide drugs on ships bound for the U.S. and Europe

The gangs are in cahoots with three major transnational traffickers: Mexico's Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels -- which are behind the influx of fentanyl into the U.S. that's killing tens of thousands of Americans -- as well as Albanian groups with ties to Italy's notorious 'Ndrangheta mafia.

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/live-thread-gulf-cartel-leader-la-kena.html

LIVE THREAD: Gulf Cartel Leader 'La Kena' Captured Near Monterrey, Nuevo León

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/us-extradition-of-z-40-former-zetas.html

US Extradition of 'Z-40,' Former Zetas Leader, Suspended by Federal Judge

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/us-offers-5-million-bounty-for-capture.html

US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Capture of Independent Drug Kingpin 'Chuy González'

Glam escorts kidnapped by Mexican drug cartel found alive after heart-breaking phone call

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/world-news/glam-escorts-kidnapped-mexican-drug-31880663

https://nypost.com/2024/01/19/news/la-kena-leader-of-cartel-that-killed-2-us-tourists-caught/

Notorious leader of Mexican Gulf drug cartel that killed 2 US tourists captured at high-end shopping mall

https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/over-1400-missing-persons-in-ciudad.html



Over 1,400 Missing Persons in Ciudad Juárez; Only 103 Listed on Official Website