Cartel

U.S. drug raids net $10 million in crypto linked to notorious Mexican Sinaloa cartel, officials say

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U.S. drug raids net $10 million in crypto linked to notorious Mexican Sinaloa cartel, officials say

U.S. drug enforcement agents seized more than $10 million in cryptocurrency linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel during raids that also netted massive quantities of fentanyl and other drugs, officials said Tuesday. The Sinaloa cartel is one of six Mexican drug trafficking groups that President Trump has designated as global “terrorist” organizations. The cryptocurrency seizure in … Read more

10 arrested at drug cartel “ranch of horror” found guilty of murder in Mexico

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10 arrested at drug cartel "ranch of horror" found guilty of murder in Mexico

Ten men arrested at a farm linked to a drug cartel in the Mexican state of Jalisco were found guilty of murder and kidnapping in a high-profile trial that concluded Monday, the prosecutor’s office said. The Izaguirre “ranch of horror,” as some local media have dubbed it, allegedly served as a forced recruitment center for the … Read more

20 bodies, some decapitated, found in part of Mexico where factions of Sinaloa cartel are fighting each other

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20 bodies, some decapitated, found in part of Mexico where factions of Sinaloa cartel are fighting each other

Twenty bodies, several of them decapitated, were found on a highway bridge in a part of Mexico where factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel are fighting each other, authorities said Monday. Four headless corpses were found by the roadside while 16 bodies were discovered inside an abandoned vehicle, the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office said. Five human … Read more

Notorious cartel hired hacker to use surveillance cameras, phone data to track and kill FBI informants, U.S. says

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Notorious cartel hired hacker to use surveillance cameras, phone data to track and kill FBI informants, U.S. says

A notorious drug cartel enlisted a hacker who was able to infiltrate phone data and Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill FBI informants, the U.S. Justice Department has revealed. The 2018 operation was disclosed Thursday in a 47-page audit by the Justice Department Inspector General, outlining the FBI’s “efforts to mitigate the … Read more

Bodies of 34 people unearthed during construction work in Mexican region wracked by cartel violence

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Bodies of 34 people unearthed during construction work in Mexican region wracked by cartel violence

Mexican authorities discovered the bodies of 34 people in a mass grave in a western region wracked by cartel violence, the state prosecutor’s office said Thursday. The remains were found during construction work in Zapopan in Jalisco state, home to one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, prosecutor Salvador Gonzalez told a news conference. … Read more

Gunmen kill 10 people, including children, at house in Mexican city plagued by cartel turf wars

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Gunmen kill 10 people, including children, at house in Mexican city plagued by cartel turf wars

Gunmen killed 10 people including children in an attack on a house in a central Mexican city plagued by cartel-related violence, authorities said Wednesday. Several others were wounded in the shooting on Tuesday night in Irapuato in Guanajuato state, the municipal government said in a statement. “According to preliminary data, 10 people lost their lives … Read more