Two Dozen High-Ranking Members of Sinaloa Drug Cartel Captured
The operation was led by Homeland Security with the help of U.S. Customs, FBI and DEA.
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FBI Assists Investigation into Disappearance of 43 College Students in Mexico
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is beginning to help investigate the disappearance of 43 college students in Mexico, even as evidence recently surfaced that the country’s government may have been involved in rounding up the young people, NBC News reports. The students, who were training to be teachers, vanished on Sept. 26 after protesting…
DEA Agent Publishes Memoir Detailing Action-Packed Fight Against Mexican Drug Cartels
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Mike Vigil knows a thing or two about the secret world of anti-drug agents. The DEA’s former chief of international operations, Vigil spent 18 years abroad as an agent, Global Post reports. Now he’s sharing that experience in a new memoir called “Deal.” The book is packed with thrilling observations and…
War on Drugs Goes to Africa
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. is expanding its war on drugs to Africa, the New York Times reports. Targeting areas used to smuggle Latin American cocaine into Europe, the U.S. is training an elite unit of counter-narcotics police in Ghana and plans to do so with Nigeria and Kenya. The aggressive position in Africa is…
Immigration Agents Capture Alleged Mexican Drug Cartel Operative
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com When authorities arrested Anel Violeta Noriega Rios last week on immigration charges in southern California, they had no idea how big the catch was, the Los Angeles Times reports. The woman turned out to be Noriega Rios, who was wanted by the Mexican government for her alleged role as a top operative…
Off to the Races: Feds Indict 14 Cartel Members for Laundering Millions in U.S. Horse Racing
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Investments in the drug cartel world apparently know no bounds. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western Texas District announced Tuesday the indictment of 14 members of Mexico’s Los Zetas cartel for laundering money by purchasing, breeding and racing American quarter horses in the U.S. Those indicted included Los Zetas leader…
‘Madman’ Daniel Elizondo Arrested in Case of Mexican Massacre
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Mexican authorities have arrested a high ranking member of the Zeta drug cartel in connection with the massacre of 49 people whose dismembered bodies were recently found dumped on the highway between Monterrey and Reynosa, near the entrance to San Juan. Reuters reports that Daniel Elizondo, the leader of the Zetas drug…
Cartel Leader Involved in U.S. Consulate Killings Gets Life
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Juarez Drug Cartel’s leader in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, pleaded guilty Thursday in El Paso, Texas, and was sentenced to life in prison for his role in drug-trafficking and numerous acts of violence including the deaths of three people tied to the the U.S. Consulate in Mexico, the Justice Department…