By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Patricia Gonzalez has worked for years with US officials on combatting and prosecuting drug violence. Last fall, Gonzalez, the Mexican state of Chihuahua’s top state prosecutor, watched helplessly as the media reported on her brother Mario’s kidnapping and torture at the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Mario was forced to record…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — In a different twist on the war on drugs, Mexican police on a couple occasions in the past 18 months have first gathered in the U.S. before crossing back into Mexico to stage raids, the New York Times reports. The boomerang operations are designed to throw off the cartels,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Those keeping score can add yet another extradition from Mexico in the fight against the violent drug trade. This time it’s Aurelio “Yayo” Cano-Flores, of the Mexican Gulf Cartel, also know as “Yankee.” Cano-Flores has been in the custody of Mexican authorities since a June 10, 2009 arrest, and was extradited…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Not everyone in Mexico is happy with America helping the Mexicans battle the drug cartels. Prominent Mexican poet and peace activist Javier Sicilia wants the Mexican government to explain the reported presence of CIA and DEA agents in Mexico, Fox News Latino reported. Fox News reported that Sicilia made the demand…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The push back continues against an ATF regulation that would require gun dealers in four Mexican border states to report multiple gun sales of semi-automatic rifles. An Albuquerque gun store has become the latest to file suit against the U.S. government to try and block the practice from taking effect on…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Mexico may not be thrilled about the latest allegations coming out of the U.S. The news service All Headline News (AHN) reports that court filings in an upcoming Chicago case against accused Mexican drug lord Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla claim the Justice Department agreed to protect Niebla from prosecution in exchange…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com With the help of information from the DEA, authorities in Mexico have captured a former cop-turned drug gang chieftan allegedly responsible for ordering the killings of 1,500 people, the Associated Press reported. Authorities said Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez is also a suspect in last year’s slaying of a U.S. consulate employee…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The latest report on ATF’s Operation Fast and Furious shows that ATF officials in Mexico City were becoming increasingly alarmed and incensed when learning of the number of guns linked to the operation that were being found at violent crime scenes in Mexico. The report, released by Rep. Darrell Issa(R-Calif.) and…
