Cartel
American law enforcement officials spent years looking into allegations that allies of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, met with and took millions of dollars from drug cartels after he took office, according to U.S. records and three people familiar with the matter. The inquiry, which has not been previously reported, uncovered information pointing to […]
United States Drug Enforcement Administration Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also called “Nini” or “El Nini,” was arrested in Mexico Wednesday, according to local authorities. CNN — US Attorney General Merrick Garland has called for the “swift extradition” of Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, described by the Justice Department as a lead assassin for the
Drone footage captured at least 10 cartel members walking through woodlands on the Mexican side and some had their guns pointed as they examined the area It comes after US state troopers seized the 170-acre Mexican cartel-controlled island in the middle of the Rio Grande River last month The small island has been a hotspot […]
Veteran environmental justice activist and co-ordinator of the South Durban Community Environmental Alliance (SDCEA) Dr Desmond D’Sa stands on the veranda of the organisation’s offices. His home can be seen behind him and smokestacks of another refinery behind that. © Malcolm Rainers / Greenpeace The oil cartel has blood on their hands. They worked with […]
MEXICO CITY, July 12 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday imposed sanctions on 10 Mexican nationals and one company in the country for their alleged involvement in the Sinaloa Cartel’s vast illicit fentanyl trafficking network.
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MATAMOROS, Mexico, March 9 (Reuters) – Suspected drug cartel members on Thursday handed over five purported henchmen as a would-be apology for the abduction of four Americans in the border city of Matamoros, according to media and a source familiar with the investigation. Two of the Americans and a Mexican woman died after gunmen opened […]
NEW YORK, Feb 21 (Reuters) – A former Mexican law enforcement official once in charge of his country’s fight against drug traffickers was convicted on Tuesday on U.S. charges that he took millions of dollars in bribes from the infamous Sinaloa cartel. Federal prosecutors in the New York City borough of Brooklyn said Genaro Garcia […]
Álvaro Arandas was approaching the check-in counter at Culiacán international airport when the pandemonium began. “You could hear the shooting – huge blasts, so much noise,” said the Mexican businessman, who had planned to board a flight to the eastern city of San Luis Potosí. Instead, Arandas found himself scrambling for cover as security forces […]
Commentary: U.S.-led chip alliance could be OPEC-style cartel for digital age
Black Hot Fire Network
March 29, 2024
The U.S., Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are on a mission to restructure the global chip supply chain. The proposed “Chip 4 Alliance” wants to internalize all parts of the semiconductor business—research and development, design, manufacturing, packaging, sales and consumption—in-house. This chip clique will only reach outside the circle in strictly controlled circumstances. These four […]