Capturing a Kingpin: How Operation Black Swan Nabbed El Chapo

Capturing a Kingpin: How Operation Black Swan Nabbed El Chapo

Unfolding like a high-stakes thriller, Operation Black Swan epitomized meticulous strategy and international collaboration, capturing the world’s most elusive drug lord, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, and sending shockwaves through the intricate web of narcotics, thereby showcasing the relentless pursuit of justice against seemingly invincible adversaries.

News Roundup: Navy SEALS under investigation in Special Forces murder, George Washington plaques too triggering for church, nude airsofter arrested with drugs/porn

News Roundup: Navy SEALS under investigation in Special Forces murder, George Washington plaques too triggering for church, nude airsofter arrested with drugs/porn

What happened here???: WASHINGTON — Navy criminal authorities are investigating whether two members of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 strangled to death an Army Green Beret on assignment in Mali in June, military officials say. Staff Sgt. Logan J. Melgar, a 34-year-old veteran of two deployments to Afghanistan, was found dead on June 4 […]

Renowned journalist murdered by gunmen in Mexico

Renowned journalist murdered by gunmen in Mexico

Javier Valdez, an award-winning journalist known for his investigatory reporting on cartels and drug trafficking inside Mexico, was gunned down yesterday in Sinaloa, near where he lived and worked. “Even though you may have bullet-proofing and bodyguards, [the gangs] will decide what day they are going to kill you.” Valdez had once said, referring to […]

Mexico second only to Syria as deadliest country in 2016

Mexico second only to Syria as deadliest country in 2016

Despite ongoing international crises in war zones like Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, Mexico quietly climbed to the top of the world’s deadliest countries for 2016. In its annual report on armed conflict, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) showed that 23,000 people were killed in Mexico in 2016, the highest number of any country in the […]

Mexico captures protégé, turned enemy, of drug lord Chapo Guzman

Mexico captures protégé, turned enemy, of drug lord Chapo Guzman

Mexican security forces on Tuesday arrested accused drug kingpin Damaso Lopez, believed to be locked in a bloody struggle for control of the Sinaloa Cartel against the sons of its captured leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. The attorney general’s office announced that its agents with the help of the army had captured Lopez, 51, one […]

Killings in Mexico near record levels as drug cartel violence spreads

Killings in Mexico near record levels as drug cartel violence spreads

Violence in Mexico is up near record levels after 35 people were killed this weekend, as officials point to a worsening of gang and cartel violence across the country. The month of March saw over 2,000 homicides, the highest body count since 2011 when Mexico was coping with massive cartel violence. Now, unlike previous spikes […]

The son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s shadowy business partner just busted out of prison

The son of ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s shadowy business partner just busted out of prison

Suspected Mexican drug trafficker Juan Jose Esparragoza Monzon, aka El Negro, reportedly escaped from a prison in the city of Culiacan in northwest Mexico’s Sinaloa state on Thursday afternoon. Monzon, who was captured January 19, is the son of Juan Jose Esparragoza Moreno, who is a longtime partner of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in the […]