Cartels

A cartel kingpin is dancing through a blizzard of cash and skulls, blissfully ignoring the Trump-branded sword overhead that says his winning streak has already expired.

From a confessed assassin on Discord to Gaza’s burning streets and U.S. warships hunting cartel boats, September 2025 is shaping up as a month where private messages, urban battlefields, and international waters all became frontlines. It’s Tuesday, September 16, 2025. This is your SOFREP Morning Brief.

When U.S. Green Berets start training Mexico’s Marine Infantry, you know the fight against the cartels just got a whole lot more serious.

Erik Prince and Mike Lee propose using private contractors with “Letters of Marque” to target cartels—could this change the game?

A recently published DoD report shows how the U.S. and Mexico have teamed up to stem the flow of illegal drugs across the border.

It is likely that the CJNG will destabilize specific regions in Colombia to increase the flow of drugs through Mexico in the next 12 months.

Get the run down on all the reports, articles and content you probably missed this week, October 12th – 18th.

“President Lopez Obrador believes that the armed forces are “less corrupt and can fight organized crime more effectively.”

In the changing landscape of Mexico’s cartels, the CJNG has established itself as a burgeoning power center with a cunning mix of violence and local aid.

The Syrian Civil War  The Syrian conflict started in 2011 as an uprising against the government of Bashar Al Assad but quickly spiraled in a Civil War. The original rebel force, known as the Free Syrian Army, was splintered into several groups, one of which is ISIL (the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant). […]

Guest Author — William Bayless: William spent nine years on active duty in the Navy as an analyst, serving aboard the USS John F. Kennedy for two years as well as serving at duty stations in Maryland and the U.K. William has an MBA, an Associate Degree in Information Systems and a solid foundation of basic […]

This year, records have shown that Mexico has suffered more murders than ever. From numbers in November, 2017 averaged 69 murders per day, totaling to 20,878 from January to November. To put it in perspective: in 2011 the United States had around 40 murders a day on average; Mexico averaged around 63. The U.S. had […]