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Vizsla Silver pickup trucks and a van parked along a street inside the company's gated residential compound in Concordia, Sinaloa, with debris scattered on the pavement
Archive photo · Heriberto Luzanilla/CBC News · Photo details and license
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Families of Vizsla Silver Workers Kidnapped Near Mazatlán Plan RCMP Complaint Against the Canadian Miner, Saying Staff Were Told to Wear Yellow Vests So Gunmen Would Know Them

A lawyer for families of seven of the 10 Vizsla Silver workers kidnapped in Concordia, Sinaloa, told CBC they will ask Canada's RCMP and U.S. authorities to look at the company's alleged dealings with the…

October 1, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Two photos of Ismael Zambada Sicairos side by side: at left, a bearded man in a pink cowboy hat and blue shirt; at right, an older black-and-white close-up of a bearded man.
Archive photo · OFAC/U.S. Department of the Treasury, via Infobae · Photo details and license
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‘Last Location: Mexico City’: DEA San Diego’s New ‘Mayito Flaco’ Wanted Notice Points to Mexico’s Capital — Then, Infobae Says, It Was Changed Back to ‘Mexico’

A new DEA wanted notice listed Mexico City as the last location of Ismael Zambada Sicairos, 'El Mayito Flaco,' with updated height, weight and photo. Infobae reports the agency later reverted it to 'Mexico.'

October 1, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, bearded and wearing a beige jacket, smiles and waves from inside a crowd at a Morena event.
Archive photo · Cuartoscuro/Mario Jasso, via Expansión Política · Photo details and license
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‘Not That I Know Of’: Sheinbaum Says Mexico Isn’t Investigating AMLO’s Son Andy López Beltrán After NYT Reports 2 U.S. Agencies Are Reviewing Fuel-Smuggling Allegations

A day after The New York Times reported two U.S. agencies are reviewing allegations tying Andy López Beltrán to organized crime and fuel smuggling, Sheinbaum said she knows of no Mexican investigation. No formal U.S.…

September 30, 2026 · The Narco Blog