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José Ángel Rivera Zazueta, eyes blacked out, handcuffed in a maroon long-sleeve shirt and gray sweatpants, standing before an FGR height chart labeled “José Ángel N, Extradición: 11/2026”
Archive photo · Fiscalía General de la República (FGR), via X @OHarfuch · Photo details and license
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50 Kilos of Fentanyl Chemicals Seized in Anchorage, Alaska: U.S. Extradition File Says ‘Don Flaco’ Routed Them From China to Mexico City, Reforma Reports

DEA and Taiwan wiretaps, two 25-kilo 4-AP seizures in Anchorage in 2020 and a China–Alaska–Mexico City route: what the U.S. extradition request for alleged Sinaloa Cartel chemicals broker José Ángel Rivera Zazueta says, according to…

October 12, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Nayarit Gov. Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero, in a white shirt, points at a scale model of the Nuevo Nayarit tourist development while a woman holding a microphone stands beside him
Archive photo · Gobierno de Nayarit, via Infobae · Photo details and license
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‘Because We Recovered 750 Hectares’: Nayarit Governor Says Threats Prosecutors Tie to the CJNG Began After the State Took Back Land Near Punta Mita, North of Puerto Vallarta

Nayarit Gov. Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero says the threats began after the state recovered 750 hectares near Punta Mita and refused a demand to hand back 400. “I would rather die brave than live a…

October 12, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A detained man with his eyes blacked out, wearing a yellow detainee vest, stands behind a table of small seized bags, flanked by Mexican Navy, Army, National Guard, SSPC and Tabasco state agents and a police dog
Archive photo · Gabinete de Seguridad del Gobierno de México / SSPC, via Semanario Zeta · Photo details and license
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Wanted in El Salvador Over at Least 15 Murders: Alleged Mara 18 Leader ‘El Cabra’ Arrested in Villahermosa, Tabasco — a Gang Born in Los Angeles

Mexican forces arrested Óscar Ariel “N,” “El Cabra,” an alleged Mara 18 leader wanted by a Santa Ana, El Salvador, court and tied by Mexican officials to at least 15 homicides, in Villahermosa, Tabasco, on…

October 12, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Aerial view of state police and army vehicles parked outside wooden buildings in a pine forest in Balleza, Chihuahua
Archive photo · Uncredited; published by El Diario (David Ortega, Parral) with information from Chihuahua's Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado · Photo details and license
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3 Drone Bombs and a CNC Machine: Chihuahua Police Raid Alleged Explosives Workshop in Balleza After Gunmen Attack Soldiers — 2 Attackers Killed

Authorities say they found three homemade drone bombs, a CNC machining center and a milling machine at a property in El Almagre, Balleza, Chihuahua, after a shootout with soldiers in nearby Pinalejo left two gunmen…

October 11, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Escuinapa Civil Protection coordinator Jesús López Bibriesca in a yellow Sinaloa Civil Protection shirt in front of a Hurricane Simon forecast screen
Archive photo · Protección Civil Sinaloa (credited 'Foto: PC Sinaloa' by N+) · Photo details and license
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Shot Dead Hours Before Hurricane Simón: Escuinapa’s Civil Protection Chief Killed South of Mazatlán, Sinaloa — as the Cartel War’s Toll Passes 4,000 Homicides

Gunmen killed Escuinapa’s Civil Protection coordinator on Oct. 11 as he prepared for Hurricane Simón, local outlets reported — a day after Noroeste’s count of Sinaloa’s cartel war reached 4,007 homicides.

October 11, 2026 · The Narco Blog