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Rifles, handguns, cash in evidence bags, ammunition cans, a money counter and law enforcement vests laid out on folding tables in a warehouse
Archive photo · U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas; file https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/2026-10/alice_cocaine_conspiracy.jpg · Photo details and license
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Locked Inside Trap Houses, Forced to Sell Through Holes in the Doors: 19 Charged in Alice, Texas, Cocaine Ring Prosecutors Say Bought From Sources in Mexico

Federal prosecutors say 19 people ran a cocaine and crack ring in Alice, Texas, locked workers inside trap houses and bought kilos from sources in Mexico.

October 8, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Two men and two women, eyes covered by black bars, stand in front of Yucatán state security and police logos.
Archive photo · Yucatán state authorities (SSP/FGE), via Yucatán Ahora · Photo details and license
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Walked Out Under Police Guard: Alleged Los Chapitos Boss ‘El Marce’ of Cancún Leaves Mérida Hospital 4 Days After Shooting — Freed on Appeal in a 4-Murder Case, Diario de Yucatán Says

“El Marce,” the alleged Los Chapitos boss from Cancún shot in Mérida on Oct. 2, left the hospital under police guard; Diario de Yucatán says he was freed on appeal in a 4-murder case.

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch speaks at a podium bearing Mexico's national seal while President Claudia Sheinbaum stands out of focus behind him
Archive photo · Raquel Cunha/Reuters · Photo details and license
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Sheinbaum Reportedly Rebuked Security Chief García Harfuch Over Freezing Accounts of Men the U.S. Ties to the Sinaloa Cartel — Including Baja Gov. Marina del Pilar’s Ex-Husband, WSJ Says

The Wall Street Journal reports Sheinbaum questioned her security team, and was especially harsh with Omar García Harfuch, before approving a freeze on accounts of people the U.S. sanctioned, including Carlos Torres Torres.

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A Guerrero state police pickup with armed officers and a National Guard truck drive along a dirt road through the hills of the Guerrero sierra.
Archive photo · Gobierno de Guerrero, via Infobae · Photo details and license
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319 Villages Threaten to March on Mexico’s National Palace as 7 Men Kidnapped From El Balcón, Guerrero, Stay Missing — Judge Orders Search ‘Under Presumption of Life’

Residents of 319 Guerrero villages threaten a march on the National Palace over 7 men kidnapped from the El Balcón ejido on Sept. 24, after an Oct. 6 meeting with officials brought no progress, Quadratín…

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A dirt track leads to a fenced rural property in La Curva, Xalisco, Nayarit, with a white 'Inmueble asegurado' (property seized) banner at the gate amid banana plants and brush
Archive photo · Colectivo Familias Unidas por Nayarit, via Proceso · Photo details and license
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‘Another Version of Rancho Izaguirre’: Bodies Burned in a Drum of Diesel, Gasoline and Soap, Bones Dumped in a Creek at Xalisco Site Near Tepic, Nayarit’s Top Prosecutor Says

Nayarit's attorney general says a property in La Curva, Xalisco, outside Tepic, was an “extermination center by incineration,” with a clandestine grave holding recently buried bodies.

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Two soldiers in silhouette holding rifles against a purple sunset sky as a small drone flies overhead
Archive photo · Ukrainian Ground Forces (22nd Mechanized Brigade), via Wikimedia Commons · Photo details and license
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‘Nothing but Chapiza and Nothing but the Jalisco Cartel’: Video of Alleged Fighter in Ukraine Cheering Los Chapitos and CJNG Spreads as U.S. Officials Warn Cartels Are Recruiting Drone Veterans

Al Jazeera and the Express report on unverified videos of alleged cartel members fighting in Ukraine, weeks after The Washington Post said U.S. officials warn cartels are recruiting drone-trained veterans.

October 6, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Booking-style photo of Justin Facey, a bearded man with short graying hair wearing a plaid shirt, against a white wall
Archive photo · U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Alaska (U.S. Department of Justice), via Alaska's News Source · Photo details and license
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‘Cartel Lawyer’ Gets 20 Years: Suspended Anchorage, Alaska, Attorney Sentenced in Fentanyl Case Tied to a Ring Prosecutors Say Was Run From a California Prison Cell

Justin Facey, a suspended Anchorage, Alaska, attorney whom prosecutors accused of bragging he was a 'cartel lawyer,' got 20 years for dealing fentanyl and meth in a case tied to one of Alaska's largest drug…

October 6, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Clear plastic bags of crystal methamphetamine in a cardboard box on the concrete floor of a shop, next to a white chest freezer
Archive photo · U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Texas (U.S. Department of Justice) · Photo details and license
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40 Years for ‘Güero Menso’: Meth Handed Over at a Richland Hills, Texas, McDonald’s Was Tied to the CJNG, Prosecutors Say — 24 Kilos and a Conversion Lab Turned Up in Reno, Texas

A Mexican citizen called 'Güero Menso' got 40 years after nearly 4 kilos of 97%-pure meth was delivered at a Richland Hills, Texas, McDonald's. Prosecutors say the case's drugs and money were linked to the…

October 6, 2026 · The Narco Blog