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Four dark metal pipe devices with green fuses laid in a row on brown paper and numbered, above a handgun in a storage compartment and a table of ammunition boxes and cans
Archive photo · U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas · Photo details and license
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4 Pipe Bombs and an AR-Style Rifle on a Speedboat Carrying 3 Migrants: Border Patrol Tracks Corpus Christi Man From Port Mansfield, Texas, Up the Intracoastal Waterway

Border Patrol agents found three migrants hidden under a speedboat's seats, an AR-style rifle and four suspected pipe bombs after tracking it from Port Mansfield to Corpus Christi, Texas, KENS 5 reports.

October 18, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Jesús Darío Murrieta Navarro, 'El Cara de Cochi,' in a black jacket with his eyes blacked out, in an official photo after his arrest
Archive photo · Defensa, via Milenio · Photo details and license
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‘Cara de Cochi’ Was Secretly Indicted in Tucson in 2019: Court Records List Jesús Darío Murrieta Navarro as Defendant No. 2 Beside Caro Quintero’s Nephew, in a Case Over Drug Runs From Lukeville, Arizona, to Phoenix

Federal court records show 'El Cara de Cochi,' arrested Oct. 10 in Mexico, has been under a sealed Tucson indictment since 2019, as defendant No. 2 beside Caro Quintero's nephew 'El R.'

October 18, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Headshot of César Morfín Morfín, alias Primito, released by the U.S. Treasury
Archive photo · U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control · Photo details and license
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Still a Fugitive, CJNG’s U.S.-Sanctioned ‘El Primito’ Goes to Court to Block Extradition to the U.S. — Treasury Says He Charged Tolls on Stolen Crude Trucked From Tamaulipas Into Texas

El Universal says César Morfín Morfín, 'El Primito,' filed an amparo on Oct. 13 against an arrest order for extradition to the United States, though he has not been arrested.

October 18, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Nuevo León Gov. Samuel García, in a green T-shirt and sunglasses, stands with three men in front of a Puerto Colombia – Laredo banner and a new port building in Anáhuac, Nuevo León
Archive photo · Gobierno de Nuevo León (credited by Proceso) · Photo details and license
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428 Million Pesos, Not 110: Firm the U.S. Ties to the Cártel del Noreste Billed Samuel García’s Nuevo León for Port Work on the Border With Laredo, Texas, Proceso Says

Proceso counted 39 invoices worth 427.9 million pesos from Gamaliel Garza García’s CEGESA to Nuevo León’s border agency, Codefront. That is nearly four times the contract total reported earlier.

October 17, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Stacked evidence boxes and dozens of wrapped packages lined up on a concrete floor beside crates of green tomatillos and red and green chiles at a CBP facility
Archive photo · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Photo details and license
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Nearly 1,600 Pounds of Meth Hidden in Tomatillos and Jalapeños: CBP Seizes $2.5 Million Load at Otay Mesa, San Diego’s Cargo Crossing From Tijuana — and Links It to a Cartel

CBP officers at San Diego's Otay Mesa cargo crossing found about 1,596 pounds of meth in 297 packages hidden among tomatillos and jalapeños, and officials linked the load to a cartel, KTLA reports.

October 17, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Booking photo of Jesús Gerardo, alias El Kekas, a bearded man in a dark gray zip jacket, in front of a Baja California state investigations agency height chart
Archive photo · Fiscalía General del Estado de Baja California (handout), via Reuters · Photo details and license
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158 Years Each: 3 Men Sentenced in Ensenada, Baja California, for Killing San Diego’s Carter Rhoad and Australian Surfers Callum and Jake Robinson — Defense Says It Will Appeal

A judge in Ensenada sentenced “El Kekas,” Irineo Francisco and Ángel Jesús to 158 years and nine months each for the 2024 murders of American Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson.

October 17, 2026 · The Narco Blog