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Municipal police officers stand beside a gray pickup with bullet holes in its passenger window at night on the road to Playas de Tijuana, with traffic backed up behind
Archive photo · Cortesía / Border Zoom, via El Imparcial · Photo details and license
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Alleged Arellano Félix Member ‘El Chino Mayor’ Shot on the Road to Playas de Tijuana, and a Court Frees 3 Ex-Soldiers Caught at a Tijuana Army Site in 2011: What Changed in Tijuana This Week

Zeta identifies one of two men shot near La Cúspide on Oct. 13 as alleged Arellano Félix member ‘El Chino Mayor’; a court frees 3 ex-soldiers arrested in Tijuana in 2011; a man is shot…

October 16, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Two-shelf metal cart holding about 20 white sacks with red printing, stacked at a CBP inspection area
Archive photo · U.S. Customs and Border Protection (handout used by KGNS; matches CBP release photo dsc_9206a) · Photo details and license
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3,395 Pounds of Meth in a Load Listed as Salt: CBP Seizes $30 Million Haul at Laredo’s World Trade Bridge, Across From Nuevo Laredo — and Says the Driver Was Released

CBP says officers found 76 bags of suspected meth, valued at $30,355,444, in a tractor-trailer manifested as salt at Laredo's World Trade Bridge on Oct. 12. The driver was released and HSI is investigating.

October 15, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Felix Anthony Salazar III, face blurred, in a blue shirt with hands cuffed in front, standing among HSI, Metro Narcotics, FBI and CBP officers before U.S. and Homeland Security flags
Archive photo · U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Mexico (handout, credited by KVIA and KFOX14) · Photo details and license
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Meth Deals Arranged From Inside a Juárez Prison: American Inmate, 34, Among 5 Charged in Las Cruces–Area Ring, Across From El Paso — One Delivery Allegedly Made by a 16-Year-Old

Prosecutors say Felix Anthony Salazar III, an American held in a Ciudad Juárez prison, set up meth and fentanyl sales to undercover agents in Anthony, Sunland Park and Las Cruces, New Mexico. He surrendered Oct.…

October 15, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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White ten-stall starting gate under a 'La Molienda Race Track' sign on a dirt horse track outside Nuevo Laredo
Archive photo · U.S. Department of the Treasury · Photo details and license
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Mexico Freezes the Accounts of All 15 Tied to Cártel del Noreste’s Racetrack Across From Laredo, Texas — UIF Cites Cash, Luxury Cars, Jewelry and Transfers Abroad

Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit blocked the accounts of the four people and 11 companies the U.S. Treasury tied to the Cártel del Noreste’s La Molienda racetrack network in Nuevo Laredo, Hacienda said Oct. 13, 2026.

October 13, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Closed metal gate of the Patio Paraiso fuel depot on Val-Mex Road in Hidalgo, Texas, with Paraiso no-trespassing and safety signs
Archive photo · Dave Hendricks / ValleyCentral.com · Photo details and license
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7,300 Gallons of Ethanol and No Papers: Texas Affidavit Says CJNG-Linked Cash Was Laundered at a Hidalgo Fuel Depot Across From Reynosa — Now It’s ‘Completely Empty’

A DPS affidavit says Patio Paraiso, a fuel depot in Hidalgo, Texas, was the site of laundering bulk U.S. currency linked to the Jalisco cartel in July 2026. It surfaced after troopers stopped a tanker…

October 13, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A woman seen from behind, wearing a white shirt with red lettering asking for her son back, looks out over a large reservoir ringed by green hills
Archive photo · Manuel Jiménez / El Imparcial · Photo details and license
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‘More Than 120 Bodies’ Under the Water, Tips Say: 100 Mothers and Divers Search a Dam South of Nogales, Sonora — Among Them a 67-Year-Old Who Comes From Tucson Every Week

More than 100 searching mothers and Hermosillo fire divers combed the Comaquito dam in Ímuris, Sonora, south of Nogales, after anonymous tips pointed to bodies underwater. Nothing was found, and a second search is planned.

October 12, 2026 · The Narco Blog