U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Ysidro, the busy crossing between San Diego and Tijuana, found more than 100 pounds of fentanyl while searching a 2018 Dodge Ram 700 trying…
State of Mexico prosecutors confirm 'El Cara de Cochi' arrest; 8 held in Valle de Bravo and Toluca, and he faces U.S. extradition proceedings.
Lindero Norte reports that Jesús Darío Murrieta Navarro, “Cara de Cochi,” described as the Caborca Cartel’s leader, was arrested Oct. 10 in Avándaro, Valle de Bravo. No official confirmation yet.
Asked about alleged Sinaloa Cartel ties in her circle, Julieta Ramírez didn't answer, El Financiero reports. Treasury says Rafael Buenrostro took bribes from 'Flaco'; Ramírez herself is not charged.
Investigators told the Los Angeles Times that cartel operatives rent heavy-duty pickups and luxury SUVs in California and other states, drive them into Mexico, and swap the U.S. plates for valid Mexican ones.
Soldiers and National Guard troops found 1,201 kilos of suspected cocaine hidden in a Ford F-550 at the Estación Doctor checkpoint in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, south of Yuma. Two men were arrested.
Sonora prosecutors say 17 of 18 vehicles found Oct. 9 in the basement of a luxury Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco) complex were reported stolen in California, Arizona and Nevada; the complex is where one of…
An appeals court in Tijuana dismissed a 2016 gun case against alleged Arellano Félix leader Héctor Manuel Gil García, “El Kado,” as too old to prosecute. He stays jailed in Mérida on federal drug and…
Isaac Jiménez, 30, a U.S. citizen living in Tijuana, was sentenced in San Diego to 12 years for collecting ransoms for a Tijuana-based smuggling ring that kidnapped migrants; one victim is presumed dead and a…
Prosecutors said Charles Arellano, 45, claimed ties to multiple drug cartels during a January 2025 fentanyl deal. He fled to Mexico, was caught there and returned, and now faces 5 to 40 years.