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Debra Robinson, in a dark blue dress, and Martin Robinson, in a gray Callum & Jake Robinson Foundation polo and sunglasses, walk hand in hand in Ensenada
Archive photo · AFP · Photo details and license
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Guilty: 3 Men Convicted in Ensenada, Baja California, of Killing San Diego’s Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian Surfers Callum and Jake Robinson — Prosecutors Want 210 Years, but the State’s Max Is 60

An Ensenada judge found “El Kekas” and two other men guilty of murdering American Jack Carter Rhoad and Australian brothers Callum and Jake Robinson on a 2024 surf trip; sentencing is set for Oct. 16.

October 9, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch in a dark suit and patterned red tie at an official event
Archive photo · José Betanzos Zárate/Cuartoscuro · Photo details and license
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‘No Evidence’ of Cartel Ties: Sheinbaum Says Mexico’s UIF Found Only Irregularities at Baja California Firms the U.S. Sanctioned in the ‘Mayito Flaco’ Network — and Washington Has Sent No Proof

Sheinbaum said Oct. 8 that Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit found irregularities but no evidence of criminal ties at Baja California firms, including Tijuana contractor Inteliproof Efficient, that the U.S. Treasury linked to the Los Mayos…

October 9, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Courtyard of a Spanish-style mansion with a tiered stone fountain in a circular lawn, palm trees, and two tile-roofed arched pavilions flanking an arched wooden front door
Archive photo · U.S. Department of the Treasury seized real property auction listing (Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture contractor CWS Marketing) · Photo details and license
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$750,000 Opening Bid: Feds Auction a 7,302-Square-Foot Mission, Texas, Mansion Tied to ‘El Cuate,’ the Gulf Cartel Boss’s Son-in-Law Serving 11 Years for Border Extortion

Treasury put a 7,302-square-foot Mission, Texas, estate tied by prosecutors to Gulf Cartel boss's son-in-law Carlos Favian Martinez, 'El Cuate,' up for online auction Oct. 9, 2026, with a $750,000 opening bid.

October 9, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Two missing-person search bulletins side by side: a Sonora bulletin for Iván Alejandro Morales Cano, a bearded man in a cap and blue-tinted glasses, and a Chihuahua State Attorney General's Office bulletin for Diana Mariel Ruiz Amaya, a young woman with long black hair, both last seen Oct. 1, 2026, in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
Archive photo · Comisión de Búsqueda de Personas del Estado de Sonora; Fiscalía General del Estado de Chihuahua; file https://proyectopuente.com.mx/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Diseno-sin-titulo-2026-10-08T102005.865.jpg · Photo details and license
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Freed and Safe: Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco) Las Palomas Manager, 45, and Chihuahua Woman, 30, Released in Joint Operation a Week After They Vanished, Sonora Prosecutors Say

Iván Alejandro Morales Cano, 45, the maintenance and projects manager at the Las Palomas resort community in Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco), and Mariel Ruiz Amaya, 30, of Chihuahua, have been freed and are safe, the…

October 8, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Chihuahua prosecutors' missing-person bulletin with a photo of a young woman with long black hair and the name Diana Mariel Ruiz Amaya, last seen in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
Archive photo · Fiscalía General del Estado de Chihuahua; file https://diario.mx/core/dmx/assets/images/2026/10/03/5a9e95e2-96ac-4e6b-877e-c9114781fea4-rgWLpvwbF.jpg · Photo details and license
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Missing Since Oct. 1 in Rocky Point (Puerto Peñasco): Las Palomas Homeowners Urge Sonora’s Governor to Step Up the Search for Their Manager, 45, and a Chihuahua Woman, 30

Las Palomas Rocky Point HOA asked Sonora Gov. Alfonso Durazo to step up the search for its maintenance manager, Iván Alejandro Morales Cano, and for Diana Mariel Ruiz Amaya, 30, both last seen in Puerto…

October 8, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Green plastic-wrapped packages in a compartment cut into a trailer's wooden floor, with an inset of a man in a gray hoodie, face blurred, standing before a National Guard banner
Archive photo · Gabinete de Seguridad (credited by Infobae); file https://www.infobae.com/resizer/v2/35J3U3UUPZGV7LSNKL55YMQECQ.jpg · Photo details and license
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Headed for the U.S. With 194.9 Kilos of Cocaine and Fentanyl: Trucker Caught at Tijuana’s Otay Crossing, Across From San Diego, Ordered to Stand Trial — Official Weigh-In Falls Short of the First 249-Kilo Count

A judge ordered the driver caught with cocaine and fentanyl under his trailer floor at Tijuana's Otay crossing, across from San Diego, to stand trial on a charge of trying to take the drugs into…

October 8, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Stacks of U.S. dollar bills on a table below a banner reading "Combate a prácticas ilegales, Guardia Nacional, Garita El Chaparral, Aduana de Tijuana, B.C."
Archive photo · ANAM / Defensa / SSPC joint handout (credited "Gabinete de Seguridad" by Infobae); original file https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/DK7VF65L4JEMNKRZEVP3RA4ELA.jpg · Photo details and license
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8,462 Twenty-Dollar Bills: Customs Dog Finds $176,640 in SUV Crossing From the U.S. Into Tijuana, Across From San Diego — Woman Detained

Mexican customs at Tijuana's El Chaparral crossing, across from San Diego, found $176,640 in undeclared U.S. cash, mostly $20 bills, in an SUV entering from the U.S. and detained the driver, a woman, authorities announced…

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A National Guard officer stands beside a dark sedan with bullet holes and an open door, behind yellow police tape, as investigators work at the scene in Nueva Colonia Hindú, Tecate
Archive photo · Border Zoom (credited 'Cortesía / Border Zoom' by El Imparcial) · Photo details and license
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Kids Hid Under Desks as Gunmen Fought Outside 2 Schools in Tecate, Across From Tecate, California — Zeta Says Investigators Blame U.S.-Sanctioned ‘El Ranchero’s’ Armed Wing; One Car Had California Plates

Students at two Tecate, Baja California, schools hid under desks as gunmen in a Chrysler 300 with California plates and a Cadillac pickup traded fire on Sept. 29, 2026. Zeta reported Oct. 5 that investigators…

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Three detained men with eyes masked stand between Baja California state police officers behind a table showing a rifle with a double-drum magazine, ammunition and a tactical vest with a skull emblem
Archive photo · Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana de Baja California (SSBC), via Infobae · Photo details and license
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‘El Serafín,’ 21, Arrested in Tijuana, Across From San Diego, in Killing of State Officer — Police Say He Claimed 35+ Killings for U.S.-Sanctioned Sinaloa Cartel Lieutenant ‘El Ranchero’

Baja California police arrested Jorge Said Salgado Mendoza, "El Serafín," in Tijuana on Oct. 6 as the suspected killer of officer Óscar Arellano. Outlets report he told officers he works for "El Ranchero," a Los…

October 7, 2026 · The Narco Blog