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Booking-style photo of former Cancún tourist police commander Erik Gutiérrez Cossío in a blue shirt, with his eyes blurred
Archive photo · Uncredited; published by El Diario de Juárez / Agencia Reforma · Photo details and license
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Cancún’s Ex-Tourist Police Chief Jailed in Juárez With a Smuggling Boss Wanted in New Mexico and Sanctioned by the U.S. — Mexico Ties Their ‘Los López’ Ring to La Línea

A federal judge in Chihuahua ordered Cancún’s former tourist police operational chief Erik Gutiérrez Cossío to stand trial with four alleged members of the La Línea-linked ‘Los López’ smuggling ring, including a leader indicted in…

October 6, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila speaks into a microphone beside President Claudia Sheinbaum at an outdoor event in Tijuana
Archive photo · Cuartoscuro · Photo details and license
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Organized Crime, Treason, Money Laundering: PAN Lawmakers Ask Mexico’s Federal Prosecutors to Investigate Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar, a Week After the U.S. Sanctioned Her Ex-Husband

PAN federal deputies filed a criminal complaint with Mexico’s FGR against Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar Ávila on Oct. 5, a week after the U.S. sanctioned her ex-husband Carlos Torres in the Los Mayos…

October 6, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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Three Mexican Army soldiers, one holding a radio antenna and one a portable device, stand on brush-covered ground in Tamaulipas
Archive photo · Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, via Infobae · Photo details and license
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500 Mexican Troops and 2 Black Hawks Sent to Tamaulipas Towns Across From Texas — U.S. Ambassador Says It Follows Gunfire at a Coast Guard Boat Near Garceño

Mexico's Army sent 500 troops, two UH-60 helicopters and anti-drone gear to Nueva Ciudad Guerrero, Mier, Miguel Alemán, Camargo and Díaz Ordaz. Ambassador Ronald Johnson tied it to the Sept. 26 Coast Guard shooting; Mexico's…

October 5, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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A downtown street in Tecate, Baja California, lined with palm trees, shops and parked cars, with hills in the distance
Archive photo · Comisión Mexicana de Filmaciones · Photo details and license
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More Than 20 Shots Outside a Soda Shop in Downtown Tecate, Across From Tecate, California: Alleged CJNG Member ‘El Pálido’ Killed 10 Weeks After a Signed Threat Named Him

Gunmen fired more than 20 shots at alleged CJNG member Edwin Alberto Salazar, 'El Pálido,' outside a soda shop in downtown Tecate, Baja California, Zeta reported Oct. 3, 2026 — 10 weeks after a signed…

October 4, 2026 · The Narco Blog
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U.S. wanted poster for Jose Salgueiro-Nevarez offering a reward of up to $5,000,000, with his photo, 'Last Seen: Chihuahua, Mexico' and Homeland Security Investigations and State Department seals
Archive photo · U.S. Department of State / ICE Homeland Security Investigations · Photo details and license
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$5 Million for a Man Mexico Said It Captured in 2012: ICE Renews Its Hunt for Sinaloa Cartel’s José Salgueiro-Nevarez, ‘El Che,’ Charged in Tucson

ICE is again offering up to $5 million for José Salgueiro-Nevarez, 'El Che,' an alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader in Chihuahua charged in Tucson, Arizona, though Milenio reports Mexico's Army arrested him in 2012.

October 4, 2026 · The Narco Blog