The U.S. Treasury’s Sept. 29, 2026, sanctions on the Sinaloa Cartel’s “Mayito Flaco” network hit Xolo Gas de Baja California and three other companies owned by Jerónimo Javier Vera Ayala, who Mexican outlets report was…
Treasury's Sept. 29 sanctions lay out the Tijuana cell of the Arzate brothers, 'La Rana' and 'Aquiles,' and allege lieutenant 'Gordo Flubber' ordered the 2023 killing of a money exchange's former owner.
El Tiempo says 'El Mexicano' Fredy Chacón del Real allegedly used two Tijuana companies for CJNG extortion and kidnappings, then built similar call-center firms in Medellín.
Carlos Torres, ex-husband of Baja California Gov. Marina del Pilar, denies any cartel ties after U.S. sanctions, while the governor's office says they are legally divorced and orders a contract review.
Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit added all 46 people and companies the U.S. sanctioned over Los Mayos ties, including Carlos Torres, to its Blocked Persons List.
Treasury sanctioned 21 people and 25 companies tied to Los Mayos, alleging hitmen in Southern California and bribes in Tijuana and Mexicali.
Ernesto Ruffo Appel, charged with organized crime over an alleged scheme to smuggle 18 million liters of U.S. fuel into Mexico in 163 rail tank cars, is under house arrest in Ensenada.
Mexican soldiers and National Guard troops at a military checkpoint in rural San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, the border city across from San Luis, Arizona, and about 25 miles south of Yuma, detained two men…
A customs dog named Chocolate led Mexican inspectors to 195 packages of cocaine and fentanyl, about 249 kilos, hidden in a trailer's false floor at Tijuana's Otay crossing. The driver was detained.
Mexico's Navy says two yachts intercepted off Ensenada, Baja California, carried 45 Mexican nationals and 1,850 liters of diesel toward the United States. Five people were arrested.