Business owners from Juarez have asked United Nations officials to step in and send peacekeeping soldiers to their city in an effort to combat ongoing drug violence in the border town. The UN responded with: “You serious, dawg?”
13 November 2009
Mexican Businesses Ask UN To Help End Drug Violence Along Border, Are Ignored
By Alex Alvarez at 9:00 AM.
22 August 2009
Legalize Drugs To End The War In Mexico: One Former Federal Agent With A Cowboy Hat’s Argument
By Cindy Casares at 5:57 PM.
Former Federal Drug Enforcement Agent with a white cowboy hat Terry Nelson says regulation of the illicit drug trade needs to happen in America now. And it’s pretty hard to argue with his experience.
21 July 2009
Narco Treasure: Is It Fine Art Or Ghetto Trash?
By Alejandro Paz at 9:00 AM.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the exceedingly lavish lives of many Mexican drug dealing kingpins. Will this narco treasure stand the test of time or be regarded as silly, ugly, new money bling? Fine art or ghetto trash?
16 June 2009
Photos: Narco Hitmen VS Mexican Soldiers In Acapulco
By Nacomprende at 12:55 PM.
If you’re American, you think of Acapuloco as the annoying spring break getaway that high school grads hit up fro spring break. If you’re Mexican, you probably know it as Nacapulco, because it’s fallen from grace (Elizabeth Taylor used to hang there in her and Acapulco’s heyday!) and it’s now game in the ongoing Narco [...]
15 June 2009
Narco Wars: Top 5 Hottest Deadly Horrible Narco Nicknames
By Alex Alvarez at 6:00 PM.
Why is it that so many people involved in the drug trade have to have nicknames? Is it some sort of male bonding thing of which we’ve never been privy? In any case, here are 5 of our favorite Narco Nicknames.
29 May 2009
Houston: A Drug Smuggler’s Paradise
By Alex Alvarez at 2:57 PM.
Say you’re in the drug trafficking business and are looking to unload a little of you hard-earned cash on a weapon that can blast through a van. Well, you would very likely pay a visit to Houston, Texas, where a veritable buffet of weapons are available for purchase, for the right price.
22 May 2009
Narco Wars: Suspected Drug Lord Raymundo Almanza Morales Nabbed By Authorities
By Alex Alvarez at 5:00 PM.
Suspected drug lord Raymundo Almanza Morales has been snatched - snatched! - by authorities. He is thought to be the leader of the Gulf Cartel and was among and was among the 37 most wanted drug traffickers in Mexico.
17 May 2009
Billboards Across Mexico Ask Government To Respect Narco’s Families, Craft Skills
By Alex Alvarez at 11:55 AM.
Last week, banners created by drug traffickers popped up across 14 Mexican states, urging President Felipe Calderon to respect that families of those suspected to be narcotics traffickers. Sure, as long as it’s spelled out in puffy paint.
24 April 2009
Narco Chic: How Narcos’ Fashions Have Changed And How You Can Dress Like One, Too
By Alex Alvarez at 6:00 PM.
Narcos are businessmen like any other (except AIG employees - those guys are scum) and, more and more, they’re dressing the part.
15 April 2009
The Obama Trip To Mexico: What’s On The Agenda?
By Cindy Casares at 4:58 PM.
Tomorrow Barack Obama is headed to Mexico to meet with President Vicente Felipe Calderon for one day. What will they talk about besides the Burger King Texican Whopper debacle? Easy to digest political talking points to get you laid at any party are after the jump.
Alan Bersin, Smile, You’re The New Federal Border Czar
By Cindy Casares at 9:00 AM.
Shit is hairy in Mexico, so Barack Obama has created a new position to try to keep it at bay. One day before Obama leaves to visit that country, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is expected to announce the appointment of Alan Bersin to the newly created post of “federal border czar,” [...]
2 April 2009
Narco Wars: Juárez Cartel Boss Vicente Carrillo Leyva Captured In Mexico
By Camilla Rowan at 12:26 PM.
Police arrested a 32 year old boss of the Juárez cartel, Vicente Carrillo Levya, yesterday as he was exercising in a park outside Mexico City. The arrest is the most recent in a string of high-profile drug arrests that are happening to coincide with visits from U.S. officials like Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano. [...]
24 March 2009
Increased Defense Along Border Attempts To Stop Mexican Drug Cartel Violence From Spilling Into U.S.
By Alex Alvarez at 6:45 PM.
The United States is set to boost defenses along the Mexican border in an effort to combat Mexican drug cartels that have had an increased presence in the U.S. And everyone who is anyone is border security is getting involved!
23 March 2009
Narco Wars: El Canicon, Sigifredo Najera Talamantes, Arrested In Saltillo
By Cindy Casares at 9:00 AM.
Senior drug cartel member Sigifredo Najera Talamantes, also known as El Canicon, or “the big marble,” (We’re guessing it’s because of his head?), was captured Friday by the Mexican army in Saltillo, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said. Najera was a senior hitman with the Gulf Cartel and suspected of committing a drive-by gun and grenade attack [...]
2 March 2009
Secret Narco Tours Springing Up In Mexico
By Cindy Casares at 6:30 PM.
Proving that Mexicans are nothing if not resourceful, taxi drivers there have begun giving tours, on the down-low, of famous narcoterrorist locations from Mazatlán to Matamoros.
20 February 2009
Narco Wars: Mexican Drug Violence Crosses Into The U.S.
By Alex Alvarez at 5:15 PM.
Authorities in the United Sates are reporting a rise in drug-related killings, home invasions and kidnappings that are related to drug cartels in Mexico. The violence has spread to major cities as far from the border as Phoenix and Atlanta.
18 February 2009
Narco Wars: 5 People Dead In Reynosa Following Drug-Related Shooting
By Alex Alvarez at 5:29 PM.
Five people were killed during a drug-related shootout in Reynosa, Mexico involving federal agents and the military. This marks the third such incident in the city within the past month.
Drug Gangs Chase Cops Out Of Villa Ahumada, Mexico
By Cindy Casares at 9:00 AM.
Gunmen kidnapped nine people last week in the northern Mexican town of Villa Humada which has been without a police force since last spring when a drug cartel killed the chief, two officers, and three civilians prompting the remaining 20 cops to resign in fear. The town, outside Juarez, is another example of a Mexican [...]
10 February 2009
Narco Wars: Santiago Meza Lopez - “El Pozolero” - Made Stew From Victim’s Bodies, Might Help Identity Missing Victims Of The Narco Wars
By Alex Alvarez at 6:00 PM.
The January 22 arrest of Santiago Meza Lopez might bring closure to Mexican families who have lost loved ones in Baja California’s ongoing drug wars. Known as “El Pozolero,” (The Stewmaker) Meza had admitted to stuffed bodies into barrels of lye on behalf of drug cartels.
