Mexican President Protecting Cartels

Mexican Senator Accuses President Sheinbaum of Shielding Narco-Politicians Following US Cartel Indictment

Every week, another American family buries a child taken by fentanyl. Every week, another community watches the poison spread through its neighborhoods, its schools, its playgrounds.

Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from this scourge. The cartels responsible operate with stunning impunity — and for years, Americans have rightly demanded to know who is letting them get away with it.

The answer doesn’t live only in cartel mountain compounds. The real enablers wear suits, hold titles, and sit behind mahogany desks in government buildings. Someone, somewhere in a position of enormous power, has been running interference for the very organizations destroying American communities.

And the curtain just got ripped wide open.

Mexican Sen. Lilly Téllez accused President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government of protecting what she called “narco-politicians” after New York prosecutors unsealed indictments accusing 10 current and former Mexican officials of working with the Sinaloa cartel to protect fentanyl trafficking operations.

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Exotic Animal Smugglers at our Border

How CBP Caught a Wildlife Smuggler at the Laredo Border Crossing

On March 5, CBP officers at the World Trade Bridge in Laredo ran outbound operations on a 2021 Peterbilt tractor headed into Mexico.

The driver gave a negative declaration for prohibited goods. Officers searched the truck anyway. Inside, they found 39 pythons – each one sealed in its own fabric bag, alive but in poor condition from the transport.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agents took custody of the snakes and moved them to a controlled environment.

CBP seized the tractor and trailer. The driver was hit with $34,824 in export violation penalties.

Reptiles account for roughly 70% of all exotic pet seizures at U.S. ports of entry, and CBP's Hidalgo port director said flatly that exotic pet smuggling is on the rise in South Texas.

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Top Gulf Cartel Boss Nabbed in Salamanca, a city and municipality in the Mexican state of Guanajuato

Top Gulf Cartel Boss Nabbed in Guanajuato

They picked him up on March 5, 2026. The target: Roberto “Beto” Bazán Salinas. He’s a high-ranking operator for the Gulf Cartel.

The arrest came from a coordinated binational push. U.S. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) worked with Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR). Interpol and the DEA chipped in. ICE had already put him on an international arrest warrant and listed him among priority targets on January 21, 2026.

Authorities say Bazán Salinas ran logistics for massive drug shipments. Cocaine. Methamphetamine. Marijuana. The routes moved product from the Matamoros region in Tamaulipas into the United States. Prosecutors describe multimillion-dollar loads and a clear cross-border pipeline.

HSI offices in Monterrey, Matamoros, and Beaumont led the probe. Finding him in Guanajuato — far from the cartel’s old northeastern stronghold — shows how far these groups can spread. They follow weakness. They exploit gaps.

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Trump going after Mexican Drug Cartels

Trump Says US Will Begin Land Strikes on Cartels in Mexico

‘We knocked out ... the drugs coming in by water, and we are going to start now hitting land with regard with the cartels,’ the U.S. president said.

President Donald Trump announced in an interview aired Jan. 8 that the United States will begin launching strikes on the cartels in Mexico.

“We knocked out 97 percent of the drugs coming in by water, and we are going to start now hitting land with regard with the cartels,” Trump told Fox News.

“The cartels are running Mexico,” Trump said. “It’s very sad to watch and see what’s happened to that country.”

The announcement comes just five days after Trump ordered an operation to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro to the United States to face criminal charges, including narco-terrorism. [The Epoch Times]

Mexico on Notice

After Maduro, Trump puts MEXICO on Notice

Trump: Armada, Maduro Captured, Mexico On Notice

Short version: Trump says U.S. forces pulled off a surgical operation in Venezuela. Nicolás Maduro was taken. He and his wife were put on a ship. They’ll face charges in New York, Trump said.

This happened fast, Trump told Fox and Friends. He said Maduro was holed up in a house that was more like a fortress. The team hit hard. They moved quick. No U.S. personnel killed, Trump said. Some were injured and came back.

Trump tied the operation to a broader law-and-order message. He made it clear the cartels and drug flows matter here at home. On Mexico, he said bluntly: Regarding Claudia Sheinbaum, 66th President of Mexico“--It wasn’t meant to be, we’re very friendly with her, she’s a good woman, but the cartels are running Mexico. She’s not running Mexico. The cartels are running Mexico. And we can be politically correct and be nice and say, ‘Oh yes, she is.’ No, No, she’s very, you know, she’s very frightened of the cartels.

They’re running Mexico. And I’ve asked her numerous times, would you like us to take out the cartels? ‘No, no no, Mr. President, no no, no, please.’ So, we have to do something, because we lost— the real number is 300,000 people, in my opinion.”

The tone was unapologetic. Short sentences. Clear aims. Trump framed this as decisive action against a brutal regime and as a message about border security and cartel violence. He promised the American people that the Maduro mission was precise and that the military was prepared for more if needed.

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U.S. cracks down on Violent Leftist Groups

Mexican Independence Day protest in LA fizzles after Trump administration's crackdown on far-left groups

If there was any day to show the Trump administration that the local population is still ardently resisting federal agents arresting illegal aliens, Tuesday night would have been the perfect time to have their show of force.

Instead, barely 100 protesters showed up at MacArthur Park outside the Mexican Consulate before heading to the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles for Mexican Independence Day. The event was shared on social media by some far-left groups who have been active in the city, but given the significance of the day, the flyer was not widely shared compared to past protests.

A source familiar with the situation told Blaze News that the Los Angeles Police Department, which monitors online chatter in case of mass disturbances, did not need to issue a tactical alert for the downtown area because the event had such a small crowd.

The lack of any meaningful attendance is shocking considering the wave of riots in response to immigration enforcement started in Los Angeles. The Federal Building was under siege for days, surrounded by thousands of people, back in June. Larger crowds showed up on days like Independence Day for the United States to harass federal agents, soldiers, and Marines guarding the building.

Tuesday's showing is an indicator of how concerned would-be agitators are about getting swept up in the crackdown on violent leftist groups and street actors in the aftermath of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk being assassinated last week.

"There are these nonprofit entities that organize ... attacks on ICE officers, attacks on Border Patrol agents, organized doxxing campaigns, which are a violation of federal law. ... There's a whole network of organization, so I think the key point the president has been making is, somebody is paying for all of this.

This is not happening for free. Under the president's direction, the attorney general is going to find out who is paying for it, and they will now be criminally liable for paying for violence," deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller said on Monday.

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Tough Love for Mexico President's graft

A few excerpts from Victor Davis Hanson's article

Victor Davis Hanson on Claudia Sheinbaum

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to talk about illegal immigration, but specifically about the new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum.

She’s been very vocal about U.S. policy toward Mexico. For example, she said she would offer legal counsel to her citizens that were here illegally that were picked up, she thought, unfairly or too violently by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

She also said that the United States had no business taxing remittances—that is money that Mexican nationals here, for the most part illegally, send back to Mexico.

Many of these people sending back that money to Mexico are on local, state, federal entitlements for housing, for food, for education, for health care. In other words, we the taxpayers subsidize illegal aliens so that they can free up cash to send back to people in Mexico in dire poverty that can’t find redress of grievances from Sheinbaum’s own government.

She said, “Do not come into Mexican national ground if you’re going after the cartels.” That’s understandable, but the cartels are going into our ground.

So, what I’m getting at is she’s very, very intrusive in American politics. But here’s the problem: A recent Pew poll, taken just last year, showed a striking asymmetry. Whereas 61% of Mexican citizens have a favorable view of the United States, only 31% of Americans have a favorable view of Mexico.

Why is Mexico running a $171 billion trade surplus with the United States? Because China is avoiding tariffs by sending products to Mexico, which then Mexico assembles and exports with less duty into the United States.

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El Chapo Guzman's son plead Guilty to U.S. Drug Charges

El Chapo’s Son’s Cooperation with U.S. Prosecutors Could Reshape Political Power in Mexico

Ovidio Guzmán López pleaded guilty to four U.S. federal charges last week during a hearing held in the Northern District of Illinois.

At 35 years old, El Chapo Guzmán’s son accepted the charges for operating a continuous criminal organization and conspiring to traffic drugs, including fentanyl, and arms trafficking.

The Trump administration continues to target Mexican criminal organizations, including the Sinaloa cartel. Various Mexican news outlets report that this admission of guilt in high-level crimes such as drug trafficking, arms trafficking, and organized crime allows him to seek a waiver expressly to appeal any sentence that is imposed.

The judicial move could allow Ovidio to receive a relatively moderate sentence for the serious charge of coordinating massive shipments of fentanyl into the US. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York transferred the case to Chicago on July 1, which allows an accelerated resolution by concentrating the federal charges in a single jurisdiction.

Ovidio’s lawyer, Jeffrey Lickman, insists that his client will not only collaborate but also reveal the high-level connections that for years protected the Sinaloa cartel. Ovidio’s cooperation could open a Pandora’s box and could change the way we fully understand the relationship between Mexico’s politicians and criminal organizations.

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Digital vulnerabilities weaponized in transnational crime.

A cartel hacker exploited city cameras to target FBI sources

A chilling revelation from the US Justice Department has exposed how one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels infiltrated surveillance systems to hunt down and eliminate FBI informants in Mexico City.

According to The Mirror, the Sinaloa Cartel, formerly led by notorious drug lord El Chapo, employed a sophisticated hacker who gained unauthorized access to Mexico City's camera systems and phone records to track both FBI informants and officials.

The discovery came to light through a Justice Department audit titled "Audit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Efforts to Mitigate the Effects of Ubiquitous Technical Surveillance."

The report revealed that the hacker offered various services related to exploiting mobile phones and electronic devices, raising serious concerns about the vulnerability of law enforcement operations. Cartel's Advanced Technical Capabilities Raise Alarms.

The hacker specifically targeted an FBI assistant legal attaché (ALAT) at the American embassy in Mexico City, obtaining their phone records and tracking their movements. This breach allowed the cartel to monitor the ALAT's communications, including incoming and outgoing calls, as well as precise location data through the city's surveillance network.

In 2018, a hacker recruited by Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel infiltrated Mexico City’s camera network and compromised the phone of a U.S. embassy official. Using this access, the cartel tracked meetings with potential FBI informants, some of whom were later intimidated or killed. The incident, revealed in a Justice Department audit, demonstrates how emerging digital threats are reshaping organized crime.

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Drug tunnel from Mexico to San Diego disabled

Massive Drug Tunnel Found Linking Mexico to US

US Border Patrol agents recently discovered and disabled a nearly 3,000-foot-long narcotics smuggling tunnel sitting beneath the US-Mexico border.

Agents found the tunnel — which linked Tijuana and San Diego — in early April while it was actively under construction.

The underground passageway ran under part of the Otay Mesa Port of Entry and had a projected exit point near or inside a commercial warehouse space in San Diego, according to an announcement from US Customs and Border Protection.

Upon entering the “highly sophisticated” tunnel, authorities were met with barricades seemingly placed to prevent law enforcement from finding its entrance, the announcement noted.

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Gavin

Mexico wants to reclaim parts of America that they sold to us

Mexican Senate President Gerardo Fernández Noroña is now calling for Mexico to reclaim parts of the United States, citing an 1830 map, arguing that Mexicans in the Southwest never left their homeland, and saying a border wall should be built on “Mexico’s terms.” 😂

This follows President Sheinbaum’s call for mass protest in the U.S. 😂

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Operation Take Back America Delivers Historic Results

Largest Fentanyl Bust in U.S. History: Trump’s War on Cartels Delivers Devastating Blow to Sinaloa Operation

The Trump administration’s war on drug cartels has achieved a monumental victory with the largest fentanyl seizure in DEA history.

Within weeks of President Trump designating Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced an unprecedented operation resulting in the seizure of over 400 kilograms of deadly fentanyl – enough to kill millions of Americans.

And this historic drug bust just validated Trump’s tough stance on border security that Democrats mocked for years.

Federal agents seized a staggering amount of drugs, cash, weapons, and luxury vehicles in a multi-state operation targeting one of the most dangerous drug trafficking organizations operating in the United States.

• Over 4 million fentanyl pills – DEA’s biggest pill seizure ever
• $4,433,000 in drug money stuffed in safes and hidey-holes
• Nearly 12 kilos of pure fentanyl powder – enough to kill millions
• 41 weapons – including untraceable “ghost guns” and automatic weapons
• Luxury rides including a Ford Raptor, Mercedes AMG, and a souped-up Dodge TRX Mammoth
• Piles of meth, heroin, and cocaine

The feds busted up a sprawling Sinaloa Cartel operation with raids in New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, and Nevada.

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Beginning of the new Golden Age

Donald Trump stunned border crossers with these jaw-dropping achievements in just 100 days

Donald Trump promised to secure the southern border and deport criminal illegal aliens during his campaign. Border crossings have collapsed under Trump’s leadership

He’s making good on that promise in record time.

And Donald Trump stunned border crossers with these jaw-dropping achievements in just 100 days. When Donald Trump took office in January, America was suffering through the worst border crisis in history.

Under Joe Biden’s failed leadership, nearly 10 million illegal aliens poured across our southern border while dangerous cartels trafficked deadly fentanyl into our communities.

But that all changed the moment Trump was sworn in.

• Trump is finally finishing the wall
• Mass deportations target criminal aliens first
• Justice for victims and innovative approaches
• Cartels designated as terrorist organizations
• Tariffs force Mexico and Canada to help
• Eliminating waste to focus on security
• A dramatic shift in policy and priorities

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Mexican Nationals arrested with 180,000 rounds of ammunition

Mexican nationals arrested with jaw-dropping amount of ammo

Two Mexican nationals, here on temporary visas, were arrested during a routine traffic stop in Colorado last month while transporting a staggering 180,000 rounds of ammunition.

Caesar Ramon Martinez Solis, 41, and Humberto Ivan Amador Gavira, 24, were pulled over in Canon City on March 26 after Fremont County detectives spotted their white Chevrolet van passing without dimming its headlights.

The detectives also noticed the van failing to signal when turning into a gas station and had a defective license plate lamp.

What they discovered during the traffic stop left law enforcement shocked – approximately 150 boxes of .308 ammunition and about 30 boxes of 7.62 ammunition, with each box containing 1,000 rounds.

The sheer volume of ammunition seized is enough to supply a major criminal operation for months.

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Mexican drug cartels on the run

Pete Hegseth issued one ultimatum that led to this result

President Trump nominated Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense to serve as a change agent.

Hegseth took ever more dramatic action than anyone thought. And Pete Hegseth issued one ultimatum that led to this unthinkable result.

“We’re taking nothing off the table, nothing. We will do whatever it takes to secure the American homeland, to maintain our sovereignty and protect the American people,” said Hegseth.

The border crisis has two fronts – the illegal immigration issue and the fentanyl epidemic.

President Trump sealed the border on his first day in office simply by reversing all of Joe Biden’s executive orders. Border crossings plummeted 95 percent.

But to tackle the fentanyl crisis – which kills nearly 100,000 Americans every year, President Trump decided to strike at the supply side of the equation.

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JD Vance Speaks About State Of U.S.-Mexico Border

Why don't Democrats speak out about border crisis?

Mexico attempting to hold gun manufacturers accountable for cartel killings

Supreme Court likely to shoot down Mexico's $10B lawsuit against US gun makers

Both conservative and liberal justices seemed unwilling to allow the Mexican government to hold gun manufacturers accountable for cartel killings south of the border via their $10 billion lawsuit.

The federal government has granted extensive immunity to the firearms industry, as ABC News reported, to shield businesses from potentially bankrupting lawsuits.

Companies refute Mexico's claims that the statute permits "aiding and abetting" the illegal sale and trafficking of firearms.

Smith & Wesson, Glock, Beretta, and Colt are among the corporations the nation accuses of selling and marketing firearms with the intent to facilitate human trafficking.

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Crazy Democrat David Hogg would agree with Mexico.

US and Mexico collaborate on border security

US and Mexico agree to military collaboration on patrols, communication for border security

Military commanders from the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to conduct coordinated patrols, share more information and establish channels for instant communication as part of increased border security each country has put in place in the past month.

“Both leaders expect their agreement will serve to enable further conversations and coordination in greater detail at varied levels to ensure the mutual security of the border,” Defense Department Chief of Staff Joseph Kasper said Wednesday.

The changes stemmed from a recently held meeting between Air Force Gen. Gregory Guillot, commander of U.S. Northern Command, and Gen. Ricardo Trevilla Trejo, secretary of national defense for Mexico.

The coordinated patrols will occur with each country’s troops remaining on their respective sides of the Rio Grande, the river that divides the U.S. and Mexico, Kasper said.

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