For years, a large part of the public discourse on organized crime in Mexico was built around a relatively simple narrative: large cartels were opposing organizations disputing territories, routes, markets, and power. However, a revelation made by the Federal Security Secretary, Omar García Harfuch, during an official federal government press conference, forces a revision of […]

The U.S. Treasury Department revealed Friday afternoon that the Mexican resort Kovay Gardens, sanctioned last February for alleged ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), continues to defraud U.S. citizens, now using different names. “Today, the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) updated the names and details associated with Kovay Gardens, a Mexican […]

Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla, governor of Michoacán, revealed this Thursday, April 9, that all indications point to former state governor Silvano Aureoles Conejo hiding in the United States. Ramírez Bedolla explained at a press conference that he has already requested the intervention of the Attorney General of the Republic, Ernestina Godoy Ramos, to issue an international […]

Juan Carlos Valencia González, a U.S. citizen and stepson of Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho,” now appears to be in charge of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel, which could complicate U.S. efforts to eradicate drug trafficking in Mexican territory, The Wall Street Journal reported. In a lengthy report—the newspaper noted that El Mencho had just […]

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is one of the most powerful organized crime groups in the world and continues to expand throughout Latin America. It is considered to have a strong presence not only in Argentina, but also in other countries such as Peru, Ecuador, and others. Javier Milei, the president of Argentina, has […]

According to local media in Guerrero, residents of the municipality of Taxco reported that cells of alleged members of the La Familia Michoacana criminal organization have set up checkpoints in the municipal seat, reportedly in an attempt to seize control of the area from members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), which has a […]

In the 1960s, the Soviet Army incorporated the ZU-23, a twin-missile anti-aircraft gun capable of hitting targets at an altitude of two kilometers, into its arsenal. It was used during the war in Afghanistan and the Russian-Chechen conflict. More than half a century after its adoption, this weapon appeared on a list of offers for […]