Organized Crime

3+ hour, 32+ min ago   (279+ words) Officers of the Tbilisi and Adjara police departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have arrested three foreign nationals on charges of the illegal group acquisition and possession of firearms and ammunition, following a joint police operation, the Ministry of…...

3+ hour, 44+ min ago   (472+ words) ATLANTA - A man federal prosecutors say helped run a major cocaine-smuggling and money-laundering network tied to the Sinaloa and Beltran-Leyva cartels has been sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison. Roberto Lopez, also known as Shrek and NWA, was sentenced to…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (679+ words) September 13, 2026 — 5:47pm Tlaola, Mexico: Few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm nestled in the lush green mountains of central Mexico, next to a sparsely travelled gravel road. What led…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (690+ words) Sunday September 13, 2026 Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely travelled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm. What led police…...

8+ hour, 34+ min ago   (156+ words) The Nightly Roundup on Saturday, September 12, 2026. A U.S. citizen was caught packing 5,400+ live rounds of ammunition for the Sinaloa Cartel at the Arizona border bridge, Mexican authorities say. Accused child predator Joshua Lozano collapsed in court as prosecutors revealed the Glendale…...

17+ hour, 1+ min ago   (655+ words) Suspected cartel drone traffic in the Rio Grande Valley has fallen 75 percent since the Trump administration deployed high-energy lasers against the aircraft, according to Customs and Border Protection sources. The military has been busy. Pentagon officials said U.S. forces shot down…...

11+ hour, 48+ min ago   (687+ words) His online audience knew him for humor and heartfelt stories, but a deadly attack at the family business has left friends and listeners searching for answers. José Luis Esparza Guicho, known on social media as “El Piturris,” was a Mexican…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (253+ words) A US citizen was arrested near the Arizona border by Mexican police on Friday. She was allegedly transporting arms and ammunition for the Sinaloa Cartel, Fox 10 Phoenix says. Yanet Dowden, 22, was detained on September 11, 2026, as part of patrols conducted on…...

13+ hour, 55+ min ago   (293+ words) An American correctional officer moonlighting as a member of a powerful faction of the Sinaloa Cartel was busted in Mexico with more than 5,400 rounds of ammunition, Mexican authorities said. The suspect, who was identified as Yanet ‘N’, was stopped by…...

16+ hour, 9+ min ago   (724+ words) A raid on a remote Mexican crypto farm is first an alleged electricity-theft case. Whether it also exposes cartel finance depends on evidence that has not been made public. Authorities in Puebla dismantled a cryptocurrency facility near the Nuevo Necaxa…...