Activists searching for missing persons in Mexico have uncovered a killing field and incineration site near the Texas border that the Gulf Cartel has resumed using to execute and dispose of victims. The grisly discovery was made Sunday by members of the Amor Por Los Desaparecidos collective at an abandoned warehouse west of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, close to the Anzalduas International Bridge.
President Trump has escalated pressure on Mexican drug cartels by designating them as foreign terrorist organizations, laying the groundwork for potential U.S. military action. This designation has enabled surveillance flights over Mexico and the deployment of Navy warships off its coast. Intelligence and military coordination is increasing as the Trump administration explores targeted strikes to dismantle cartel operations responsible for the fentanyl crisis.
Ecuadorian authorities, in coordination with U.S. law enforcement, captured one of the country’s most violent and powerful cartel leaders this week in a major blow to organized crime. Jose Adolfo “Fito” Macias, head of the Los Choneros cartel, was arrested while hiding in a bunker, according to Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa.
Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) special agents, working alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seized more than $2.4 million worth of methamphetamine at the Pharr Port of Entry this week. The bust resulted in the arrest of a Mexican national attempting to smuggle nearly 400 bundles of the narcotic into the United States.
The U.S. Coast Guard made a massive drug bust this month, offloading 28,000 pounds of cocaine worth $211.3 million at Port Everglades on Thursday. The haul was the result of four major interdictions in the Eastern Pacific, led by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis and an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter team.
In a significant development, Chinese President Xi Jinping has dispatched Minister of Public Security Wang Xiaohong to Switzerland for high-level trade negotiations with the United States.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced one of the largest fentanyl seizures in U.S. history, highlighting the ongoing threat posed by illegal drug trafficking and its connection to illegal immigration.
