"The Battalion Search and Rescue always carries the Electronic Frontier Foundation's zine in our desert rig. We're finding new surveillance all the time, and without a resource like that, we wouldn't know what the hell we're looking at."
The U.S. crackdown on migration from Mexico has destroyed a sacred site shared by both countries. Explosions were heard last weekend on Cuchuma Hill as part of construction work on the border wall.
"In the short term, I do think that things will grow more violent. In the past, when one cartel seemed weak, other cartels tried to encroach upon their territory."
This is one of the largest public works projects in recent history for the U.S. It's fairly scary to think about the lack of oversight, the complete authority to build these walls without considering the environmental impacts.
The ability of criminal groups to exercise this type of power and exercise this type of violence is closely linked to firearms trafficking, said Cecilia Farfan-Mendez, an expert on Mexican organised crime. If we want to see less violence in Mexico, this is a very important conversation.
The Defense Department didn't realize the drone was being flown by CBP when it shot it down, and had not first coordinated the use of the laser system with the US Federal Aviation Administration. The military hasn't been coordinating counter-drone measures with the FAA, and CBP drone operators didn't inform the military's laser unit that it was launching.
Tijuana has long had a reputation for violence. Mexican officials consider it one of Baja California's biggest challenges. So there was reason to point out progress recently when Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced during her latest visit to the border town of nearly 2 million people that the daily average of reported homicides and other serious crimes in Baja California had fallen to the lowest levels in nine years.
China has been flooding Latin American markets with low-priced exports, especially autos and e-commerce goods, as its exporters adjust to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and geopolitical moves. The world's second-largest economy has become a major trading partner for many Latin American nations, seeking access to their abundant natural resources and growing markets while expanding its influence in a region Trump views as America's Backyard.
Enrique Castillejos and his wife stopped at a Winchell's Donut House. It was part of their after-church routine on Friday nights. That evening's sermon had been about finding peace in God in turbulent times, and they felt it spoke directly to them. Enrique, 63, and his wife, Maria Elena Hernandez, 55, were undocumented immigrants. Like millions of others in Southern California, they had been looking over their shoulders as federal agents conducted immigration sweeps.
Mexico has sent another 37 alleged members of Mexican criminal organisations to the United States, the country's security minister said, amid US President Donald Trump's threat of ground attacks against drug cartels in the region. The handover of alleged drug cartel members on Tuesday is the third major transfer to the US in the past year and brings the total number of suspects transferred to 92.
Due to ongoing security operations and related road blockages and criminal activity, U.S. citizens in the named locations should shelter in place until further notice, an alert on the U.S. Embassy website read. The warning applies to Jalisco State, including Puerto Vallarta, Chapala, and Guadalajara, as well as Tamaulipas State, including Reynosa and other municipalities. Areas of Michoacan, Guerrero and Nuevo Leon were also listed.
someone at DOJ is attempting to undercut the other things Parente will release today, which reportedly show that Charles Exum lied to the FBI in order to get them to charge Martinez with assault, in part by obscuring that (as would happen with Renee Good months later) the bullets entered the vehicle from the front and the side, showing that he was never in danger, as claimed.
BREAKINGBREAKING, Tom Homan, Trump's Border Czar, has been speaking from Minnesota, where he was sent to replace in wake of two killings of US citizens by immigration enforcement officers. Homan was sent by Trump to replace Greg Bovino, the top border patrol official sent to the state as part of a massive enforcement operation that has sparked widespread protests.
Federal records obtained by WIRED show that over the past several months, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS) have carried out a secret campaign to expand ICE's physical presence across the US. Documents show that more than 150 leases and office expansions have or would place new facilities in nearly every state, many of them in or just outside of the country's largest metropolitan areas.
Loving County, in northwest Texas, may have the highest trouble-to-resident ratio in the United States. With sixty-four inhabitants, as of the 2020 census, the county is the least populated in the country. Control of its top elected positions-sheriff, judge, constable, county clerk-can be swung by a handful of votes. Many of those vying for power are related to, and estranged from, their opponents. Election results are regularly challenged by the losing candidate, sometimes repeatedly;
