The surprise operation to kill Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, caught everyone off-guard. According to most media reports, El Mencho’ was killed in a Mexican military operation supported and backed by U.S. intelligence.
His death has now unleashed violent retaliation across several Mexican states, with roadblocks, arson, attacks on government infrastructure and transport systems. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, a woman who previously refused to confront the cartels directly, is now attempting to manage the aftermath.
CJNG is essentially a cartel armed with the same weapons systems as the military itself. Shoulder missiles, armored vehicles, helicopters, mines, high caliber automatic weapons and more are reportedly part of the arsenal within the CJNG cartel. These assets are now being deployed by the cartel against police and the Mexican military.
Puerto Vallarta was once a nice place to go.
Couldn’t imagine doing so again. Same for Any Place, Meh-hee-ko today.
Yeah, looking forward to our cruise down there in April….(?)
Remington, sincere question why would you entertain going to a place that has a multi decade long history of violence. The country is 50% run by cartels. It’s one of the most corrupt and violent places in the western hemisphere. Its a dump plain and simple.
No worse than going to mininoplace… or NY…’Been there many times and never had a problem. Always enjoyed the locals. Looks like the locals have been replaced by locos; if/when we get off the ship. I’m sure Virgin will not put guests, or ship, in Harm’s way. If it’s dangerous, they’d likely cancel. Or I pack my Kevlar.
Puerto Vallarta has become unpredictably dangerous in the last 10 to 15 years.
The cartels now will probably take the gloves off as far as attacking tourist areas, to put pressure on the Mexican government.
I, personally would not be visiting Puerto Vallarta anytime soon, and would not trust my personal safety in the judgment of a cruise-ship line that has every economic reason to continue to encourage travel, until something bad actually happens to passengers.
Your mileage may vary….
I just can’t imagine putting their ship in Harm’s way (of rpg’s) to say nothing of a bazillion $’s in law suits
Because profit rules. The basic form of capitalism.
They didn’t fix the DC-10 cargo door until Turkish Airlines Fight 981 crashed in France in ’74, killing 346.
After American Airlines almost lost Flight 96 in ’72, and FAA and McDonnell-Douglas made the fix optional.
Same principle with cruise ships and Puerto Vallarta. No exec wants to be the one to overly be ruled by caution, and sacrifice cruise customers’ financial bookings in the hand, for fear of the cartel in the bush, metaphorically speaking.
If you feel safe trusting the cruise corporation’s bean=counters, then – by all means – put your skin in the game.
You may be right. You may not be right. Life is choices and odds and outcomes.
Are you saying….
‘Puerto Vallarta, my hearts devotion,
Let it sink back into the Ocean…..’
Let’s see what happens….
My folks spent their honeymoon there in the ’60s. I would have loved to go visit the hotel, which is still there, and match up locations with Dad’s old film. Meant to do it in the ’00s on Alaska Airlines. Sad that I didn’t.
<Puerto Vallarta has become unpredictably dangerous…
The cartels take the gloves off attacking tourist areas>
They said it was their last resort 🙂
Exquisite, as always!
HaaaHAAAA
wicked
Now tie in the Eagles for 2x hitpoints, WORDMAN!
<Now tie in the Eagles for 2x hitpoints, WORDMAN!>
The cartels were last spotted on a dark desert highway 🙂
Warm smell of burritos?….
I believe Jet is highlighting the corruption of government as well as the violence. It’s also my question. Why would you give any money to a corrupt government let alone NYC or Minneapolis?
The same principal applies. If the people in charge are incompetent or even hostile to opposing viewpoints, and will not take action to change the situation, the effective tool to use is boycott.
Understand the corruption, and would not give one cent to mininoplace or ny…..or scum ridden Hawaii. It’s booked now, and we’ll see what happens as we get closed to April. I also don’t mind buying/helping the local vendors when we go down there……If the pain exceeds the pleasure, we’ll abort.
California comes to my mind.
Remington…
When reading what Sundance wrote…
combined with what I am reading/hearing.
This sums it up…….
💥 💥 💥
”El Mencho was killed in a Mexican military operation
supported and backed by US intelligence.”
President Trump closed our Southern border.
We have the most safest and secure Southern border
since then.👏👏👍
Instead of finding and dealing with the Cartels which
have set up operations for decades in our country.🇺🇸
The “Intelligence Agencies”, instead of dealing with the
problem which exists within our country……the Cartels
here…. 🤬 🤬 🤬 !!
🤐 🤐 🤐 🤐 🤐
Todos Santos and La Paz are quite nice and safe. North Avenue in Baltimore and the inner harbor at Baltimore are pretty lawless. My daughter had a wedding where Edgar Allen Poe is buried, she had armed security and I was on edge the whole time.
So, did she have Ushers and everything?
At the reception, they served casks of Amontillado….
Above a sepulcher by the sea?
I won’t go to any country where I can’t drink the water. I don’t understand why they still haven’t figured out how to sanitize their water supply! It’s freaking 2026, for heaven’s sake!
Read!!!
BioClandestine
BioClandestine…..For those asking why certain things have not happened yet, look at what the CJNG are doing in response to the death of leader “El Mencho”.
They are terrorizing civilians.
Now do you see why Trump and his DOJ/FBI/DHS targeted dangerous gang members and sleeper cells first? Trump had to make sure violent gangs like MS13 and Tren de Aragua were purged from our streets, so they could not be mobilized to cause coordinated violence within our walls.
This step was paramount, because the Democrats’ open border policies allowed for the cartels to walk freely into our nation and establish a standing army. This is why day one, Trump used the Military to close the border, then he began targeting all the gangs.
This is also one of the reasons why the US MIL/NG are currently on standby, to ensure security for the public. The cartels are foot soldiers of the Deep State, so Trump is prepared with the US MIL should the cartels try to pull anything on US soil.
Our situation is much more delicate than most people understand. Any false step could be catastrophic and put many innocent lives at risk. It must be surgical.
19 years ago, after going to Cozumel, I told my wife we were done going to Mexico. We’ve never gone back.
My last trip there was 2010, I have not interest in going back
Ditto
In all sincerity, Mexico has never been a nice place period. I’m 61 years old and ever since I was a child I’ve been exposed to friends and family that had to first hand deal with the graft and corruption of Mexico. It’s a dump across all metrics. Especially for a few extra dollars and a little longer flight you can go to Hawaii and not worry about some corrupt local cop shaking you down for cash or worse.
newsflash.. hawaii legislature is corrupt and insane. they are jamming thru a bill in the HI house and senate there to allow the guv to arbitrarily and without review, to quarantine people, take assets (like homes, cars etc.), take weapons and ammo, enforce health protocols and shots. and take away any and all rights and laws even beyond the stated emergency period. insane…even to visit if signed…and it almost certainly will by josh green. covid started this and now its within their grasp. get rid of haoles and refuseniks.
Like Mexico, Hawaii without it’s tourism income will become a backwater. Nice place to visit but not to invest your money into anything. The Democratic politicians only want it to control it for themselves and have docile and compliant workers to do their bidding and stupid enough to keep voting for them which apparently they are.
Don’t know about any “jamming through”, but it looks like HB2581HD2 might make it through first “crossover”, and contrary to your claim, it actually limits the power of the governor to declare emergencies. As stated in the bill:
“The legislature further finds that the decision of the Hawaii Supreme Court in Nakoa v. Governor of State, 156 Hawaii 416, 575 P.3d 506 (2025), threatens to upset this vital constitutional balance. The Hawaii Supreme Court interpreted chapter 127A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to grant the governor emergency powers, including the power to suspend laws enacted by the legislature, to address “conditions that threaten substantial harm to Hawaiʻi’s people, property, or environment”, including but not only discrete, sudden events, but also “long-term issues”, such as the nearly century-long shortage of affordable housing in Hawaii.”
yes this, mine and more.., all a disaster by design. climate change and take your house etc.
Does this have any connection to the big fire and why the ultra-rich are building bunkers there? Just thinking out loud.
yes yes and yes. 15 minute cites, globalism, and only blue-roofed buildings survived the dew attack.
I guess tent camping along the CA coastline will have to do this summer!
Ooohhh… would you like some Mexican raw sewage with that vacation?
I don’t know…’Been to hawaii many times…To me, nothing is worse than being surrounded by homeless jerks and 120% of population that are liberal… The stench…
yes recently there..spend a lot of money and gtfo. bad girls commandeered the state beach bathroom, and a whale of a guy was on his back blocking the mens room begging money, and drugged-out. a row of a mile of homeless encampments and some burned out sites left as-is. and a state highway maintenance facility across the road with massive razor wire on fences and around the perimeter. such an iddilcc area sullied by the ineptness and outright chaos allowed and encouraged..
No, 120% of the population are not “liberal”. For various historical and cultural reasons, the Democrat party controls politics. Hawaii has about the lowest election turn-out in the country, even with all mail-in elections. Because people don’t see any way of electing themselves out of democrat control. It can also be hazardous to your financial health due to the unions and government contracting to visibly confront the dems.
A liberal by any other name…
I was suprised to learn that Puerta Vallarta is where Canadian gay people go on vacation. Leftists on twitter were posting their thoughts and prayers for the alphabet soup and it seemed odd so I looked it up. There’s an annual bear festival. Who knew.
Wonder who they are praying to?
I especially love all the expats on youtube touting Mexico.
Acapulco became a ghost town overnight when cartels started beheading people on the beaches. All the big hotels by the cliffs and beach emptied out in a month. Goons even skinned a rancher’s boy alive on camera starting with his face after killing his dad in front of him on a ranch north of the city.
May this be the first of many targeted attacks on this scum that has done everything they can to kill our youth and destroy many great American cities.
With Maduro in custody (and possibly/likely singing like a canary in a coal mine) and this guy now pushing up daisies, I would be shocked if more killings are not on the way, e.g. the drug boats.
A failed Narco state for decades and people continue to vacation there is not very smart.
Terrorist run Mexico and all politicians are part of the cartel or they would not be alive
I’ve long thought those who vacation in Mexico were taking their lives in their hands, with as many untoward situations which we’ve read about, and I pray for those Americans who took that chance and are now in harm’s way.
We should also pray for the regular Mexicans who are, through no fault of their own, subject to the violent whims of the cartel narco-state. I guess there are some non-cartel Mexicans?
Just one question: Are we going to get flooded with millions of refugees, including those who are gang members in disguise?
It didn’t used to be this way…
Decades ago my then husband and I, his mother and father, his brother, drove from Central Texas through to Mexico City. We chose the scenic route, through the mountains and small towns which were almost untouched by modernity as we knew it. Quiet towns and villages which I now see on the map today as erupting into chaos and bloodshed.
Three children later, we all enjoyed yearly get aways to Akumal, which I see on the map today, along with once infrequented nearby places of interest, bearing the murderous wrath of inhuman cartels.
Wars (in various iterations) and rumours of wars…
I pray not, but I am half expecting what we are witnessing to cross our border in one form or another.
“Murderous wrath” is an apt description.
Late 60’s early 70’s, many Gringos in the Canal Zone would drive the Pan American Highway to lost Estados Unidos on their ‘home leave year’….it was relatively safe then….
Atlantic sider here. We drove there and back last time the old man was stationed at Ft. Gulick. Like your posts.
When my mom and dad first brought us to CA (over 50 yrs ago), we traveled back to Mexico by car every Christmas. Sometimes following the Pacific coastline, it was heavenly! Sometimes through the middle of the Mexican republic, what sights!
Mom never made hotel reservations before departing. Wherever dad stopped for dinner, that’s where mom would ask around for a hotel or posada. It was magical! We never encountered danger or hostility; on the other hand, people were kind and hospitable. They were willing to help us and shared knowledge freely, and so we did that kind of traveling for many years….
Today, I dread stepping foot across the border into Tijuana or any other city south of the wall…
How times have changed, and sadly, not for the best…
Magical is the right word, snann. And like your parents, neither did we book accomodation. There was always a place wherever we landed for the night…simple, clean, and genteel. The food was not what Americans most probably consider to be Mexican cuisine. More European in ingredients and preparations…and utterly delicious. The people as you describe them.
Mexico as we experienced it was a revelation. The fond memories linger.
Alas, gone…
Agree!
I live next to the border —Agua Prieta, Naco and Nogales area.
Crossing the border was never a big deal.
Did it at least once a month.
People were friendly, food was great and the shopping was
fantastic! Medicines were available without a prescription…and
extremely inexpensive. Many of us with pets/ livestock would
go there for medicine.
Leather work…replace or repair a saddle…we went to across the border.
Same with boots….craftsmen who are skilled, quality work and very
reasonable prices. And not just leather…many craftsmen of different
trades.
Friends and family when visiting ….we always took them
across the border. Many wonderful memories.
American Mexican friends-coworkers stopped crossing over
about ten years ago. I did too.
We knew not to cross before when things were hot💥💥among
the Cartels.
When people started pouring in from other parts of the world…
that ended all trips across the border. 💔
Such a shame. I do miss visiting.
I live in the same area. Trips to Nogales, Naco, Aqua Prieta and Puerto Penasco were normal and enjoyable. I love the Mexican people. They have kind hearts and I will continue to share my time with them here by the border. My church in Cochise County sponsored families in Mexico but that was in the 1990’s. Now I will not go over the border. I am praying for the LORD to intervene in all the evil affairs we are encountering around the world. I believe HE is returning soon~
Yep, similar travels. Akumal used to be such a retreat, used to go there but that was about 30 years ago. We went there several times after Cancun went bad. We stopped going there after the first big development on the north side of the bay. It was always peaceful back then. We rented vehiles and explored most of Quintana Roo with 4 kids in a jeep. Sad to see it go this way.
Would go back to Mexico now, but good memories.
Praying for peace
Our experiences were the same, taspok. The travelling world had not yet discovered those pristine beaches and clear waters. We rented a VW van in Cancun, all piled in, and off we went..
Everything changed a long time ago.
My aunt and I took a long trip from deep Texas, across the border across the desert to the Chihuahua area in 2004 with a U.S. license plate on a beater compact car, searching for long-lost buried relatives.
People were kind. There were checkpoints, even then, with teenagers with machine guns. I spoke enough Spanish that the whole trip was beautiful – almost magical.
I later learned that that was almost the last time that could be done safely. Around 2006 the cartels majorly ramped up kidnappings and violence. Our trip could not be repeated today.
What a shame. The war against the cartels has been a long time coming. We either fight it to win, or negotiate peace with terrorists. Either way, a bloody business.
I suspect the damage is done now. Mexico’s thriving tourist industry is going to take a massive hit.
Betsy we visited Akumal in 1995 an 1997, it was lovely and safe then. The cleaning ladies did help themselves to my walkman and Cd player left on the nightstand though. Playa del carmen market was amazing. Would never go there again. Sad that Akumal is now under siege .
We frequented it in the late 80s and early 90s, Righted. Had a timeshare.
It truly was. All changed from how basic it was when we were there. The beach at sunrise and sunset was something else.
You do mean “flooded” again?
President Trump will not let millions of refugees to cross into the U.S.
My Daughter’s flight just took off from Cancun.
I think she understands now why I thought going to that wedding was an extremely bad idea.
She was at Ava resort, right at the end of the road to the airport. There were roadblock car and building fire incidentson the feeder hiway, 5 miles in both directions.
Thank you for the update, have been praying for her safe return to you.
I read your post yesterday about your daughter’s destination wedding, Scott, and held my breath.
We try to alert/warn our adult children when we know more than they do. But sometimes deaf ears are what we face. Past the time when we could simply ground them…and perhaps the most difficult aspect of being a parent that no one ever tells us is coming.
I am relieved for you in knowing that she and her husband (wiser now) will soon be on American soil once more, ready to begin a new and long life together.
Many of you will know Deplorable Grunt, a Treehouse brother…
He has been living in Mexico for a long time, though I don’t know exactly where.
I am searching on every thread for him, praying he is safe.
(If you see this, dear friend, please check in 🙏🏻💕)
He’s posted on the Presidential page.
Since the chaos erupted?
I’ll retrace my steps, cheering…
Deplorable Grunt is at the top of the Presidential thread.
He posted at 11:27 am.
I’m assuming this is a he, however I mean no disrespect to the female grunts out there.
Bless, sis….thank you 💕
Wasn’t there another Treeper (Bobo?) that used to post here about how much better Mexico was than the US? Hope he is safe.
Not Bobo…but I do remember the one. And I remember the almost triumphant posts he made it. Haven’t seen him in a long while 😎
Aren’t there millions of Mormons in Chihuahua? Leftover from Mitt Romney’s polygamous grandfathers colonization?
I can’t answer that one.
I am fine, things here in Play Del Carmen are calm compared to what is happening in Jalisco. 🖖🏻
Oh how relieved I am to see you, dear friend…
Playa Del Carman I know thought travelling. The Daily Mail today listed it as one where the cartels were unleashing. But it is the DM, so…
Stay in touch please…every Treeper is precious 💕
Prayers for you always 🙏🏻 B
The cartels won’t target the Americans here but cartel on cartel action is a possibility in times like these. Being caught in a cross fire is something you consider here when moving from point to point.
That was what I was most concerned about as you are probably considered more as a local.
You’ve got survival instincts..You’re savvy enough to know when it’s time to lay low, DG.
Please watch your back…
All are precious, but some are less precious than others.
The cartels are bad. The teachers unions may be worse. They have the economy of Mexico (what is left of it after the previous president stole everything that wasn’t nailed down) under their collective thumb. A few years ago we were scheduled to fly out of Oaxaca City, but they had the airport shut down.
Bear in mind that the corruption has always started at the top. There is a strong trend downward, each cascade of aids and peons getting ripped off above, and hence rip off anyone they can below them. Tourists, of course, are at the bottom of the cascade. I don’t go to Mexico unless accompanied by my son and his Mexican wife, who has kept us out of a lot of trouble.
Glad to hear that she is on here way home!
Perhaps now, she will be more ‘open’ to listening to the sage advice of her ‘old fogey dad’ (of which I am one too, with an almost 18 y.o. know-it-all / confident daughter)!!
So glad to hear this, I’m sure you will be so relieved to see her home!
I prayed for her after your post yesterday.
Got a text, she changed planes in Charlotte.
(sigh of relief)
Charlotte? Stay the heck away from the subway.
This is the post I’ve been looking for.
What a relief.
That you all for your prayers!
She is home safe.
Hopefully she learned something.
What a crap-hole country. Pray for the good people of Mexico.
We supposedly provided the Mexicans with the intel necessary to neutralize “El Mencho” … it’s now time for the MQ9 Reaper Drones to finish the job, or the snakes will simply grow new heads.
President Trump said that now we have taken out most of the drug traffic at sea, it’s time to start taking out the smugglers on land. I expect this is the start of that operation.
Disrupting the supply chain.
We have the most safest secure border- ever!
🤔 Drugs coming across our border….
through our most secure border?
‼️ But we do need Mexican silver….. ‼️ ‼️
The graph on how much silver produced in the World
yikes! Guess who is #1…by a Large margin ….
Routes and Resources…….
Micael Yon ….Substack
Mexico — Silver Mining, and More
I’m supposed to go to Cabo San Lucas for our honeymoon in July. Should I cancel? Is the tip of Baja California safe?
I foresee a Florida or Alabama or South Carolina honeymoon in your future.
Charleston is nice….get a nice hotel in the historic district…and usually safe…Charleston is very protective of their ‘tourist’ reputation.
Or Lancaster Pa, Amish country. Bought a beautiful quilt and ate wonderful food.
The ‘Magic 8 Ball’ says “Yes”.
You have plenty of time to plan for another romantic destination.
See America first.
A dude ranch in Texas, some are very nice with upscale amenities. Or Oklahoma.
We have several neighbours and acquaintances that own places in and around Cabo San Lucas, many west coast
Canadians own places in P.V. and Bucerias.
Cabo especially is noted for high level drug activity.
We were there five years ago, and lovely as the scenery is will not be going back.
On the only road out of the airport ( or so we were told) a toll booth is set up.
I wonder where that money goes 🤔
Cheers!
Never been to Mexico, and ruled it out so many decades ago I can’t even remember why.
I’ve even sworn off Boston, to which I could drive or subway in – used to enjoy walking the city on a nice spring day of window shopping and stops for coffee and lunch.
As of the BLM riots, I resolved never to set foot in that place again.
There are many places in the USA that are also on my excrement list forever, and I thank God I saw a few of them decades ago before their demonic falls – especially San Francisco.
PDJT knows whereof he speaks when he talks about 3rd world shitholes. Too bad we have an increasing number of them now inside our own borders.
From what I gather, Cabo San Lucas, by its very nature, being at the very tip of Baja California, is very defensible by the Mexican government, should they choose to tighten security. Not like Puerto Vallarta, backed up by a bunch of jungle. While I personally would likely shy away from Cabo at present, it likely would be one of the least-bad places.
Not having ever been there, my opinion is 2 cents.
Someone from Fox should get Sammy Hagar on for an interview.
http://www.cabosanlucas.net/what-to-do/bars/cabo-wabo-cantina
The cartels are quite restless in Cabo.
Really?
I’d suggest not being the first to bring it up, but when others mention it might not be safe… then jump on it. Go somewhere else.
Isn’t there a nice place in America? Ever since the 70’s terrorist surge people still insist on going to foreign countries. Have you been to Niagara falls, Yellowstone, San Diego or San Antonio or The Florida Keys even?
That’s how I roll, but I’m sure it doesn’t look as cool on fakebook.
The Crystal River/Inverness area of Florida is lovely. The manatees winter there in the springs. And it’s a solid red area with wonderful people.
I was just thinking of San Augustine…..its been years since visited there. Did a B&B within walking distance of all the shops and sights. Incredibly relaxing little mini vacay.
San Diego, formerly the most beautiful town in America, has become a homeless trash can. Still safer than Mexico.
I recently heard from friends that a visit to Niagara Falls was disappointing. It was overrun by foreigners coming over from Canada, it was not an enjoyable visit. Have not been to Florida Keys in a decade but LOVED Long Boat and Siesta Keys back then.
The red neck Riveria has the best beaches and nicest people…West Florida or Alabama gulf coast.
Shhhhh-Don’t tell anyone about Floribama
July anywhere on the USA west coast should be wonderful.
There are beautiful, romantic cottages near Gatlinburg TN. Up in the mountains and wonderful scenery.
Yep. Smokies and surrounds are covered in beautiful Mountain View’s and maintain lakes.
if you are wanting to fish try Destin FL
I’ve been to Guadalajara a few times and saw they were attacking the airport. These cartels need to be completely obliterated or Mexico will never be free of their violence. I”m pleased that they approved the training by US special forces of their military. I was watching a very brave woman who is a senator, Lilly Tellez interviewed on Fox News, saying the cartels have infested her nation and the Mexican President is completely compromised.
They’ve all been compromised since the ‘80’s..actually probably the 1970’s.
I fear the Mexicans are in the wash/rinse/repeat loop.
If they don’t get serious now about freeing themselves from the cartels, it will never happen. A 1970’s Coke can just rolls from State to State there.
Every Mexican president in my lifetime (and I’m old) has been compromised by the cartels. They are actually more powerful than nearly all of the mexican military and likely have more foot soldiers.
This current mexican president better be careful. The cartels can make her room-temperature in a matter of hours. Her personal government entourage likely has cartel people within. That’s how corrupt mexico is.
Likely she is owned by the cartels.
Just like much of our gvt?
She is from the same party as the previous prez, who was owned lock stock and barrel by one of the cartels.
I’m fairly certain US Intel knows this.
The longer corruption is allowed to fester, the more entrenched it becomes.
The US and Mexico have both waited way too long.
Now the price to excise the corruption will be higher.
In typical Trump fashion, he continues to pull the curtain back on wickedness everywhere (mostly in the USA). Even without actually appearing to be involved, his polices are forcing the hands of all of these nations that have embraced evil in the name of money (including the USA).
The drug cartels in mexico and central/south america have been playing a big role in american politics and elections for many years. In places like Chicago and LA, the cartels run the political machines with their money. The DOJ prosecutors can’t seem to figure it out or maybe they don’t want to figure it out. It’s amazing what you can’t find when you’re not looking for it or told not to look for it. All of these anti-ICE protests and violence are largely the result of cartel efforts. I know, Blonde and Patel are on it…….
I wouldn’t be surprised if our own government has been actively involved in keeping the drug cartels alive and flourishing. For several generations now, many people have said just that. It’s getting hard to dismiss that point of view given how wicked our government has been proven to be.
If Team Trump doesn’t do something big and fast on election integrity, all of his efforts will go up in a big smoke cloud.
Agree. Trump needs to turn his attention to the 2026 midterms. They are heating up as we speak with the open primaries in Texas. If Trump wants to be successful with his agenda he needs to campaign for the MAGA candidates to throw out the RINOs and prevent the Bush clan DeSantis group from taking the spotlight.
The MILLION$$$$$$ of ‘look the other way’ money deposited to the campaign funds of our anti-American SCUMBAG politicians of all stripes is how the cartels get to operate openly in the USA.
Isn’t it true that many banks would not be in business without the cartel laundering money?
Toronto Dominion Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, for starters.
no question about that. Funny how the Feds can’t ever put cases together? Wonder why?
You mean if WE don’t do something big and fast on election integrity, right?
If “we” could fix it, it’d be done in 5 minutes. Same day voting, paper ballots only, manual tabulations (no machines), very limited early and mail-in voting. If “we” could do that, the democrats would lose 1/3 of the seats they hold nationwide from dog-catcher to senators.
The democrats know this, the media knows this, and the GOP knows this which is why they will not support any meaningful election reforms. They helped to create the system and their role is being the squeaking mice minority party. They want nothing to do with leading anything except the political theater puppet-show we see every week. They are pros at that.
I have very little faith anything will be fixed by the DOJ, FBI, or any other Trump appointment. They are all just placating the crazy old man and running the clock out on him. If “we” could fix it, it’d have been fixed already.
Sadly I agree with your assessment of our national situation. PDJT knows this as well, but he tends to be an optimist so will not back down from his stand to fight for the people of this once great Nation. I trust our Lord and Savior to continue to protect us. After all, HE does set up leaders as well as bring them down, so I thank HIM for this gift of Donald J Trump. I Praise YOU, LORD JESUS!
One can ask the question, why would Gavin Newsom, even under the current spotlight of federal fraud investigations in CA, defy DHS and insist on releasing 33,000 convicted criminal illegal aliens back onto the street in CA instead of handing them over to ICE for deportation? The answer seems rather obvious.
That the voter block supporting vicious criminals, many of whom are gang members, is perceived by the Democrat Party to be more vast & more important than the majority of US citizens on both sides of the aisle who favor law & order, is quite alarming. And they’re not even trying to hide this. Instead they demonize Trump for the efforts his administration is making to make our streets safe again.
Gavin Newsom doesn’t report to the voters no more than fat-ass pritzker reports to his IL voters. The machines installed them, not the voters.
Many Hispanics in the US today (legal and illegal) came here to get away from the crime and violence of the cartels. They do not support releasing ANY criminals back into society. They came here for a better life, not to have the same kind of life they had in their home countries.
Newsom reports to the cartels, not the CA voters. The democrats in CA have the voting problem solved for good. Blonde and Patel won’t ever touch places like IL and CA. They are off-limits. Just keep the crazy old man happy and full of McDonalds is what they are thinking. The days/weeks are flying by………
I am praying—and I know I am not alone~
Well said JS
It was also reported that the CJNG had recently joined another of the major Mexican Cartels in an alliance. The leader of one of those “allied” Cartels now controls the CJNG.
There is more to this than a strike by the Mexican Military.
Think of it as a power consolidation within the “new Cartel alliance”. What better way to hide such a “take out” than setting up your new “ally” for a hit.
More to come as it is not too clear yest as to where the current President of Mexico stands …. for the Mexican Government or with the Cartels. Just maybe ….. she was pushed into a corner and see’s nothing to loose by finally taking action to save herself and maybe Mexico.
Posted earlier on Presidential thread with reward photo.
New boss same as old boss.
Until humanity, as a whole, finds a purpose in life other than the seemingly intoxicated pursuit of money, power and control over others I am sorry to say that all of this will continue on, ad infinitum.
There’s got to be a better way. Perhaps Jesus Christ had a point. It’s really too bad more people don’t see it.
Yep.
Jesus Christ is the Way.
The ONLY WAY.
Jesus Christ IS the point.
Well, one could say the Catholic church has always been in pursuit of money, power, and control. History is an an excellent source of information.
If you want to understand why Christians countries, ie: Western Civilization are so prosperous, you have to follow Christ’s teachings. His quotes are in red letters in the Bible. It’s worth a read a it is the number 1 best seller of all times.
Get back to me if you find anything you think won’t make you a better person.
What made me a better person was a Catholic priest in a Catholic high school I attended. After 8 years in a Catholic grade school run by Dominican nuns pushing us to get our families to donate or we would go to hell, this high school priest teaching a class called “religions of the world” opened my eyes.
They taught that every religion only exists if they maintain control. Control included getting parents to indoctrinate their children in their religion. This Catholic priest taught that religion should be chosen as a person matures, learns, and makes their own decision. This priest also taught that the teachings of “most” all religions are about morals and good behavior toward your fellow man.
Just one example is Buddhism where The Noble Eightfold Path is a practical guide to ethical conduct, mental discipline, and wisdom, consisting of eight interconnected steps, very much like the 10 commandments. Japan is prosperous but does not follow Christianity.
As a result of learning about all the great religions of the world, I choose to accept any religion that treats others well, and that they all have things that can make you a better person, if you are open minded and use reason in your thinking.
Visiting a failed narco state for any reason is tempting fate. Even most Mexicans don’t want to be there, why would you?
It’s the same exact people living in the US (i.e. cartel members and sympathizers) coupled with leftist American’s that will strike out with violence if law enforcement is ever effectively used to hold both of these parties accountable to the rule of law and order.
Will all the Mexicans in the US that are waving their Mexicans flags and have Mexican flags on the bumper of their cars self deport to go fight the cartels for the country they claim to love?
Or will the Mexico cartel bosses tell their gang members in US to turn violent against American cities?
Bingo.
This is where it has all been heading, for quite some time.
The totalitarian surveillance infrastructure that has been erected in the past decade is a matter of great concern to any freedom-loving American.
In the short term, however, the geotracked paths taken by all those Obama phones, and the data gathered by all those survey flights and all those surveillance balloons at 40,00 feet over the country, all served as tracers for much of the cartel networks inside the US. That plus FISA warrants, and the entire cancer should be showing up like blood in a crime scene glowing under black lights.
Let’s hope so.
This concerns me greatly.
mexico is a cartel state with infighting between gov cartel and other factions.
I’ve got old friends from HS who just posted on Facebook from the airport they are flying out to vacation in Cabo.
Crazy…..
I hope they will be OK. For what it’s worth, Cabo, due to the geography of the string-bean Baja Peninsula, and road design, is much more defensible than the exposed west coast of Mexico, should the powers that be choose to defend it.
I guarantee that Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker, is burning up the phone lines in defense of his investments.
And he actually does have “pull.”
My oldest son, a professor in Oaxaca, tells me this is the “death throes” of that cartel.
He and his, I think, fairly politically astute Mexican wife think the cartel will be shattered and
its lieutenants picked off one by one. Here’s hoping. Of course, this barely addresses the level
of corruption that runs through this wonderful country.
I really have doubts about that. The cartels are not going to go away because one guy was killed. These are huge criminal organizations that control a government. They’re not going to just give that up. And I’ve already heard that the guy they killed has already been replaced. To really get rid of the cartels would require many years of relentless fighting that would leave many thousands dead. I don’t think they have the stomach for that.
Special forces snipers in the hills around every cartel hub with regular take downs would make them scurry.
How long did it take to capture El Chapo?
And he even managed to escape our prisons…twice!
That is why he is in our super max prison now.👏
Did it stop the drug trade? No. The cartel is still up
and running 🤬
He is still -to this day – regarded as a hero by many Mexicans.🤷♀️
The cartels are protected by many of the people there.
Comparison….US Italian Mafia – 💥on steroids.
There are 7 different cartels in Mexico.
Map of Drug Cartels in Mexico 2024 – Brilliant Maps
Me— they have been setting up shop here in US for decades.
Let Mexico take care of the ones there….concentrate on getting
them out of here.
🇺🇸 America First 🇺🇸
I love the Oaxaca wood carvings!
I have a couple of them.
👏 👏
How close are we to this chaos? Don’t think it isn’t in the Democrat Socialist of America plans?
and the plans of the moderate Democommunist Party,
Coming out of Cabo Wabo in Cabo San Lucas one night 20 years ago I noticed the ‘police’ consisted of six guys in the back of a pickup carrying M-16’s. The thought struck me: If they need M-16’s, I shouldn’t be here.
Same deal some time ago…But in PV…four jeeps in town with guys in back of a Jeep standing over .50 cals…
the u.s. is as corrupt (or more) than mx
it’s just more polished and less in the open
given the choice, there’s countless areas i would prefer to visit south of our border, then say, south chitcago or baltimore, or detroit, or…
The largest drug cartel in Mexico is the Mexican government.
The largest customer for those illegal drugs is America.
12 years ago I was doing marketing for resorts and resort related businesses in Puerto Vallarta. It was everything you would expect, some clients were well civilized (albeit with bulletproof SUVs) and some were shady expat characters. The one thing they were constantly concerned about: kidnappings. I just couldn’t anymore, the more you did the crazier it got. You were only truly safe if you were in a heavily secured resort, and once I became cognizant of just how threatened local, well established business owners were just driving to a downtown taco cart, I was out.
Interesting timing, just before the SOTU. Do Massie and Paul want to play footsie with the cartels? Are drugs no big deal? Were the tariffs justified as a weapon to encourage governments like Mexico to curtail the power of cartels? I look forward to watching the expressions of those six justices if they attend tomorrow’s speech.
Scary. Very scary.
Please be careful, Sundance, wherever you are.
Look like something out of the original HALO video game.
BLESSINGS, Sundance and everyone!
“Do not fear those who kill the body but are powerless to kill the soul. Rather, fear HIM WHO can destroy both soul and body in Gei-Hinnom. (hell)
Matthew 10:28
PRAYERS for Safety, Wisdom, and Discernment, in JESUS PRECIOUS & MIGHTY NAME, AMEN, AMEN, & AMEN
Our technology and intel can destroy just about anything. The cartels are very well armed, but are they prepared to defend against drones and patriot missiles. NO!
The U.S. will always be the force multiplier!
Interesting that all of them seem to be equipped with a military type version of a portable cell/gps/wifi jamming devices.
I would think that it should be somewhat easy to track the “holes” that would create in an area.
Just sayin’.
Build the wall higher and don’t let any refugees in. If anything, send our military a few thousand yards into mexico, build and maintain some security compounds for the refugees so they can remain in mexico.
The Cartels are well established in the U.S.
Let’s see if they bring the fight into our country.
Back in the day, 1968, we traveled to San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico. It was a small fishing village and it was lovely. We caught enough shrimp in one day to last a month! It was a small, easy-going life on the beach and mangroves town. Very friendly and helpful. The children were adorable and swarmed us everywhere we went. They were impressed and enthralled by the motorcycle…lol. (If they only knew!) We had no trouble traveling through starting in Flagstaff, AZ through Nogales, Culiacan, Mazatlan and San Blas. It was about 1,000 miles. On the back of a 750 Honda. It was nothing to travel to Nogales once a month to purchase lots of items that were cheaper or get dental work/medicines that cost 1/3 of US prices. And you seldom, if ever, needed a prescription! My how times have changed.
Everyone fails to address the root cause of this scourge on civilization. Just ask MS Copilot or other AI to provide statistics regarding illegal drug use and trafficking. Then take a look in a mirror.
All I saw in the mirror was me. Was there a different mirror or maybe a see through option?
Damn, at least you saw a reflection….
Appeasement works its wonders yet again.
How did the mexican cartels get US weaponry
Good question
Two words: Oh bama
Mc Cain
Bingo.
Gunwalker, Fast and Furious, as well as many others we don’t know about…
Wonder if Eric Holder is still in business.
Haven’t you heard of “Fast and Furious”?
Money and international arms dealers
dont you recall, Obama and Eric Holder’s Fast and Furious sold them to them.
Holder and Zero.
From the Taliban and UKR. Thanks Joe …. !
First Madero, now the Tough Guy. If I was the boss of the Sinaloa cartel, I’d be pretty, pretty nervous right about now.
If I were there i would have shot him myself!
It’s time to unleash the wrath of the US special forces. These criminals wouldn’t know what hit them.
Think I saw a cruise ship or wo sitting in the harbor. Shouldn’t they pull out to a safer distance or have they already.
I think the cartel soldiers like the unlimited food buffets on those cruise (flu) ships.
Hell, who doesn’t…?
Sounds like The Love Boat era is no longer
The Mexican people have an anti-establishment streak stemming back from their founding.
It emanates from their reaction to the corruption at the top levels of government in Distrito Federal (D.F., their version of what we call D.C).
From that comes an idolization complex towards Robin Hood figures that are sticking it to the man (see also Panch Villa and Jesus Malderve).
Hiwever, these modern day Robin Hoods are not your friendly forest bandits laughing heartily like Errol Flynn on a mighty oak branch and fighting injustice. They are sadistic killers that care neither for true justice nor the working poor.
But, since the government is so corrupt these cartel leaders, as bad as they are, can come across as sympathetic characters in the mind of the general populace… until they themselves (cartel henchmen) get into power, then the cycle repeats.
It’s the nature of things. Entrenched into the fibre or the Mexican psyche.
I think it wiser we stay out of their fight and focus on much stricter border controls along the fence line akin to what we see with the narco boats from Venezuela.
Dispatch the problem immediately at the time of incursion.
Indeed …..the Mexican government is a cartel………no easy clean up……..anywhere there is big money to be made …our CIA is
there..
I hope we don`t send troops in……..let them fight this corruption them self.
Our Special Forces trained the Mexican troop who took him down, but they didn’t participate.
“operation supported and backed by U.S. intelligence.”
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so is this a color revolution south of rio grande
I think Mexico is already a mostly Communist Country. The poor are really, really poor and have little hope to improve their condition. Costa Rica is touted as a Country where the middle class is well off enough that Americans don’t feel guilty traveling there.
And not just Americans but Germans, and the British feel pretty comfortable there. The locals call the Brits the Lovelies because the scenery is ‘lovely’.
Puerto Vallarta will now be Porta Potty.
I would encourage folks to educate themselves on the history of the mostly successful communist revolution that occurred in Mexico at the exact same time as the Spanish Civil War
(*the timing is not a coincidence – the socialist forces launched worldwide in the 1920’s to 1930’s in a coordinated manner,
including here – e.g. Sacco and Vanzetti for whom the efforts of the socialist media forces of the time exceeded even CNN batting for Comey and Clapper)
https://www.catholic.com/magazine/print-edition/viva-cristo-rey
It was called the Christero War. The reason we hear and are taught so much about the Spanish Civil War while nothing at all about the Christero War is that the first was a much bemoaned loss for the anti-God and anti-human socialists, while the second war that occurred in Mexico is now a normalized victory.
Instead of taking a US-Centric view of Mexico (tourist destination, failed state, narco traffickers, etc), we might take a broader view of Mexico as a beachhead – a conquered communist territory on the border of the US, from which an insurgency and opium war was launched around 1990. That might be more to the heart of the matter.
Is it not past time to assist the pro-God, pro-human forces in Mexico undo the Mexican Communist Revolution?
The cartels worship Satan. From Santa Muerte to the vile methods of El Mencho’s forces (including acid baths and ritualistic cannibalism), this is yet another front in the spiritual war.
Viva Christo Rey!
I recommend “The Power and the Glory” and “The Lawless Roads” by Graham Green, who coincidentally was British Intel.
This is no time for Sheinbaum to back down, hit back hard and fast.
I doubt Sheinbaum ordered, or was even aware of this hit.
I saw a report that she is terrified and hiding out from the cartels, because they think she was in on it. Could be BS.
Not true.
https://www.newsweek.com/mexicos-president-reacts-to-chaotic-violence-after-cartel-leader-killing-11563867
Not that I consider Newsweek credible, but I did read the entire article you posted. I saw no reference to Sheinbaum ordering the operation or having immediate preknowledge of the hit.
I predict before all this violence resolves (assuming it ever will) we’ll see American special forces having to rescue American citizens from their folly.
We should send in evacuation flights for stranded citizens.
The goal of the cartels creating road blocks and chaos may be a countrywide shut down, until they can assassinate Sheinbaum and the lead federales and Mexican Army commanders.
I doubt they’d assassinate Sheinbaum even if they had the opportunity. That would be like Antifa assassinating AOC. They’re on the same team.
This operation could not have gone down without Sheinbaum on board.
Her government has been sending wanted cartel members to the US under extradition fairly regularly,
but there has been little media attention.
On top of that, the US has Maduro in custody, and gave 17 family members of the Sinaloa cartel’s Guzman family safe haven last year, so that is a lot of human intel collected.
Behind all of this, you still have the Cuban, CCP, and Hezbollah and Iranian networks, the octopus getting its tentacles singed or lopped off.
The cabal networks have now lost El Salvador, Venezuela, and maybe Armenia, and now Mexico is the present focus.
It also appears operations are well under way in England, in the 5th generation warfare realm.
Cuba, South Africa and Iran?
Still on the menu.
Since it was successful, so far, she has the luxury of giving the appearance she was on board.
It doesn’t always go this well:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/19/mexico-amlo-el-chapo-son-release
I wasn’t in the room during the planning and execution of the operation to witness her involvement or lack thereof. I can only give a semi-educated opinion having been involved in federal anti-drug enforcement for 26 years, including numerous TDY’s to
Mexico.
I hope your opinion is right, and mine is wrong, and Scheinbaum is all aboard and rearing to go. She seems like a dedicated little commie to me, though.
send in evacuation flights? and put innocent pilots at risk? I vote no.
I doubt that, you learn very quickly here that no one is going to help you if you get in trouble in Mexico.
Glad to see you’re safe. I personally would not mess with an hombre calling himself a deplorable grunt.
It has always been thus.
But there is ample precedent, from the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920)
The U.S. Navy sent battleships to Veracruz, Mexico (east coast) in 1913-’14. I forget which ones, but these were actual BBs – not cruisers.
Rescued some of my American relatives. Little thin threads of this story made it down to my generation.
http://explaininghistory.org/2025/08/09/the-united-states-and-the-mexican-revolution-1910-1920/
“Oil, in particular, loomed large in U.S. strategic calculations. By 1910, Mexico was a major oil producer; American entrepreneurs like Edward L. Doheny (Mexican Petroleum Co.) and British firms like Pearson’s Mexican Eagle had huge operations around Tampico and Veracruz. The fighting put these assets at risk. Early in the revolution, both federal and rebel forces understood that controlling oil regions meant revenue and leverage . The U.S. kept warships stationed off Tampico precisely because the region’s oil infrastructure—and the many American workers there—could become casualties of war . In 1914, “protecting the rich oil fields in the area” was explicitly cited by U.S. naval commanders as a reason for their presence during the Tampico-Veracruz incidents . When rebels under General Othón P. Blanco seized the Pánuco oil district in late 1913, the U.S. Navy even evacuated foreign oil technicians and their families from Tampico as a precaution”
When you see disruption to civilization at this level, it usually means the people have been disarmed and has no ability to defend themselves against the criminals on all sides.
Our founders understood the importance of an armed citizenry. Just think if the Iranian people had a second amendment and they all had firearms, same for the Mexicans.
As it turns out, we just had a neighbor move from the Phoenix area to…..Rocky Point, Mexico. Before he left, he sold his 18 guns at a bargain basement price. A windfall for us. I’m betting he wishes he was back here now with his 18 guns.
Same here.
He moved back to the good old USA.
The following ‘news clip’ is only partially in jest.
In a move that market analysts are calling inevitable but messy, the Sinaloa Conglomerate has announced a formal bid to acquire the remaining 40% of the Mexican Federal Government it doesn’t already own.
“We are looking for synergies,” said one masked spokesperson. “Specifically, the kind of synergy where the police provide the sirens and we provide the cargo.”
The public is reminded that if they wish to report a crime, they must first determine if the perpetrator’s badge was issued by the Ministry of Interior or purchased by the cartel.
We either fight the cartels or we allow them to poison our youth, fentanyl.
Well give a man, in this case a cartel member, a fishing rod and he’ll poke your eye out.
How much of that military hardware being used by the cartel army was bought as surplus from Ukraine?
Since the game is on, retire the cartels.
Who will be the first, followed by many who will call for a ceasefire and negotiations?
I hope the Canadian boomers spending winter in Mexico are having fun.
Dont ask to be rescued.