Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, February 2, 2026 I recently reported the case of Ryan Wedding, a Canadian snowboarder in the 2002 Winter Olympics who is now in U.S. custody, accused of being a major drug trafficker with the Sinaloa Cartel. Wedding ran an operation transporting cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Analysis by Allan Wall, January 11, 2026 There’s a lot of talk nowadays about the U.S. government attacking Mexican drug cartels in Mexico. A recent example is Sean Hannity’s interview with President Trump on Jan. 8, in which Trump said: “And we are going to start now hitting land with regard to […]
by WorldTribune Staff, October 27, 2025 Real World News A Chinese national and fentanyl kingpin known as “Brother Wang” has been extradited from Mexico to the United States. The DEA said Zhi Dong Zhang is accused of transporting from Mexico to the U.S. nearly 2,000 kilos of fentanyl and more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine […]
FPI / October 9, 2025 Geostrategy-Direct President Donald Trump last week declared the U.S. is at war with drug cartels, designating them as enemy combatants. In targeting cartels, Trump said in a memo sent to several congressional committees that the U.S. “is in non-international armed conflict with designated terrorist organizations.” Trump’s declaration is similar to […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Allan Wall, September 25, 2025 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced in a press release on Sept. 23, 2025, that since Jan. 20, (Trump’s inauguration) 2 million illegal aliens have left the U.S. or been deported. That is a substantial number. From the DHS press release: “On Tuesday […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, September 19, 2025 Things are changing in the Mexican narco world. There’s a new cartel on top. Several factors led to this change. There are conflicts between the narcos. Law enforcement efforts against drug cartels have unplanned consequences. And there are changes in consumer demand in Mexico’s largest drug consumer […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 31, 2025 Real World News President Donald Trump has given U.S. trading partners until Aug. 1 to make a deal or face high tariffs. The scorecard for July 31 saw Trump finalize a major deal with South Korea; extend Mexico’s current situation for 90 days; warn Canada that its support for […]
by WorldTribune Staff, July 29, 2025 Real World News Is Eric Holder getting nervous? The Obama era attorney general may be lawyering up amid Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard’s documents declassification spree. Mike Benz, executive director of the Foundation for Online Freedom, is hoping that among Gabbard’s next move will be the release […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, July 21, 2025 Ovidio Guzman, son of El Chapo Guzman and a leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, was captured in Mexico in 2023 and extradited to the United States later that year. In July of 2025, Ovidio has made a plea bargain with the court and pleaded guilty. What’s […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, July 15, 2025 [One of the sons of notorious “El Chapo” pleaded guilty last week in a U.S. federal court in Chicago to major drug charges and running the Sinaloa Cartel in his father’s absence. His plea is part of a federal strategy, “Operation Take Back America,” aimed at […]
