Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Allan Wall, May 12, 2026 Mexico has 53 consulates on United States territory. It’s the biggest consular network, not just in the U.S., but in the whole world. Does Mexico really need so many consulates? The job of a consulate is to represent Country A in the territory of Country […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall, May 7, 2026 On April 29, a U.S. federal court indicted ten Mexican officials and former officials, all from the state of Sinaloa, for involvement with the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel. There may be more indictments on the way. The biggest fish in the kettle was Sinaloa […]
Special to WorldTribune.com by Allan Wall, March 1, 2026 The Feb. 22 killing of Nemesio Ruben “el Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, cartel boss of the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación) provoked a massive retaliation by the cartel.[See El Mencho Killed by Mexican Military; Reprisal Attacks Erupt ] The raid was carried out by Mexican Army Special […]
by Allan Wall and WorldTribune Staff / 247 Real News February 23, 2026 Special to WorldTribune.com On Feb. 22, Mexican Army Special Forces, with the support of the Mexican Air Force and National Guard, launched a raid on Nemesio Ruben “el Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, leader of the CJNG (Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación). El Mencho was […]
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 […]