CJNG replaces Sinaloa as Mexico’s #1 drug cartel thanks in part to U.S. cocaine consumers

CJNG replaces Sinaloa as Mexico’s #1 drug cartel thanks in part to U.S. cocaine consumers

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 […]

El Chapo’s son could implicate people on both side of border and at high levels

El Chapo’s son could implicate people on both side of border and at high levels

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 […]

Four chips off the old ‘El Chapo’ block: Where are they now?

Four chips off the old ‘El Chapo’ block: Where are they now?

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 […]

Sophisticated tunnel with wiring, ventilation, tracks discovered on U.S.-Mexico border

Sophisticated tunnel with wiring, ventilation, tracks discovered on U.S.-Mexico border

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall,  June 26, 2025 An uncompleted drug smuggling tunnel has been discovered on the U.S.-Mexico border. “U.S. Border Patrol agents have uncovered and disabled a large-scale narcotics smuggling tunnel linking Tijuana to the San Diego area,” stated a U.S. Customs and Border Protection document dated June 18th, 2025. “The uncompleted tunnel […]

The sacrifices of Mexican federal agent Ivan Morales Corrales

The sacrifices of Mexican federal agent Ivan Morales Corrales

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall,  May 11, 2025 The tragic story of recently-murdered Ivan Morales Corrales displays the power and ruthlessness of a Mexican drug cartel. Ivan Morales Corrales was a Mexican federal agent. On May 1st, 2015, Morales was part of a secret mission in Jalisco state to capture Nemesio Ruben “El Mencho” […]

Blowback for posts by Kamala Harris, Mexico’s Sheinbaum on ‘shameful’ Columbus Day

Blowback for posts by Kamala Harris, Mexico’s Sheinbaum on ‘shameful’ Columbus Day

by WorldTribune Staff, October 14, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Oct. 14, 2024 is Columbus Day (or Indigenous People Day as leftists call it). Here’s an entry from Columbus’s journal after he first met with the New World’s indigenous people in 1492: I gave them many beautiful and pleasing things, which I had brought with […]

Life and death of Mexico mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalan

Life and death of Mexico mayor Alejandro Arcos Catalan

WorldTribune, October 13, 2024 Contract With Our Readers By Allan Wall On Oct. 1, Alejandro Arcos Catalan became the mayor of Chilpancingo, capital of Guerrero state. It’s a city plagued by two rival drug gangs: the Ardillos and the Tlacos. On Oct. 6, the new Mayor Arcos was found decapitated, his head atop a vehicle, […]

Invasion: 20,000 illegals per day are crossing the U.S. southern border

Invasion: 20,000 illegals per day are crossing the U.S. southern border

by WorldTribune Staff, December 13, 2023 Lines of illegals stretching as far as the eye can see are a daily sight along the U.S. southern border. By 1 p.m. on Tuesday, more than 1,000 migrants had already crossed the border into Eagle Pass, Texas. Independent journalist Michael Yon reported that 20,000 illegals are crossing the […]

Meanwhile, in Mexico, the murder rate set records but compared to Venezuela it’s a safe haven

Meanwhile, in Mexico, the murder rate set records but compared to Venezuela it’s a safe haven

Special to WorldTribune.com By Allan Wall The arrival of a new year is accompanied by new murder statistics from the previous year in Mexico. It is a grisly tally, to be sure. One can always hope it will be lower than the previous year. Sadly, that didn’t occur this past year. As reported by CNN, […]