"Fool me once, shame on… shame on you. Fool me—y'can't get fooled again." -President George W. Bush

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The War on Drugs has never really been about drugs.

To robbery, slaughter, plunder, they give the lying name of empire; they make a solitude and call it peace

The inextricable link between political power and organized crime in Tamaulipas

Someone just scored 87,000 rounds of 7.62x51 mm NATO and a whole lot more

Yesterday (June 9, 2021), some pictures of three young men killed by the Tamaulipas state police were leaked (illegally) by the police to "citizen journalist" conduits for distribution on social media. The anonymous social media personas reported the killings as "a confrontation" in which the police "repelled an aggression". The pictures show three young men in and around a white Dodge Ram pickup truck with fatal gun shot wounds (GSW) despite initial reports of four subjects killed. [WARNING

Come to find out da "FARC" was training da "CJNG"! You believe dat? smh

The Economist shits the bed

Al robo, la matanza, el saqueo, le dan el nombre mentiroso de imperio; hacen una soledad y la llaman paz.

Alhamdulillah

"You should admit your situation. There would be more dignity in it."

Since 2010, only one agent with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol killed in the line of duty has been an intentional homicide according to information from the Officer Down Memorial Page [https://www.odmp.org/agency/4830-united-states-department-of-homeland-security-customs-and-border-protection-united-states-border-patrol-us-government] . Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry [https://www.odmp.org/officer/20596-border-patrol-agent-brian-a-terry] was shot to death with a Kalashnikov rifle in 2010 by a c

Since 2011, Texas has been building a formidable militia along the border through the Department of Public Safety with occasionally deadly results

Set your house in order

[WARNING - EXTREMELY GRAPHIC AND GORY PHOTOS BELOW, DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED] On September 5 of 2019, the U.S.-trained special tactical unit of the Tamaulipas state police that report directly to the governor known as CAIET reportedly [https://www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/estados/2019/9/10/lo-de-nuevo-laredo-fue-al-estilo-tlatlaya-ejecucion-extrajudicial-prefabricado-video-230915.html] detained 8 people who were taken to a housing project on the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo, forced to dress in

Intrigue, mismanagement and betrayal have led to a spiral of insecurity and impunity with no end in sight

Cabeza de Vaca's legal services in the U.S. disclosed the same day that shameless Texas politicians call for designating cartels as terrorist organizations

Unlawful killings by the military in Nuevo Laredo leave families without justice for their loved ones

A casino owner who was stripped of his business by the Gulf Cartel tells EMEEQUIS about the alleged protection that the governor of Tamaulipas gave criminals. "He is an absolute kleptomaniac, a natural criminal," says Dionicio Poli, now a refugee abroad.