Invading a building isn’t just a physical act. It’s a coordinated criminal scheme involving legal, political, and social manipulation. Mexican law recognizes several crimes often committed in these invasions: When public officials or licensed attorneys are involved, these crimes are aggravated and can result in mandatory pretrial detention. Surveillance cameras, […]
Organized crime
Constitución de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Art. 16 párrafo 9.
“Por delincuencia organizada se entiende una organización de hecho de tres o más personas, para cometer delitos en forma permanente o reiterada, en los términos de la ley de la materia”.
Fentanyl Found in Mexico City: A Growing Threat on America’s Doorstep
Recent military and police operations in Mexico City have confirmed what many security experts feared: fentanyl is no longer confined to border states or cartel-controlled rural areas. In May 2025, Mexico’s Ministry of Defense (SEDENA) and local police forces seized significant quantities of fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the […]
A Silent Network: How Corruption Took a Mexico City Neighborhood Hostage
In a working-class borough of Mexico City, private property is no longer a guaranteed right. In its place, a network of power—silent, violent, and perfectly structured—operates with the tacit support of local authorities. Behind decaying façades and improvised security cameras, a scheme unfolds where legality is mere theater. Fictitious legal […]
Unions Gone Rogue: Criminal Networks Behind Property Seizures in Greater Mexico City
Investigations by the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM) have uncovered an alarming phenomenon: the systematic use of social and union organizations to unlawfully strip citizens of their property. Behind this scheme lie sophisticated criminal networks that profit not only from land grabs, but also from extortion, […]
AMLO’s Withdrawal: Strategic Silence and Growing U.S. Pressure
Since the end of his presidential term, Andrés Manuel López Obrador has faded from the public stage. Officially, he is said to be residing at his ranch “La Chingada” in Chiapas, far from political life. Yet, his retreat has stirred questions both inside Mexico and abroad.Within the ruling party Morena, […]
New Revelations Link Drug Lords to AMLO’s 2006 Campaign: Witnesses, Omissions, and the Dark Face of the Reforma Sit-In
One hundred and seventy days after the release of the bombshell investigative report alleging that drug traffickers financed Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s first presidential campaign, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tim Golden has returned with new reporting on the case.In the early hours of July 19, the independent investigative outlet ProPublica, based […]
New Wave of Revelations: Cartels Backed AMLO, and Ovidio Guzmán’s Family Surrenders to the FBI as Mexico Stays Silent
The political and security climate in Mexico grows increasingly tense. Just as Pulitzer-winning journalist Tim Golden reignites the case alleging that Mexican drug cartels financed Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s 2006 presidential campaign, a quieter yet equally powerful development emerges: 17 members of Ovidio Guzmán López’s family have surrendered to the […]
From Tacos to Tankers: SAT Official Linked to Fuel Smuggling and Lavish Lifestyle
Fuel Trafficking Hub Uncovered: Mexican Authorities Seize 97 Containers in Cosoleacaque Raid
The Recruitment of Minors into Organized Crime: An Alarming Reality
25% of the “halcones” (lookouts) arrested in Guerrero are under 18 years old.
Local NGOs report that up to 60% of recruited minors are used as lookouts or messengers.
In 2011, Redim estimated that 30,000 children had been recruited by organized crime.
Currently, it is estimated that half a million children in Mexico are at risk of being recruited into organized crime due to factors such as addiction, school dropout, normalization of violence, narcoculture, poverty, and social marginalization.
