Yesterday, the wife of Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán was arrested at the Washington Dulles International Airport. The 35-year-old Emma Coronel Aispuro is a dual citizen of México and the United States. She was born in California on July 3, 1989. She married Chapo in 2007, according to the arrest affidavit. In 2019, Chapo was convicted on… Read More Chapo’s Wife Remanded To Jail
Incoming president Joe Biden is facing many issues when he is sworn in on January 20. Among the issues is a challenging relationship with México. Andrés Manuel López Obrador, colloquially known as AMLO has two years left as president of México. Biden not only faces the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting economic problems, but the… Read More Joe Biden Faces Challenges With Mexico
With corruption and narco-terrorism on the rise in México in 2006, then-president Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug traffickers, mobilized the Mexican military. Calderón set out to reform the Mexican policing framework to deal with the crisis. Calderón appointed Genaro García Luna to transform the federal police into a more-professional civilian organization equipped with… Read More The Conundrum of Genaro Garcia Luna
On Monday, April 11, Mexican foreign relations minister, Marcelo Ebrard posted on Twitter a clarification on the diplomatic note the Mexican government had sent to the U.S. Embassy recently. The diplomatic note asks the U.S. government for information and documents pertaining to the ATF Fast and Furious operation that allowed U.S. guns to enter México… Read More AMLO, Trump and Fast and Furious
Today, Mexican women are expected to show what it would be like to have a world without women. A day without women has been declared for today in México. Women have been asked to participate by staying off the streets, not going to work and not buying anything during the day. The national strike is… Read More Women, Violence and AMLO
It is generally understood that the US-Mexico border is the source of the drugs entering the country. It is the reason that many demand a wall along the southern border. According to a 2018 DEA Drug Assessment Report, the southern border remains the principal entry point for drugs, especially cocaine, heroin and fentanyl. The important… Read More US Border Patrol and Customs Hotbed Of Corruption
Those that watch Fox News know that the station has been touting a new digital channel that is supposed to be a more intimate connection to Fox personalities and news. One of the news personalities launching a Fox Nation program is Lara Logan, formerly of 60 Minutes. In a profile on The Hill yesterday, by… Read More Lara Logan and Fake News
While almost all U.S. voters are either oblivious to the nation’s politics or are focused on the impeachment of Donald Trump, the rest of the world is witnessing social unrest that could spread to the United States quickly. This infographic shows where the global hot spots are currently. Readers should note the number of civil… Read More October 2019 Global Hot Spots
Andrés Manuel López Obrador colloquially known as AMLO was elected Mexico’s latest president as part of the global wave of populism. Ordinary people feel that the political process is finally acknowledging their needs. Many of Donald Trump’s supporters feel that they have been neglected, thus they voted for Trump. Brexit was also the result of… Read More AMLO and the Failure of Populism
As expected, notorious drug dealer El Chapo aka Joaquín Guzmán was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. El Chapo was found guilty in February for various crimes. It is not a surprise to anyone, including El Chapo that he will spend the rest of his life in jail. The judge ordered El Chapo to prison… Read More Chapo Sentenced to Life
Want to understand why nothing ever happens in Congress? Look no further than the idea that Congress can fund the wall with Chapo’s money or that student loans can magically be erased. It is not the ideas that are the problem. It is that politicos who make promises they know they can’t keep. The perfect… Read More The Stupidity of Congress
El Chapo Guzmán was found guilty of violating several federal charges related to drug trafficking on February 12. I followed the trial closely and on February 25, 2019 I published my book “Convicting Chapo: Naked and Afraid – the Trial to Convict El Chapo” on Amazon and a few days later on Barnes & Noble.… Read More El Chapo To Be Sentenced Today
The single most important thing that bothers me about the Chapo trial is the apparent double standard in American jurisprudence and its prosecution of the drug war. Americans tend to blame México for much of the reason why Americans consume drugs while conveniently forgetting the part Americans play in the whole affair. The Chapo trial… Read More Why Is Chapo’s Wife Not in Jail
Now that my book; “Convicting Chapo, Naked and Afraid – the Trial to Convict El Chapo” (Buy Here) is on sale I would like to share a few things that bothered me about the Chapo trial. There is an American notion that criminal trials are the fairest in the world. The notion also believes that… Read More Things That Bothered Me About the Chapo Trial
Finally, my book Convicting Chapo is on Amazon for sale. Here are a few excerpts from the book to hopefully entice you to buy one: According to Chupeta, the 40% was more than the normal 37% he paid the smugglers, but that El Chapo had made a convincing argument; “I’m a lot faster, try me… Read More Convicting Chapo Is On Amazon
On September 3, 2009, a man living in Horizon City returned home to find three armed men in their home. The family was duct-taped. The wife and the children were left in the home and Sergio, the father, was forcefully taken to Juárez. About a week later, the family heard that Sergio had been found… Read More The Silent Voices of Juárez
There is something very important that everyone is missing in the debate over The Wall aka the border fence in El Paso. I’m actually pretty surprised that no one else has thought about this. It clearly ends the debate over walls keeping America safe from drugs. When Donald Trump argued that the border fence (The… Read More What Everyone Has Wrong About the El Paso Border Fence
Unless you are living in black hole, then you likely know that on Tuesday, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera will be spending the rest of his life in a seven-foot by twelve-foot concrete and steel cell. Some of you may want to point out that Chapo does not officially get sentenced until June. However, some of… Read More El Chapo To Spend the Rest of His Life in An American Prison
For that last 13 weeks, an anonymous jury in a Brooklyn courtroom has been hearing testimony about Joaquin Archivaldo Guzmán Loera also known as “El Chapo”. El Chapo is on trial as one of, if not, the largest drug kingpin peddling drugs to American consumers. The chaos of the government shutdown, Donald Trump and Venezuela’s… Read More The Jury Is About To Render A Verdict on El Chapo
In episode two of the Border Mic I discuss answering a simple question, will the wall solve the drug crisis in America? It is a simple question that deserves an answer. Listen in for the answer. It might surprise you. The Border Mic Podcast is now available in all the major Podcast Apps! Subscribe on… Read More Podcast Episode Two – Drugs and The Wall
Chapo paid former Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, a $100 million bribe blared yesterday’s headlines across major news media outlets. According to the reports, testimony in the Chapo trial elicited this damning evidence. But not all is what it looks like. The Chapo trial has been ongoing for weeks now. It has been lost in… Read More Chapo Paid Mexican President
Many readers do not realize that the Chapo Guzman trial is ongoing in New York. The trial has now had 23 days of testimony. This is because the government shutdown and the “border security” noise has overwhelmed the news cycles. El Paso has always played a crucial role for the success of the narcos. The… Read More Chapo and El Paso
Growing up in México in the late 1980’s the drug traffickers were part of the landscape – visible, yet officially invisible. They were hard to miss, all decked out in cowboy boots and hats with ostentatious gold chains around their necks and shiny huge belt buckles. Cocaine was the novelty, as marihuana was the drug… Read More The El Paso Dirty Secret
Looking at the aerospace industry in México yesterday, we saw how México is growing its aerospace manufacturing prowess through strategic partnerships with manufacturers. We also noted how the Mexican military has embarked on the plan to reduce its military reliance on foreign equipment. The annual budget for the Mexican defense budget is expected to continue… Read More The Mexican Military Industrial Complex
In 2008, Cd. Juárez was the murder capital of the world because of a drug war between Chapo Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel and the Juárez cartel. By 2010, over 3,700 homicides were committed in that year alone. In March of 2010, a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband, a detention officer at the County Jail of… Read More DEA Knew 80 Mexicans Were Going to Die and Did Nothing About It
Since Donald Trump is on a tirade about The Wall, immigration and aid to countries, like Honduras, I thought it might be good to update you on the Mérida Initiative. As you might remember, the Mérida Initiative was created by George W. Bush and Felipe Calderón in 2008 to deal with the drug cartel violence… Read More The Merida Initiative
For the last two days of the year (posting days), I’d like to offer you some quick updates on two topics that consumed my blog in 2017. The first one, Joaquín Guzmán, better known as Chapo Guzmán, didn’t take up too much of my blogging time, although I expected him to. Therefore, today, I’d like… Read More End of the Year Updates: Chapo Guzman
The DEA, or the Drug Enforcement Agency, has a very checkered past in its mandate to eradicate drugs from the country. Ostensibly, DEA agents keep narcotics off the streets, but as anyone can see today, it is very ineffective in its mandate. Illicit drugs still trickle into the country every day. Yet, funding and resources… Read More DEA Rogues Are Bad for America
There exists the notion that if we resolve the corruption problem in México the drug war would simply vanish. When it comes to the drug problem, the U.S government and it citizens see it as someone else’s fault. Colombia and México have been at the forefront of the battles. The people of these countries have… Read More Bill Clinton and the Drug Dealer
For some time now we have been discussing the lie being perpetuated by Veronica Escobar and cohorts that El Paso is an immigrant friendly city. I have been sharing with you data and other evidence demonstrating to you that not only is the notion that El Paso is immigrant friendly a lie, but that in… Read More Immigration Friendly El Paso Lie Revisited Through Jail Data
Ask almost any U.S. citizen who is to blame for the drug problem in the United States and the massacres in México, and the answer is likely – México. That is the narrative that the United States government has been peddling since Richard Nixon launched Operation Intercept placing the blame on México for the drug… Read More U.S. Secretary of State Agrees U.S. is the Problem
On the afternoon of Sunday, September 21, 1969 the México-U.S. borders suddenly came to an abrupt standstill. The United States had launched Operation Intercept, a U.S. attempt to end the marihuana smuggling problem into the United States. The problem, like everything blamed on México, is that the drug problem in the United States was not… Read More Operation Intercept
Yesterday, I discussed how civilians are losing faith in their government to do the right thing. Much of the dissatisfaction is centered on the notion of them versus us. As you likely know, there is a controversy brewing over the comments made by El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen in regards to Black Lives Matter… Read More Greg Allen and the El Paso Police Department
Looking at the latest public relations media blitz I am beginning to believe that Joaquín “Chapo” Guzmán has resigned himself to spending the rest of his life in prison. Whether it is a US or a Mexican jail is immaterial to him as long as the conditions are better than what he is currently under.… Read More My Thoughts On Chapo’s End Game
On Friday, March 4, 2016, The Guardian published an exclusive interview with Rosa Isela Guzmán Ortiz, Chapo Guzmán’s oldest daughter. Through The Guardian, the daughter levels many allegations against Mexican officials. This is par for the course when it comes to narco-politics. Because Mexican government involvement in narcotics, of which I am sure some exists,… Read More A Clear Example of US Corruption in the Drug Trade
In the last few weeks, Chapo Guzmán has launched a public relations blitz in an attempt to gain sympathy for his incarceration. As I speculated in “Chapo Guzman Willing to be Extradited to the US” it appears that the Mexican government wants to rid itself of Chapo as quickly as possible. In response, Chapo Guzmán… Read More Chapo Guzman Public Relations Team
According to a Univision exclusive interview of one of Chapo Guzmán’s attorneys, José Refugio Rodríguez, the drug kingpin seems to be willing to plead guilty in a US courtroom to drug trafficking charges. That is, if certain conditions are met by the US government. Rodríguez told Univision on February 6 that Joaquín Guzmán is willing… Read More Chapo Guzman Willing to be Extradited to the US
The underlining problem with the drug trafficking problem is the corruption. Most dialog about drug trafficking focuses on the public corruption in Mexico. Although sometimes acknowledged, for the most part, public corruption in the United States is often overlooked in the part that it plays in the consumption of illicit narcotics. However, one aspect that… Read More The Kate del Castillo Tequila Conspiracy
On January 12, 2016, Rolling Stone Magazine published the full length video of Chapo Guzmán answering Sean Penn’s questions. The full-length video is 17-minutes long. Although Rolling Stone Magazine included English subtitles, there are few mistranslations that I believe did not completely catch the gist of what Guzmán meant with his response. In addition, although… Read More Chapo Guzman in His Own Words
In El Paso, Texas, the border region and throughout Mexico corruption has created a human condition that is unacceptable to the community. Corruption is so engrained in the psyche of the residents that it is not recognized for what it is. Some parts of Mexico have begun to realize that corruption needs to be eradicated… Read More The Almighty Dollar, Kate del Castillo, Sean Penn and Corruption
