https://www.europesays.com/1979277/ US military has no authority to do drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico #ColbyJenkins #Conflicts #DonaldTrump #DroneAttacks #DrugCartels #ElissaSlotkin #ForeignTerroristOrganizations #geopolitics #México #SpecialOperations #SpecialOperationsForces
Today in Labor History March 15, 1916: President Woodrow Wilson sent 4,800 U.S. troops across the U.S.–Mexico border to hunt down Pancho Villa. He launched expedition in retaliation for Villa’s attack on the U.S. border town of Columbus, New Mexico. The expedition lasted nearly a year and they still failed to capture him. 65 U.S. soldiers and over 250 Mexican troops died in the fighting associated with the expedition.
Trump is currently threatening the same in his witch hunt for drug cartels, by declaring them terrorists. Already sending spy drones, in violation of law.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #imperialism #racism #mexico #Revolution #panchovilla #trump #drugcartels
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-monitoring-cartels-mexico-spy-drones/
Because #terrorists apparently don’t have money. They finance multimillion dollar operations on multiple continents FFS.
Then there’s the #RussianOligarchs, #DrugCartels, you name it.
#Trump is such a f⁕⚠︎ing idiot it is painful.
The United States has designated eight drug cartels from Latin America as foreign terrorist organizations.
https://www.europesays.com/1858404/ Divers in Poland find $15 million worth of cocaine at bottom of Baltic Sea #Aktualności #arrest #BalticSea #cocaine #distro #DrugCartels #DrugEnforcementAdministration #DrugSmuggling #drugs #europe #imds #international #NewsUpdate #newsbreak #oovvuu #poland #police #polska #SmartNews #TextFirst #ve
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Another great use case for #cryptocurrency:
Former #Canadian Olympic #snowboarder Ryan Wedding allegedly ran a large scale #cocaine smuggling operation from his home in #Mexico.
* Laundered $250 million via #crypto in just five months (probably billions of dollars overall)
* Murdered a bunch of people
* 16 people arrested all over the #USA
* Wedding himself is on the run, $50,000 reward for info
* This #DOJ indictment is apparently new or newly unsealed but he was indicted in #Canada a few years ago: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24393348-2021-05-a-2018-07165-royal-canadian-mounted-police
* "Operation Giant Slalom" proves the FBI has a sense of humor.
[UPDATE] countries named by #Vancouver Sun the first time he was arrested in 2009: https://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20090502/281741265366587
* Russia (including the govt)
* Kazakhstan (including the govt)
* Iran
Crypto connection makes a lot more sense now...
Just in case you were wondering why yes, there is a #crypto angle to the massive #TDBank money laundering scandal.
Turns out a big chunk of the fines levied by #FinCen for the massive drug money laundering facilitated by TD Bank was because "over $420 million [sent] to a financial institution offering cryptocurrency services in the high-risk jurisdiction of #Colombia."
Curious if anyone has any guesses as to what crypto company that is or was.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas on Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department said.
#Mexican #DrugCartels are getting into the #avocado and #lime business
by Scott Simon, February 19, 2022
"Avocados are wildly important in the U.S., and most are imported from Mexico. This week, the U.S. briefly banned Mexican avocados after a U.S. inspector in the state of #Michoacan reported receiving threats. But avocados and limes have long been used by drug cartels to help finance their violent business plans."
@fulelo 
This is the best evidence yet that the federal government of #Mexico is run by #DrugCartels. 
“#Russia is a gas station run by the mob that masquerades as a country.” - former U.S. Senator John McCain
