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Meth worth $8.1 million found in shipment disguised as tiles at U.S. border

Authorities at the United States-Mexico border seized a shipment of suspected methamphetamine, which had an estimated street value of $8.1 million, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. The shipment was disguised as tiles, the agency said. Border patrol officers found the narcotics inside a commercial tractor trailer that crossed the Pharr International Bridge from from Reynosa, Mexico into Texas on April 21. Once it was inspected and screened by a team of drug detection dogs, […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/28/meth-worth-8-1-million-found-in-shipment-disguised-as-tiles-at-u-s-border/

Drink of Jesus 14h ago

Mexican special forces arrest top commander of cartel and his alleged money launderer

The Mexican authorities have arrested two top criminals, one of them a close ally of the slain founder of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), prompting gunmen to block roads near the border city of Reynosa. Audias Flores, known as “El Jardinero”, is a regional commander in control of swathes of CJNG territory along Mexico’s Pacific coast. He was considered a potential successor to Nemesio Oseguera, alias “El Mencho”, who ran the cartel and was killed in a security operation in […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/28/mexican-special-forces-arrest-top-commander-of-cartel-and-his-alleged-money-launderer/

Drink of Jesus 1d ago

22 Buddhist monks arrested at airport after record drug bust

Twenty-two Sri Lankan monks returning from Thailand were arrested on Sunday at the main international airport with a record 242 pounds of powerful cannabis, officials said. A Sri Lanka Customs spokesman said the group, returning home after a four-day vacation in the Thai capital, had Kush -- a potent, plant-based strain of cannabis -- hidden in their luggage. "Each carried about five kilos of the narcotic concealed within false walls in their luggage," the spokesman said, adding that the […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/27/22-buddhist-monks-arrested-at-airport-after-record-drug-bust/

Top 5 News This Week: Trouble for Rodrigo and Sara Duterte, Martin Romualdez, and Finlayson’s squirrels

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/video/top-5-news-this-week/april-25-2026/

Top 5 News This Week: Trouble for Rodrigo and Sara Duterte, Martin Romualdez, and Finlayson's squirrels

Also, US President Donald Trump indefinitely extends a ceasefire with Iran

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Vitex 2d ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2491we011o

#USA #MEXICO #WarOnDrugs

Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren't permitted to operate there

The two Americans who reportedly worked for the CIA died in a car crash after a Mexican-led operation to destroy a drug lab.

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RaymondPierreL3 4d ago

@heidilifeldman
It’s worth remembering that #Duterte is now is on trial, facing criminal charges for his #WarOnDrugs. Time will tell if anyone in the #tRUmp Administration will have to answer for doing the same thing in international waters.

Drink of Jesus 4d ago

FBI offers $50,000 reward for arrest of alleged gang member in National Guard soldier’s murder

The FBI on Tuesday announced a reward of $50,000 for the arrest and conviction of a man wanted in the 2021 shooting death of a National Guard member. Joseph "Troubles" Matos has already been indicted by a grand jury in the shooting that killed Illinois National Guard soldier Chrys Carvajal on July 3, 2021. Matos and co-defendant Gary "Gotti" Roberson are accused of killing Carvajal "for the purpose of maintaining and increasing position in the Milwaukee Kings" street gang, according to a May […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/24/fbi-offers-50000-reward-for-arrest-of-alleged-gang-member-in-national-guard-soldiers-murder/

Drink of Jesus 4d ago

FBI’s “Operation Gangsta’s Paradise” leads to more than 40 Southern California arrests of Mexican Mafia gang members

Dozens of alleged Mexican Mafia members and associates were arrested during a federal investigation, including several warrants served at locations across Southern California early Thursday. FBI raids took place in both Los Angeles and Orange counties in what federal officials called "Operation Gangsta's Paradise." Arrest warrants were served in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Lakewood, during which 25 alleged gang members were arrested. They are all believed to be part of "La Eme," which is a […]

https://drinkofjesus.com/2026/04/24/fbis-operation-gangstas-paradise-leads-to-more-than-40-southern-california-arrests-of-mexican-mafia-gang-members/

‘Sana mabulok siya sa kulungan’: Families of slain children welcome Duterte ICC trial

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/philippines/families-drug-war-victims-welcome-duterte-trial-icc/

[Rappler Investigates] Duterte isn’t coming home

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/voices/newsletters/investigates-rodrigo-duterte-not-coming-home-icc-decision-jurisdiction/