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sanquintinsince73 - 10-7-2025 at 02:33 PM

A powerful faction of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel warned that they are going to kill American citizens in popular tourist locations
#mexico
The warning, delivered via public banners known as narcomantas, highlights the dangers in the cartels' war against U.S. law enforcement who are working to stop human trafficking and the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
The threats were first seen in the resort corridor of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur—a destination once marketed as safe for Americans but is now ground zero for cartel infighting.
#california
Two banners were draped from a bridge in the Las Veredas neighborhood and along the highway linking Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo, with the signature of "La Chapiza," the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel loyal to the sons of imprisoned kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.
The messages vowed retaliation against U.S. interference in cartel operations, holding American officials directly accountable.
Christina Aguayo News
The cartels accused federal agents of overstepping by targeting their labs, weapons caches, and personnel in Sinaloa and Baja California Sur.
This comes as Trump has launched a crackdown on trafficking drugs and humans across the border with FBI Director Kash Patel and DEA Administrator Terry Cole leading aggressive operations against fentanyl trafficking and cartel networks.
The banners say "We will show you how we will wage this war. We will begin to eliminate every American citizen residing in areas where we have a presence."
#ChristinaAguayoNews
Patel, tasked with dismantling transnational crime syndicates, and Cole of the DEA were singled out by name, alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her security chief Omar García Harfuch.
The cartels described them as meddlers, warning, "We run things here, you bunch of bastards, and we’ll prove it if you don’t stop arresting our people and seizing our labs and weapons."
The threats stem from recent joint U.S.-Mexico raids that took down cartel strongholds in the Sierra de Badiraguato mountains, a Sinaloa hotspot.
La Chapiza said the violence is payback against rival faction "La Mayiza" but extended it to Americans as leverage, exploiting the estimated 1.6 million U.S. citizens living or vacationing in Mexico annually.
The implications are felt far beyond Los Cabos, reinforcing warnings that popular destinations have become no-go zones for Americans.
Cancun (Quintana Roo): Frequent shootouts and kidnappings plague the Riviera Maya, with cartels battling for control of drug routes and extortion rackets.
#cancun
Tijuana (Baja California): A frontline in the fentanyl war, where cross-border shootings and abductions make even daytime strolls a gamble.
Los Cabos (Baja California Sur): Once a jewel for retirees and golfers, now marred by these fresh threats amid rising homicides tied to turf wars.
#sinaloa


latitude32 - 10-7-2025 at 03:18 PM

peace love and fish tacos :(

Tioloco - 10-7-2025 at 03:28 PM

If authentic, these threats will only seal the fate of the cartel operators.

SFandH - 10-7-2025 at 05:02 PM

Source:

https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaAguayoNews/posts/news-a-po...

Fake news.

latitude32 - 10-7-2025 at 05:10 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Source:

https://www.facebook.com/ChristinaAguayoNews/posts/news-a-po...

Fake news.


https://metropolimx.com/sinaloa-cartel-threatens-to-kill-u-s...

SFandH - 10-7-2025 at 05:18 PM

Hmmm, good find. I looked for other sources, and none came up.

Did you use google search?


[Edited on 10-8-2025 by SFandH]

latitude32 - 10-7-2025 at 05:26 PM

Quote: Originally posted by SFandH  
Hmmm, good find. I looked for other sources, and none came up.

Did you use google search?


[Edited on 10-8-2025 by SFandH]


just one of news feeds I look at......doesn't mean any of its true, look at FOX! :lol:

SFandH - 10-7-2025 at 06:20 PM

Tough to know what's real these days. Lots of AI slop out there. Take a close look at the first photo of the three military guys in the link I posted. I think it's an AI-generated photo. Zoom in on their hands. AI has a hard time rendering the human hand. And what's the water behind them, a swimming pool? They're standing on concrete that goes up to the water's edge.

We'll see if the major news organizations pick up on this story.


[Edited on 10-8-2025 by SFandH]

BooJumMan - 10-7-2025 at 07:32 PM

The FB "page" does appear to be full of weird stories and AI generated images.

Another article here, where the Cabo mayor states the banners were not real?
https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/2-narc...

mtgoat666 - 10-7-2025 at 08:47 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by sanquintinsince73  
The warning, delivered via public banners known as narcomantas,

Care to be aI little more specific about the source?

"I heard it on the Interweb" doesn't do much for your credibility. :rolleyes:



Those narcomantas get hung up in baja sur almost daily. The social media journalists post pics of them frequently (FB, insta, twitter, etc), and the more established news sites run articles on cartel activities occasionally, often mentioning the latest banner messages.

Ateo - 10-8-2025 at 07:26 AM

Heard about this last night from a Mexican friend. Haven't seen any mentions yet in the US media BUT I don't think it's too far off to think that a criminal organization's livelihood being threatened with disruptions and extermination would fight back with any means necessary.

We are animals. The fight for control and power won't stop anytime soon. It's deep down in our wiring.

Where does this all leave us? Right where it always does:

This moment.

Go enjoy it and if something bad happens, hopefully you'll get thru it. If you don't - you're dead and won't notice.

Have a good week!

Lee - 10-8-2025 at 10:24 AM

Quote: Originally posted by Ateo  
Heard about this last night from a Mexican friend. Haven't seen any mentions yet in the US media BUT I don't think it's too far off to think that a criminal organization's livelihood being threatened with disruptions and extermination would fight back with any means necessary.

We are animals. The fight for control and power won't stop anytime soon. It's deep down in our wiring.

Where does this all leave us? Right where it always does:

This moment.

Go enjoy it and if something bad happens, hopefully you'll get thru it. If you don't - you're dead and won't notice.

Have a good week!


x2

MSN news feed

AKgringo - 10-8-2025 at 10:58 AM

I saw a link on my MSN news page, but it was more of a "click bait" than actual news report.

Basically it was Instagram posts and denials from the Los Cabos officials, and nothing that doesn't show up in the posts already on this forum.

From YT

sanquintinsince73 - 10-9-2025 at 04:09 PM

https://youtube.com/shorts/N_SnCWkbiQ8?si=r8_0ZTPkF_sUI9V-

From IS

sanquintinsince73 - 10-11-2025 at 10:12 AM

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPmyb5SgaKj/?utm_source=ig_we...

JZ - 10-11-2025 at 11:13 AM

Quote: Originally posted by sanquintinsince73  
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPmyb5SgaKj/?utm_source=ig_we...


Doesn't seem like a truthful guy to me. Sounds like he wants Insta attention.

surabi - 10-11-2025 at 04:11 PM

Why is the OP so intent on fearmongering that he keeps starting yet another new thread, about exactly the same thing, posting every "influencer" video he can find?

lencho - 10-11-2025 at 05:25 PM

Quote: Originally posted by surabi  
Why is the OP so intent on fearmongering that he keeps starting yet another new thread,

Guess you'd have to ask him that, no?

What makes me a little skeptical of the whole thing is that any group would be so self-destructive as to intentionally provoke U.S. authorities like that.

Seems more likely that, as Univision theorizes "...this could be a strategy by the rival group to further strain relations between El Chapo's sons and the US authorities."

Or some move by U.S. agents, to justify intervention due to her citizens being threatened.

surabi - 10-11-2025 at 10:12 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  


Or some move by U.S. agents, to justify intervention due to her citizens being threatened.


Sounds rather like fabricating stories about burning cities and violent rebellions so you can justify creating a police state and instituting martial law. But of course no one would do such a thing, right?

mtgoat666 - 10-11-2025 at 10:48 PM

Quote: Originally posted by surabi  
Quote: Originally posted by lencho  


Or some move by U.S. agents, to justify intervention due to her citizens being threatened.


Sounds rather like fabricating stories about burning cities and violent rebellions so you can justify creating a police state and instituting martial law. But of course no one would do such a thing, right?


Narco creeps put up those signs all the time. Of course it is real.
Tin pot dictators are a dime a dozen. Of coarse ***** is a dictator.
Many people are just bad humans. Good people just need to stand up to bad people.

[Edited on 10-12-2025 by BajaNomad]

pacificobob - 10-12-2025 at 03:56 AM

Quote: Originally posted by surabi  
Quote: Originally posted by lencho  


Or some move by U.S. agents, to justify intervention due to her citizens being threatened.


Sounds rather like fabricating stories about burning cities and violent rebellions so you can justify creating a police state and instituting martial law. But of course no one would do such a thing, right?


BINGO

cupcake - 10-13-2025 at 09:51 AM

I don't know if this linked article adds anything to the discussion, but at least it is a published report. Excerpt below.

https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/2-narc...

"Written in Spanish, the warnings say: “You will be the ones to blame. We’ll show how we’ll make this war starting 5/10/2025 on all Americans residing in areas where we have a presence … especially those living in San Jose del Cabo and Cabo San Lucas.”

The banners go on to say, “We are the ones who rule here and we’ll demonstrate what we are capable of if you don’t stop arresting our people and decommissioning our loads and weapons.”

While not discrediting the existence of the banners, Mexico’s attorney general in the state of Baja California Sur said between April and July of this year, 46 similar narco-banners were placed throughout the state that turned out to be “false and unsubstantiated meant to infuse fear into residents.”"