For years, the Mexican government has been ordering its various law enforcement agencies to doctor their crime statistics in order to downplay the number of murders, kidnappings and other violent crimes often tied to drug cartels. The effort was apparently done to make it seem like the current Mexican government was making progress in improving the country’s security conditions. The order to hide Mexico’s true crime numbers came from the former Secretary of the Interior Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, Mexico’s SinEmbargo.Mx reported. According to information revealed by the former head of Mexico’s National Security System, Juan Miguel Alcantara, Osorio Chong would order them to hide the true number of crimes in order to make the ruling party look favorable. In 2015, Osorio Chong publicly claimed that Mexico’s security conditions were the best they had been in a decade, Breitbart Texas reported. The outlandish claim was made as the country was … [Read more...] about Report: Mexican Government Ordered the Doctoring of Crime Statistics
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Ex-Mexican Border State Official Accused of Giving SWAT Badges to Cartel Hitmen
PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — A series of cartel banners called out the former secretary of state as the man who helped protect key cartel gunmen by making them commanders of an elite tactical police unit. At least five banners were left behind in various areas of Piedras Negras which accused former Secretary of State Victor Zamora of previously protecting cartel hitmen and making them leaders of the special police unit GATES (Spanish acronym for SWAT). The unit has since been transformed into Fuerza Coahuila.As Breitbart Texas reported, from the latter part of the 2000s until 2013 through widespread public corruption, Los Zetas Cartel was able to expand and surpass the capabilities of law enforcement in Coahuila. Their explosive growth led to the creation of GATES to fight the cartel head-on. Over time GATES and its successor, Fuerza Coahuila, managed to push cartels underground.The banners identify regional coordinator Hector “El Jaguar” Flores Rodriguez as a cartel … [Read more...] about Ex-Mexican Border State Official Accused of Giving SWAT Badges to Cartel Hitmen
Two U.S. Citizens Kidnapped in Mexican Border State near Texas
MONTERREY, Nuevo León — Two U.S. citizens were kidnapped in this border state, causing their relatives to receive a $300,000 ransom demand. The kidnapping is allegedly linked to a drug debt. State authorities found the two Americans aboard a BMW truck with Mexican license plates on a road in Juarez, Nuevo Leon. The two men were unfettered without severe injuries inside the vehicle. Two men identified only as “Efraín” and “Mario” were arrested in connection with the kidnapping. Authorities have not specified if the two suspects belonged to a cartel or independent cell.A police source in Nuevo Leon revealed to Breitbart Texas that the victims are a 30-year-old mechanic and a 54-year-old retiree. The men traveled from the U.S. into Nuevo Leon on February 17 to broker a meeting in regards to settling a drug debt but several gunmen took them by force to demand a ransom that would cover the debt. Two days after the kidnapping, the victim’s … [Read more...] about Two U.S. Citizens Kidnapped in Mexican Border State near Texas
Steal this recipe: Tacos and Tequila’s Chili-Dusted Mexican Corn
Tacos and Tequila serves elote, grilled corn with spiced mayo and cotija, at its restaurant in Austin. You can shave the kernels off before eating or eat it straight off the cob. Photo from TNT. The popularity of Mexican street corn, slathered in mayonnaise and dusted with chili powder and cotija cheese, has inspired many Mexican restaurants in America, including Tacos and Tequila at 507 Pressler St. in Austin, to use those ingredients for their own spin on elote. The TNT version uses grilled corn rolled in ancho mayonnaise and grated cotija cheese, the salty hard cheese that often draws comparison to Parmesan, and dusted with a chili-powder-based spice mix, and customers can either eat it on the cob or ask for the kernels to be shaved off tableside. (Let’s be honest, eating corn on the cob can be a messy affair.) In this at-home version, the restaurant suggests using canned chipotles in adobo rather than roasting, peeling and seeding the ancho chilies yourself. When you buy that … [Read more...] about Steal this recipe: Tacos and Tequila’s Chili-Dusted Mexican Corn
Gringo’s offers a wide variety of tacos, but it’s not your typical Mexican restaurant
Virginia BeachThere are only a couple of reasons I venture from West Kempsville to the Oceanfront anymore, and Gringo’s Taqueria is one of them.Established in 2005, Gringo’s is a locals’ favorite, especially when it comes to the Shadowlawn-area eatery’s famous Baja fish tacos. For years, guests have been hooked on this signature dish: Pabst Blue Ribbon beer-battered fish and shredded cabbage stuffed into a flour tortilla and topped with a habanero pepper cream sauce, cilantro and salsa. This taco is so revered, it won Best Fish Taco in The Pilot’s Best of the Beach Gold 2013 through 2017.I became acquainted with Gringo’s about a decade ago, and fell head over gills in love. I dug the Baja-style tacos and totally crushed on the atmosphere – a teeny tiny (maybe 20 seats, max?) and quirky place, one of a few businesses housed in a sketchy-looking building.Fast forward to 2018, and not much has changed. The tacos are still the bomb, and the vibe is … [Read more...] about Gringo’s offers a wide variety of tacos, but it’s not your typical Mexican restaurant