Accuracy in Media

This is probably because he escaped from a high-security prison in Mexico.

You can’t make this up, the headlines write themselves (via the Free Beacon): Fresh off his astounding escape from a Mexican prison, Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is warning the Islamic State against interfering with his drug cartel’s operations. CartelBlog reports that the Islamic State has been destroying Sinaloa’s drug shipments—Islamic law strictly […]

The Free Beacon reported that a helicopter had to land due to being shot at: “A shooting incident last month that forced a U.S. border patrol helicopter to make an emergency landing near Laredo, Texas, was the work of Mexican drug traffickers, and analysts say the attack highlights growing narcotics trafficking across porous U.S. borders.” […]

WASHINGTON — A gunman in a clown suit killed one of the top Mexican drug cartel leaders this weekend. Reuters reported that the shooter, whose identity is unknown to the press for the time being, may have been tied to organized crime. The victim, Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix, 63, was a former leader of the Tijuana […]

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has asked Mexico to detain and extradite recently-freed drug kingpin and cartel leader Rafael Caro Quintero to face charges spanning almost 30 years. Reuters reports that Quintero is wanted by the U.S. for ordering the murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) undercover agent Enrique Camarena in 1985. This is a shocking […]

WASHINGTON — Miguel Angel Trevino, whose nickname was Z-40, has been caught and arrested by the Mexican government. Trevino was the top leader of the infamous and brutal Zetas drug cartel. Reuters reports that this is the biggest capture in recent history for Mexican law enforcement, which was done in an early-morning raid. Trevino was […]