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Hidden in the Mountains: Mexico Busts Crypto Farm Suspected of Funding Cartels
9+ hour, 24+ min ago (462+ words) Mexican authorities raided a covert crypto mining facility in the mountainous municipality of Tlaola, Puebla, seizing around 300 graphics processing units along with industrial electrical equipment and satellite antennas. Stolen Power and Crypto Mining Emerge as New Tools for Latin American…...
10 Killed in Sinaloa Hours Before Peace March
23+ hour, 40+ min ago (564+ words) Security & Cartels / Sinaloa Culiacán, Mazatlán and Escuinapa accounted for the homicides reported on Saturday, September 12, ahead of the mobilization to demand security in the state. Ten people were murdered in Sinaloa on Saturday, September 12, hours before the second mobilization for…...
Mexican drug cartels steal energy for crypto farms
22+ hour, 25+ min ago (453+ words) Mexican drug cartels are increasingly embracing crypto mining: in the mountains of Puebla state, law enforcement discovered a hidden farm with hundreds of graphics processors, industrial energy equipment, and satellite communications. The operation took place in the city of Tlaola,…...
Crypto Mining Becomes Cartels' New Weapon for Laundering Illicit Funds
16+ hour, 12+ min ago (476+ words) Crypto mining operations are increasingly becoming tools for organized crime in Latin America, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Mexican authorities recently uncovered a suspected illicit crypto mining site in the mountainous Tlaola area of Puebla state, seizing hundreds of…...
Mexican authorities raid a hidden crypto mine, suspecting money laundering.
12+ hour, 5+ min ago (26+ words) Mexican authorities raided a hidden crypto mining compound, seizing hundreds of graphics cards, as police investigate …...
Crypto Mining Cartels Latin America Uncovered in Mexico Operation
18+ hour, 4+ min ago (475+ words) Authorities zeroed in on the site after residents and officials noticed power consumption far beyond what the sparsely populated communities around Tlaola could account for. The building sat next to a gravel road rarely traveled by outsiders, and neighbors told…...
Detienen en Jalisco a operador de envío de drogas a EU
13+ hour, 58+ min ago (47+ words) Un presunto operador de un grupo criminal dedicado al envío y distribución de drogas sintéticas hacia EU fue detenido en Zapopan, Jalisco. Cd. de México (13 septiembre 2026).-13:59 hrs El detenido coordinaba la distribución y venta de drogas sintéticas en Seattle y…...
300 GPUs Seized as Mexican Authorities Probe Cartel Crypto Mining
18+ hour, 45+ min ago (594+ words) Mexican authorities seized 300 GPUs from a hidden crypto mine linked to cartel funding, exposing a growing illicit mining scheme. Mexican authorities have lately busted a hidden crypto mine deep in the mountains of Puebla. Agents hauled out 300 GPUs, 80 medium-voltage terminals,…...
Influencer and podcast host El Piturris shot dead at family taco shop
17+ hour, 20+ min ago (375+ words) Mexican content creator José Luis Esparza, known online as El Piturris, was shot and killed while working at his family’s Los Güichos taco shop in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, on September 10, according to reports citing the state prosecutor’s office. The 37-year-old…...
Mexico seizes 300 GPUs at suspected illicit crypto farm
22+ hour, 57+ min ago (788+ words) Mexican authorities have seized roughly 300 GPUs from a suspected illicit crypto mining farm in Puebla while investigating possible electricity theft and money laundering. Reuters reported on Sept. 12 that investigators discovered the operation in the mountainous municipality of Tlaola, near infrastructure…...