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The feds pressured transportation companies to not pick up migrants along the way, which forced them to walk through an unsafe area. As many as 20,000 migrants a year are kidnapped and ransomed by criminal gangs, and three out of five women and girls are raped.

Allegation investigations, Charlie's fallen angels and an abusive workplace + this day in history w/the Attica riots and our song of the day by Lana Del Rey on your Morning Monarchy for September 13, 2018.

Danny Benavides | Carlos Rosales Mendoza, La Familia Michoacana founder and ally of Gulf Cartel druglord Osiel Cardenas Guillen, was recently released from prison in Mexico, with little press and seemingly little concern. The discharging of an old-school kingpin like Rosales Mendoza is a much bigger deal than the press would have many believe.

#Narconoia Update | In Michoacan, more local officials charged with accepting cartel bribes; autodefensas and the federal government have reached an agreement -- or have they?; no extradition for Chapo Guzman; Second-in-command of Beltran Leyva Cartel captured; corruption unravels in Hidalgo County, Texas; narco-politics and more

#Narconoia Update | EPN government orders Michoacan's vigilante groups to submit to federal authority and disarm; Sinaloa Cartel's ever-sophisticated smuggling tunnels; Sinaloa capo's son was "flipped" and is "cooperating" with U.S. agencies; Zetas boss pleads guilty; Gulf Cartel infighting erupts in Tamaulipas; narco-politics, and more

#Narconoia Update | Chapo's ludicrous statements to Mexican prosecutors, the scandalized resignation of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño, investigating the sophisticated communications network built by Los Zetas, more Templarios fall in Michoacán, blockades & shootouts just across the border in Reynosa, and much more.

#Narconoia Update | Caballeros Templarios scatter as autodefensas units and Mexican government forces clean up Michoacán; fractured factions within the vigilante movement present a new set of problems; legal proceedings related to the arrests of Chapo Guzmán remain shrouded in secrecy...

#Narconoia Update | After weeks of steady advances, Michoacan's autodefensas continue to dismantle the Caballeros Templarios and the cartel's founder, but infighting threatens to rupture the self-defense forces as accusations are flung; assorted headlines about El Chapo and El Mayo; Zetas, Golfos, y mas

#Narconoia Update | Introducing the #Narconoia and #Terrornoia update. This first post includes some background about Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa Cartel; squabbling within Michoacan's autodefensas; Gulf Cartel arrests; and analyses of the consequences of Chapo's capture.