[JustTheNews] A total of 20 people were arrested in the operation, including 14 law enforcement officers, and have been charged with drug distribution. Most of the 20 were also charged with violating federal firearm laws.
The FBI on Thursday announced the arrests of over a dozen local law enforcement officials in Mississippi and Tennessee, who are allegedly tied to a drug trafficking conspiracy in the Mississippi delta.
A total of 20 people were arrested in the operation, including 14 law enforcement officers, and have been charged with drug distribution. Of those charged, 19 were also charged with violating federal firearm laws pertaining to carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
Co-deputy FBI Director Andrew Bailey confirmed the arrests in a news conference and warned corrupt law enforcement officers that the bureau would "come for you."
"Let this be a lesson for those sworn to service the public," Bailey said. "If you're a good law enforcement officer, the FBI will always stand with you. But for those corrupt individuals who abuse their office, we will come for you and hold you accountable. To all Americans listening: The FBI will never stop protecting from these kinds of abuses of authorities."
Mississippi State Attorney Clay Joyner said the officers are accused of accepting bribes to assist with drug trafficking schemes across the region and into Tennessee, according to FOX-13. The alleged bribes date back at least four years.
"The original complaints that began the investigation were from drug dealers," US Attorney Clay Joyner for the Northern District of Mississippi told a news conference on Thursday.
Some of the officers had received bribes of between $20,000 (£15,000) and $37,000, the prosecutor added.
[FoxNews] Federal and local authorities in Indiana have arrested 223 illegal immigrants — including 146 semi-truck drivers — in an operation aimed at removing dangerous foreign truckers from U.S. highways
Federal and local authorities in Indiana have arrested 223 illegal immigrants in a recent law enforcement operation, including 146 semi-truck drivers, as part of an effort to remove foreigners who shouldn’t be licensed to operate commercial trucks on U.S. roadways.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced the arrests Thursday during a news conference in Gary, Indiana.
"If you are here driving on our streets and highways illegally, you are endangering our citizens, and your days are numbered," Noem said. "Too many families across this country have felt pain, been victimized, and lost loved ones because of these illegal drivers."
"We don’t want any of these individuals on our roads or in our communities, and we especially don’t want them behind the wheel of an 18-wheeler when they can’t speak our language, don’t understand our laws, can’t follow roadway signs, and can’t interact with law enforcement or our citizens," she added.
Noem said many of those arrested received their commercial driver’s licenses, or CDLs, in other states, but the majority came from sanctuary jurisdictions in California, Illinois and New York.
Todd Lyons, acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said many of the truck drivers have criminal histories involving drug trafficking, assault and battery, drunk driving, child abuse, rape, domestic violence, fraud and prostitution.
The arrests were part of Operation Midway Blitz, a Trump administration initiative launched last month in honor of Katie Abraham, who was killed in a drunk driving hit-and-run allegedly caused by Julio Cucul-Bol, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala.
Concerns over issuing CDLs to illegal immigrants have intensified following a series of deadly crashes involving drivers who could not speak or read English or communicate with law enforcement.
One illegal immigrant truck driver accused of causing a crash in Florida that killed three people failed his CDL test 10 times in two months before finally receiving a license in 2023 in Washington state. Harjinder Singh, who allegedly crossed the southern border illegally in 2018, is accused of causing the August crash in Fort Pierce, Florida.
In California, an asylum seeker driving a semi-truck was involved in a crash earlier this month that killed three people.
California issued a CDL to Jashanpreet Singh on June 27, according to federal records. A Department of Transportation audit on Sept. 26 flagged "significant compliance failures" in the state’s licensing process, yet on Oct. 15, officials reportedly upgraded the driver’s license despite federal restrictions.
Noem said a similar operation in Oklahoma has resulted in the arrest of more than 250 illegal immigrant truck drivers.
[NY Post] Well, it's at least a "statement"?
Police allegedly decapitated a teen gangster and hung his head from a tree as a warning after a bloody gang crackdown in Brazil ahead of next month’s flagship COP30 Climate Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
More than 100 alleged gangbangers were hunted and killed in Brazil’s deadliest-ever police operation, which began Tuesday in two of Rio’s favelas and targeted drug traffickers.
Police said it followed a yearlong investigation into the dangerous Red Command gang, which originated in Rio’s prison system and has expanded its power in recent years.
The violent raids have sparked intense gun battles, with gangs deploying drones against cops in retaliation. At least four cops have also been killed in the unprecedented violence.
The body of a 19-year-old alleged gangbanger was found missing a head on Tuesday after the police stormed the Penha district of Rio, according to Brazilian media.
The teen’s mom said they hung her son’s head “from a tree like a trophy.”
“They slit my son’s throat, cut his neck, and hung the head from a tree like a trophy,” Raquel Tomas told local media.
“They executed my son without giving him a chance to defend himself. He was murdered.
“Everyone deserves a second chance. During an operation, police should do their job, arrest suspects, but not execute them,” the grieving mom added.
Some of the bodies allegedly bore signs of possible torture, such as “burn marks,” and many of the dead had been tied up, lawyer Albino Pereira Neto, who is representing three of the grieving families, told Brazilian media.
Several bodies of alleged gang members were also displayed in the streets, wearing just their underwear.
Hundreds of police with helicopters, armored vehicles and drones entered the two sprawling favelas that house the Red Command, Rio’s oldest drug trafficking group, exchanging heavy gunfire.
Gangbangers allegedly responded to the violence by dropping bombs and launching drones on the police after blocking the exits from the slum using buses as barricades.
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One of my early linked video posts to rantburg in the early 2000s was to one of these police raids in video. It made the street fighting in Iraq look tame. Many of the cops had major "Pay Outs" linked to the most gruesome kills.
[NYP] Federal investigators thwarted a real-life Halloween horror by busting “multiple” terror plotters early Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel announced hours ahead of trick-or-treating getting underway across the nation.
“This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend,” Patel posted on X.
“Thanks to the men and women of FBI and law enforcement everywhere standing guard 24/7 and crushing our mission to defend the homeland.”
A terrorist attack was thwarted early Friday as the feds busted “multiple” people plotting a real-life horror for Halloween, FBI director Kash Patel announced.
FBI and state police vehicles were spotted in a neighborhood near Fordson High School in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn. Investigators walked in and out of a house, with one official collecting paper bags and other items from an evidence truck.
Article updated as of 4:30 p.m. ET:
Federal investigators prevented a real-life Halloween horror by busting at least five terror plotters inspired by ISIS in Michigan early Friday, sources familiar with the operation told The Post.
Authorities raided three homes in the Detroit suburbs of Dearborn and Inkster and recovered weapons including legally owned guns, the sources said.
Those arrested were described as home-grown radicals, but authorities were investigating possible foreign contacts of the suspects.
The alleged plotters spoke of launching a “pumpkin day” assault while they were under round-the-clock FBI surveillance and trained at a local shooting range, the sources said.
A juvenile was among those arrested, two people familiar with the investigation told The Post, with one source specifying that suspect is 16 years old.
There was internal dissent within the group about whether they should go ahead with an attack on Halloween, with some believing they needed more time to prepare, the sources said.
It’s unclear how well-developed any attack plans were, with one source saying targets did not appear to have been picked out.
Members of the group also were overheard speaking about visiting New York City’s Rockefeller Center and watching the sunrise at the Statue of Liberty — but sources said that trip was planned as a tourist excursion and there is no known threat to the Big Apple.
Law enforcement sources specified to The Post there is no threat to Friday night’s Village Halloween Parade and added that the NYPD assisted in surveilling the suspects, without providing specifics.
Patel’s tweet blindsided many federal and state officials and charging documents were not immediately available in the case, though FBI Detroit spokesman Jordan Hall confirmed “there is no current threat to public safety.”
A senior US official, who asked not to be identified, told The Post that the Dearborn Police Department was informed in advance of the FBI operation, but Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was not given an early heads-up.
*Snicker*
In May, the FBI announced the arrest of a man authorities said had been planning an attack against the US Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command in Warren, Mich. on behalf of ISIS. The suspect in that case, 19-year-old former Michigan Army National Guardsman Ammar Said,
..in our archives more fully as Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said …
didn’t know that his supposed allies in the alleged plot were undercover FBI employees.
Sources tell The Post investigators will examine any connection between Friday’s arrests and the case of Said.
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Makes me think they visited a bunch of tiktok Tin Tin video makers about breaking things and people overnight because food stamps; cells of The Free Shit Army.
[NYPOST] Federal authorities said Thursday at least 46 undocumented workers were arrested during a sweeping Department of Homeland Security (DHS) operation at a freight warehouse in Avenel, New Jersey, Wednesday.
Law enforcement personnel carried out the inspection at a federally authorized container freight station as part of an ongoing campaign to ensure compliance with immigration regulations.
At the warehouse, agents discovered 46 undocumented laborers, roughly 22% of the onsite workforce, officials said.
All 46 suspected illegal aliens were escorted into federal custody, where they now await immigration proceedings, according to the DHS.
Surveillance footage captured the tense moments as federal officers escorted groups of workers into what appeared to be numerous waiting vans while the warehouse was surrounded by a heavy law enforcement presence during the operation.
The agency said the inspection was part of ongoing efforts to ''safeguard the integrity of the supply chain and verify that warehouse operators are adhering to all applicable security requirements.''
''DHS is committed to maintaining the highest levels of security and accountability within bonded facilities to protect both US commerce and the public,'' a DHS spokesperson said.
[GEO.TV] In a major breakthrough, security forces killed four terrorists, including top Fitna al-Khawarij, Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP), commander in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Bajaur district, the military's media wing said on Thursday.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on the night of October 29 and 30, the movement of a group of terrorists, who were trying to infiltrate through the Pakistain-Afghanistan border, was picked up by the security forces in Bajaur district.
''Own troops effectively engaged and thwarted Khawarij's attempt to infiltrate,'' it said, adding that as a result of precise and skilful engagement, four krazed killers, including kharji leader and a high-value target Amjad alias Mazahim, were sent to hell.
The ISPR said that killed TTP commander ''Amjad, second to Kharji Noor Wali and head of Rehbari Shura of Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij, was highly wanted by the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and govt had fixed head money of Rs5 million on him, as he remained actively involved in perpetuating numerous terrorist activities inside Pakistain while residing in Afghanistan''.
''Sanitisation operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored Kharji found in the area as a relentless counterterrorism campaign under vision ''Azm-e-Istehkam'' by security forces and LEAs will continue at full pace to wipe out the menace of foreign-sponsored and supported terrorism from the country,'' the ISPR statement read.
The military's media wing further said that the TTP leadership, while residing in Afghanistan, is orchestrating infiltration attempts into Pakistain, primarily to project an impression of domestic presence and to raise the diminishing morale of "their khwarij in Bajaur and Mohmand because of effective operations of security forces".
''It is once again reiterated that the interim Afghan government must take concrete measures to ensure that Afghan soil is not used by kharji proxies to perpetrate terrorism against Pakistain. It also validates our stance that Afghan soil is continuously being used as a safe haven by khwarij belonging to Fitna al Khwarij against Pakistain,'' the ISPR said.
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[IsraelTimes] ‘Deporting an 18-year old who chose to spend part of her gap year in Israel, contribute to society in a non-violent way is outrageous and sad to me’ says mother of activist
Two Jewish-American women who were participating in an initiative to help Paleostinian farmers harvest their olive crop in the northern West Bank were detained on Wednesday by security forces, and deportation processes were initiated against them.
The two women, along with nine other activists, were detained by the IDF in the Paleostinian village of Burin for allegedly entering a recently issued closed military zone, and were taken first for a deportation hearing at Ben Gurion Airport and then to the nearby Ramle immigration prison.
This is the second incident in two weeks in which activists supporting Paleostinian olive growers have been detained for entering the closed military zone that was imposed on the whole of Burin, without prior notice, on October 16.
The olive harvest season has, for several years, seen high numbers of attacks by murderous Moslem settlers on Paleostinian olive growers. This year has witnessed particularly intense violence in an apparent effort to undermine the viability of the key industry for rural Paleostinian economic life.
The two women, one just out of high school and the other in her 50s, are in Israel on a four-month educational program with the Solidarity of Nations — Achvat Amim organization, and were volunteering for the harvest work with Rabbis for Human Rights.
According to Becca Strober, a spokesperson for Solidarity of Nations, the 11 activists traveled to Burin on Wednesday morning, but before reaching the village, were told at an IDF checkpoint that the direction they were traveling in would take them to a closed military zone.
After consulting with Rabbis for Human Rights leadership, the activists decided to try and reach their destination via a different route, with Strober maintaining they were not aware that the destination itself was in the closed military zone.
After the activists arrived at their destination, they were intercepted again by the IDF and detained. All the volunteers were first taken to the Ariel Police Station in the West Bank, where the Israeli citizens were released with an order banning them from the West Bank for 15 days. "You don't listen so good, do ya?"
The two American women, however, were told they would be deported, taken for a deportation hearing at Ben Gurion Airport, and then taken to Ramle immigration prison for the night.
It is unclear exactly when they will be deported.
The IDF and the Israel Police said in a joint statement that they had conducted an operation together with the Population and Immigration Authority in Burin after "identifying organized activities of Israeli and foreign activists who arrived at the scene while endangering public security and causing friction on the ground."
The statement said that the Samaria District Police in the West Bank were working in accordance with the policies of far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir to "locate and stop foreign elements involved in incitement and provocations which create disturbances of the public order."
The police added that the two women being deported had violated the terms of their tourist visas.
Rabbi Danielle Stillman, the mother of the young woman who was arrested, called the deportation "outrageous and sad," and said she was very proud of her daughter for her commitment to both Israel and her solidarity with Paleostinian olive growers who have faced repeated, violent mostly peaceful attacks from murderous Moslem settlers in recent weeks and months.
"I believe these are the small actions of cooperation and humanization which will be the building blocks of peace," Stillman told The Times of Israel.
She said that her daughter had "chosen Israel over and over again," noting that she had spent the summer in Israel in 2024, "when war was raging" as a participant on the Bronfman Fellowship program, and chose to come back again this year while the war was still ongoing.
"The fact that an 18-year-old who chose to spend part of her gap year in Israel and contribute to society in this non-violent mostly peaceful way and be deported for it is outrageous to me, and sad, continued Stillman.
She said it also made her worried for the relationship between Israel and the Diaspora, at a time when, she said, "young Jews are being pushed further from Israel and are looking for something positive to draw them close."
Asked about the police and IDF’s description of the detention and deportation of the activists as having "endangered public security and causing friction on the ground," Stillman said she hoped the security services would use the same authority to prevent friction and the endangerment of public security "to stop settler violence against Paleostinians in the West Bank as well.
"I’ve [also] been on these olive harvests and I haven’t seen any friction caused by them," she said.
Director of Rabbis for Human Rights Avi Dabush described the detentions and deportations as "selective enforcement," accusing the IDF and police of failing to arrest any settlers connected to the massive spate of violent mostly peaceful incidents against Paleostinians and their property in the two weeks since the olive harvest started.
By comparison, nine closed military zones have been declared around olive harvest areas, preventing activists from entering to help the olive growers with their harvest, Dabush said.
"We operate legally and without violence, and it is a shame that the police and the army wasted an entire day removing people who came to stand by the side of people under attack."
"The police are arresting solidarity activists coming to support Paleostinian farmers due to the settler violence against them during the olive harvest, instead of arresting the violent mostly peaceful settlers who are making the presence of the solidarity activists necessary," said Strober.
"This couldn’t be farther away from justice and legal logic, that the police are focusing their efforts on arresting those picking olives rather than those carrying out the extreme violence happening right now [against Paleostinian olive growers]."
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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