[Breitbart] Federal prosecutors in Texas connected three members of a cartel-connected human smuggling organization during a jury trial that led to a conviction this week. Prosecutors linked the suspects to large-scale smuggling of migrants, with some migrants dying during smuggling attempts. Two of the convicted members are also tied to kidnappings, hostage taking, extortion of migrants, and multiple murders — including one where the victim was dissolved in acid and then set on fire.
This week, Israel Ramirez Perez, Ricardo Rojas Vasquez, and David Christopher Ewell went through a one-day trial where a jury found them guilty on multiple charges, including human smuggling resulting in death. and conspiracy to commit human smuggling resulting in deaths. Those charges carry a maximum term of life in prison. The men remain in custody while awaiting sentencing.
The three men worked under Alejandro Santoyo Guzman, a man connected to the Cartel Del Noreste faction of Los Zetas. The group was previously designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. Government. Court documents from Santoyo Guzman’s case revealed that his cell is responsible for at least 1000 successful smuggling attempts and 300 failed ones. The number of migrants that were actually moved remains unknown. Santoyo Guzman pleaded guilty to the charges against him earlier this year and is expected to be sentenced in December.
According to federal prosecutors, Santoyo Guzman’s group operated in Texas, Oklahoma, and other regions. He would hire drivers who would pick up the illegal aliens who successfully crossed the border and move them to the cities that had been agreed upon. In several of those cases, the smuggling attempts turned deadly as his drivers would try to flee law enforcement and crash. After authorities arrested Santoyo Guzman in Oklahoma, his group continued operating the cell under his indirect supervision. Ewell is believed to have acted as a coordinator and a negotiator.
Once the migrants were in certain cities, the members of the group would then continue to extort them under threats of violence to them or their families. In one case in a Houston barbershop, two migrants tried to argue with Rojas Vasquez over the high fees. Surveillance video captured the moment that Rojas Vasquez pulled out a handgun and began firing.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Ramirez Perez acted as Santoyo Guzman’s and Rojas Vasquez’s enforcer and is tied to several kidnappings, hostage takings, and murders on both sides of the border. In one case in Mexico, Ramirez Perez shot a man, then tried to dissolve his body in acid. When the tactic proved unsuccessful, he put him in a vehicle and set the car on fire. The gunman then recorded a video of the burning vehicle as proof for his bosses.
🚨 AIRSTRIKE KILLS 5 CHILDREN, WOUNDS 11 MORE IN HOUTHI-HELD SAADA
An airstrike hit a house in Sahar district in Yemen’s northern Saada province, killing at least nine people, including five children and two women, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said.
Another 19 people were wounded, including 11 children.
The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike. Riyadh has not commented.
The casualty figures come from Houthi authorities and have not been independently confirmed.
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🚨 AIRSTRIKE KILLS 5 CHILDREN, WOUNDS 11 MORE IN HOUTHI-HELD SAADA
An airstrike hit a house in Sahar district in Yemen’s northern Saada province, killing at least nine people, including five children and two women, the Houthi-run Health Ministry said.
Another 19 people were wounded, including 11 children.
The Houthis blamed Saudi Arabia for the strike. Riyadh has not commented.
The casualty figures come from Houthi authorities and have not been independently confirmed.
#2
Houthis have been using 13-17 year olds as weapon carriers, combat assistants, etc. for at least the past month or so.
Hamas has done this for many years.
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#3
I wonder if there were any high value targets there? If it was an Israeli or maybe a US hit the chances would be good but have doubts that Saudis would be that capable.
[ZERO] French soldiers will take over guard duty so that police and gendarmes can be moved onto the streets for Saturday's expected protests, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez told parliament on Tuesday.
Nuñez said troops from Operation Sentinelle, the anti-terror deployment, would replace internal security forces mainly on static guarding duties. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the same day that Saturday's mobilization of forces "will be massive," Remix News reported, ahead of a major protest planned for October 24.
#3
Heck in the US, the governor or president can call out the militia. Open season but with bag limits, unless they're caught on your own property, castle doctrine.
#10
how will similar rioting here in the US affect the mid-terms?
Red state governors will quickly shut that nonsense down; red state voters will go strongly Republican in support. Blue state governors will dither and blue state judges will set them loose as quickly as they’re arrested, but a lot of votes have already been mailed in — if it matters beyond the margin of cheating — so it will mostly accelerate decisions to move to safe red states.
Or so I suspect — politics isn’t really my strong point.
As of October 2026, there are approximately **4,500 to 4,600 National Guard soldiers** deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of the **Joint Task Force – District of Columbia**. This deployment was initiated in August 2025 by President Donald Trump under a declared "crime emergency" and is set to continue through at least the end of 2026.
The troops, drawn from the **D.C. National Guard** and 11 other states, are tasked with supporting local and federal law enforcement, including street patrols, monument security, and protecting federal facilities. All deployed guardsmen are now **armed with live weapons** and conduct joint patrols with the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department. While the administration cites crime reduction as the justification, critics and some legal observers argue the deployment is unlawful, with a federal court ruling it illegal in November 2025 (a decision currently on appeal). The deployment has been marked by significant incidents, including the fatal shooting of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom in November 2025 and a non-fatal shooting of a Georgia Guardsman in October 2026.
[Jpost] Rabbis for Human Rights said its volunteers were working near Bethlehem to accompany Palestinian farmers to groves as part of the olive harvest • Lander released with warning, source tells 'Post'
Some 90 volunteers with Rabbis for Human Rights
…founded in 1988, funded by the EU, Spain, and the UK, since 2002 their activists were hunan shields for the Arab olive harvest in the West Bank at the request of a Palestinian peace activist — which means the PLO. Of their membership, only about 100 are rabbis or rabbinic students. In other words, one of the EU’s weapons in their cold war against Israel, and should be treated accordingly…
were detained by the IDF in the West Bank on Wednesday, including congressional nominee Brad Lander (D-NY), sources told The Jerusalem Post.
"Following a joint investigation and review conducted by police Sherlocks in coordination with the Foreign Ministry and relevant security and law enforcement agencies, 32 activists were questioned and released subject to restrictions prohibiting them from returning to the area," Israel Police said on Wednesday evening.
"In addition, the questioning of four foreign activists has been completed following the identification of their anti-Israel activity online. Some had also expressed support for organizations opposed to Israel," police continued.
"The remaining 40 individuals who were tossed into the calaboose were released from the cop shoppe during the afternoon after no grounds for further detention were found," police said.
Police initially took the foreign volunteers to the Etzion Regional Brigade headquarters for questioning, a source at the scene told the Post earlier on Wednesday. Sources added that no one was harmed in the incident.
"The police intend to complete the investigation into the four foreign nationals and transfer them to the Population and Immigration Authority tomorrow (Thursday) for hearings regarding their removal from Israel," the police said.
Authorities are inclined to deport the foreign activists, a source at the scene had told the Post earlier on Wednesday.
Lander was specifically released with a warning, he noted in a statement.
"I’ve been released from IDF custody with a 'warning,' apparently because of my public profile (I told them I wasn’t even a congressmember yet, just a nominee)," he wrote.
"But several dozen rabbis & participants harvesting olives with me are still in detention. For harvesting olives. They should all be released immediately," he said, adding that "Paleostinians face far worse consequences every day."
RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED IN WEST BANK
Rabbis for Human Rights said the volunteers worked in the village of Nahalin near Bethlehem, accompanying Paleostinian farmers to groves during the olive harvest. According to the left-leaning activist group, Paleostinian farmers in the area had been unable to access the groves for three years. Authorities say that olive harvesting in the area is prohibited without coordination with security services.
The IDF arrived two hours after the volunteers had begun working and declared the field a closed military zone. Activists told the Post that they complied with the military orders and agreed to leave the area, but were still detained.
KAN News later reported that the area that the volunteers were harvesting in does not require prior coordination with the IDF.
In a statement hours after the incident, the IDF said that the activists did not submit a request to harvest in advance.
"The landowner was informed that he must coordinate the olive harvest on his plot of land and was provided with the relevant contact information to arrange a harvest at a later date," the IDF said. "In areas designated for coordinated harvesting, only harvesters will be permitted to enter, solely for harvesting."
The IDF's Arabic Spokesperson's unit said that it will "not allow inciting elements to exploit civil activity to provoke violence or create disturbances. The olive harvest season is an agricultural activity; it must not be transformed into a period of violence and conflict."
However,
the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... an activist with Rabbis for Human Rights told the Post that the organization submitted letters to the commander of the IDF central command, the IDF head of civil administration, the commander of the Samaria regional brigade, and the commander of the Etzion regional brigade to coordinate security measures.
The activist added that they did not get a response from the IDF, and that the group mainly corresponded with the owner of the olive grove because it is located on private property.
#1
What the fuck is a congressional nominee doing there? Arrest her for being a foreign agent, keep her until after the mid-terms and seating, then deport her with a Do Not Return label so if she does go back she sits in prison for years.
#6
Gaza isn't a country. Never was.
How can anyone be a foreign agent for a non-country?
Unless you mean Israel, in which case you can fuck all the way off.
Israel is our best, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Our shared Judeo-Christian culture is held together by the Ten Commandments. We are all the descendants of Noah.
#عاجل | جيش الدفاع والشاباك يقضيان على مخرب من وحدة النخبة شارك في التخطيط لعملية إرهابية باستخدام عبوة ناسفة أسفرت عن مقتل أربعة مقاتلين من طاقم دبابة تابع للكتيبة 52
⭕️قضى جيش الدفاع والشاباك هذا الأسبوع (الأحد)، في غارة بمنطقة مدينة غزة، على المخرب موسى عبد محمد حمودة، وهو مخرب من وحدة النخبة في الجناح العسكري لحركة حماس الإرهابية، شارك في التخطيط لعملية إرهابية تم خلالها إلقاء عبوة ناسفة، مما أسفر عن مقتل أربعة مقاتلين من طاقم دبابة تابع للكتيبة 52 بتاريخ 8 سبتمبر 2025. وقُتل في الحادث الملازم متان أبراموفيتش، والرقيب عميت أرييه ريغف، والرقيب أول أوري لامد، والرقيب غادي كوتل، رحمهم الله.
⭕️يشكّل القضاء عليه إغلاق دائرة مهمًا بالنسبة للفرقة 162، إذ سقط المقاتلون الأربعة تحت قيادة الفرقة خلال عملية "عربات جدعون"، والآن قضى لواء النيران 215، التابع للفرقة، على المخرب الذي كان مسؤولًا عن مقتلهم.
⭕️طوال الحرب، عمل المخرب بشكل ممنهج ضد قوات جيش الدفاع في قطاع غزة، وكان ضالعًا في أنشطة إرهابية ضد قواتنا.
⭕️في الآونة الأخيرة، عمل المخرب على الدفع بمخططات إرهابية ضد قوات جيش الدفاع ومواطني دولة إسرائيل، وعمل على إعادة بناء القدرات العسكرية للحركة، في انتهاك ممنهج لوقف إطلاق النار. وتم القضاء على المخرب من الجو بهدف إزالة التهديد.
⭕️تنتشر قوات الأمن التابعة لقيادة المنطقة الجنوبية في المنطقة وفقًا للاتفاق، وستواصل العمل لإزالة أي تهديد.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 21, 2026
Translated Text:
#BREAKING | IDF and Shin Bet Eliminate Terrorist from Elite Unit Who Participated in Planning Terrorist Operation Using Explosive Device That Resulted in Death of Four Fighters from Tank Crew of 52nd Battalion
⭕️This week (Sunday), the IDF and Shin Bet eliminated, in an airstrike in the Gaza City area, the terrorist Musa Abd Muhammad Hamuda, a terrorist from the elite unit in the military wing of the terrorist Hamas movement, who participated in planning a terrorist operation during which an explosive device was thrown, resulting in the death of four fighters from a tank crew of the 52nd Battalion on September 8, 2025. Killed in the incident were Sgt. Matan Abramovich, Sgt. Omri Aryeh Rigiv, Master Sgt. Ori Lamd, and Sgt. Gadi Kotl, may God avenge their blood.
⭕️His elimination constitutes an important closure for the 162nd Division, as the four fighters fell under the division's command during Operation Gideon's Chariots, and now the 215th Fire Brigade, subordinate to the division, has eliminated the terrorist responsible for their deaths.
⭕️Throughout the war, the terrorist operated systematically against IDF forces in the Gaza Strip and was involved in terrorist activities against our forces.
⭕️In recent times, the terrorist worked to promote terrorist plots against IDF forces and citizens of the State of Israel, and worked to rebuild the movement's military capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The terrorist was eliminated from the air with the aim of removing the threat.
⭕️Security forces under the Southern Regional Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement and will continue to work to remove any threat.
#عاجل | مخرب في منظومة القذائف الصاروخية التابعة لحركة الجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابية وعنصر قنص في حماس: جيش الدفاع يقضي على مخربين اثنين في شمال قطاع غزة
د وائل مصطفى شعشاعة، وهو عنصر قنص في كتيبة الدرج التفاح التابعة للجناح العسكري لحركة حماس الإرهابية.
⭕️خلال الحرب، ولا سيما في الآونة الأخيرة، عمل المخربان على الدفع بمخططات إرهابية ضد قوات جيش الدفاع ومواطني دولة إسرائيل، وعملا على إعادة بناء القدرات العسكرية⭕️هاجم جيش الدفاع في وقت سابق من هذا الأسبوع (الاثنين) في منطقة الدرج التفاح، وقضى على المخرب عبدالله منير محمود حرز، نائب قائد فصيلة في منظومة القذائف الصاروخية التابعة لحركة الجهاد الإسلامي الإرهابية. وكان المخرب يعمل على الدفع بمخططات قنص ضد قوات جيش الدفاع.
⭕️وفي غارة أخرى نُفذت هذا الأسبوع (الاثنين) في منطقة مدينة غزة، قضى جيش الدفاع على المخرب مح
م للتنظيم، في انتهاك ممنهج لوقف إطلاق النار. وتم القضاء على المخربين من الجو بهدف إزالة التهديد.
⭕️تنتشر قوات جيش الدفاع التابعة لقيادة المنطقة الجنوبية في المنطقة وفقًا للاتفاق، وستواصل العمل لإزالة أي تهديد.
— Lieutenant Colonel Ella Waweya | إيلا واوية (@CaptainElla1) October 21, 2026
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#BREAKING | Operative in the Rocket Mortar Array System Affiliated with the Terrorist Islamic Jihad Movement and Sniper Element in Hamas: Defense Forces Eliminate Two Operatives in Northern Gaza Strip
⭕️Earlier this week (Monday), the Defense Forces struck in the Apple Orchard area, eliminating the operative Abdullah Munir Mahmoud Harz, deputy commander of a platoon in the rocket mortar array system affiliated with the terrorist Islamic Jihad Movement. The operative had been working to advance sniper plots against Defense Forces troops.
⭕️And in another airstrike carried out this week (Monday) in the Gaza City area, the Defense Forces eliminated the operative Muhammad Wael Mustafa Sha'asha'a, a sniper element in the Apple Orchard Battalion affiliated with the military wing of the terrorist Hamas Movement.
⭕️During the war, and especially in recent times, the two operatives worked to advance terrorist plots against Defense
Forces troops and citizens of the State of Israel, and worked to rebuild the organization's military capabilities, in systematic violation of the ceasefire. The operatives were eliminated from the air with the aim of removing the threat.
⭕️Defense Forces troops under the Southern Regional Command are deployed in the area in accordance with the agreement, and will continue to operate to remove any threat.
[North Press] Syria’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that two members of the military engineering department of the Syrian army were injured in a landmine explosion in the northern Raqqa countryside, with one sustaining serious injuries.
The ministry said in a post that the incident occurred while the two personnel were carrying out a mission to clear and dismantle landmines in the Ain Issa area, north of Raqqa.
Explosive remnants of war, including landmines and unexploded ordnance, continue to pose a threat to civilians and engineering teams across Syria.
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.
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