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#Mexico 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 '𝐄𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐨 𝐅𝐞́𝐥𝐢𝐱' 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐚́𝐧, 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐚 Following the arrest of Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum 'El Chavo Félix,' a financial operator of the ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the Sinaloa Cartel (#CDS), and the Son-in-law of Ismael Zambada Garcia ‘El Mayo Zambada,’…🧵

#Colombia 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐞 This Tuesday, January 21st, the leading commanders of the Magdalena Medio Block reappeared in two separate videos. Both have not appeared publicly in a long time. The second in command, alias Richard,… 🧵

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The Adrian Dittmann Story all the evidence and methodology from A to Z by @ryan.staticnoi.se and me maia.crimew.gay/posts/adrian...

#Mexico 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐣𝐚, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐚́𝐧 Seven Military personnel were injured during an attack allegedly orchestrated by the #Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) on December 16th while conducting patrols near…🧵

https://themoloch.com/analysis/the-existent-automated-armies-an-accelerating-arms-race-for-viable-robot-soldiers/ "…These developments are indicative of an understated trend in militaries around the world: a growing acceptance of mass-casualty-causing weapons in automated hands."

If you’re in Oakland, CA this Monday…

We teamed up with Earth Genome to develop AI tools that detected 67 illegal narco airstrips in the Peruvian rainforests. These airstrips are located near Indigenous communities and in areas where more than a dozen Indigenous leaders have been killed in the past four years. What a great use of AI!

#Mexico Gunmen fired at security cameras belonging to infrastructure of the Command, Control, Communication and Data Processing Center or ‘C4’ in an effort to hinder the surveillance efforts of authorities in #Culiacán, #Sinaloa. 🧵

🧵Check out our first curation of photojournalism, 47 photos published recently in the El Faro English newsletter: an addiction rehab center in the heart of San Salvador, abandoned Ch'orti midwives, Ixil genocide survivors, and the Santa Marta Five upon their exoneration 📸 mailchi.mp/elfaro.net/c...

During the time #Pegasus was in operation, several important guerrilla leaders were killed. Some of them on Venezuelan territory. If it turns out that #Colombia was behind these attacks, this could lead to massive diplomatic consequences with the #Maduro regime.

#Colombia 𝐄𝐋𝐍 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 Written By: @weltimkonflikt.bsky.social This Friday morning, November 23rd, an armed group attacked an armored cash transport in the municipality of #Convención dept. Norte de #Santander ,…🧵

We would like to thank Oscar Balmen for covering our investigation done in collaboration with @natsecboogie during his Nación Criminal segment on MVS Noticias on the use of Emoji’s by members of criminal organizations in #Mexico,…🧵

#Mexico Gunmen of ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the Sinaloa Cartel would record themselves parading in the Center of #Imala, #Sinaloa. Coordinates: (24.8571902, -107.2170272) Source: belico_cln42 on Instagram

#Mexico 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐣𝐢𝐬 𝐀𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐠𝐞 Made in collaboration with @ natsecboogie on X. Over the years, emojis have become a typical method of communication through the Internet, allowing people to express certain reactions that may not…🧵

#Venezuela 🇻🇪| Check out my newest blog post in English about the Venezuelan Colectivo groups. I will share some of my older stories in the coming days. open.substack.com/pub/weltimko...

#Colombia 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐔𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 Heavy fighting broke out this Friday, October 11th, in the urban area of #Silvia, department of #Cauca, between #FARC Dissidents of the Dagobert Ramos Structure and the local police. 🧵 (Video Courtesy Of: Ricardo Ospina)

#Colombia 𝐅𝐀𝐑𝐂 𝐄𝐌𝐂 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐦𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐨 On Sunday, October 13th #FARC Guerrillas belonging to the Estado Mayor Central (#EMC) attacked the security forces in the Corinto municipality of #Cauca. 🧵 (Video Courtesy Of: BLU Pacífico)

#Mexico 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧’𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐬 𝐀𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 Around October 9th, a message was distributed throughout the El Dorado municipality and nearby regions in #Sinaloa by the ‘La Mayiza’ faction of the #SinaloaCartel (CDS)…🧵

#Colombia 𝐇𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐋𝐍 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬 Between the 26th and 27th of October, the #ELN carried out multiple attacks against the Colombian #Army using roadside IEDs and sniper fire. A Military convoy was traveling at night on the road from #ElZulia in the direction…🧵

#Colombia 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐊𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐥 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 In the early morning hours of November 8th, a motorcycle bomb exploded in the town of El Plateado killing one Colombian soldier and critically injuring another. 🧵 (Video Courtesy Of: La FM)

#Mexico 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐬 𝐁𝐲 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 An image circulated through social media around November 7th showing an alleged member of the ‘Los Chapitos’ faction of the #SinaloaCartel (CDS) burning a hat embossed with a caricature representing…🧵

#Colombia 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐈𝐧 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐨, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 On Friday, May 31st, the Colombian Army was alerted of a trucked parked in the vicinity of the Apiay Military Base in Villavicencio, Colombia where the 4th Division is stationed…🧵

Over the last two days, Azerbaijan carried out a military operation in  Nagorno-Karabakh region, a self-governing Armenian-populated territory. Bellingcat has been investigating the humanitarian consequences of this offensive using open-source evidence www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/09...

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Four Bodies, Messages Abandoned in SUV in Guerrero, Mexico

Interviewed humanitarian aid worker and photojournalist, Otto Rabe after his return from #Ukraine. Otto is selling his photobook, "Portrait of War", to raise money for medical supplies and vehicles. https://medium.com/@mark.john.bruno/otto-rabe-creates-a-portrait-of-the-war-in-ukraine-2a329183fb16

Do not, under any circumstances, allow your phone to be searched or accessed without a warrant https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-nypd-campaign-cellphone-idenfiication-numbers-controversy-20230708-yltabdlozfbppeoodxymyub3zq-story.html

If you appreciate the work that I do using open source data to hold state actors and demagogues responsible for committing horrible acts, violating human rights, and international law, feel free to buy me a coffee via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/chrisosieck

A senior Tamaulipas state government official was attacked by Zetas Viejas Escuela in the Reynosa-San Fernando highway

Hi all I`m an OSINT refugee from twitter If you want to check out some of my previous work you may do so here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1668416807479156736.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1669566746641018881.html

A few of you already know but some might be new to the work that we’ve done this past year. That is why in this first thread on Bluesky, I’ll share the investigations that I did in collaboration with other open source researchers and news organizations.

New: Satanist neo-nazi books where being sold by mainstream retailers across the world, including Amazon and the Dutch Bol.com. We investigated: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2023/06/30/the-mainstream-publishers-distributors-and-bookshops-selling-satanist-neo-nazi-books/

https://themoloch.com/conflict/numerous-swiss-websites-sustain-ddos-attacks-ahead-of-zelensky-appearance/ They just went after Iceland's government websites, as well.

Twice a month, we ask a guest to come give a talk at the Bellingcat Discord server. This week it was Dr. Jason Stanley, who spoke about what he called the "acceleration" of fascist politics at the international level since ~2018. You can listen to his talk here: https://on.soundcloud.com/yoaVQ

Mexico: Kidnapped Member of The Searching Mothers of Sonora Released. The Union of Collectives of Searching Mothers in Tamaulipas released a written communication directed to the leaders of organizations operating in northern Sonora, specifically naming the... (1)

Mexico: The Baja California Attorney General Confirms The Sinaloa Cartel Responsible For The San Vicente Massacre. (Photo Courtesy Of: @ TecateShore on Twitter) (1)

Check out my latest video covering the use of internet shutdowns in places like Myanmar 🇲🇲 https://youtu.be/KUnwBB9GegI