El Parece
@elparece.bsky.social
OS drug war research, opinions / theories / speculation / conjecture solely my own
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Beyond China: How Other Countries Provide Precursor Chemicals to Mexico
China cracked down on precursor chemicals but regulations in other chemical-producing countries are less strict and have gaps in enforcement.
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"Between 2016 and 2020, Punjab Chemicals conducted six other transactions with Pro Chemie New York, shipping a total of 154 tons of oxalic acid to the ports of Veracruz and Manzanillo, according to shipping data."
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Can't imagine why they'd feel the need to do that...
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Can't imagine why they'd feel the need to do that...
The globetrotting con artist and suspected Chinese spy who met with Donald Trump at his New Jersey country club.
www.propublica.org/article/liu-...
www.propublica.org/article/liu-...
The Globetrotting Con Man and Suspected Spy Who Met With President Trump
Tao Liu’s criminal odyssey took him from money laundering in Mexico to a massive scam in China to Trump’s exclusive New Jersey golf club. Investigators believed he may have infiltrated U.S. politics a...
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The globetrotting con artist and suspected Chinese spy who met with Donald Trump at his New Jersey country club.
www.propublica.org/article/liu-...
www.propublica.org/article/liu-...
Started doing this thing where I leave coins next to a little pile of cat food or peanuts on the sidewalk for the crows in the morning and I'm hoping they start bringing me treasure
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Started doing this thing where I leave coins next to a little pile of cat food or peanuts on the sidewalk for the crows in the morning and I'm hoping they start bringing me treasure
Give it a few years, Texas looking more like Russia every day. You've got an economy that revolves around petroleum, corruption from top to bottom, a perma-executive, oligarchs beyond the law, mafia that own sports teams, terrorist attacks that the government lets happen
For my first piece back from vacation, I blogged about the people who moved from Texas to Russia to escape gay people and then found out living in Russia kind of sucks:
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
www.chron.com/culture/arti...
They left Texas for Russia to escape 'LGBT indoctrination.' Turns out, it sucks.
Their Texas towns had too much "DEI" and "LGBT indoctrination." So they moved to Russia and became influencers.
www.chron.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Give it a few years, Texas looking more like Russia every day. You've got an economy that revolves around petroleum, corruption from top to bottom, a perma-executive, oligarchs beyond the law, mafia that own sports teams, terrorist attacks that the government lets happen
"Across Latin America, corruption and organized crime no longer operate outside the law. They increasingly operate through it."
www.justsecurity.org/124089/impun...
www.justsecurity.org/124089/impun...
Impunity by Design: Latin America’s Quiet Crisis of Accountability
Political elites are passing laws that narrow definitions, shield allies, and block legal pathways to investigate corruption and crime.
www.justsecurity.org
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"Across Latin America, corruption and organized crime no longer operate outside the law. They increasingly operate through it."
www.justsecurity.org/124089/impun...
www.justsecurity.org/124089/impun...
don't wear a pulse oximeter on your body unless you want a 24/7 polygraph that goes straight to Meta, Google, etc.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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NEWS👀👀: After many years in the wilds of freelancing, I start TODAY as a full-time staff reporter for
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NEWS👀👀: After many years in the wilds of freelancing, I start TODAY as a full-time staff reporter for
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
@theintercept.com
My beat:
-The FBI!
-Trump's purges and reshuffling of federal law enforcement and courts!
-The invasion of American cities by ICE/CBP/National Guard!
-ETC!
Two stories that I strongly suspect are related: Kash Patel quietly travels to Beijing on Friday (7 Nov)
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: FBI chief visited China to talk fentanyl, law enforcement, sources say
FBI Director Kash Patel visited China last week to discuss fentanyl and law enforcement issues, two people familiar with his trip said, following a summit between the U.S. and Chinese presidents where both hailed "consensus" on the matter.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Two stories that I strongly suspect are related: Kash Patel quietly travels to Beijing on Friday (7 Nov)
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Truly a golden era for serious crime. It will take decades to repair the capacity and experience they've flushed down the toilet in less than a year. Our adversaries could only dream of pulling off something as harmful as this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Truly a golden era for serious crime. It will take decades to repair the capacity and experience they've flushed down the toilet in less than a year. Our adversaries could only dream of pulling off something as harmful as this.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I admire people like this that want to make the world slightly less bad but there is no way to buy illegal drugs without participating in international supply chains sustained by poverty, corruption, violence, and death.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They wanted to save lives. They've now been found guilty of drug trafficking | CBC News
A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled Friday that Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx had broken the law by selling the drugs to their members, and were each guilty of three counts of possession for the purpose of...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I admire people like this that want to make the world slightly less bad but there is no way to buy illegal drugs without participating in international supply chains sustained by poverty, corruption, violence, and death.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The precursors China added to a list of banned substances are already obsolete. Producers will just modify them slightly with a bromine or a chlorine or an iodine substituted somewhere on the molecule and continue manufacturing and selling them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Curbs Drug Precursors to North America After US Trade Deal
China added more than a dozen fentanyl precursors to a list of controlled exports to the US, Mexico and Canada, in an apparent move to implement commitments made in a trade deal reached between Xi Jin...
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The precursors China added to a list of banned substances are already obsolete. Producers will just modify them slightly with a bromine or a chlorine or an iodine substituted somewhere on the molecule and continue manufacturing and selling them.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Just a few bad apples in three professional leagues and counting.
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
MLB pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz charged with taking bribes to rig pitches for bettors
Two pitchers with the Cleveland Guardians have been indicted on charges they took bribes to give sports bettors advance notice of their pitches and intentionally tossed balls instead of strikes to ens...
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Just a few bad apples in three professional leagues and counting.
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
apnews.com/article/mlb-...
The hottest method for infiltrating operatives, subversives, spies, and agents of chaos this year is claiming political persecution for being a racist
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The hottest method for infiltrating operatives, subversives, spies, and agents of chaos this year is claiming political persecution for being a racist
The lessons of Donald Trump's indefensible pardon for a Chinese-Canadian kingpin of the world's illicit revenue flows.
>Al Qaeda
>Hezbollah
>Hamas
>'Ndrangheta
>Cártel de Sinaloa
>CJNG
>Triad slave compounds in Myanmar
>Lazarus Group
>Russia
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
>Al Qaeda
>Hezbollah
>Hamas
>'Ndrangheta
>Cártel de Sinaloa
>CJNG
>Triad slave compounds in Myanmar
>Lazarus Group
>Russia
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
The Lessons of an Indefensible Pardon for a Crypto Billionaire
Donald Trump’s grant of clemency to the founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao, shows how the checks on Presidential power are failing.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The lessons of Donald Trump's indefensible pardon for a Chinese-Canadian kingpin of the world's illicit revenue flows.
>Al Qaeda
>Hezbollah
>Hamas
>'Ndrangheta
>Cártel de Sinaloa
>CJNG
>Triad slave compounds in Myanmar
>Lazarus Group
>Russia
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
>Al Qaeda
>Hezbollah
>Hamas
>'Ndrangheta
>Cártel de Sinaloa
>CJNG
>Triad slave compounds in Myanmar
>Lazarus Group
>Russia
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Heidi Cruz was born and raised Seventh Day Adventist and still maintains their dietary requirements 🤨
www.expressnews.com/news/local/a...
www.expressnews.com/news/local/a...
Ted Cruz’s secret weapon: Heidi Cruz
She’s rounding out the sharp edges of the tea party senator
www.expressnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Heidi Cruz was born and raised Seventh Day Adventist and still maintains their dietary requirements 🤨
www.expressnews.com/news/local/a...
www.expressnews.com/news/local/a...
If Ted Cruz turns out to be an ultra deep-cover Cuban operative I'm going to lose my shit
November 9, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If Ted Cruz turns out to be an ultra deep-cover Cuban operative I'm going to lose my shit
Not to be culturally insensitive but BBC Pidgin is always good for a chuckle
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Not to be culturally insensitive but BBC Pidgin is always good for a chuckle
Ted Cruz is a gangster and up to his neck in transnational organized crime at the highest levels since 1997 when he bought into the remnants of the drug money laundering and terrorist finance system dismantled with the arrest of Fawaz Younis during Operation Goldenrod.
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narco.news
Investigating the drug war
narco.news
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Ted Cruz is a gangster and up to his neck in transnational organized crime at the highest levels since 1997 when he bought into the remnants of the drug money laundering and terrorist finance system dismantled with the arrest of Fawaz Younis during Operation Goldenrod.
narco.news/articles/the...
narco.news/articles/the...
As Ted Cruz attempts to puppeteer Trump into a misadventure in Nigeria, it's important to understand where this is coming from: the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and The Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), the latter of which has recently lobbied Ted Cruz.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Donald Trump says Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria - is he right?
Donald Trump says thousands of Christians are being killed in Nigeria - where has he got the numbers from?
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
As Ted Cruz attempts to puppeteer Trump into a misadventure in Nigeria, it's important to understand where this is coming from: the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and The Biafra Republic Government in Exile (BRGIE), the latter of which has recently lobbied Ted Cruz.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Analysts warned that Trump appeared not to fully grasp Nigeria’s deeply complex political and religious dynamics. While the gov't has clearly failed to get a handle on the violence wracking the country, they said, there is little evidence it is turning a blind eye to the killing of Christians."
Trump’s suggestion of military action in Nigeria met reality with AFRICOM, which expressed doubts that a military response to violence would do anything.
Free to read: wapo.st/3JECubO
Free to read: wapo.st/3JECubO
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
"Analysts warned that Trump appeared not to fully grasp Nigeria’s deeply complex political and religious dynamics. While the gov't has clearly failed to get a handle on the violence wracking the country, they said, there is little evidence it is turning a blind eye to the killing of Christians."
This story makes it clear that Ted Cruz is the shadow puppet master controlling Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump’s ‘guns-a-blazing’ threat to Nigeria shocked key players, aides
President Trump’s threat to go “guns-a-blazing” into Nigeria concerned U.S. military officials in Africa and surprised even those who had been pushing the issue.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This story makes it clear that Ted Cruz is the shadow puppet master controlling Trump
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
That political control of the Executive will be decided by an election in 2028 may be too optimistic
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Ranking the 2028 Republican presidential contenders
Most of the contenders here are among Trump’s closest allies, but a non-MAGA candidate could bubble up.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
That political control of the Executive will be decided by an election in 2028 may be too optimistic
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Interactive map of illicit hubs in West Africa
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Illicit hub mapping | WEA - GITOC
wea.globalinitiative.net
November 9, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Interactive map of illicit hubs in West Africa
wea.globalinitiative.net/illicit-hub-...
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The North Pole has fallen to Tren de Aragua.
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Reports of 'pink cocaine' circulating in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut's Health department says | CBC News
The drugs may be pink or brightly-coloured powder, and can come in a powder or pill. The department believes those drugs may contain dangerous combinations of fentanyl, ketamine or other unknown chemi...
www.cbc.ca
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The North Pole has fallen to Tren de Aragua.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Why is the U.S. attacking 'cartels' that don't exist? Treating complex, multilayered, horizontal, adaptive criminal networks as unified terrorist-style organizations misapprehends the challenge and risks misguided strategy.
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Why Is the US Attacking ‘Cartels’ That Don’t Exist?
YouTube video by InSight Crime
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Why is the U.S. attacking 'cartels' that don't exist? Treating complex, multilayered, horizontal, adaptive criminal networks as unified terrorist-style organizations misapprehends the challenge and risks misguided strategy.
youtu.be/IrSfsZYm6rU?...
youtu.be/IrSfsZYm6rU?...