
Salvador Rivera
Reporter at KSWB-TV (San Diego, CA)
California Correspondent at Border Report
California/Baja Border News Correspondent for Nexstar Border Report. KSWB Reporter. BHHS Realtor. Padres/Aztecs/boxing/soccer fan.
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1 day ago |
newsnationnow.com | Salvador Rivera
SAN DIEGO ( Border Report) - A cartel expert says indictments handed out this week against leaders of the Sinaloa cartel are not going to keep it from manufacturing and exporting fentanyl and other drugs to the U.S. any time soon. Everard Meade is director of Proceso Pacifico, an organization that works in communities impacted by cartel violence, including the city of Culiacán, home to the Sinaloa cartel, which is considered to be the largest manufacturer and distributor of fentanyl in the world.
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1 day ago |
borderreport.com | Salvador Rivera
SAN DIEGO ( Border Report) - A cartel expert says indictments handed out this week against leaders of the Sinaloa cartel are not going to keep it from manufacturing and exporting fentanyl and other drugs to the U.S. any time soon. Everard Meade is director of Proceso Pacifico, an organization that works in communities impacted by cartel violence, including the city of Culiacán, home to the Sinaloa cartel, which is considered to be the largest manufacturer and distributor of fentanyl in the world.
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2 days ago |
newsnationnow.com | Salvador Rivera
Rainbow colored fentanyl pills made by the Sinaloa Cartel. (Courtesy: U.S. Attorney)SAN DIEGO ( Border Report) - An indictment was unsealed Tuesday morning in the U.S. Attorney's Southern District of California charging alleged leaders of the Sinaloa cartel with narco-terrorism and material support of terrorism in connection with trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the United States.
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2 days ago |
kxan.com | Salvador Rivera
SAN DIEGO ( Border Report) - Mexico's Secretariat of Foreign Relations said the number of Mexican migrants who have died while unlawfully crossing into the United States has doubled since President Donald Trump took office. The Department says 181 Mexican nationals have died during the first four months of this year, more than twice when compared to same time period last year. There were 81 from January-April 2024.
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2 days ago |
newsnationnow.com | Salvador Rivera
In this Feb. 22, 2014 file photo, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, is escorted to a helicopter in Mexico City following his capture in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman was sentenced to life in prison Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)SAN DIEGO ( Border Report) - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wants to know why the U.S. government has allowed 17 members of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán's family to enter the United States.
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