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Followers

71.2K

Posts

9.7K

Following

7.8K

Account age

15 yrs

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710.9K views BOOM - Video just sent said to be Rafael Caro Quintero arriving in New York.

In the Zocalo of Mexico City, people are placing shoes and candles in remembrance of the murdered and disappeared in Jalisco and across Mexico.

319.5K views In the Zocalo of Mexico City, people are placing shoes and candles in remembrance of the murdered and disappeared in Jalisco and across Mexico.

The Detention of El Mayo - A Thread

The arrest in the US of Mayo Zambada, such a huge figure in the Mexican narco world, was a truly seismic event.

Two explanations emerged:

1) La Traición, or treachery: The son of El Chapo betrayed Mayo.

2) El Pacto: Mayo made a deal.

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279.5K views The Detention of El Mayo - A Thread The arrest in the US of Mayo Zambada, such a huge figure in the Mexican narco world, was a truly seismic event. Two explanations emerged: 1) La Traición, or treachery: The son of El Chapo betrayed Mayo. 2) El Pacto: Mayo made a deal. 1/

I spent the last 3 days following the crime beat - or nota roja - in Culiacán, Sinaloa to better understand the Mayo-Chapitos war on the ground.

It's brutal and tragic, and its unprecedented how the cartel war has paralyzed a major city for a week.

Full story coming very soon.

97.8K views I spent the last 3 days following the crime beat - or nota roja - in Culiacán, Sinaloa to better understand the Mayo-Chapitos war on the ground. It's brutal and tragic, and its unprecedented how the cartel war has paralyzed a major city for a week. Full story coming very soon.

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Posting cadence

0.05 / week

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Content mix

Mostly text

Recent: 2 video · 6 image · 10 text.

Follower / following

9.2×

Follows 7.8K back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

Recent posts

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▶ 🔥 Top post BOOM - Video just sent said to be Rafael Caro Quintero arriving in New York. 710.9K❤ 5.1K🔁 1.2K

I must admit, I went to this interview in LatinUS, Mexico City, without knowing it was interrogation style, with lights in your face and rapid fire questions! But it was challenging and fun and an interesting experience. Saludos @fdelcolla… 32K❤ 847🔁 124

In the Zocalo of Mexico City, people are placing shoes and candles in remembrance of the murdered and disappeared in Jalisco and across Mexico. 319.5K❤ 7.6K🔁 1.6K

The death camp in Teuchitlan, Jalisco is a real tragedy - but also it's tragically not new. Since 2010, paramilitary squads of cartels, and sometimes security forces, have been carrying out massacres and digging mass graves in Mexico. H… 96.6K❤ 1.1K🔁 525 HISTORIC NARCO EXTRADITIONS A total of 29 narcos are being extradited from Mexico to US today former DEA agent Mike Vigil tells me. (Some say more). "This is the highest number of extraditions in the history of Mexico, without question. … 104.8K❤ 1.4K🔁 431 Yes, Mexico Has Deep Narco Corruption, But So Does The USA - Border Agents working with cartels - CIA has worked with traffickers - U.S. gun shops sell to cartels - Cartel snitches get sweetheart deals - U.S. banks launder drug money Rea… 94.8K❤ 2.5K🔁 933 It's true there is huge narco corruption in Mexico. It's also true that: - US gives sweetheart deals to narco snitches - US shops supply guns to cartels - CIA has worked with drug traffickers - US has biggest drug market in world - There… 405.5K❤ 10K🔁 2.2K

▶ I spent the last 3 days following the crime beat - or nota roja - in Culiacán, Sinaloa to better understand the Mayo-Chapitos war on the ground. It's brutal and tragic, and its unprecedented how the cartel war has paralyzed a major city … 97.8K❤ 1.5K🔁 529

The Detention of El Mayo - A Thread The arrest in the US of Mayo Zambada, such a huge figure in the Mexican narco world, was a truly seismic event. Two explanations emerged: 1) La Traición, or treachery: The son of El Chapo betrayed M… 279.5K❤ 1.5K🔁 393 EXCLUSIVA: Operativo del Cártel ofrece detalles de la captura de El Mayo Mayo fue de Durango a Culiacán para ver a médicos por su cáncer. Lo engañaron para que asistiera a una supuesta reunión con Joaquín Guzmán y Héctor Melesio Cuén. Le… 154.5K❤ 840🔁 336 EXCLUSIVE: Sinaloa Cartel Operative Offers Details Of El Mayo Capture Mayo went from Durango to Culiacán to meet doctors about cancer. He was lured to a supposed meeting with Joaquín Guzmán and politician Héctor M. Cuén. His bodyguards we… 367.8K❤ 1.7K🔁 643 Ovidio is already in Campo 1, the top military base in Mexico City, according to Radio Formula. AMLO is killing the demon of the Culiacanazo, capturing El Raton right before the Biden visit to Mexico next week. 461.1K❤ 2.5K🔁 556

💡 Facts

🗓️Joined X in 2011 — 15 years ago.

👁️Averages 154.5K views per post.

📤Posts about 0.1× per week.

💬4.63% engagement rate.

🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.

📍Based in Mexico.

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Estimated

72/100

Good Credibility score

89%

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Est. 89% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~2.2× of followers engage each post) is around typical for X.
Established account (15+ years old).
4.63% engagement — around average for this size on X.

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About

Journalist based in Mexico, focused on crime, drugs + gangster politics. Director of CrashOut Media, author of El Narco trilogy. Time, NYT, HBO+ Still doing it.

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