Cool open-source investigative tool I just learned about via Juliana Castro Varón: alltext.nyc. It lets you search any text found in Google Street View images from 2007 to 2024— graffiti, shop signs, street text, you name it. Just type in what you see, and see what pops up.

In Peru, the future pontiff mediated labor disputes, decried corruption and raised money for oxygen equipment in the pandemic. “My work is to accompany the people to expand their faith, help them overcome, look to the future," Leo said in 2015. wsj.com/world/americas… The Wall Street Journal

The U.S. says he is one of the world’s biggest fentanyl traffickers, and he is evading capture using tactics made famous by his father: El Chapo. wsj.com/world/americas… via The Wall Street Journal

NEW: The Underground Hunt for Iván Archivaldo Guzmán, Mexico’s Most Wanted Drug Kingpin - WSJ by ⁦Steve Fisher⁩ ⁦Jose de Cordoba⁩ wsj.com/world/americas…

wsj.com/world/americas… El Chapo’s son is one of the most wanted drug lords in Mexico. He’s using tunnels to successfully evade special forces.

Andrés Manuel López Beltrán, operations chief of Mexico’s ruling Morena party that his father founded, oversaw the mobilization of millions of voters to participate in Sunday’s judicial election. A disappointingly low turnout is a setback for him. wsj.com/world/americas…

Bassam Hassan, a top advisor to Assad who has been accused of facilitating chemical weapons attacks and is the subject of an international arrest warrant, is speaking with the FBI and CIA. He claimed that Austin Tice has been killed. nytimes.com/2025/06/15/us/…

Mexico’s president wants to reach an agreement with the U.S. to further cooperate on security, but she has been undermined by the cartels’ pervasive influence wsj.com/world/americas… via The Wall Street Journal

Mexico sends 26 narcos to the US. With Santiago Pérez and Jose de Cordoba Gift link: wsj.com/world/americas…

Erik Prince is back. The Blackwater founder's new firm is pitching foreign leaders from Peru to Ecuador, Haiti, and Congo, seeking to capitalize on the vacuum left abroad by Trump's America First policies (and touting his ties to Trumpworld) W/ benoit faucon

Thank you for sharing, Steve Padilla

#PuenteNewsCollaborative | Con la drástica disminución de los cruces de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, los drones ahora tienen menos misiones que realizar. Eso significa que tienen tiempo para rastrear a pequeños grupos 🖊 Steve Fisher dozz.es/m6ssm4

El Señor Mencho's empire is thriving. America loves cocaine again, and Trump's fentanyl crackdown is killing off his rivals. on.wsj.com/4nDLCvJ

“El Señor Mencho,” Mexico’s new drug king, is riding high. He’s selling tons of cocaine to Americans, while Trump’s war on fentanyl is killing off his rivals. wsj.com/world/americas… via The Wall Street Journal

"Cocaine sold in the U.S. is cheaper and as pure as ever for retail buyers. Consumption in the western U.S. has increased 154% since 2019 and is up 19% during the same period in the eastern part of the country" wsj.com/world/americas…

The Trump-Miller administration's single-minded focus on immigration is starting to impact the availability of drugs in the US, according to this detail from a very good investigation Santiago Pérez, Jose de Cordoba, and Steve Fisher published today. wsj.com/world/americas…