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Hidden crypto farm in Mexican mountains puts spotlight on cartel funding - CNN
1+ hour, 30+ min ago (695+ words) Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely traveled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm. What led police to the…...
Mexican Authorities Seize Cartel Crypto Mining Farm With 300 GPUs in Puebla
3+ hour, 32+ min ago (385+ words) KuCoin Mexican Authorities Seize Cartel Crypto Mining Farm With 300 GPUs in Puebla Mexican authorities have dismantled a clandestine cryptocurrency mining farm in the mountains of Puebla, seizing 300 graphics cards, satellite internet links and industrial transformers that were illegally drawing on…...
Homeland Security Task Force investigation leads to 10-and-a-half-year sentence for local distributor for cartel connected drug ring
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (21+ words) Department of Justice (.gov)...
Mexico Seizes Cartel Crypto Mining Farm
3+ hour, 45+ min ago (76+ words) Mexican authorities seized a clandestine crypto mining farm with 300 GPUs in Puebla, revealing how drug cartels use mining to launder money....
Inside Mexico's Cartel-Linked 300-GPU Crypto Farm Bust
4+ hour ago (255+ words) Four raids near Nuevo Necaxa dam since 2025 reveal cartels converting stolen hydroelectric power into crypto assets worth billions An inter-agency operation involving Mexico’s federal prosecutors (FGR), the Navy (SEMAR), and the Puebla state security ministry (SSP) secured the property and…...
Mexican Authorities Find 1,000 Crypto Mining Rigs In Cartel Raids
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (279+ words) Authorities in Central Mexico have found more than 1,000 crypto mining rigs and several other pieces of high-tech equipment that were believed to be used by terrorist cartels as a way to launder money and finance their operations. The investigation began…...
Hidden in the Mountains: Mexico Busts Crypto Farm Suspected of Funding Cartels
18+ hour, 1+ min ago (462+ words) Mexican authorities raided a covert crypto mining facility in the mountainous municipality of Tlaola, Puebla, seizing around 300 graphics processing units along with industrial electrical equipment and satellite antennas. Stolen Power and Crypto Mining Emerge as New Tools for Latin American…...
10 Killed in Sinaloa Hours Before Peace March
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (564+ words) Security & Cartels / Sinaloa Culiacán, Mazatlán and Escuinapa accounted for the homicides reported on Saturday, September 12, ahead of the mobilization to demand security in the state. Ten people were murdered in Sinaloa on Saturday, September 12, hours before the second mobilization for…...
Mexican drug cartels steal energy for crypto farms
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (453+ words) Mexican drug cartels are increasingly embracing crypto mining: in the mountains of Puebla state, law enforcement discovered a hidden farm with hundreds of graphics processors, industrial energy equipment, and satellite communications. The operation took place in the city of Tlaola,…...
Crypto Mining Becomes Cartels' New Weapon for Laundering Illicit Funds
1+ day, 48+ min ago (476+ words) Crypto mining operations are increasingly becoming tools for organized crime in Latin America, according to blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis. Mexican authorities recently uncovered a suspected illicit crypto mining site in the mountainous Tlaola area of Puebla state, seizing hundreds of…...