Qresearch need baker on 8kun please

Threads #490 and #491 are both locked. Whut's up with dat?

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>>146124
I don't think Epstein had the painting of Bush, just the one of Clinton in the blue dress by the same artist.

>>146403

seems you are correct: https://www.techarp.com/facts/epstein-george-bush-painting/

however, the painting's theme fits the video at SEC: 23 (in the 23rd anniversay year of 9/11), so it's inclusion is arguably warranted.

v3.0 includes new Q78 hit. >>146778 ob bunker main

Bunker post

>>110219

“Will Jacob Zuma be ARRESTED by the end of the week?”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/breaking-will-jacob-zuma-be-arrested-by-the-end-of-the-week-tuesday-22-november/
22-11-2022 14:13

For the second time in 16 months, Jacob Zuma could be forcibly taken back to jail – and the DA are demanding a swift arrest.

John Steenhuisen has issued an ultimatum to South Africa’s law enforcement officials. He is demanding that Jacob Zuma is arrested by 17:00 on Friday – and he’s set a 48-hour deadline for Correctional Services to confirm their intentions.

WHEN WILL JACOB ZUMA BE ARRESTED?

It was ruled yesterday that Msholozi would have to return to prison to complete a 15-month jail sentence, after he was irregularly granted medical parole. The DA leader, however, wants to see the verdict enacted as soon as possible:

“The DA has sent a lawyer’s letter to acting national Commissioner of Correctional Services, demanding that he confirms within 48 hours that he’ll ensure Jacob Zuma is returned by 17:00 on Friday 25 November to the Estcourt Correctional Centre to serve out the remainder of his sentence.”

>>84449
>1:27:27 – “The choices we as citizens make in the next 2 years will determine our destiny

Janusz Walus Parole | Chris Hani's wife Limpho Hani reacts – “The EFF says there will be serious consequences and repercussions if Janusz Walus is indeed released from prison”

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TcqMUSzFirw [Embed]

4:29 – “Come to me after 2 years. Karma exists. All of them there sitting there from Zondo downwards. This judgement is diabolical… Let me give you free information. If my husband was not killed, we would never had elections. Mandela, after my husband was murdered, said to De Klerk, for us to stop this, give us an election date. That is how Zondo and his friends today are sitting in this court.”

“‘He must remain in prison until death’: EFF on Janusz Walus”

https://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/eff-on-constitutional-court-decision-janusz-walus-22-november-2022/
22-11-2022 07:50

The EFF says there will be serious consequences and repercussions if Janusz Walus is indeed released from prison.

The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has slammed the Constitutional Court’s decision to grant Janusz Walus parole saying he must remain in prison until he dies.

>>109714
>>109816
>>110195

Unable to post all the graphics, below are links to them which can be accessed through the Wayback Machine.

“Apartheid Guns and Money: Graphics”

https://www.opensecrets.org.za/agm/

This book is accompanied by a series of graphics, the treasure maps that help explain much of the content of the book. They were designed by Gaelen Pinnock of Scarlet Studio, http://www.scarletstudio.net/?utm_source=website&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=opensecrets.
Please note that the graphics are not available in the Kindle version and can be accessed here for ease of reference. Kindly attribute the publication if posted elsewhere.

1. The Tale of Profit in Numbers - https://www.opensecrets.org.za/downloads/01_The%20Tale%20of%20Profit%20in%20Numbers.pdf
2. An Atlas of Apartheid Allies - https://www.opensecrets.org.za/downloads/02_An%20Atlas%20of%20Apartheid%20Allies.pdf
3. Oiling Apartheid - https://www.opensecrets.org.za/downloads/03_Oiling%20Apartheid.pdf
4. The Secret State - https://www.opensecrets.org.za/downloads/04_The%20Secret%20State.pdf

Trafigura Charters Dual-Fuel Methanol-Powered Tanker
Mike Schuler December 8, 2022

British Columbia-based Waterfront Shipping has entered into a time-charter agreement with commodity trading giant Trafigura for the methanol-powered dual-fuel medium-range product tanker MT Mari Innovator.

Waterfront Shipping is a subsidiary of Methanex, the world’s largest producer and supplier of methanol, and is pioneering the use of methanol as a marine fuel. Out of Waterfront’s current 30-vessel fleet, 18 have methanol dual-fuel capability and have accumulated over 123,000 operating hours on methanol fuel. The company has a 19th dual fuel tanker on order with delivery expected next spring.

“Trafigura plays a vital leadership role in the energy transition and for it to recognize that methanol marine fuel offers a clear pathway towards a low carbon shipping industry will help build the platform to drive change,” said Paul Hexter, President of Waterfront Shipping.

Built in 2021, the 49,999 dwt Mari Innovator is co-owned by Waterfront Shipping and Clean Sea Transport.

Andrea Olivi, Head of Wet Freight for Trafigura, said the time-charter agreement aligns with Trafigura’s advocacy for industry-wide action to tackle shipping emissions.

“We’re excited about the cooperation with Waterfront Shipping and Clean Sea as we explore and learn also how methanol technology can integrate with our fleet to achieve our carbon intensity reduction goal of 25 per cent by 2030 across our entire chartering operation,” Olivi said.

Methanol, which can be produced from renewable sources, is drawing wide interest in shipping as a promising marine fuel for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, most notably carbon dioxide. As a cleaner-burning marine fuel, conventional methanol already meets the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) emissions regulations, significantly reducing sulphur oxides by 99 per cent, nitrogen oxides by up to 80 per cent, and particulate matter by 95 per cent compared to heavy fuel oil.

Load shedding is killing 5G in South Africa
The perfect storm of a power-crippled 5G roll-out will widen rather than narrow the digital divide in South Africa.
By Paul Colmer 6 March 2023

The South African telecommunications industry is in a state of flux.

On one hand, 5G network roll-outs are gathering pace, with the latest news that Nokia has won a major deal to expand MTN’s 5G network to more than 2 800 additional sites around the country.

On the other hand, there seems to be no eLoad shedding is killing 5G in South Africand in sight to the country’s power crisis, with storm clouds gathering around the key stakeholders following the explosive allegations levelled at Eskom and the governing ANC by ousted CEO André de Ruyter.

While 5G promises to bring many benefits to consumers, including faster download speeds, lower latency and better network capacity, it also comes with some challenges, one of the most significant being increased power consumption. One of the selling points of 5G is that it’s more “eco-friendly” than LTE, but even though 5G consumes less power per bit of data, because it transmits significantly more data than LTE the net result is also significantly higher power consumption.

While 5G in South Africa won’t be using millimetre-wave bands because the spectrum has not been made available to local operators, it will still be using more power to transmit signals in the available sub-6GHz spectrum.

This is why power – or rather the lack of it – can ultimately be a 5G killer.

As with fibre and LTE, 5G roll-out started in the wealthier areas, because it entails a big upfront investment and needs measurable return on investment to make it viable. So, the first stage of the 5G roll-out will naturally take place in high-LSM-income, high-density urban areas. In rural areas, where communities are poorer and less densely populated, not too many customers even have the phones to use it, and the investment required will be exponentially more because of the power issues mention

>>55478
Sorry, this poast was meant 4U
>>146927

>>54441
Respect for your effort sir.
Sorry for shittin the bread.
Feal free to del, as msg has been sent.

Sorry for bread shittin, needed to get creative.
Pasting problems over the road.

682-413-1235

>>136469
^^^
8bit & Bellakat

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>>111129

re: Undefined Words "WHO CA+"

The proposed treaty, known as the "WHO Convention, Agreement or Other International Instrument on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response" -- or WHO CA+, for short

https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/transforming-who-into-a-public-health-technocracy/

>>10285
[new link]
WHO Insider Blows Whistle on Gates and GAVI
Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger is a health scientist who does research, training and teaching in public health. Early on in her career, she began working with WHO, doing research which she says was “science for politics.” In this video she talks about the “suspicious” activities of Bill Gates and the reservations she has about the actions of the WHO, GAVI and Gates.

As her career advanced, she started getting asked by politicians to organize events in public health. And then, in her capacity working with research ethics for WHO, she was asked by Geneva University to work on international health regulations in 1999.

She also worked with Georgetown University and others to be ready for a pandemic and to act quickly in the event one happened. In a stunning confession, she says Switzerland is the center of corruption, and that GAVI and Bill Gates have total immunity from everything they do.

Worse, when the pandemic began, she found that many breaches to international health regulations were occurring, and more. The rules under which countries work with WHO virtually put WHO in charge of all rules and formal edicts and announcements — with Gates being right there as part of the executive board like an unofficial member state, making decisions that affect the entire world.
One of the primary arguments for genetically engineered (GE) crops and foods was that it was going to solve world hunger. Reality, however, has demonstrated the massive flaws in this argument.

GE agriculture actually does the complete opposite by destroying our soils and making food more toxic and less nutritious. Regenerative farming, on the other hand, has demonstrated its superiority with regard to yield and nutrition, all without the use of toxic chemicals.

Ronnie Cummins from the Organic Consumers Association is calling for a transition toward regenerative organic farming, which has the ability to solve many of our most pressing problems simultaneously.

He believes that there are four major drivers of change to create the regenerative system we would like to have:

Bev Harris
@BevHarrisWrites
A history - some of which has never been published before:

The setup for mass mail balloting started in Washington state in 1985 with a plan to turn Washington blue.
At that time Republicans were very good at their mail ballot game, but absentee voting was restricted.
The Democrats effort to achieve dominance in absentee voting involved a software guy named Jeffrey Dean, who specialized in accounting software, and his brother Neil Dean, who mobilized temp workers and had a mail sorting operation.
The plan was interrupted when Jeff Dean was sentenced to prison for embezzlement from his politically connected employer.

SPECTRUM PRINT & MAIL (ballots)
As soon as he was released from prison, some unknown entity financed Jeff Dean for his own ballot printing company, to the tune of a couple million $. He was immediately given the contract to handle ballot printing for King County WA, and his brother handled mail sorting for absentees, plus provided election workers through his temp firm.
Meanwhile, embezzler Jeff got 24 hour keycard access to King County elections with total god-level admin access to both their voter registration system and their central tabulation.
Jeff hired his prison buddy, narcotics trafficker John Elder, to help run the ballot printing. Sometimes they left bags of ballot overages on the curb for night pickup.

JEFF DEAN BUYS GLOBAL ELECTION SYSTEMS
Even though he had made no attempt to pay court ordered restitution of over $300k, somehow Jeff Dean had enough financing to purchase Global Election Systems, a manufacturer of optical scan machines, DRE touchscreens, and the GEMS central tabulator.

>>147096
cont...
FRACTIONAL COUNTS
By June 2001 Jeff had a new design specification for the central tabulator: fractional counts and a weighted race function. This allows a preset allocation of votes by assigning a percentage of each vote, which can be less than or more than one.
This appeared to be a requirement for acquisition of the merged Global Elections and ballot print & mail firm. Jeff Dean was the largest stockholder in both (put in wife's name because he still owed restitution on his embezzlement).
By 2001, Global Election Systems was basically insolvent. Two days after completing the commit on the new fractional count feature, Diebold issued a large bridge loan to Global Elections.

DIEBOLD ACQUIRES GLOBAL ELECTIONS
Diebold acquired Global in Jan. 2022. Using the trade name Diebold, but with the elections division operating as a stand-alone, "Diebold" sold its first major deal, a statewide voting system buy by the state of Georgia.
In the mean time, Jeff Dean and partner John Elder were running around California signing up customers for Vote Remote and a planned expansion of vote by mail.

ESCAPE FROM FINANCIAL PREDICAMENTS
I started writing about Jeff Dean in 2003. His convicted felon past got too hot to handle so Diebold put him at arms length with a lucrative consulting agreement.
I got his story into The Associated Press, which snowballed into a court order to cough up the $300k restitution. But Jeff shielded the millions he made on the Diebold acquisition claiming it all belonged to his wife.
In 2004, one of his Vote Remote programmers sued him for a piece of the Diebold $$ Jeff had promised him.
The programmer, Tae Kim, won, but Jeff and wife declared bankruptcy while also somehow funding acquisition of a plush ranch in Idaho and bankrolling son into ownership of a nearby RV resort.
Through 2006 they were tied up in bankruptcy fraud investigations.

>>9580
TYB

>>10008

Hope you have a Wonderful Birthday tomorrow, anon, in case I miss you! #GemniLove

>>9640
why not?…doitq? or not..whatever

>>9628
>How the fuck does some chick from fucking GAZA know the shooters father her whole life?
their ammo is getting low. have to bring handlers all the way from israel now to activate their mkultra puppetshooters.

>>12279

Trout closed the memo on a dour note:

“I don’t want you to be surprised if you hear I am interviewing for new jobs,” he wrote. “It is not because I don’t want to work for either of you, but rather because I cannot succeed with the current state of technology and lack of support in the agency. I don’t believe anyone will be able to succeed.”

Trout did not make clear in the memo that his departure was imminent, however. Rather, he urged Fagan and Thatcher to take his concerns seriously, saying: “I would be willing to discuss staying on as a part of your administration. There are so many opportunities for improving elections right now throughout the country that I want to use my talents and abilities to effectuate the most good. As things currently stand, I cannot do that in Oregon, but with your leadership anything is possible.”

Clarno’s office said Monday that she was aware of the memo, but had not seen it. Trout’s departure was first reported by Willamette Week.

The negative portrayal of Oregon’s elections system runs counter to the reputation Oregon has enjoyed this year. As a leader in universal vote by mail, the state — and Trout specifically — have been a model for many other states who rushed to get their own systems online in the pandemic.

Last week’s events mark the second time Trout has been let go as the state’s election director. He was first pushed out in 2013 by then-Secretary of State Kate Brown, after roughly four years on the job. Trout began working for Clear Ballot, a company that supplies ballot creation and tallying equipment to many counties in Oregon and beyond. But he re-emerged in 2016, when newly elected Secretary of State Dennis Richardson added Trout to his transition team, and subsequently hired him as elections director.

Trout is not the only high-ranking member of Clarno’s staff to depart last week. Her chief of staff, Cameron Smith, also left the office, having accepted a job with the Northwest Credit Union Association. Smith’s plans to leave the office were announced in late September.

EXCERPT FROM GATEWAY PUNDIT ARTICLE
relevant because it has info seen NOWHERE ELSE - is it REAL info or not? no sauce.

probably withdrawn bc it had some inaccurate info regarding % on Chinese Govt ownership re USB LTD (USB subsidiary of USB AG in Beijing - NOT NY)
But available via Wayback Machine

Dominion Voting Systems operates voting machines in 28 states and has been accused by President Trump and his supporters of being involved in deleting millions of votes for Trump in addition to switching votes to Biden on election night.
“On Oct 8,2020, Staple Street Capital filed SEC Form D offerings and sales amount of $400,000,000 with the Sales Compensation Recipient identified as UBS Securities,” states the investigation, which also notes that another payment of $200,000,000 was received in December 2014.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/12/china-connection-parent-company-dominion-voting-systems-received-400-million-ubs-bank-switzerland-75-owned-chinese-government/

''The statement in RED is interesting but currently UNVERIFIED, it's a claim made by InfoWars'

same info
it is VERY hard to find anything at all out about most voting systems:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/voting-machine-makers-money-unclear-origins-64297452

▶Anonymous 01/26/22 (Wed) 16:19:02 726a4d (7) No.15469631 >>15469660 >>15469692

DOMINION ON THE ROPES: Lawyers for Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell Say They Are Open to Settlement with Dominion “After Discovery Is Complete”
— As Dominion Files Suit to Block Audit in PA

The lawyers for Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell announced their clients were open to a settlement with Dominion Voting Systems after their discovery requests are complete.

Dominion sued Powell and Rudy and Mike Lindell for $1.3 billion for accusations they say damaged the company.

But Dominions won’t let ANYONE expect their machines or systems. They blocked any investigation of their machines in Arizona. They refused any legitimate inspection in Georgia. And Dominion currently has a lawsuit against Pennsylvania County auditors to prevent them from looking at their machines.

Dominion says it’s because any audit will damage their machines. Really? If this is true why would any county in the US use their product? They should immediately be disqualified.

Watch Dominion refuse any discovery in their case against Rudy, Mike and Rudy.

It won’t happen.

FOX News will Air Tucker Carlson Instead of Liz Cheney’s Jan. 6 Committee Hearing – Causing Brian Stelter to Suffer Major Meltdown
By Jim Hoft
Published June 7, 2022 at 12:22pm

FOX News announced this week they will not be airing the sham January 6 hearings this Thursday night.

Instead, FOX News will air their top-rated show, Tucker Carlson Tonight.

It is widely known that Liz Cheney’s Jan. 6 Committee will not discuss Ray Epps, FBI operatives, or the brutal killings of Ashli Babbitt or Rosanne Boyland.

This sent CNN’s Brian Stelter into meltdown mode. How dare they not show the lies and smears and omissions of the January 6 Committee!

CNN host Brian Stelter criticized the decision to air Tucker Carlson because his show “promotes conspiracy theories about the riot, calls the committee ‘illegitimate,’ and ridicules the committee members.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/06/fox-news-will-air-tucker-carlson-instead-liz-cheneys-jan-6-committee-hearing-causing-brian-stelter-suffer-major-meltdown/

Dr. Byram Bridle discusses mRNA in breast milk and how the study leaves him with more questions than answers

https://www.rebelnews.com/dr_byram_bridle_discusses_mrna_in_breastmilk

Viral immunologist and vaccinologist Dr. Byram Bridle tried to warn the public that the COVID-19 vaccines are not benign entities that stay in the shoulder, as we’ve been led to believe. Evidence in breast milk shows that he was right.

As early as May 2021, Dr. Bridle appeared on a radio talk show during which he expressed grave concerns with the biodistribution capability of the novel COVID-19 injections based on emerging science at the time.

Dr. Bridle’s concerns were fiercely labelled as misinformation. He was vigorously fact-checked, smeared, and censored. Dr. Bridle’s reputation – both personally and professionally – has been tarnished repeatedly for information that is showing in real time to be factual.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=blgrmSilbA4 [Embed]
Traces Of mRNA Vaccine Found In Breast Milk
CDC says they don't know what the effects of the vax are on the immune system of infants under 6mos but still recommends that breastfeeding mothers still get it.
Crazy.

ARCHIVING - WELL WORTH WATCHING AND SHARING THIS INTERVIEW !!!

Note: John O'Looney (unfortunate name) gives some great insight of his experiences and the people he has spoken to during his time of exposing the deaths by covid. John is a funeral director in the u.k. Matt le Tissier is a ex footballer turned pundit turned truth host, both men are principled and honourable. John talks about meeting Sir Graham Brady, who is Brady, the guy who right at this moment is in the eyes of the media, who is setting up the process to pick the next P.M of the U.K and the head of 1922 committee. look him up, a very important high profile figure, he knew about the covid plan of depopulation and states to john that the migrants are U.N troops being housed in army compounds to quell unrest amongst the British people during or in case of a uprising. (something to consider) !!!

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MATT LE TISSIER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR JOHN OLOONEY

First published at 11:56 UTC on October 20th, 2022.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/5FrnyG2cOQlm/ [Embed]

>>176713

==Up to $10 Million in Reward Offers for Information Leading to Arrests and/or Convictions of Alleged Mexican Sinaloa Cartel Plaza Bosses'''

Press Statement
Thomas "Tommy" Pigott, Principal Deputy Spokesperson
February 26, 2026

Today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is announcing reward offers under the Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions, in any country, of Sinaloa Cartel Tijuana Plaza Bosses René Arzate-García, a/k/a “La Rana,” and his brother, Alfonso Arzate-García, a/k/a “Aquiles.” These rewards are offered in coordination with the DEA San Diego Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California in a unified effort to bring the Arzate-García brothers to justice.

According to the DEA, René and Alfonso Arzate-García have jointly controlled the Tijuana Plaza for the Sinaloa Cartel for the past 15 years, maintaining authority through violence, strategic alliances, and deep local influence, including political and police corruption. Despite ongoing conflicts, they continue to manage this critical trafficking corridor, making them key figures in sustaining cartel operations, including trafficking deadly illicit fentanyl, designated by the Trump Administration as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, into U.S. communities. Last year, the Trump Administration designated the Sinaloa Cartel as both a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT).

In 2014, the Arzate-García brothers were charged in the Southern District of California with drug trafficking offenses in separate indictments and have been fugitives since that time. On August 9, 2023, both brothers were designated by the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Financial Assets Control under Executive Order 14059, “Imposing Sanctions on Foreign Persons Involved in the Global Illicit Drug Trade.”

Today’s reward offers complement the Department of Justice’s announcement of a superseding indictment against René Arzate-García, charging him with narcoterrorism, conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, material support to a foreign terrorist organization, international conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, and money laundering.

Today’s reward offers are authorized by the Secretary under the NRP, which supports law enforcement efforts to disrupt transnational crime globally and bring fugitives to justice. If you have information, please contact the DEA by phone (WhatsApp and Signal) at +1-858-298-5670, at Threema ID: PTJ4HS3J, or by email at MFSinaloaTipLine@dea.gov. If you are located outside of the United States, you may also contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. If you are located in the United States, you may also contact the local DEA field office.

>>176712

Sinaloa Cartel Leader Charged with Narcoterrorism, Material Support of Terrorism and Drug Trafficking
Thursday, February 26, 2026
For Immediate Release
Office of Public Affairs

$5 Million Reward Offered for Information Leading to the Arrest and/or Conviction of René Arzate-García aka “La Rana”

Note: To download a copy of the Wanted Rewards Posters in English and Spanish, click on: René Arzate-García and Alfonso Arzate-García.

A superseding indictment unsealed today charges René Arzate-García, also known as “La Rana,” alleged Tijuana plaza boss for the Sinaloa Cartel, with Narcoterrorism and Material Support of Terrorism in connection with trafficking massive amounts of fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana into the United States.

Also today, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs announced that it is offering up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of La Rana, 42, of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, and his brother, Alfonso Arzate-García, also known as “Aquiles.” These rewards are offered in coordination with the DEA San Diego Field Division and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California in a unified effort to bring the brothers to justice.
Stash of Firearms and Drugs in a House in San Diego

“Foreign terrorist organizations like the Sinaloa Cartel have spent decades poisoning our children and committing acts of unimaginable violence against innocent civilians -- no longer under President Trump,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “This latest indictment, which follows the landmark conviction of Sinaloa Cartel co-founder “El Mayo” on American soil, is a key development in this Department of Justice's ongoing campaign to permanently dismantle these cartels and deliver American justice to their cowardly leaders.”

>>176715

cont...
“To the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel who remain at large: Hide. Run. Fight. Flee. The illusion is that you have a choice. The reality is that you can either surrender to justice or you’ll be brought to justice,” said U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon for the Southern District of California.

“Rene Arzate-García is a ruthless Sinaloa Cartel plaza boss who is accused of exploiting U.S. ports of entry to flood our nation with fentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine,” said Administrator Terrance Cole of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). “He and his brother, Alfonso, are among DEA’s wanted fugitives for these alleged crimes against the United States. This superseding indictment underscores Arzate-García’s role, not only as a cartel operative but as a narco-terrorist who preys on vulnerabilities to flood communities with poison, violence, and fear. I want to recognize U.S. Attorney Adam Gordon for his leadership and his aggressive pursuit of those who traffic deadly drugs into our country. His partnership and resolve have been instrumental in advancing this case and ensuring that cartel leaders are held accountable. DEA remains relentless in its mission to dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel, a foreign terrorist organization, and bring its members to justice.”

“The FBI and its partners commitment to thwarting the Sinaloa Cartel is unwavering,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “We will continue to use everything at our disposal to disrupt their operations and prevent further drugs and violence from coming into our communities. The Sinaloa Cartel, including its leaders, will be forced to face the consequences of their actions.”

“President Donald Trump has made clear that narcoterrorists sending deadly drugs to the United States will be tracked down and prosecuted,” said Senior Bureau Official Chris Landberg of the Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. “Under the Narcotics Rewards Program, we are offering rewards of up to $5 million each for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of René and Alfonso Arzate-García, key figures sustaining the Sinaloa Cartel’s operations at the U.S. border with Mexico in Tijuana.”

“René Arzate-García has progressed up the ranks of the Sinaloa Cartel to become one of the most violent and prolific drug traffickers in the region,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge TJ Holland of the FBI San Diego Field Office. “Designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, the Sinaloa Cartel threatens our national security and the safety of our citizens. FBI San Diego, in coordination with our local, state, federal, and international law enforcement partners, will continue to aggressively investigate these transnational criminal organizations and their leaders targeting our neighborhoods with narcoterrorism and other criminal activity until they are eliminated from our communities.”

“Those who traffic in violence, corruption, fear, and addiction destroy lives and destabilize our communities,” said Senior Agent in Charge James Nunnallee of the DEA San Diego. “The DEA remains unwavering in our mission to dismantle Foreign Terrorist Organizations and drug trafficking networks that threaten public safety and national security.”
cont...

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cont...
“This indictment demonstrates the power of financial investigations in dismantling criminal enterprises that fuel violence and terror,” said Special Agent in Charge Tyler Hatcher of IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Los Angeles Field Office. “René Arzate-García and his co-conspirators allegedly laundered millions in drug proceeds through complex international transactions designed to hide the source and ownership of illicit funds. IRS-CI followed the money, exposing the financial lifelines that sustain narcoterrorism and global drug trafficking. We will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to ensure these organizations are stripped of their resources and held accountable for their crimes.”
According to court documents, René Arzate-García is a Baja California, Mexico-based “plaza boss” for the Sinaloa Cartel, along with his brother Alfonso Arzate-García, also known as “Aquiles” (previously charged in case number 14-cr-00722-DMS). René Arzate-García manages the cartel’s drug trafficking operations in Tijuana and the surrounding municipalities and is involved in importing large quantities of illicit drugs, including fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana, into the United States. Known to be extremely violent, Arzate-García is also involved in carrying out enforcement operations, such as kidnappings and executions, for the Sinaloa Cartel.

This indictment supersedes a 2014 indictment for conspiracy to import marijuana and demonstrates that René Arzate-García is a key member of the Sinaloa Cartel and controls the Tijuana plaza that includes the entire state of Baja California. He has imported thousands of kilograms of drugs including methamphetamine, cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana into the Southern District of California and laundered millions of dollars of drug proceeds. In addition to his drug trafficking, the indictment shows his history of corrupting Mexican law enforcement and public officials, extortion of businesses in the Tijuana Plaza, and his reputation for extreme violence, including numerous kidnappings and murders in Tijuana, Mexico on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel. René Arzate-García was designated by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, as a Drug Kingpin in 2023. These indictments follow a storied tradition in the Southern District of California for dismantling leadership and operations of powerful Mexican cartels – from the dismantling of the Arellano Felix Cartel to major strikes against today’s most dangerous, powerful and violent cartels, including the Sinaloa Cartel, Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and the Beltran Leyva Organization.

If you have any information about René Arzate-García or Alfonso Arzate-García, please contact either

FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324), or your nearest local FBI office; If you are outside the United States, you may contact the nearest American Embassy or Consulate. You can also submit a tip online, anonymously, at tips.fbi.gov/home; or
DEA by phone (WhatsApp and Signal) at +1-858-298-5670, at Threema ID: PTJ4HS3J, or by email at MFSinaloaTipLine@dea.gov. If you are located outside of the United States, you may also contact the nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate. If you are located in the United States, you may also contact the local DEA field office.

The superseding indictment is a direct result of President Trump’s Executive Order 14157 which designated the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization and the Secretary of State’s subsequent designation of the same on Feb. 20, 2025.

FBI, DEA, IRS-CI, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations and High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas are conducting the investigation.

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René Arzate-García is charged in violation of Title 21, U.S.C., Secs. 960a and 841 – Narcoterrorism with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $20 million fine; Title 18, U.S.C. Sec. 2339B – Providing Material Support to Terrorism with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and $250,000 fine; Title 21, U.S.C., Sec. 848(a) - Continuing Criminal Enterprise with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum penalty of 20 years and $10 million fine; Title 21, U.S.C., Secs. 952, 959, 960, and 963 - International Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10 million fine; Title 21, U.S.C., Secs. 841(a)(1) and 846 - Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $10 million fine; Title 21, U.S.C., Secs. 952, 960 and 963 – Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances with a maximum penalty of life in prison and a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison and a $10 million fine; Title 18, U.S.C., Section 1956(h) - Money Laundering Conspiracy with a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine or twice the value of the monetary instrument or funds involved, whichever is greater.

This case was investigated and prosecuted by the California Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) as part of Operation Take Back America. HSTFs were established by President Trump in Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion. The HSTF is a whole-of-government partnership dedicated to eliminating criminal cartels, foreign gangs, transnational criminal organizations, and human smuggling and trafficking rings operating in the United States and abroad. Through historic interagency collaboration, the HSTF directs the full might of United States law enforcement towards identifying, investigating, and prosecuting the full spectrum of crimes committed by these organizations, which have long fueled violence and instability within our borders. In performing this work, the HSTF places special emphasis on investigating and prosecuting those engaged in child trafficking or other crimes involving children. The HSTF further utilizes all available tools to prosecute and remove the most violent criminal aliens from the United States.

Operation Take Back America is a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

An indictment and complaint are merely allegations. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

Updated February 26, 2026

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sinaloa-cartel-leader-charged-narcoterrorism-material-support-terrorism-and-drug-trafficking