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February 22, 2026
EL MENCHO

🇲🇽🇺🇸 The elimination of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes alias "El Mencho" represents the clearest operational validation to date of Mexico’s quiet realignment under US pressure. Multiple sources, including regional investigative outlets, indicate that the operation in Tapalpa was conducted as a joint action between US and Mexican special operations forces. While official confirmation remains pending, the operational profile aligns with the integration pattern we described.

It is highly unlikely that such a target could have been neutralized without real-time intelligence fusion, technical surveillance, and cross-border coordination at a level that exceeds routine bilateral cooperation. The reported involvement of SEAL Team 2, alongside Mexican Navy special forces, fits the model of embedded interoperability normalized in recent months under the cover of joint exercises. If accurate, this would mark the first publicly consequential manifestation of that framework.

From Washington’s perspective, the killing of El Mencho would constitute a strategic victory. The CJNG has long been treated not merely as a criminal enterprise but as a destabilizing terrorist and paramilitary actor with transnational reach. Delivering this outcome would validate the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on Mexico and reinforce the logic of deeper integration. The message is clear. Alignment produces results. Resistance would have produced escalation.

This outcome would not have materialized under symbolic cooperation alone. It reflects sustained US pressure, calibrated intelligence sharing, and operational conditioning of Mexican units over the past year. It also reinforces the assessment that tactical cooperation is a vehicle for institutional restructuring. High-value targeting of this magnitude requires command trust and procedural access that do not exist in ambiguous relationships.

Domestically, the political shockwave will be significant. Eliminating the leader of CJNG destabilizes one of the most powerful criminal structures in the country. It also intensifies scrutiny of the factions within Morena historically accused of tolerating or benefiting from cartel adjacency. If Harfuch is perceived as architect or facilitator of the operation, his stature within security institutions and in Washington will rise sharply. His position as the preferred continuity candidate toward 2030 would be materially strengthened.

For Sheinbaum, the dilemma deepens. Operational success strengthens her argument for cooperation with the United States but simultaneously alienates the anti-American wing of her coalition. If the perception solidifies that US forces operated on Mexican soil in a lethal capacity, nationalist backlash inside Morena will accelerate. The Kissinger-style compartmentalization strategy becomes harder to sustain once outcomes are this visible.

🔗 León Barrena Rodríguez & Partners LLP

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Cartel Drones

🇲🇽- Mexican Cartel Drone Operator seen stalking a Mexican Marine Convoy in Mazatlán.

This isn’t much of a surprise, Cartel members have reportedly been joining the Ukrainian Foreign Legions en masse to hone drone operation and close quarters combat skills.

Since many of them are starting to return home, and now training other members of their cartels, i wouldn’t be shocked to see a new level of militarization in these organizations.

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Europe is screwed

📝 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 Mario Nawfal on X: Europe's riots are just the beginning. The real economic shock hasn't even arrived yet.

I spoke with economist Philip Pilkington about the unrest spreading across France, Italy and Albania.

He thinks we're watching the early stages of something much bigger.

One statistic really caught my attention.

According to Pilkington, France's inflation-adjusted household food consumption has fallen roughly 6.4% since 2022. He suspects the poorest households have suffered far steeper cuts.

Now add another surge in energy prices.

Pilkington pointed to rice futures rising 70% this year, wheat and sugar climbing 40%, and fertilizer shortages threatening next year's harvest.

His prediction is that the worst food inflation could arrive this winter or next spring.

And there's a political problem sitting right on top of it.

Governments across Europe are already deeply unpopular. People are struggling to afford basic necessities, and another prolonged energy ...

Alberta

🇨🇦🇨🇦🗳 Alberta votes on leaving Canada; separatist movement likely to outlast expected defeat

Alberta holds a nonbinding referendum on Monday on whether the western province should secede from Canada, a debate many believe will ​not be settled by what is widely expected to be a defeat for the separatist cause.

Polls have consistently shown that a majority of ‌Alberta voters oppose splitting from Canada. Economic grievances have fueled the independence campaign in the province, which is home to 5 million people and slightly smaller than Texas despite having one-sixth the population.

The Alberta separatist movement adds to the pressures on Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who has made defending Canada's sovereignty a central mission as he confronts US tariffs and ​President Donald Trump's repeated calls for Canada to become the 51st state.

Many Alberta separatists believe the Liberal Party-led federal government in Ottawa has constrained the Conservative-governed ...

Pilot

My jaw literally dropped listening to this

There is a Muslim pilot who works for United Airlines that regularly makes pro-terrorist organizations posts on his social media

The Muslims name is Ibrahim Mossallam. He works on the Board of CAIR New York, which is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood

He made an October 7, 2023 Facebook post calling the Hamas attacks “resistance by a brave people.” United suspended him with pay while investigating but the Pilots Union got him his job back and he went back to flying planes in America

Since then the pilot has been temporarily resuspended for flying because of his extreme religious beliefs and posts but he is 100% still employed. He is still getting paid on suspension

I looked into this guy and he is VERY involved in Muslim organizations

  • CAIR-NY lists him as Board Vice-President and describes him as a professional international airline pilot who is “very active in shaping the Muslim youth community.”
  • He has also been listed as a board ...
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