The first recorded fatal shark attack of 2023 was recorded in Mexico this month after a great white shark reportedly decapitated a man who was diving for mollusks.
Manuel Lopez was diving in the Gulf of California when a nearly 20-foot great white shark attacked him while he was roughly 50 feet below the surface.
The attack happened back during the first week in January but was only recently recorded as shark attack death.
Witnesses who were fishing with Lopez said that the great white shark literally ripped his head off his body.
&#8220;He was diving when the animal attacked him, impressively ripping off his head and biting both shoulders,&#8221; a translator for the fisherman said, according to <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/great-white-shark-decapitates-mexican-diver-marking-first-fatal-shark-attack-2023">Fox News</a>.
A seafood shortage in the area has reportedly forced some to go to more dangerous lengths to find food, thus putting them in contact with apex predators like great white sharks.
Insider <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/diver-decapitated-19-foot-long-great-white-shark-mexico-2023-1">reported</a> that divers have been warned about the shark infested waters and that most were staying out of the water.
Divers have also been warned against wearing black wetsuits because it can reportedly make the divers look like seals to the sharks, the report said. Instead, some of them have been advised to paint white stripes on their wetsuits which could make the shark mistake the diver for a kind of poisonous sea snake.
The report said that the process for catching the seafood that Lopez was searching for &#8220;can generate sounds and movement that can attract sharks.&#8221;
The government reportedly offers a small stipend for divers who can&#8217;t dive due to the danger, but it is usually not enough to make ends meet.

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Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=409099&amp;utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20230120&amp;utm_content=story409099" target="_blank" rel="noopener">championed</a> the use of the U,S. military to combat the drug cartels smuggling deadly fentanyl across the southern border into the United States.
Crenshaw spoke with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto, who prompted Crenshaw by asking what it was that had Crenshaw concerned.
“Well, look, we recently introduced AUMF, an Authorized Use of Military Force against the cartels and any other organizations that traffic fentanyl specifically,” Crenshaw answered. “So why now and why not years ago? These Mexican drug cartels have been around for a while. The difference now is fentanyl.”
“This is not a drug problem; this is not a war on drug problem; this is a poisoning problem,” Crenshaw declared. “And they are killing about 80,000 Americans a year. And the Mexican government does very little to thwart this.”
“I think there should be bipartisan efforts in Congress to pass an Authorized Use of Military Force to deal with them,” he asserted. “If anything, that simply gives our president more leverage when trying to get the Mexican government to do its job, its job on thwarting immigration, which the cartels also control, and thwarting fentanyl coming north across our border and killing American citizens.”
Crenshaw turned to the deadly intentions of the drug cartels: “These people are a lot more like ISIS than they are the mafia. You recently saw a war in the state of Sinaloa after the Mexican government arrested El Chapo’s son. These cartels can actually battle close air-support; they’re battling government helicopters. This looks a lot like Mogadishu; it looks a lot more like Mogadishu that it does your typical organized crime battle, these people are well-equipped, they set up operating bases that are well-armed, right near our border, and they’re extremely dangerous. They’re some of the most capable, most well-funded, most dangerous organizations on the planet, and they’re right there.”
“Mexico is at risk of becoming a failed state,” he noted. “We have to work together with their government to deal with this.”
“The Mexican government has always resisted more U.S. involvement, and that’s to their detriment,” he insisted. “And so we are at a point now where their resistance is not only hurting them, it’s killing our citizens. And that’s when we have to say enough is enough; you’re gonna cooperate with us; we have an AUMF here that we’ve given the president military authority now; and so you’d better work with us, because we don’t want to do this without you but we will.”

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Crenshaw: Use The U.S. Military To Stop Drug Cartels Killing Americans With Fentanyl

Crenshaw: Use the U.S. Military To Stop Drug Cartels Killing Americans With Fentanyl

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For the first time, migrants crossed from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexico</a> into the United States on Wednesday using a government-sponsored app that critics say could increase fraudulent asylum claims. 
Billed as a way to speed up the asylum process for those who made their way to America&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">southern border</a>, the CBP One mobile app allows those hoping to enter the U.S. via asylum to input their information into a pre-screening application to set up an appointment with a border official. 
It is unclear how or if the information entered is verified before the individual is released into the U.S., though the app does not guarantee entry. 
According to Reuters, the app is in <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/01/19/first-migrants-cross-into-u-s-from-mexico-using-mobile-app/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">high demand.</a> One Florida-bound Venezuelan told the outlet that he was “excited” to see his family after entering El Paso, Texas, using the app. 
Critics of the app process say it could be abused by individuals without legitimate asylum claims. 
“Instead of trying to stop an unprecedented flow of migrants, they’re encouraging even more fraudulent asylum claims, while finding innovative ways to process them en masse,” R.J. Hauman, of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/14/bidens-dhs-launches-mobile-app-allowing-migrants-schedule-appointments-southern-border-release-u-s/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Breitbart News. “If they wanted to actually end the crisis, the solution is simple: enforce our laws, don’t create an app to make circumventing them even easier.”
Hauman added that the new use of the app “is one of the most jaw-dropping examples of the Biden administration’s eagerness to let everyone in under the veil of legitimacy.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/about/mobile-apps-directory/cbpone">launched</a> the app in October 2020 during the Trump administration. Earlier this month, President Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/05/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-announces-new-border-enforcement-actions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> its rollout to “significantly reduce wait times and crowds at U.S. ports of entry and allow for safe, orderly, and humane processing.”
According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the app is currently <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/01/12/dhs-scheduling-system-safe-orderly-and-humane-border-processing-goes-live-cbp-onetm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only available</a> for foreign nationals who have a humanitarian reason for entry due to the extension of Title 42, a COVID-related measure that allows migrants to be turned back based on health concerns. Individuals who apply through the app could still be rejected over Title 42. 
“Noncitizens utilizing CBP One must attest that they believe they meet certain identified vulnerability criteria and be prepared to substantiate this claim upon presentation at a POE [point of entry]. The application provides a safe and orderly way for certain noncitizens to present at POEs, unlike attempting to cross U.S. borders without authorization,” the agency explained. 
The rollout of the app comes as <a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2023/01/13/monthly-encounters-with-migrants-at-u-s-mexico-border-remain-near-record-highs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">monthly encounters</a> between Border Patrol and migrants at the border continue at almost record highs, as the border has seen a flood of crossings during the Biden administration.

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Divine justice came swiftly for a would-be thief who broke into a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/catholic-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic Church</a> earlier this week.
According to local news sources, the man, reportedly drunk, broke into the Cristo Rey Parish in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, near the border with Texas. While trying to steal a statue of St. Michael the Archangel in the early morning hours on Saturday, he reportedly tripped and fell, injuring himself on the angel’s sword.
According to a report from the <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/253368/thief-steals-st-michael-statue-from-church-trips-and-is-injured-by-the-angel-s-sword" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Catholic News Agency</a>, the man hopped the fence, smashed through a glass door, and entered the Church in the wee hours Saturday. While trying to make off with a statue of the angel, he tripped and fell on top of the angel’s sword, sustaining serious injuries to his neck. Fortunately, passersby saw the man and called for paramedics. Monterrey Civil Protection personnel arrived on scene and rendered medical aid before police escorted him to a local hospital. The statue, however, was unharmed.
Local news sources added some details about the incident. According to local newspaper <a href="https://amp.milenio.com/estados/hombre-robar-iglesia-monterrey-resulta-lesionado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milenio</a>, the thief broke into the Church looking for valuables to steal — but his vision was blurred due to his intoxication, and he stumbled and fell on the statue; he landed on the sword, which ran through his neck. Passersby saw the man walking out of the Church, clutching his neck and with blood on his hands. Paramedics arrived and managed to control the bleeding. Despite difficulty speaking and eventually losing consciousness, the man reportedly refused to be taken to a hospital, but Monterrey Police eventually escorted him anyway.
Locals told news outlet <a href="https://abcnoticias.mx/local/2023/1/16/estocada-de-san-miguel-ladron-fue-justicia-divina-vecinos-de-iglesia-cristo-rey-179970.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC Noticias</a> that the man smashed through the glass door while trying to escape the Church after being wounded by the statue. Local residents said that the incident was “a matter of divine justice.”
&#8220;That happened to him for doing bad things,” said Lupita, the owner of a store that sells religious items located across from the Church. “Saint Michael is for protection, to combat evil, I think that&#8217;s why that happened to him.&#8221;
“He is the great protector. He is included in the articles that we sell here, and he is a protector of homes, and that is why people say that maybe that is why he saved the Parish,” she added.
Residents further told the outlet that the neighborhood, and the Church in particular, have been the target of robberies and other incidents in recent years. In October, a man broke into the Church and stole a statue of an altar boy and the alms tray, ABC Noticias noted. He was arrested by police after traveling only a few blocks when police spotted him carrying the statue.
Catholic News Agency reported that once the robber has recovered from his injuries, he will be handed over to the public prosecutor’s office, where he will likely be charged for the burglary and for damages to the Church.
Michael is the general of God’s heavenly army, mentioned by name in both the Epistle of Jude and the book of Revelation. He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic and Orthodox Churches, protecting the Church, guiding souls to their final resting place after death, and judging their deeds. He is the patron saint of grocers, paramedics, mariners, paratroopers, police officers, and military personnel. His feast day is September 29 in the Roman Calendar.

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‘Divine Justice’: Man Trying To Steal St. Michael Statue From Catholic Church Impales Himself On Angel’s Sword

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In defense of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a>, liberals often argue that Latin Americans do the jobs that U.S. citizens simply don&#8217;t want to do. Those who make such claims typically wind up sounding racist, such as the time <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-slammed-for-remarks-about-immigrants-needing-to-pick-crops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (D-CA</a>) wondered who would pick the crops if not for illegal aliens.
Perhaps those Democrats were proven right on Tuesday. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador just did the job that the liberal media apparently doesn&#8217;t want to do at all: Tell the truth about President Joe Biden&#8217;s abdication of border security.
During a joint appearance of the three North American countries, AMLO  — as Biden&#8217;s counterpart is known — thanked the U.S. president for not building one iota of wall along the southern border in stark contrast to his predecessors.
&#8220;President Biden, you are the first president of the United States in a very long time that has not built not even one meter of wall. And we thank you for that,&#8221; AMLO said, flanked by Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Mexico City.
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WATCH: AMLO thanks Biden for being &quot;the first President of the United States in a very long time that has not built&#8230;not even one meter of (border) wall &#8230;. Although some might not like it- although the conservatives don&#39;t like it.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/XtPdj38aZv">pic.twitter.com/XtPdj38aZv</a>
&mdash; Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) <a href="https://twitter.com/BonillaJL/status/1612967727169142786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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It would appear AMLO is correct in that the Biden administration has not built any new wall. The U.S. has <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/biden-administration-fill-border-wall-gaps-yuma-arizona-rcna40567" target="_blank" rel="noopener">filled</a> in certain gaps in the existing wall since 2021, but on day one, Biden made it clear he thought the wall was a no-go in terms of solutions for the illegal immigration crisis.
&#8220;Like every nation, the United States has a right and a duty to secure its borders and protect its people against threats,&#8221; the president <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/01/20/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in an executive order on January 20, 2021. &#8220;But building a massive wall that spans the entire southern border is not a serious policy solution.  It is a waste of money that diverts attention from genuine threats to our homeland security.&#8221;
After <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">repealing</a> other key aspects of President Donald Trump&#8217;s immigration policy, Biden effectively created a tidal wave of illegal aliens flooding the southern border.
Curiously enough, after being harangued by conservatives for nearly two years, Biden visited the southern border for a photo op just this week.
&#8220;Our problems at the border didn’t arise overnight,&#8221; Biden claimed. &#8220;And they won’t be solved overnight. But, we can come together to fix this broken system. We can secure the border and fix the immigration process to be orderly, fair, safe, and humane.&#8221;
Of course, Biden essentially did create the illegal immigration crisis overnight on his first day in office.
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This photo-op explained: 
Biden &amp; CBP officers (who are demoralized because of him) 
next to a huge wall (built by a Republican) 
calling for unity (after calling Republicans semi fascist)
explaining how border problems aren&#39;t fixed overnight (while he created them overnight) <a href="https://t.co/YtwarDN5jk">https://t.co/YtwarDN5jk</a>
&mdash; Will O&#39;Grady (@WillOGrady61) <a href="https://twitter.com/WillOGrady61/status/1612494883444621313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2023</a></blockquote>
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His latest solution for the problem is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_0m8afXZSU" target="_blank" rel="noopener">smartphone app</a> that will help migrants file asylum claims. So, as others pointed out, it seems that the Biden administration doesn&#8217;t view the situation as one of national security or sovereignty but rather one of orderliness.
Biden — or, more precisely, whoever is calling the shots — thinks that this issue can be solved by streamlining the process for individuals to apply for asylum. Rather than cross the border, then apply for asylum, he wants men and women to use their phones and androids in their home countries and fill out an application.
It is pretty much the worst sales pitch of all time — a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/international-disorder-biden-is-a-remarkably-bad-negotiator-and-doesnt-understand-how-the-world-works" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hallmark</a> of the Biden administration.
What sounds better: Option A) Sitting in economic ruin as drug cartels wreak havoc in your village, waiting for an app to reload saying that you&#8217;ve been approved asylum admission into the U.S. — or not — and then having to shell out money to travel to the border anyway?
Or Option B) Making the trek to the border, knowing that, more likely than not, you can cross into America, declare asylum in the U.S., and be released into the interior for a better life where you <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/report-more-than-50-000-illegal-immigrants-released-into-u-s-dont-show-for-court/article_4b9b6024-7473-11ec-b15a-177112faad9b.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">may or may not</a> have to make a court appearance sometime down the road?
Option B is the better choice, obviously.
It should be noted that none of this should be considered a &#8220;failure.&#8221; This is all a choice by the Biden administration.
Democrats have made it abundantly clear that they believe illegal immigration is a good thing that benefits the country, and these men and women should be given amnesty.
These millions coming here are no different than your grandfather who hopped off the boat at Ellis Island, the leftist argument goes. Worse, Biden seems to fundamentally misunderstand what is happening.
Biden stated this week, &#8220;All of us have been immigrants&#8230;It&#8217;s not like people sit in their homes, cities, counties, and towns and say, &#8216;I have a great idea. Let&#8217;s sell everything we have. Give it to a coyote. Go through some jungles and a long path to the United States. Smuggle us across the border, drop us in the desert, and won&#8217;t that be fun in a country we don&#8217;t even speak the language?&#8221;
They might not say it&#8217;s fun, but that&#8217;s generally almost exactly what occurs.
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Biden: &quot;It&#39;s not like people sit in their homes and say &#39;I have a great idea. Lets sell everything we have. Give it to a coyote. Go through some jungles and a long path to the United States. Smuggle us across the border.&#39;&quot;
That is once again literally what is happening. <a href="https://t.co/9nZxZkNKpE">pic.twitter.com/9nZxZkNKpE</a>
&mdash; Greg Price (@greg_price11) <a href="https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1612957766615764997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The thing is, the Left can&#8217;t outright admit that they don&#8217;t actually care about the issue.
So instead, they have to throw up window dressing on the topic to try and make it appear as if they&#8217;re concerned with border security.
In turn, the American people get a border visit replete with propaganda that would put the likes of Kim Jong Un to shame.
As president of the National Border Patrol Council Brand Judd explained, Biden saw a whole lot of nothing — to put it colloquially.
“He didn’t tour any facilities where migrants would have been. So he didn’t see anything. He did not see any of the chaos that he’s created, that he’s caused,” Judd <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/he-didnt-see-anything-border-patrol-union-president-rips-bidens-visit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “He didn’t get any more of an understanding [than] what he had before he went, and again, that’s politics. It was just optics. It was a photo shoot.”
It should be noted that one of the main beneficiaries of Biden&#8217;s border policies might very well be Mexican President AMLO.
Rather than deal with Trump — who insisted on and negotiated deals that kept illegal aliens in Mexico or their home countries — our south-of-the-border friend must be confident he can somewhat facilitate illegal aliens traveling to the U.S. southern border consequence-free thanks to Biden.
No wonder he felt so comfortable speaking the truth about the wall at Tuesday&#8217;s joint appearance.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Can’t Make It Up: Mexican Prez Thanks Biden For Building ‘Not Even One Meter’ Of Border Wall

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Mexico&#8217;s leftist president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrés Manuel López Obrador</a> appears to be abandoning his &#8220;hugs not bullets&#8221; approach to dealing with Mexico&#8217;s violent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/crime" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crime</a> problem that is fueled by the country&#8217;s notorious drug cartels.
AMLO&#8217;s shift in thinking was made apparent this week when surreal images emerged of thousands of Mexican soldiers conducting a large-scale <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3500-mexican-soldiers-execute-operation-to-arrest-el-chapos-son-dozens-killed-and-wounded-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">operation</a> to capture Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of notorious Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, who is also known as “El Chapo.”
The operation was so large in scale because the last time that the Mexican military captured Ovidio Guzmán in 2019, they were forced to let him go after hundreds of heavily armed cartel gunmen threatened to murder families and overrun the soldiers.
AMLO&#8217;s initial thinking reflected the thinking of some in the U.S. who believe that the war on drugs is ineffective and who do not want to escalate violent confrontations with criminal organizations.
Raúl Benítez, a security expert at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, told The Wall Street Journal that this latest action marks an end to that way of thinking by Mexico&#8217;s president.
“López Obrador is leaving behind that stuff about hugs, not bullets,” he said. “It shows that such an anticrime strategy didn’t work and is not viable.”
Ten soldiers were killed during the 3,500-man operation in addition to 19 members of the cartel with 35 soldiers sustaining gunshot injuries. Nearly two dozen cartel members were arrested, and numerous .50-caliber weapons were seized, along with dozens of rifles, and more than two dozen armored vehicles.
A U.S. official told the Journal that while “things have improved … there is still a fair amount of suspicion on both sides.&#8221;
Last summer, Infamous Mexican cartel kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who murdered a U.S. federal agent in 1985, was captured by an <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-captures-drug-lord-rafael-caro-quintero-convicted-in-killing-of-dea-agent-11657919154" target="_blank" rel="noopener">elite</a> Mexican military unit after being on the run for nearly a decade.
“Caro Quintero helped a lot, this will help a lot,” the U.S. official said.
Quintero was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, but was let out after 28 years because a judge in Mexico ruled that he should have been tried in a federal court, not a state court.
When Mexican officials attempted to retry the case, Quintero went into hiding and remained on the run for almost 10 years.
With a $20 million price tag on his head from the U.S. government, Quintero reportedly reassembled his drug cartel shortly after being let out of prison.
However, a person who makes fentanyl for the drug cartels <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexico-boosts-military-presence-after-son-of-drug-kingpin-el-chapo-is-captured-11673021035" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the Journal that this latest major arrest changes nothing.
“There won’t be any more violence if the government doesn’t go any further,” he said. “The cartel will continue the same with minor adjustments.”

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Mexico’s Leftist President Abandons ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ Approach To Crime: ‘Didn’t Work And Is Not Viable’

Mexico's Leftist President Abandons 'Hugs Not Bullets' Approach To Crime: 'Didn’t Work And Is Not Viable'

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A Mexican commercial passenger jet was shot at by Mexican drug cartel members this week in the city of Culiacan as thousands of Mexican soldiers descended on the area to capture a drug kingpin.
Passengers onboard an Aeromexico flight were caught in the crossfire between the military and the Sinaloa drug cartel on Thursday as soldiers captured Ovidio Guzmán López, the son of notorious cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as “El Chapo.”
&#8220;As we were accelerating for take-off, we heard gunshots very close to the plane, and that&#8217;s when we all threw ourselves to the floor,&#8221; said witness David Tellez.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Culiac%C3%A1n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Culiacán</a> 🚨 | Pasajeros de un vuelo de <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aeromexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Aeromexico</a> vivieron momentos de terror cuando la aeronave recibió el impacto de una bala derivada de los enfrentamientos de hoy, evitando su despegue del aeropuerto. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ObservandoEnVivo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ObservandoEnVivo</a> 🔴 | <a href="https://twitter.com/Noticierista?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Noticierista</a> <a href="https://t.co/h062ysB0GD">pic.twitter.com/h062ysB0GD</a>
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Aeromexico says that no one on the flight was injured by the bullets that hit the plane, which damaged the fuselage, the report said. Flights into the state of Sinaloa were canceled.
Tellez said that his family hid in the bathroom at the airport because of the chaos unfolding on the streets outside, as well as rumors that cartel members were in the airport.
&#8220;We prefer to stay at the airport until it&#8217;s safe to leave,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The city is worse. There is a lot of shooting and confusion.&#8221;
The massive military operation involved more than 3,500 troops because the last time that the Mexican military captured Ovidio Guzmán in 2019 they were forced to let him go after hundreds of heavily armed cartel gunmen flooded the city and threatened to murder families and overrun the soldiers.
Some videos showed Mexican military helicopters firing M134 miniguns, which can fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute, down onto the cartels during the day and night.
Narco-terrorists fired .50-caliber machine guns, which are powerful enough to down aircraft and take out light armored vehicles, at Mexican soldiers.
Ten soldiers were killed in addition to 19 members of the cartel with 35 soldiers sustaining gunshot injuries. Nearly two dozen cartel members were arrested, and numerous .50-caliber weapons were seized, along with dozens of rifles, and more than two dozen armored vehicles.
Sinaloa state authorities ordered the suspension of all activities and urged residents to stay inside their homes on Thursday as the military conducted its operation.

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Surreal images emerged late this week after Mexico launched a military operation with thousands of soldiers to capture the son of notorious Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as “El Chapo.”
El Chapo’s son, Ovidio Guzmán López, who is reportedly a leader in the cartel, was captured during the massive military operation involving more than 3,500 troops on Thursday, Mexican officials revealed.
The operation was so large in scale because the last time that the Mexican military captured Ovidio Guzmán in 2019 they were forced to let him go after hundreds of heavily armed cartel gunmen threatened to murder families and overrun the soldiers.
Ovidio Guzmán was captured in the Sinaloa city of Culiacán after intense gun battles broke out between the soldiers and the narco-terrorists.
Some videos showed Mexican military helicopters firing M134 miniguns, which can fire up to 6,000 rounds per minute, down onto the cartels during the day and night.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/VIDEO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#VIDEO</a> 📹| Desde el aire disparan Fuerzas Armadas en balacera en Jesús Maria, en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Culiac%C3%A1n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Culiacán</a> <a href="https://t.co/5chSreJ4gg">pic.twitter.com/5chSreJ4gg</a>
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Sinaloa Cartel members preparing to fight. <a href="https://t.co/7u0Lfs3aq9">pic.twitter.com/7u0Lfs3aq9</a>
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Narco-terrorists fired .50-caliber machine guns, which are powerful enough to down aircraft and take out light armored vehicles, at Mexican soldiers.
Ten soldiers were <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-64179356">killed</a> in addition to 19 members of the cartel, with 35 soldiers sustaining gunshot injuries. Nearly two dozen cartel members were arrested, and numerous .50-caliber weapons were seized, along with dozens of rifles, and more than two dozen armored vehicles.
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Aeronaves de la Fuerza Aérea sobrevuelan la Ciudad de Culiacan en Sinaloa <a href="https://t.co/OFdCF24dQA">pic.twitter.com/OFdCF24dQA</a>
&mdash; México Aeroespacial y Defensa (@maeroespacial) <a href="https://twitter.com/maeroespacial/status/1611078093850185730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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¡Imágenes impactantes!
Decenas de vehículos con civiles armados circulan por el Blvd. Pedro Infante en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Culiac%C3%A1n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Culiacán</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ObservandoEnVivo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ObservandoEnVivo</a>🔴| <a href="https://twitter.com/Noticierista?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Noticierista</a> <a href="https://t.co/BFK6bZep6Y">pic.twitter.com/BFK6bZep6Y</a>
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Comunidades al sur de <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Escuinapa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Escuinapa</a> quedaron olvidadas y entre las balas<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ObservandoEnVivo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ObservandoEnVivo</a>🔴| <a href="https://twitter.com/Noticierista?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Noticierista</a> <a href="https://t.co/KbXgkRnE2P">pic.twitter.com/KbXgkRnE2P</a>
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Drone footage of Culiacan. <a href="https://t.co/yvhWIGFJYH">pic.twitter.com/yvhWIGFJYH</a>
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Mexican National Guard fighting. <a href="https://t.co/LS78jAATpR">pic.twitter.com/LS78jAATpR</a>
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Shootout at a checkpoint in Culiacan. <a href="https://t.co/uHjgFUUgfZ">pic.twitter.com/uHjgFUUgfZ</a>
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“Hay peligro en la calle, no salgan por favor”: llama el gobernador <a href="https://twitter.com/rochamoya_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rochamoya_</a> a la población a no salir a las calles. Dijo que no hay precisión de qué es lo que está ocurriendo en <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Culiac%C3%A1n?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Culiacán</a>, porque son operativos del gobierno federal, que se darán a conocer a la brevedad. <a href="https://t.co/zZqk7wa7Z3">pic.twitter.com/zZqk7wa7Z3</a>
&mdash; Los Noticieristas (@noticieristas) <a href="https://twitter.com/noticieristas/status/1611003240539385857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Luis Cresencio Sandoval González, the Secretary of Defense, said, “With these actions, the Army, the Air Force, and the National Guard reaffirm the unwavering decision of the federal government to continue acting against organized crime.”
Ovidio Guzmán was arrested after soldiers cornered him and 17 other armed men in a house after the narco-terrorists opened fire on the soldiers from half a dozen armored vehicles.
“A considerable number of criminal cells managed to group together with the intention of rescuing Ovidio N, attacking military personnel,” Sandoval González said.
A helicopter was used to transport Ovidio Guzmán out of the city and to the country’s capital because of the intense fighting on the ground. Two Mexican military aircraft were forced to land after sustaining significant damage.
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Ovidio Guzmán faces criminal charges in the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against both Ovidio Guzmán, 31, and Joaquín Guzmán López, 37, who are both El Chapo’s sons, in 2019.
They were both charged “in a one-count indictment alleging that from in or around April 2008, through April 2018, they conspired to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere for importation into the United States,” the DOJ said.

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WATCH: Intense Battle Breaks Out When Mexico Launches 3,500-Man Operation To Capture Drug Lord

Thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexican</a> soldiers were involved in an operation to capture the son of notorious Sinaloa drug cartel leader Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as &#8220;El Chapo,&#8221; this week, which resulted in the deaths of dozens with dozens more wounded.
El Chapo&#8217;s son, Ovidio Guzmán López, who is a leader in the cartel, was captured during the massive military operation involving more than 3,500 troops on Thursday, Mexican officials revealed.
Narco terrorists fired .50-caliber machine guns, which are powerful enough to down aircraft and take out light armored vehicles, at Mexican soldiers.
Ten soldiers were killed in addition to 19 members of the cartel with 35 soldiers sustaining gunshot injuries. Nearly two dozen cartel members were arrested, and numerous .50-caliber weapons were seized, along with dozens of rifles, and more than two dozen armored vehicles.
Luis Cresencio Sandoval González, the Secretary of Defense, said: “With these actions, the Army, the Air Force and the National Guard reaffirm the unwavering decision of the federal government to continue acting against organized crime.”
Ovidio Guzmán was arrested after soldiers cornered him and 17 other armed men in a house after the narco terrorists opened fire on the soldiers from half a dozen armored vehicles.
“A considerable number of criminal cells managed to group together with the intention of rescuing Ovidio N, attacking military personnel,” Sandoval González said.
A helicopter was used to transport Ovidio Guzmán out of the city and to the country&#8217;s capital because of the intense fighting on the ground. Two Mexican military aircraft were forced to land after sustaining significant damage from being fired upon.
Ovidio Guzmán, who was previously captured in Mexico, but then was released due to the overwhelming response from the cartels, faces criminal charges in the U.S. and Mexico for drug trafficking.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against both Ovidio Guzmán, 31, and Joaquín Guzmán López, 37, who are both El Chapo&#8217;s sons, in 2019.
They were both charged &#8220;in a one-count indictment alleging that from in or around April 2008, through April 2018, they conspired to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana from Mexico and elsewhere for importation into the United States,&#8221; the DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/sons-joaquin-guzman-loera-aka-el-chapo-charged-drug-trafficking" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Violent?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Violent</a> clashes between local <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DrugCartels?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DrugCartels</a> and the army took place in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Mexico?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Mexico</a>
According to Al Jazeera, they took place in the city of Culiacan after the arrest of the son of drug lord Ovidio Guzman Lopez. <a href="https://t.co/zDNcbNgmoC">pic.twitter.com/zDNcbNgmoC</a>
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Chaos rages in Culiacán, Mexico, following the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, El Chapo’s son, early Thursday morning. This comes as President Biden is scheduled to visit Mexico this Monday. Take a look:<a href="https://t.co/FVi9UZdeaw">pic.twitter.com/FVi9UZdeaw</a>
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WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT &#8211; Violence swept through Mexico’s Culiacan city as security forces clashed with gang gunmen after the arrest of Ovidio Guzman, a key figure of the Sinaloa cartel and son of drug baron Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman <a href="https://t.co/lZpFiY9zi6">https://t.co/lZpFiY9zi6</a> <a href="https://t.co/M39lcSvpqn">pic.twitter.com/M39lcSvpqn</a>
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Drug kingpin Ovidio Guzmán arrives at Maximum Security Prison El Altiplano, Mexico

3,500 Mexican Soldiers Execute Operation To Arrest El Chapo’s Son, Dozens Killed And Wounded: Report

3,500 Mexican Soldiers Execute Operation To Arrest El Chapo's Son, Dozens Killed And Wounded: Report

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mexico’s</a> most visited archaeological site, Chichen Itza, was left empty as protesters blocked roads to the site on Thursday, the fourth day of protests.
Indigenous vendors spearheading the protests have blocked major roadways for entry, leaving roads jammed with buses and cars while the archaeological site has been eerily deserted, <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/01/05/2023/chichen-itza-blockade-continues-leaving-archeological-site-deserted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Semafor reported</a>. Chichen Itza receives 2.5 million visitors per year, <a href="https://www.chichenitza.com/#:~:text=Chichen%20Itza%20welcomes%20over%202%2C500%2C000,bus%20or%20with%20different%20tours." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to its website</a>. However, video shows the tourist hotspot completely empty even though it is officially open.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DYinforma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DYinforma</a> Sin turistas ni comerciantes en Chichén Itzá. 👇 &quot;Ese grupo no está dejando pasar a nadie&quot;, reportó el director de la zona arqueológica Marco Antonio Santos Ramírez. El sitio está abierto al público, pero como no dejan pasar a nadie, no hay gente, confirmó. <a href="https://t.co/ugOnKuyXJw">pic.twitter.com/ugOnKuyXJw</a>
&mdash; Diario de Yucatán (@DiariodeYucatan) <a href="https://twitter.com/DiariodeYucatan/status/1611043897089875968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DYinforma?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DYinforma</a> Bloquean el acceso a la zona arqueológica de Chichén Itzá y el paso en la carretera federal. ⚠️ Ejidatarios, artesanos y guías de turistas, se unieron para la manifestación. <a href="https://t.co/62G5nmmooQ">pic.twitter.com/62G5nmmooQ</a>
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Local media reported that Indigenous vendors are demanding the director of the Chichen Itza archeological zone, Antonio Santos Ramírez, to step down. They allege that Santos Ramírez limits the number of handicraft stalls allowed on the Indigenous grounds while prohibiting vendors from speaking the Mayan language. Protesters also allege that the director has banned local farmers from using their land for tourist parking and that he enforces these policies using the National Guard.
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We are not allowed into Chichen-itza today. Mayan people are protesting injustice and mistreatment. <a href="https://twitter.com/UniNoticias?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uninoticias</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UnivisionNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UnivisionNews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Univision?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@univision</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/chichen?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#chichen</a>-itza <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Planton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Planton</a> <a href="https://t.co/xgveRRaAC6">pic.twitter.com/xgveRRaAC6</a>
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An activist named Arturo Ciau Puc, with the local farm group known as CIOAC, told Semafor that the director and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, the Mexican agency that oversees historical sites, do not fully understand the current hardships of indigenous Mexicans, according to Semafor. “How does he expect us and the farmers to survive?” Ciau Puc asks. “There&#8217;s no economy for us with these restrictions.”
According to local news site Diario de Yucatán, Santos Ramírez denies the allegations. He refuses to step down, <a href="https://www.yucatan.com.mx/merida/2023/1/4/el-director-de-chichen-itza-descarta-su-renuncia-senala-cabecillas-del-bloqueo-373323.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, “The accusations are a slander, a lie and it is a political flag of that group, nothing more to argue something that has no basis or foundation.”
Santos Ramírez also says that the limitations on vendor stalls are to reduce child labor on the archaeological site.
Chichen Itza has a total of <a href="https://www.chichenitza.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">26 Mayan Ruins</a> on the site, and the most notable Mayan Ruin is the Chichen Itza Pyramid or El Castillo. The site is located on the Yucatán peninsula of Mexico and has an area of about four square miles.
<a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mesoamerican-civilization" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Settlers first arrived</a> at the site around 550 AD and it remained active for about a thousand years; it is believed that the site was abandoned by the time the Spanish arrived. Thought to be home to 35,000 people at its peak, Chichen Itza was a religious, political, military, and economic hub for the Mayan people.

Protesters Leave Mayan Ruins Eerily Deserted After Blocking Tourists From Mexico’s Most Popular Archaeological Site

Chichen Itza Is Blocked By Protesters, Leading To An Empty And Eerie Scene At Famous Historical Site

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At least 14 people died and another 13 were injured during an armed attack on a state <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/prisons" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prison</a> in the Mexican border city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mexico" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Juarez</a> on Sunday. 
According to the Chihuahua state prosecutor&#8217;s office, attackers descended on the Cereso state prison in armed vehicles around 7 a.m. and opened fire on guards, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexican-border-prison-attack-leaves-people-dead-more-dozen-injured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The prosecutor&#8217;s office said that 10 guards were killed along with three inmates before Mexican soldiers and police regained control of the prison around noon. At least 24 prisoners escaped during the incident.
Five men were arrested, and three suspected attackers were killed after a <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/local/juarez/2023/01/01/juarez-cereso-prison-riot-erupts-new-years-day-violence/69770107007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">police chase</a> and shootout, <a href="https://www.ktsm.com/local/el-paso-news/24-inmates-reportedly-escape-from-cereso-prison-in-juarez/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Juarez Mayor Cruz Perez Cuellar. Some inmates reportedly stole vehicles in the city after busting out of prison. 
The Cereso state prison is <a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/01/1146519067/prison-riot-juarez-mexico-cereso" target="_blank" rel="noopener">considered</a> one of Latin America’s most dangerous institutions. Government officials say it is controlled by an organized crime group that has ordered attacks in Juarez from inside the facility. Sunday’s assault was pinned on rival gangs, a common theme in the Mexican city that experiences constant violence as drug cartels fight for control of the critical border town just south of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-more-than-1000-migrants-cross-border-into-el-paso-overnight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">El Paso</a>, Texas. 
Mexican authorities have been placed on “maximum alert” as they continue investigating who was behind the violent prison break. 
The New Year’s Day prison attack follows <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/retaliation-eleven-dead-after-violence-rocks-border-town-following-cartel-prison-riot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a prison riot</a> in Ciudad Juarez last year. Eleven people died in August when two drug cartels started a prison riot that sparked shootings and unrest in the city, eventually spreading to other communities. The Los Mexicles and Sinaloa cartels were the two groups involved. Both are linked to the infamous drug lord “El Chapo” Guzman. 
Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report.

Juarez Prison Attack

Over A Dozen Killed, 24 Inmates Escape During Prison Attack In Mexican Border Town

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A startup run by an environmentalist likened to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bond-james-bond-he-him-future-007-could-be-non-binary-producer-says/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bond villain</a> is intentionally polluting the skies with sulfur in a dubious bid to block sunlight and ease <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">global warming</a>, according to a top scientific journal.
Make Sunsets, which was founded by a California man named Luke Iseman, is launching weather balloons that release sulfur into the stratosphere in an effort to reflect more sunlight back into space, <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/12/24/1066041/a-startup-says-its-begun-releasing-particles-into-the-atmosphere-in-an-effort-to-tweak-the-climate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to MIT Technology Review</a>. But critics say the science behind Iseman’s scheme, which he calls geoengineering activism, is flawed and could backfire.
“We joke slash not joke that this is partly a company and partly a cult,” Iseman, who previously founded a <a href="https://www.boxouse.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now-defunct company called Boxouse</a> that made homes out of shipping containers, told the journal.
Critics fear the endeavor could have unpredictable consequences, and could possibly cause major upheaval and even “geopolitical conflicts” in affected regions. The company is launching the balloons from Mexico, where the publication reported it can evade serious scientific oversight. Make Sunsets is trying to monetize the operation by selling “cooling credits,” according to the report.
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Start-up <a href="https://twitter.com/MakeSunsets?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MakeSunsets</a> releasing reflective sulphur particles into the atmosphere to cool the Earth.
Selling &#39;Cooling Credits&#39; for $10 each, advertised as &#39;offsetting the warming from 1 ton of CO2 for a year year&#39;. 1/<a href="https://t.co/FdG9EbFiBu">https://t.co/FdG9EbFiBu</a>
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Iseman said he expects to be condemned and that “making me look like the Bond villain is going to be helpful to certain groups.” But he claimed such radical intervention is needed to confront the threat of global warming.
“It’s morally wrong, in my opinion, for us not to be doing this [and] to do this as quickly and safely as we can,” he said.
Scientists told the publication Iseman doesn’t know what he’s doing, with one likening his effort to a Chinese scientist’s decision to use CRISPR to edit embryonic DNA even as the ethics of such a step were being debated.
“The current state of science is not good enough … to either reject, or to accept, let alone implement” solar geoengineering, Janos Pasztor, executive director of the <a href="https://www.c2g2.net/c2g-mission/">Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative</a>, told MIT Technology Review. “To go ahead with implementation at this stage is a very bad idea.”
Iseman’s radical scheme may have been foreshadowed by David Victor, an international relations expert at the University of California, San Diego, who warned in a <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-amateur-scientist-who-discovered-climate-change/">2018 Wired article</a> that a rogue actor might try to geoengineer the climate.
“A lone Greenfinger, self-appointed protector of the planet and working with a small fraction of the [Bill] Gates bank account, could force a lot of geoengineering on his own,” Victor said, referring to the villain in the 1964 James Bond movie “Goldfinger.”
Iseman said his first two balloon launches occurred somewhere in the Mexican region of Baja California. He admitted he has no idea what happened to them or what effect they may have had because the balloons carried no monitoring equipment.
“This was firmly in science project territory,” he said, adding: “Basically, it was to confirm that I could do it.”
He said Make Sunsets intends to increase the sulfur payloads, add monitoring equipment, and publish data for future launches. The effort could be funded by the sale of $10 “cooling credits” for each gram of particles released into the stratosphere. He claims each gram can offset a ton of carbon.
Kelly Wanser, executive director of SilverLining, a nonprofit that supports research efforts on climate risks and potential interventions, said buying credits from Iseman would be a foolish investment.
“From a business perspective, reflective cooling effects and risks cannot currently be quantified in any meaningful way, making the offering a speculative form of ‘junk credit’ that is unlikely to have value to climate credit markets,” Wanser told MIT Technology Review.

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‘Greenfinger’: Environmentalist Seeking To Cool Planet By Polluting Stratosphere Likened to Bond Villain

'Greenfinger': Environmentalist Seeking To Cool Planet By Polluting Stratosphere Likened to Bond Villain

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