Mexican authorities discovered and dismantled a forced labor camp in Chihuahua's Sierra Tarahumara, where 21 men were being held in caves to cultivate poppies and marijuana for cartels. One victim had been captive for nearly three years; only four had been reported missing, indicating a hidden network of cartel-run slave labor camps with minimal public documentation.

 "Socalj" for Borderland Beat The Dutch government is planning to move a motion at the European parliament calling on the European Union to stop sending development aid to Sierra Leone, because of President Bio’s "complicity in the growing global narcotics trade and protection of cocaine trafficker 'Bolle' Jos," according to Netherlands Times. Jos Leijdekkers, after fleeing the Netherlands in 2022 via Spain, Dubai and Turkey, resurfaced several years ago in the African country of Sierra Leone, where he reportedly has posed as a businessman called “Omar Sheriff” and is reportedly married to a daughter of President Julius Maada Bio. Jos has been convicted three times in absentia by Dutch and Belgian courts for organizing multi ton cocaine loads, murder and armed robbery.