I had posted about China's use of newborns for transplants, and the story was unclear if they were just using brain dead children to save lives.
But then I found this in my X feed:
,,,,,,Our mission is to keep the American people safe, stopping terrorists and criminals from entering our country, and taking down people like “La Diabla” who kidnapped pregnant women and cut them open to sell their organs and their babies to fund her criminal enterprise.
— DNI Tulsi Gabbard (@DNIGabbard) November 14, 2025
Today,… https://t.co/YACTGQ84rh
La Diabla who kidnapped pregnant women to sell organs and babies?
the story is from late September, and since then... nothing.
Tulsi Gabbard is of course a Democrat who ran against Biden and Kamela in the primaries a few years ago, and is also a veteran. So she is hated by partisan media operatives of both sides.
So presumably she is trustworthy. So what is the story and why has the press ignored it?
there are only a few stories about it on Google'search. Here is one from CBS NEWS from September.
Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, known as "La Diabla," was captured on Sept. 2 after officials say the leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, referred to by the U.S. as CJNG, lured a handful of pregnant women — often in vulnerable or impoverished circumstances — to remote areas. Once there, CJNG traffickers allegedly performed illegal cesarean operations on the women, killing the mothers and allegedly harvesting their organs postmortem, and placing newborns into illicit markets, according to senior intelligence officials. The infants were then sold to couples in the United States for as much as 250,000 pesos or roughly $14,000 each, according to the senior intelligence officials.
The rumors of killing people for organs is widespread, and often just hysterical propaganda, but in this case apparently it is true, with authorities from two governments verifying it.
So where are the reporters covering the story?
the few stories I found just paraphrased the US Govt oress release from late September. and this video is one of a very few on the youtube site:.......
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so what has happened since then? are there no investigative reporters checking who in the US sold the babies or where they were?
So I asked Grok who answered:
Tulsi Gabbard broke La Diabla story so who bought the babies Searched for ""La Diabla" Tulsi Gabbard babies OR trafficking OR bought" 15 results Show All (5) Tulsi Gabbard, as Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in the second Trump administration, publicly highlighted the case of "La Diabla" (real name Martha Alicia Méndez Aguilar) during an October 2025 White House roundtable on border security and human trafficking. She credited U.S. intelligence sharing—via a new National Intelligence Fusion Cell and the National Counterterrorism Center—with enabling Mexican authorities to arrest her in Juárez, Mexico, on September 2, 2025.
Gabbard described the operation as one of the "most insidious" cartel crimes, involving luring vulnerable pregnant women (often with fake job offers or aid promises), performing forced illegal C-sections, killing the mothers, harvesting their organs for sale, and trafficking the newborns.
The babies were reportedly sold for around 250,000 Mexican pesos each (roughly $13,000–$14,000 USD at the time), primarily to couples in the United States seeking infants through illicit channels. This crossed into U.S. jurisdiction because the sales targeted American buyers, which is why U.S. intelligence got involved.
As of November 2025, no specific buyers have been publicly identified or charged. One report from One America News Network (OANN) in late October 2025 stated that the joint U.S.-Mexico investigation "remains active while authorities search for past buyers," indicating efforts to trace and prosecute those who purchased the infants are ongoing, but no names or arrests on the buyer side have been announced.
The focus so far has been on dismantling the cartel network and arresting operators like La Diabla (affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG).
And then I asked Grok for more information on US Mexican human trafficking investigations.
Here are some notable recent US-Mexico joint or bilateral human trafficking and smuggling busts (focusing on 2024–2025), excluding the "La Diabla" case involving forced C-sections and baby sales. These primarily involve sex trafficking, forced labor, child smuggling (often for exploitation or adoption fraud), and migrant smuggling networks that frequently overlap with trafficking. Many are coordinated through the DOJ's Joint Task Force Alpha (JTFA) or ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Date Operation/Case Key Details Arrests/Outcomes
November 2024 Rendon-Reyes Trafficking Organization Long-running (2004–2014, but indicted/unsealed in 2024) family-run ring forcing Mexican women and girls into prostitution in New York, Atlanta, and Alabama.
Coordinated arrests in Mexico and Queens, NY. 8 arrested (5 in Mexico, 3 in US); 27-count indictment for sex trafficking, money laundering, and racketeering.
September 2025 Guadian-Valenzuela Child Smuggling Conspiracy (El Paso/Juárez) Alien smuggling organization trafficking unaccompanied children aged 5–13 from Juárez, Mexico, into Texas for exploitation (often handed to unvetted sponsors). Part of expanded JTFA efforts. 4 charged (including Dianne Guadian and Manuel Valenzuela arrested in El Paso); ongoing investigation into network.
July 2024 Abdul Karim Conteh Smuggling Network Sierra Leone national leading organization smuggling thousands of migrants (many vulnerable to trafficking) through Mexico into the US; arrested in Tijuana at US request. 1 key leader arrested and sanctioned; extradition pending; organization designated for Treasury sanctions. March 2025 (older network, fugitive captured)
Granados/Ramirez-Granados Sex Trafficking Ring Tenancingo, Mexico-based family network romancing/coercing women into prostitution in Mexico and US; one of ICE's top 10 most wanted captured after years on the run. Key fugitive Paulino Ramirez-Granados arrested in Mexico; prior related convictions.
Ongoing 2024–2025 Lopez Human Smuggling Organization (Guatemala-Mexico-US) Guatemala-based ring (with Sinaloa Cartel ties in some ops) smuggling migrants through Mexico to US states like New Mexico, Arizona, and California; often leads to debt bondage/trafficking.
Multiple indictments/arrests in 2023–2024; leader sanctioned by Treasury in 2025; thousands of victims affected.
November 2025 Bhardwaj Human Trafficking Organization (BHTO) Mexico-based transnational network (Sinaloa Cartel links) smuggling migrants from Europe, Middle East, Asia, and South America through Mexico into US for profit/exploitation.Network sanctioned by US Treasury; ongoing disruptions (no specific arrest counts public yet).
Additional ContextChild-focused cases are rising but rare in public busts compared to the La Diabla horror; most involve smuggling unaccompanied minors who end up in forced labor (e.g., agriculture, factories) or sex trafficking after poor sponsor vetting by HHS. Mexico reported 661 new trafficking investigations in 2024 (many cross-border), but convictions remain low due to corruption and impunity.
US efforts (via JTFA, expanded in 2025) have led to hundreds of arrests annually, but cartels like CJNG and Sinaloa dominate the trade, blending migrant smuggling with outright trafficking.
No other 2024–2025 case matches the exact brutality of harvesting/selling newborns, though child smuggling networks often feed into illegal adoptions or exploitation in the US. Investigations into buyers/sponsors in child cases are typically slower and less publicized than operator arrests. Details on JTFA operations CJNG cartel trafficking role
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another related video:
....No, "La Diabla" (full name Martha Alicia Méndez Aguilar) has not been released as of November 15, 2025.She was arrested on September 2, 2025, in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, in a joint U.S.-Mexican operation supported by U.S. intelligence from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). She is accused of leading a horrific infant trafficking ring affiliated with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), involving luring pregnant women, performing illegal cesareans, harvesting organs from the mothers (often killing them), and selling the newborns (for up to ~$14,000 USD each, primarily to couples in the U.S.).
There were earlier reports in early September 2025 suggesting she was briefly released or not formally charged in one initial hearing due to alleged judicial corruption.
However, she was immediately re-arrested on escalated charges including femicide (feminicidio agravado), attempted homicide, human trafficking, and organized crime. She remains in custody in a Mexican prison (Cereso Femenil in Chihuahua), with the investigation ongoing and additional charges possible. Recent updates as late as October 2025 confirm the case is active, and she is still detained.
Sources include official U.S. government releases (ODNI/NCTC), CBS News, Border Report, and Mexican outlets like Milenio and Infobae, with no credible reports of release after the September re-arrest.
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