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Baja California Decommission 80 Tonnes of Drugs in 3 months
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article[ Subject Matter: Drug Seizure, Sinaloa Cartel, Arellano Felix OrganizationRecommendation: No prior subject knowledge...
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San Diego: Tijuana trafficker texted pictures of torture and murderJuan Castro Navarro, 43, of Culiacan Sinaloa was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for methamphetamine & heroin trafficking,...
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Heroin surpasses Marijuana in Mexico's drug production
Lucio R. Borderland Beat republished from ReformaIn the last four years the production of heroin in Mexico has surpassed marijuana.Marijuana entities have given way to the poppy, the precursor opium...
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Cartel Gunsmiths
Lucio R. Borderland Beat republish in part from Motherboard and BB ArchivesIn October, 2014 The ATF agency along with Mexico’s PGR agency dismantled two shops, both in Jalisco, one in Guadalajara, that...
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Violence Continues In Michoacán; Reign of Impunity Extends
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatMichoacán is one of the states with the most violence in the country due to the dispute between drug cartels in the Tierra Caliente region, which covers 17...
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A Drug War Informer in No Man’s Land
Borderland Beat posted by DD, republished from NYT By GINGER THOMPSON Luis Octavio López Vega fled Mexico with the D.E.A.'s help, but the agency later severed its ties with him. Mr. López, 64, got a...
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Detained, the head Sicario for Sinaloa Cartel
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Procesoarticle[ Subject Matter: Felipe Quintero Saavedra "El Iraki"Recommendation: Some prior knowledge of the Sinaloa Cartel would be...
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The most dangerous Narco Juniors in Mexico
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a El Debate article and El Universal[ Subject Matter: Sons of Narco CaposRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required]Serafin and...
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EL Menchito once again free
Lucio R. for Borderland BeatAfter prosecutors hailed the arrest of “el Menchito”, designating him as “number two man in Cartel Jalisco New Generation”, (CJNG) he has been ordered released from...
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El Menchito detained for the 4th time....
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from Reforma usedread backstory of his ordered release hereAfter a federal court judge ordered the release of Rubén Oseguera González, “El Menchito”, he was picked up...
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IACHR: Mexico slow to grant access to soldiers in missing students case
Borderland Beat by DD from material provided by el Universal . ABC. Fox In late 2014 an agreement was signed by the government of Mexico, the families of the missing students from the Ayotzinapa Normal...
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Noose tightens on former Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira
by Lucio R. for Borderland BeatMoreira responds to accusations; “Fabrications! Prisoners will say anything in order to gain freedom or benefit his sentence. The United States has never had an...
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Gulf Cartel leader "Panochitas" gets 30 years prison from Court in...
Posted on BB forum by contributor NAJ from a Themonitor article.[ Subject Matter: Panochitas of the Gulf CartelRecommendation: Some prior knowledge of Gulf Cartel would be useful]BEAUMONT, Texas — A...
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Nestora Salgado Has Three New Arrest Warrants; Accused Of Killing Two Farmers
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatLeonel Rivero, the lawyer of the Coordinator of the Community Police of Olinalá in the mountain region of Guerrero, Nestora Salgado García, informed that his...
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Michoacan A.G. says "El Gallito" is now the leader of Caballeros Templarios
Lucio R. Borderland BeatIn March we posted a post titled “'El Gallito' likely the premier leader of Caballeros Templarios”.Today the Attorney General of Michoacán reports that Homero Gonzalez Silva,...
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PGR withdraws application, Dr. Mireles may be free in 72 hours
by Lucio R. Borderland BeatWe have been down this path before, but as reported by BB previously it was highly doubtful Dr, Manuel Mireles would be released from prison any time before the elections.The...
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Violent Friday In Michoacán: 5 Dead
Translated By Valor for Borderland BeatMichoacanos went through a violent Friday today after a shootout between federal forces and suspected gunmen in the metropolitan area of Jacona-Zamora, with a...
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Mayor Acknowledges Autodefensas throughout Soledad Atzompa
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatBy changing the use of axes to cut wood, villagers on the slopes of Pico de Orizaba mustered up the courage to defend themselves against the growing insecurity in...
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Sinaloa Cartel: 5 killed including Sinaloa Lieutenant "El Rafa"
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from ElDebate and EL DiarioChihuahua.- With “cuerno de chivo” weapons, a criminal group shot and killed five people in the community Agujas, in the municipality of...
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Tijuana: Two of La Rana killed
Tijuana: Two of 'La Rana' killedAs the contention of the plaza continues, the killings keep coming. The bodies of one man, and one women were found in the trunk of a car abandoned in Plaza China, near...
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