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Members of Los Ciclones of CDG captured in Matamoros
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelElements of the Tamaulipas Forces captured ten presumed operators of a criminal organization, they are believed to be sicarios...
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The Gulf Cartel Through the Lens of Río Bravo
Over the past week and a half I have devoted much of my free time to keeping readers on the Borderland Beat forum informed of the day to day violence occurring in northern Tamaulipas. As we have...
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Mexican Political Family's Close Ties to PRI Party and Prime real estate in...
Lucio republished from NYT By LOUISE STORY and ALEJANDRA XANIC von BERTRAB José Murat Casab, left, a former governor of Oaxaca and an influential member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party....
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Shootings Reorganize the CAF
Translated for Borderland Beat from a ZetatijuanaSpecial Report by Otis B Fly-WheelThe restructure of the Arellano Felix Cartel and its dispute with the people of the Sinaloa Cartel for certain plazas;...
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Morelos tops the list of most violent states-Guerrero most in homicides with...
Lucio source material from Reforma, and ProcesoNote: Keep in mind these ratios are from “official” numbers, which are notoriously low balled, but the report gives good indication of which cities...
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Son of Osiel Cardenas pleads guilty in Texas Federal Court
Lucio republished from My San AntonioBROWNSVILLE — The son of infamous Mexican drug lord Osiel Cardenas pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to slip military-grade ammunition past U.S. Customs and...
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Financial Officer of Los Zetas Captured in Nuevo Laredo
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelFederal Forces detained Humberto Dominguez Lara, presumed financial operator for the Cartel of Los Zetas in the states of Nuevo...
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32 accused in gold for cash scheme to launder Chapo's drug profits
Lucio, republished from ICE and DOJ agencies 32 defendants face federal or state charges in Illinois alleging laundering more than $100 million in drug proceeds through cash-for-gold schemeThe full...
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Legislators call for investigation of ex-governor of Oaxaca Murat for...
José Murat Casab (Illustration by Michael Hoeweler ) Borderland Beat posted by DD. Material republished from TheNewsMx.DD Note: Some members of the Mexican Congress must either read the New York Times...
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Tamaulipas: total six dead in 24 hours
Borderland Beat posted by DD republished from ElDiario de CoahuilaFriday, February 13, 2015 Three suspects were today killed in a shootout against federal forces in the city of Rio Bravo. With this...
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The clandestine flights of "El Chapo"
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zeta tijuana Special Report by Otis B Fly-Wheel Zeta Investigations.A judge of the twelfth district granted a formal injunction against the former leader of the...
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Found dead the presumed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in Chihuahua
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelThe Location of the corpse of Froilan Mata Sarmiento "El Nan"The presumed leader of the Sinaloa Cartel in the Center South Zone...
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62 Caballeros Templarios Properties Seized bringing total seized to 161
Lucio for Borderland Beat material from Excelsior and TresPuntoCeroAuthorities seized 62 Michoacán properties belonging to member of Caballeros Templarios cartel operating in the coastal region of the...
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“El Barbarino” Killed in Culiacán
Lucio Borderland Beat with material from Rio Doce and El DebateFrancisco Aceves Uriah, alias "El Barbarino" was identified as a subject gunned down Monday in the city of Culiacan.Aceves was a famous...
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Mexican drug cartels recruit thousands of students in Texas to traffic drugs...
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Sinembargo article by Otis B Fly-WheelThe Mexican drug cartels have managed to recruit thousands of youngsters, in primary, secondary and preparatory schools in...
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CDG and its Different Factions
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Valor por Tamaulipas article by Otis B Fly-WheelThe CDG and its distinct active factions.CDG group operatives.Group LacosteDragones - take order from "La Sheyla",...
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Refined oil halted through pipelines, as Pemex concedes to narco oil theft
Posted by Pepe republished from Proceso Announcement comes amid an annual increase of 70 percent in the number of illegal pipeline connections operated by organized crime "This is a great admission of...
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Los Rojos manta about the 43 dissapeared students
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Michoacán 3.0 article by Otis B Fly-WheelOne of the Mantas hung in MorelosSantiago Mazari Hernandez alias "El Carrete" marked for participation in the...
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United States applies sanctions to businessman linked to Sinaloa Cartel
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelGastelum Serrano Drug NetworkThe Mexican businessman Fransico Javier Gastelum Serrano was designated a significant narco...
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3 La Mochomera banners appear in Acapulco, Ex-Gro Governor bank accounts...
Lucio for Borderland BeatAs if Guerrero didn't have enough problems, three narco banners (mantas) were placed in various areas of Acapulco, one at a bridge in colonia Benito Juarez, one on the bridge...
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