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Are Mexico tech experts being kidnapped to run drug cartel networks?
Borderland Beat by DDJust like legitimate businesses, Mexico drug cartels put a premium on the use of technology, such as the Internet and cellular phones to run their massive operations. It takes...
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Aristegui Uncompromising, MexicoLeaks reporters fired, MVS Hacked, Public...
By Lucio R. Borderland BeatLA Times describes Carmen Aristegui in this way:“She is sort of a cross between Christiane Amanpour and a dog with a bone. Carmen Aristegui is possibly Mexico's most famous...
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MVS fires Journalist Carmen Aristegui
Lucio R. from MVS Twitter Monday: Aristegui and team gather outside MVSMVS Radio last night announced the termination of its employment relationship with...
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Hitman accused of more than 200 murders in Chihuahua is recaptured in Sonora
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelHermosillo, Sonora."El Negro"Agents of the Federal Police achieved the re-aprehension of Oscar Eduardo Vargas "El Negro", who...
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Officials in the midst of executions BCS
According to official payroll of the Municipal Treasury Valerio Carrizal Jolleno and Cesar Carrizal Jeyeno were employees of the city of Los Cabos. Both Government officials from the fourth level were...
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Leader of Loz Zetas in Nuevo Leon Captured
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article by Otis B Fly-WheelCaptured in Neuvo Leon, regional bosses of Los ZetasDuring the weekend, Federal forces headed by the Marina captured five...
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Homegrown Gourmet Pot on the rise in Mexico
Lucio R. Borderland Beat-Republished from AP by Peter Orsi with Alberto Arce AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo In this March 3, 2015 photo, Homero Fernandez warms a pipe with one hand as he holds in the other...
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Another regional Zeta Leader Killed
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelSaltillo CoahuilaElements of the Marina took down Luis Eduardo Monsivais Gloria, regional Boss of Los Zetas in Monclova, and...
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The Mission of the Journalist; "To tell others what they would rather not...
Borderland Beat posted by DD Republished from Mexico VoicesFor Reforma by Denise Dresser Translated for MV by Amanda MoodyEvery day, Carmen Aristegui** sat in front of the microphone and did her job....
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On Tour of US Survivor of Iguala Tells Story of Missing 43 To San Antonio...
Borderland Beat Posted by DD Republished From KSATWritten by Jessie Degollado Screen Capture from KSAT videoof Omar GarciaSAN ANTONIO - The mass disappearance of 43 students that rocked Mexico last...
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Falcon Lake Texas- Zetas regional leader arrested, named in the David Hartley...
Lucio R. Borderland Beat Material from BB archives and Laredo Morning TimesBrothers Juan Pedro and José Manuel Zaldívar Farías, also known as "El 27" and "El 31", are suspects in the murder of American...
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Zetas falling like a house of cards
Two more Zetas leaders captured in Nuevo LeonTranslated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelMonterry N.L.Federal forces detained in three operations in Nuevo Leon, two...
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Mexican Navy Attempts to Dismantle Community Police in Xayakalan
By: Alina R. Duarte | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatOn Monday, the Support and Solidarity Team With The Indigenous Community of Santa María de Ostula denounced that on March 16, an operation...
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Two leaders of La Linea confirmed assassinated
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Procesoarticle by Otis B Fly-WheelChihuahuaThe State Attorney General for Chihuahua, confirmed that Gonzalo Garcia Garcia "El Chalo" and Cesar Ivan de la Rosa Aro,...
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Former mayor with ties to Caballeros Templarios dies while incarcerated
Lucio Borderland Beat with Material from ReformaSalma Karrum, 64, former Mayor of Patzcuaro, arrested in August for alleged ties to the Caballeros Templarios cartel, has died.The Ministry of State...
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BCS war between CAF and Sinaloa
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana Special Report by Otis B Fly-WheelMore than 100 subjects have been assassinated in the first 69 days of the year, bodies riddled with accurate shots to...
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Mexico ambush leaves 10 dead, including 5 federal police
Borderland Beat Posted by DD Republished from Yahoo News, el Universal, and Informador.Informador.comMX yahoo. News By Ulises ZamGuadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) - A gang ambushed a federal police convoy in...
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Another Los Zetas Boss of Plaza captured in Nuevo Leon
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelLess than a month after having assumed control of the Plaza of Nuevo Leon for the group Los Zetas, state authorities captured...
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The New Criminal Players in Mexico's Embattled Michoacan State
Borderland Beat Posted by DD Republished from In Sight CrimeWritten by Jesus Perez Caballero*It would be easy to think that given all that has happened in Mexico's Michoacan state over the last few...
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March 2015: New Cartel Map, including Zeta and CDG cells in Tamaulipas
Lucio R. Borderland Beat -Click to enlarge-For comparison above is Stratfors 2015 mapReformaaccessed this information from the PGR agency using the freedom of information act as of March 2015. To...
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