Family of Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo Recovers Property
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuanaarticle by Otis B Fly-WheelAfter almost 25 years the PGR have failed to prove that a property belonging to Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo was bought with...
View ArticleThe Monster in the Mountains
Lucio R Borderland Beat posted by JA Computer written by Sky Robbins from The New YorkerIt’s been six months since forty-three students from the Ayotzinapa Normal School went missing in the town of...
View ArticlePolice detain author of the San Fernando Massacre
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article by O.B.F-WThe Police detain in Tamaulipas Jose Guadalupe Reyes Rivera, identified as an operator of Los Zetas, and is accused of having planned and...
View ArticleNot even James Bond can Rescue Mexico's Image
Reposted from a The World Post article for Borderland Beat by O.B.F-WMEXICO CITY -- The news went viral on social networks, while the main print and electronic media trumpeted it on front pages and in...
View ArticleConfrontation in Tamaulipas leaves at least 25 dead
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by O.B.F-WNuevo Laredo, TampsThis past Thursday the 26th of March, hours after the Army had decommissioned (incinerated) 6 tonnes of Marijuana that...
View ArticleSurviving gunfire attacks: updates on singers Javier Rosas and Alfredito Olivas
By Lucio R. Borderland Beat Facebook, Instagram and El Debate were used to write this postThis was posted on instagram Javier Rosas: Strange events surround an Instagram postOn Tuesday, on singer...
View ArticleMatamoros Becomes Ground Zero As Drug War Shifts On Mexican Border
Borderland Beat Posted by DD Republished from NPRDD note: Much of the information about cartel violence in Matamoros has been reported here on BB, the most recent in a story posted by Lucio on...
View ArticleJudge denies "El Chapo" amparo
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article by J. Cheever LoopholeThe Second Unitary Court of the Twelth District denied the amparo of Federal Justice, to the drug trafficker Joaquin "El...
View ArticleCoahuila claims Z42 gave information on "Lalo" Moreira's murder
Lucio R Borderland Beat written using material from:BB Archives, Vanguardia, ElSigloTorreonThe day after his arrest, Coahuila authorities (PGJE) took the formal statement of Omar Trevino Morales, aka...
View ArticleLeader of La Linea in Chihuahua captured
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Milenioarticle by J. Cheever LoopholeThe State Attorney General informs that an operation carried out in the town of Cuauhtemoc achieved the detention of Cesar...
View Article1,270 pounds of marijuana seized in San Diego Bay
San Diego Mission Bay: 2 Pangas with over a ton of marijuana seizedSince Sinaloa began using the Tijuana plaza heavily in the years post 2008, after arrangements were made between Fernando Sanchez...
View ArticleEx Operator of Osiel Cardenas detained
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-WheelVeronica EspinosoSan Luis PotosiAlfredo Martinez Aguilar, "Commandante 58"The Prosecutor General of the State advised of the...
View ArticleEaster Crackdown by Immigration and Customs on Illegal Contraband
Borderland Beat By DD from a Valley Central.com article by Daisy BarreraI join Lucio in wishing your a Happy Easter with your family. However if you are in Mexico visiting family or friends for the...
View ArticleCDG Regional Chief Gordo Cachetes Captured
Lucio R Borderland Beat VXT and UPIAuthorities have confirmed that Gulf Cartel regional leader in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, José Sánchez García, alias Gordo Cachetes, (Fat Cheeks) was arrested...
View ArticleTerror in Coahuila Part Two: Gas reserves beneath turf war in northern Mexico?
Borderland Beat posted by DD republished from AljazeeraDD Violence in northern Mexico is blamed on drug cartels, which is undoubtedly true, but that may be a simplistic answer A new analysis reveals...
View ArticleBanners appear in Tijuana...Signed Tijuana and Jalisco Cartels
Lucio R Borderland Beat some material from BB archives, AFN and Zeta was used in this postTwo Narco Mantas (banners) were hung in Tijuana from a pedestrian bridge in front of the Las Carpas Pulgas...
View ArticleBattle on the coast of Jalisco leaves 15 dead
Translated for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article by Otis B Fly-WheelWith anUPDATE from Milenio below, now death toll is at least 16 PoliceZeta RedactionPuerto Vallarta, Jalisco. According to...
View ArticleVideo: Child soldiers of Mexico's Cartels
Posted from a link on Borderland Beat forum by Computer JA, by Otis B Fly-Wheel30 Minute video from Journeyman Pictures on Mexicos child soldiers.Original Video from YoutubeLink to Mexico drug war...
View ArticleCJNG: Mexico's fastest growing cartel
Lucio R. Borderland Beat: BB achives links and images addedLimited republishing from Global Post with permission by the author“It’s the fastest expanding cartel and they could in the near future...
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