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New Leader of the CDG, Mario Armando Ramirez Trevino, Alias "X-20" or "Pelon"
Posted and translated in Borderland Beat Forum by AJMinor editing by staffDifferent versions point to Mario Armando Ramírez Treviño, alias "X-20" or "Pelon" as the new leader of the Gulf Cartel. The...
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Video of the Capture and Transfer of "El Coss"
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatHe sure isn't as large as one would think when looking at his close up...just another watermelon head. I saw this yesterday and thought I would share, I don't think...
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Extreme Violence and Terrorism in Mexico
Borderland BeatA Dialogue between Howard Campbell and Tobin Hansen This dialogue between anthropologists Howard Campbell, author of “Drug War Zone Frontline Dispatches from the Streets of El Paso and...
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Another voice in Mexico silenced? Where is Ruy 5algado "El 5anto"?
**UPDATE: Since posting this story there have been many new events, particularly a series of VERY ambiguous statements by the admins of El 5antuario. Shortly after El 5antuario's initial press...
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Terror in Tamaulipas: 16 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 16 unidentified individuals have died in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Tamaulipas state, according to Mexican news accounts.In a post on the website of...
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PGJE: Mass Takedown of 37 Knights Templar Sicarios
Borderland Beat15 of the detained were presented in Guanajuato-the operation continuesIrapuato, Guanajuato. - GERI agents and PME police ,supported by preventive police from Irapuato and San Miguel de...
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Nine Bodies Found Hanging from Bridge in Nuevo Laredo
The bodies of nine men were found hanging from a bridge Friday in Nuevo Laredo, a border city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, officials said. “The individuals were hung (early Friday)...
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The Last of the Shadow/CDG?
When el Coss was presented to the media a reporter yelled at him asking a question "es el fin del cartel?" or "is this the end of the cartel?" Coss stood there without responding to anything, just that...
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The Titanic and El Coss
After a chase and shootout, another group of bodyguards led the Mexican marines to home that was occupied by Jorge Eduardo Costilla in Tampico, who surrendered without any resistance.The captured of a...
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The Future of The Gulf Cartel: Two Opposing Views
Borderland BeatI began this AM reading an article in the Houston Chron, in which the summation suggests CDG (Gulf Cartel) will survive. The next article I read was in the LA Times, its summation says...
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4 die in Zacatecas state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of four armed suspects were killed by Mexican security forces Saturday afternoon in in Calera municipality in Zacatecas state, according to Mexican news...
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September 15th Mayhem in Monterrey: 12 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 12 individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang violence in and around Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, according to Mexican news accounts.Included in the death toll...
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Kidnapped, Tortured, Castrated, and Crucified
Borderland BeatThis is my first post on the big screen. Big deal, some of you are saying. Me too, really. I wanted to start with an antojito just to get my feet wet. So bear with me. New technology and...
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In 48 Hours a Second Prominent Member of the PRI Party Executed
Borderland BeatSecond execution in 48 hoursProsecutors reported that a state legislator who belonged to the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, was murdered on Sunday, Mexico's Independence...
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Where the Kingpins live
Rio Doce. 9-17-2012By Miguel Angel VegaTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatSupermax Colorado living quarters to; Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, and Hector "El Guero"...
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TALIBAN: Sends a Message Z40s Days Are Numbered
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat Puebla Mexico- Municipal police confirmed that a new narco manta supposedly having a message from The Taliban formerly of the Los Zetas Cartel appeared at apx 6AM...
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7 die in Nuevo Laredo
By Chris CovertRantburg.comSeven unidentified men were found butchered and stuffed into two vehicles in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, according to Mexican news accounts.A news dispatch posted on the...
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7 immolated bodies found in Michoacan state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of seven unidentified immolated bodies were found in Michoacan state Sunday morning, according to Mexican news accounts.A report posted on the website of Cambio de...
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Corruption: A look at a Meeting Between a Mexican Mayor and LFM
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatPRESIDENT OF TELOLOAPAN CUTS A DEAL WITHTHE FAMILIA MICHOACANA IGNACIO DE JESUS VALLADARES SALGADOMUNICIPAL PRESIDENT OF TELOLOAPAN, GUERRERO 2012-2015This is Mexico’s...
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Two BP Agents Shot, One Dies
Borderland BeatThe shooting occurred along a major meth drug corridor, the agents were on horseback. Ironically, they worked out of the BP station named in honor of Brian Terry an agent killed in the...
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