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Censor or die: The death of Mexican news in the age of drug cartels
Posted by DD, republished from Washington Postdd: a thanks to chimera for posting on the BB Forum.Hildbrando “Brando” Deandar’s family has been in northern Mexico’s journalism business for nearly 100...
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Shootout on "El Chapo's" birth place leaves eight dead
A shootout in the town of San José del Barranco, a Badiraguato Township, in the state of Sinaloa, left eight men dead, one of them was the security chief of the brother of Joaquin "El Chapo"...
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Devils, Deals and the DEA
Posted by DD Republished from propublica thanks to Breccia for publishing the story on BB Forum first.Drawing byTim McDonagh, special to ProPublicaWhy Chapo Guzman was the biggest winner in the DEA's...
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Mireles’ Message From Prison: Yes It Was Worth It
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat(Message dated October 14, 2015; Received on December 2, 2015, Hermosillo, Sonora)“On the other hand, one of the people who sent me a letter strongly questioned...
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Nestora Salgado: “Gordillo Was the Owner of Tepepan Prison”
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatElba Esther Gordillo “threatened me, saying that she would do everything to keep me in here,” the former commander of the Community Police of Olinalá, Guerrero,...
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Lawyer: Michoacán Government Obliges Cemeí to Change Lawyer In Exchange For...
public defender (left), Cemeí Verdía (right)Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatMorelia, Michoacán— Ignacio Mendoza Jiménez, who was the lawyer of Cemeí Verdía Cepeda, leader of the Community Police...
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Pablo Acosta " El Zoro de Ojinaga " Part 1
Written for Borderland Beat by Otis B Fly-Wheel, images from Drug Lord by Terrence Poppa[ Subject Matter: Pablo Acosta VillarrealRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required]Pablo Acosta,...
View ArticleMonterrey: 300 kilos of cocaine seized, likely belonging to Cartel del Norte...
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from Reporte IndigoThe Coming Storm: After the seizure of more than 300 kilos of cocaine last weekend, clouds of violence loom ahead. Authorities do not rule out, that...
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Fresnillo: Man Found Dead After Interrogation Video
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatFor the umpteenth time at Cameliasstreet and a few hours after the attorney general was in the city, armed gunmen shot a man over five times who had been...
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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM DD
Posted by DD.And to all a Happy New YearI have a friend named Mitch. Mitch is another Gringo living here in the small city where I live here in Mexico. He is originally from Minnesota, is single, and...
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Judge Exonerates and Orders the Release of Cemeí Verdía
By Carlos Arrieta | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatDue to a lack of evidence, the Third Criminal Court, located in Morelia, issued a release order to Cemeí Verdía Zepeda, former leader of the...
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Tijuana: Encojibado left for Aquiles
Encobijado left for AquilesAs the year ends in Tijuana, a marker of sorts is left strewn amongst weeds and trash of the bloodshed over the past months. Bound and wrapped like a grotesque mummy, the...
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PGR seize a ranch from 'El Chapo's' brother
The federal forces incursion in the area came after a shootout between people of 'El Guano' and a group from Chihuahua.The Attorney General's Office said they sized a ranch owned by Aureliano Guzman...
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A family feud in the Badiraguato Sierra
Last April Ernesto Guzman Hidalgo was assassinated in the mountains of Badiraguato, he was, the half brother of Joaquin Guzman Loera, the word or rumor is that, Aureliano Guzman Loera, El Guano, give...
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Wishing the Borderland Beat family a day filled with joy...............
Thank you to all the BB readers for your kind expressions of concern. I am down but not out, and improving each day.... Love you all, even the Millies and Willies. BIG thanks to my friend DD for...
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Sinaloa: Mexican Navy helicopter shot down
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from Reforma and RioDoceWhile conducting patrols, Troops of the Ministry of the Navy of Mexico (Semar) who traveled by land and air were attacked by a group of armed...
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3 decapitated bodies discovered in Piedras Negras
Lucio R. Borderland Beat Material from BB archives and El RancheritaOn Christmas eve, in Piedras Negras, the border city of Coahuila, three decapitated bodies appeared, with their heads discovered in...
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4 bodies discovered on Michoacán Highway one is El Tísico founder of LFM
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from Diario.Mx Morelia— The bodies of four males killed by gunshots were discovered in a parking lot on Autopista Siglo 21 (hwy), in the municipio Gabriel Zamora, Michoacán.The...
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CJNG Downed Helicopter: Federal Agent survivor defies odds
Lucio R. Borderland Beat using material from BB-Reforma-Noticias TerraThe federal operation took place in the wee hours of May 1st- the goal was to capture Nemesio Oseguera, "El Mencho", supreme leader...
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Pablo Acosta "El Zorro de Ojinaga" Part 2
Written for Borderland Beat by Otis B Fly-Wheel, with images from Drug Lord by Terrence Poppa and Google[ Subject Matter: Pablo Acosta VillarrealRecommendation: Read Part 1 of this...
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