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'They arrived shooting': The search for fugitive Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'...
Posted by DD. Republished from Business InsiderBy Christopher Woody REUTERS/Stringer Mexican marines conducting a search operation to locate drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, at the...
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Mexican marijuana farmers see profits tumble as U.S. loosens laws
Posted by DD. Republished from LA Times By Deborah Bonello reporting from Badiraguato, Mexico.This farmer in western Mexico says he began growing marijuana when he was a teenager. He says this will...
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Michoacan business woman throat slashed in Tepalcatepec
by Lucio R. Borderland Beat Autodefensas crushed; Violence and insecurity has returned to MichoacánYolanda Chávez Contreras, a young Tepalcatepec, Michoacán business woman was executed as she left...
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Mayor of Temixco Assassinated a Day after Taking Office
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThe government of Morelos made the announcement that the 33-year-old mayor, Gisela Mota Ocampo, had been murdered inside her home in Temixco just hours after she...
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Mencho's brother-in-law and financial chief "El Elvis" arrested at hospital
Lucio R. Borderland Beat from 90 grados The presumed financial brain of Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), was arrested at a hospital as he was being treated for gunshot wounds.Elvis González...
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"La Barbie" is ready to change plea to guilty in U.S. court
by Lucio R. Borderland Beat The Houston Chron is reporting that Texan native, Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka “La Barbie”, will be filing a “change of plea” in Atlanta U.S. District court.The so-called...
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Mexican Mayor Sacrificed Herself to Save Family
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatJuanita Ocampo, the mother of the mayor of Temixco, recounted how at least seven armed and masked individuals broke into their house on Saturday morning in search...
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Answering "nature's call" leads to gunshots and arrest of "El Elvis"
by Lucio R. Borderland BeatElvis González Valencia was answering the “call of nature” when he came under gunfire, that prompted a hospital visit, which led to his arrest.Jalisco state prosecutor...
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Film about escape of "El Chapo" arrives in Mexican movie theaters
The spectacular escape of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman from prison last July had all the ingredients for a movie and a feature film chronicling his breakout will hit Mexican theaters on...
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One of ICE's Most Wanted List, Alleged Financial Officer Operative of Gulf...
Posted by DD Republished from material from ElFinanciero, MexicoDailyNews, and ICEICE had offered a $25,000 reward for info leading to arrest of Ignacio Montes León . Photo from Mexican News...
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Off Topic; This Pope Has to be an OK Guy.
Posted by DD. Republished from MexicoNewsDailyI am not Catholic, but this story made me think Pope Francis must be a good guy. I think readers, especially those from Mexico, might enjoy this little...
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"El Chapo" Recaptured in shootout that leaves 5 killed!
Lucio R.Borderland BeatThe recapture of Chapo occurred in an operation by the Mexican Navy (Marina) after receiving a tip, (one version of the story) The citizen tip was not that El Chapo was at the...
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Backstory of El Cholo Ivan
Lucio R. Borderland BeatHere is the backstory El Cholo Ivan, Chapo’s lieutenant, apprehended today with El Chapo. He is considered as being one of El Chapo’s right hand men.Chapo was captured in a...
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Images of the shootout and arrest of El Chapo Guzman (Strong Graphic Content)
The crime boss was reportedly captured following a raid on a home in the city of Los Mochis, in El Chapo’s home state of Sinaloa, according to the Mexican Marines. Authorities said they responded to a...
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Mx Attorney General: "Chapo's desire to make a movie led to his capture"
Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from Reforma and PGR used in this postArley Gomez, Mexico’s attorney general is reporting that it was El Chapo’s desire to make a autobiographical movie that led to...
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Will Mexico Finally Agree to Send El Chapo to the U.S.?
Posted by DD republished from NBC News byJon SchuppeandJosh Meyerscreen capture from NBC videoPerhaps the only way to keep Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman from escaping prison again is to...
View ArticleVideo Teaser: Sean Penn interview with Chapo
Hola Readers, can this stuff get any crazier? DD had the post ready to roll but ran into difficulties but it will be up by morning. BUT since we have been deluged with readers comments advising us of...
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Mexico A.G. reveals plan for the El Chapo extradition, indictments from 8...
Lucio R. Borderland BeatThe extradition chart popped up on the PGR twitter page a few hours after the news of the Rolling Stone, Sean Penn interview with El Chapo in October, while he was in hiding....
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PGR investigating Kate del Castillo's connection to El Chapo
Lucio R. Borderland Beat-written with material from Excelsior and RioDoceActress Kate del Castillo is being investigated by the Attorney General's Office (PGR), after it was announced she has conducted...
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"The Rolling Stone Sean Penn, El Chapo interview"
Posted by DD material from Rolling StoneAs much as some people distrust any information coming from the Federal Government of Mexico, maybe the statements by AG Arley Gomez made about Chapo wanted to...
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