Mexico State’s Metropolitan Zone: Neighborhood Alarms, Closed Streets
Photo By: CuartoscuroBy: Mar, Animal Político Reader | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThis article is part of a digital project by Animal Político called “Aprender a Vivir con el Narco”...
View ArticleChapo is considering requesting "house arrest"
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with material from Milenio & EFEAlthough Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman likes that idea of negotiating with the United States, should he be extradited, his Mexican defense is...
View ArticleThe capture of Guzman and the re-arrangement of the cartels in Sinaloa
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a El Debate articleSubject Matter: Sinaloa CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredVarious violent events have happened...
View ArticleTijuana: 'El Karate' de CAF captured
El Karate CapturedLess then 72 hours after a manta from CTNG went up, demanding their share of the plaza, from those still loyal, or associated with CAF, one of the their most wanted was captured. It...
View ArticleMireles: The Federal Government Betrayed the Autodefensas
By: Dalia Villegas Moreno | Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat Three years after the emergence of the autodefensa groups in Michoacán, Dr. José Mireles Valverde, an emblematic figure of the...
View Article"El Chapo" retired two years ago and his sons operate the Sinaloa Cartel,...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: Sinaloa CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredThe Mexican reporter Lydia Maria...
View ArticleOld school Zetas aligning with Renegade Gulf Cartel Members
Lucio R. Borderland Beat posted by Iztli with material from ChivisA dismembered body of a man was left at "El Olivo" gas station, in Ciudad Victoria and next to the dismembered body was a cartulina...
View Article15% Increase in Theft and Armed Assault in Cuernavaca
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatStatistics compiled by the Observatory for the Security in Morelos showed that Cuernavaca registered an increase of 15% in theft and armed assault, mainly in the...
View ArticleJuan Francisco Carrizales Lara "El 98" captured
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from Milenio and Valor por TamaulipasSubject Matter: Cartel del Golfo, El 98Recommendation: Read this article sent in by a BB reader and posted by...
View ArticleTamaulipas: Decapitated Head Left at Children's Hospital
Lucio R. for Borderland BeatA young businessman in the used car business was kidnapped, and decapitated on Monday. The decapitated head of Héctor Alfredo Vázquez Navarro, (at left) was left at the...
View ArticleHe can no longer stand "being tortured",' El Chapo'"begs"for extradition to...
Lucio R. for Borderland Beat with material from Reforma, Radio Forula, and Borderland Beat archivesAfter his dramatic tunnel escape from Altiplano, Mexico’s most secure prison, the controversial...
View ArticleGreen Light Given For Mireles’ Prison Transfer
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThe Michoacán government gave the green light for the transfer of José Manuel Mireles from the federal prison in Hermosillo, Sonora to the David Franco Rodríguez...
View ArticleThree Cartels battling for Tijuana
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: Tijuana, CAF, Sinaloa, CJNGRecommendation: Read this article by BB reporter J on the manta discovery see...
View ArticleCd Victoria Tamaulipas: 3 decap heads left with narco message, as zeta war...
Lucio R. Borderland BeatThis violent clashing of Old School Zetas and CDN, is beginning to appear much like the Tamps war2011. The decapitations, and dismemberment had tapered off and not often seen,...
View ArticleNew charges raised with imprisonment for "El Viceroy" , Vincente Carrillo...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a El Debate articleSubject Matter: Vincente Carrillo Fuentes, Juarez CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredVincente...
View ArticleThe new, 'James Bond-style' assassination is the new face of crime on...
Posted by DD material from Small Wars Journal and the Daily MailThanks to a heads-up from Dr. Robert Bunker from Small Wars Journal for this story. Material from Daily mail is from a story by Alasdair...
View ArticleWhile on the lam, El Chapo entered the U.S. twice, "betrayed" by El Mayo
Lucio R. Borderland Beat republished from The GuardianNote: Newly identified daughter, must be one of the half dozen children father by El Chapo outside his marriage. He entered into only one legal...
View ArticleChapo's wife says Chapo does not know "supposed" daughter
Written by Lucio R. Borderland BeatThe circus continues…In a letter toReformaEmma Coronel, the wife of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, rejects the claim of Rosa Isela Guzmán, that she is the oldest child of...
View ArticlePuebla: Human Remains Found In Barrels
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatAuthorities in Puebla found human remains inside barrels in the municipality of San Andrés Calpan. The discovery was confirmed by the district attorney’s office...
View ArticleSinaloa Cartel: Narco messages left in La Paz signed Mini Lic
Lucio R. Borderland Beat Material from ZuloganLa Paz returns to drug violence; narcomantas signed by Mini LicViolence has returned to La Paz. In the early hours of Saturday three suspected leaders of...
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