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Former Mexican police officer pleads guilty to crime of "stalking" in...
By DD, from material in Dallas Morning Newsand Borderland Beat ArchivesBorderland Beat has covered the case of Guerrero Chapa's murder extensively. The story of his murder can be read here; the arrest...
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Solidary Barrios in Xochitepec: Neighbors Protecting Themselves From Crime
Photo by: CuartoscuroBy Lourdes, 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”...
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Jalisco to investigate Gerardo Ortiz for links to organized crime
There is an investigation into the alleged links between organized crime and the owners of the property used as a location for his controversial video.Mexican singer Gerardo Ortíz have been summoned by...
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Tigers, weapons, and cars seized to La Linea in Chihuahua
Wounded criminals, criminals killed by police, six detainees, powerful missile launchers, Barret rifles, thousands of bullets, more than 20 stolen vehicles, drugs, tactical gear, cash and exotic...
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Four Months of Extortions in Mexico City: A Family Ravaged By Threats
Photo by: CuartoscuroBy: Maribel F., Animal Político Reader | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThis is a wound that will never heal.My family was extorted for months (from July to October 2015)....
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Veracruz: 8 Year Old Killed In Crossfire
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatA new infanticide occurred in the southern part of Veracruz after some gunmen shot an 8 year old this morning after witnessing the execution of a person, an...
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Gerardo Gonzalez Valencia, second in command of Los Cuinis arrested in Uruguay
Gerardo Gonzalez Valencia, second in command in the Mexican cartel Los Cuinis, was arrested in Uruguay with 10 other members of that organization, as it was reported by the local daily news El...
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Personal Vengence Drove Killing of Southlake Cartel lawyer
Posted by DD . Some material republished from Dallas Morning News and BB archives here, here, and here.and hereBullet holes riddled the passenger side window of Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa’s Range Rover...
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Watch Colombian Special Forces Capture A Narco Gang Leader
A video posted to the YouTube channel WarLeaks on April 22 shows Colombian special forces conducting a raid in Chocó, Colombia, which led to the capture of the wanted narco gang leader Édgar Gutierrez...
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The Man Who Runs The Sinaloa Cartel... With Or Without ‘El Chapo’
He was born in the countryside of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, entered the drug trade as a teenager and presides over what many believe is the hemisphere’s largest drug trafficking operation. But...
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Michoacán: 3 Former Autodefensas Executed
By: Julio César Aguirre/Quadratín; Red 113 Michoacán | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatApatzingán, Michoacán, April 23, 2016— Three men traveling onboard a truck and who were about to pull out...
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Deadly deal: Osio Cardenas' Plea Deal Cuased Zeta/CDG Split and Years of...
Posted by DD Republished from Dallas Morning NewsBy Alfredo Corchado and Kevin KrauseA plea agreement between a Mexican drug kingpin and the U.S. government helped generate a violent split between two...
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After decades at ‘supermax,’ Mexican cartel capo gets transfer
Serving life in prison just got a little easier for Gulf Cartel godfather Juan Garcia Abrego.After nearly 20 years in the so-called federal “supermax,” where some of the nation’s most notorious inmates...
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Details of the Night of Torture suffered by the 43 missing Normalistas...
Lucio R Borderland Beat"That morning, the authorities also found the body of another student, Julio César Mondragón, who had been at the news conference. He had fled when the shooting began and became...
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Arturo Beltran Leyva, the life, death of "El Barbas" Part 2
Written for Borderland Beat by Otis B Fly-Wheel, with additional hyperlinks to the BB archiveSubject Matter: Arturo Beltran Leyva, El Barbas, El Fantasma, El Botas Blancas, La MuerteRecommendation:...
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Tijuana: Another CAF member murdered
CAF member murderedRarely does a a few months go by without a CAF, or former CAF member getting ambushed, shot, dropped off in the streets, that they formerly walked with ease and strength. Sometimes...
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Extortions in Veracruz: Sell Drugs or Lose Your Life
By: Evelia, Animal Político Reader | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatMy name is Evelia, a native of Cuautla, Morelos, a journalist and a mother of a 7 year old.The story that I have that is...
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Panic in Acapulco: Two Hours of Shootouts
Mexican soldiers secure a tourist area after gunmen attacked a hotel where federal police stay in Acapulco on April 24, 2016(Pedro Pardo / AFP/Getty Images)By: Ezequiel Flores Contreras | Translated by...
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One victim in Ohio family murders was shot 9 times; police probe possible...
All but one of the eight family members slain on isolated Ohio farms last week died from multiple gunshot wounds, and one victim was shot nine times, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.The...
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The Southlake Murder Conspiracy Trial Begins; Day One
Posted by DD Republished from Dallas Morning News and material from NBC NewsFORT WORTH — The two men on trial in the contract killing of a Mexican drug cartel lawyer in Southlake didn’t pull the...
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