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Guerrero Journalist Assassinated
By: Ezequiel Flores Contreras | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatJournalist Francisco Pacheco Beltrán was assassinated Monday morning in the city of Taxco, in the northern part of the state of...
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Confrontation between Marines and armed men leaves 8 dead in Reynosa
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: Reynosa, Cartel del GolfoRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredVarious chases and...
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Sisters of Zetas leader Z37 killed
Lucio R. for Borderland Beat material from Borderland Beat & Consulta VeracruzAccording to official sources of the Government of Veracruz, two of the seven bodies found inside an incinerated...
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Five arrested in fatal ambush of a drug cartel member in Webster County
Court documents say five people set a man up to be ambushed and killed early Monday morning in rural Webster County.The suspects allegedly armed themselves, settled into hiding places, waited for their...
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"Macho Prieto's" brother extradited to the U.S.A
Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, "El Macho Prieto," was one of the operators of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and at the same time a Sinaloa Cartel hit man."El Macho Prieto" was killed in a special operation by...
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El Kommander cancels concert at the last moment and provokes a disturbance
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: El KommanderRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredEl KommanderReporter: Trinidad Ramirez...
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Mexican general gets 52 years for torturing, killing man
Posted by DD Republished from AP Mark Stevenson, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MEXICO CITY -- A judge has sentenced a general in the Mexican army to 52 1/2 years in prison for ordering the torture of a suspect,...
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Veracruz Brigade in Search of Disappeared Find 500 Skeletal Remains, 15...
The civilian brigade found 500 skeletal remains in clandestine graves in VeracruzThe result of the stay of the Brigada Nacional en Busca de Personas Desaparecidas en Veracruz(National Brigade in Search...
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San Diego Tunnel from Sinaloa to Barrio Logan
The characteristics of the tunnel used by "El Chapo" to escaped in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, before being captured, have been repeated in the most recent narcotúnel found in the US-Mexico border. The ton of...
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Southlake Trial 1st Week roundup; Hatfield & McCoy fued; Chapa's sister...
Posted by DD republished from Dallas Morning News DD: We reported earlier in the week on the opening statements in the federal trial of two of the men on trial in Ft Worth, Texas accused of Interstate...
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MANPADS: Weaponry Progression and the Changing Face of Narco Warfare
by Lucio with C.E. Martinez with material from SWJ by Dr. Robert BunkerIn December 23, 2012, Chivis interviewed Dr. Bunker of Small Wars Journal about Mexican cartel weaponry employment patterns, and...
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Guerrero: Autodefensas Begin Forming To Tackle Organized Crime & Federal Police
By: Ángel Galeana | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatThe mayors of San Miguel Totolapan and Copalillo warned that the residents of their municipalities have begun to organize themselves in order...
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Southlake lawyer’s sister sent beheading video to El Gato, as vengeance...
El Gato, the cartel boss who ordered a hit on a Southlake cartel lawyer in 2013 later received a video of one of his relatives being beheaded, according to testimony in federal court Friday.Rodolfo...
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Part 2: Narco Warfare Progression-50 Cal-RPGs-MANPADS
Lucio R. Borderland Beat Republished from Small Wars JournalYesterday we published a post of an overview and links to background information supporting this article. Read that post by using this...
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3 Sides war for La Paz
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a ZetatijuanaBCS ReportSubject Matter: Fight for the plaza of La Paz, BCSRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredIn the last...
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Faced With Insecurity, More Autodefensas Begin Arising In Sonora & Morelos
Archive photoTranslated by Valor for Borderland BeatWith the increase of incidents of common crimes and the inaction from officials to fight against insecurity, citizens of Sonora and Morelos are...
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Guerrero: Los Rojos, Los Ardillos and ICDA are now dominant in Guerrero
Lucio R. Borderland Beat sent in by "Daily Reader"There has been a shift in cartel control of Guerrero. Whereas some groups have spread their territorial ground, at least one has advanced from a...
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Does Acuna have a serial killer?
Posted by DD for Borderland BeatA big thanks to our readers for the tips that gave us additional info. Keep em coming.forensics guy collecting evidence near body In the early hours of Sunday, May 1,...
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Tamaulipas: 3 Texans Rescued after being kidnapped in Mexico
Lucio R. Borderland Beat Material from Zocalo and FacebookThree members of a family who were kidnapped on April 13th, were rescued by a joint operation of the Anti - Kidnapping State Coordination...
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El Guero Cleofas of CDG to be extradited to the United States
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: Cleofas Alberto Martinez Gutierrez, El Guero CleofasRecommedation: See link to BB reporter Lucio R article on...
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