The war between Los Zetas and Cartel del Norte; is a reflection of daily life...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Valor por Tamaulipas articleSubject Matter: Life in Tamaulipas under the shadow of impunityRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge...
View ArticleThe cartel of the sexenio, is CJNG, it is ready to enter the big leagues
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Sinembargo articleSubject Matter: The growth of the Cartel Jalisco Nueva GeneracionRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge...
View ArticleCJNG vs Sinaloa, the looming war as El Menchito was kidnapped in prison by...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Riodoce articleSubject Matter: CJNG vs Sinaloa CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredIsmael Zambada Garcia, Rafael...
View ArticleBaja: Beto Cervantes leader of band "Explosion Norteña" killed
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with C.E.M. translated and republished from El DebateAccording to information published by Zeta Magazine (Diario Zeta) Beto Cervantes, the lead singer of the norteña group,...
View ArticleTijuana: Singer shot, reportedly in retaliation for the Beto Cervantes murder
Lucio R for Borderland Beat with C.E.M. from FacebookThis report from Gente de la Tía Juana: Singer and songwriter, “El Mike”, of the group La Nueva Eminencia was shot four hours ago, in Tijuana. The...
View ArticleMexico is the same as Iraq and Afghanistan in the peace indez, EPN and Osorio...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Sinembargo articleSubject Matter: Endemic violence in MexicoRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredMexico is located 140 of...
View ArticleGoodbye "Otis"..... you will be missed!!
Borderland BeatFrom Otis:Otis: On another note, this will be my last article for Borderland Beat. I have at times enjoyed translating and writing articles for this site, and have enjoyed having some of...
View ArticleTijuana: CJNG (unconfirmed) cell leaders thrown from bridge, dismembered in...
CJNG members hanged from bridgeFor months bodies and narco mantas have littered colonia Sanchez Tadoaba, as the cell of Arturo Herrera, aka El Gross, and his lieutenants claimed the area for...
View ArticleSinaloa: Grandmother fights to use Cannabidiol, to treat her grandson's...
Lucio R. Borderland BeatCuliacan, Sinaloa.- The life of Jesus Gael Ayon Palomino took a radical change when the three-year-old began suffering seizures.The first effects of the seizures left weakness...
View Article11 Killed in Nuevo Laredo Clash
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with C.E.M fotos from VXTUpdate note:More information has surfaced and video evidence. The action is being called extrajudicial killings by Mexican soldiers. From Nuevo...
View ArticleTamaulipas violence continues as internal clashes flare
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with C.E.M.The regional leader of the Gulf Cartel (CDG) is having trouble keeping his troops in line, having to contend with some of his close friends and troops who have...
View ArticleCoastal Autodefensas re-establishes barricade, as Templarios reorganize
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with C.E.M. information from Aristegui NoticiasThe government says Caballeros Templarios are history. After the capture of CT premier leader, La Tuta, clearly they were a...
View ArticleHomicide numbers rising in Guanajuato
Posted by DD Republished from Mexico News Daily Homicide numbers rising in Guanajuatotienda damaged by grenadesWhen Interior Secretary Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong acknowledged last week that violence has...
View ArticleThe Teen Killers of the Drug War
Posted by DD Republished from The New Yorker Child soldiers in foreign conflicts are treated as victims. What about the adolescents on the U.S.-Mexico border? By Patrick Radden KeefeIn “Wolf Boys,”...
View ArticleHelicopter shot down in Michoacan
Borderland Beat with C.E.M. with information from Tully of forumFive killed, yesterday including three agents aboard the helicopter patrolling the areaResearching through information published in...
View ArticleSinaloa Cartel: Brother of El Meño captured, has an U.S. extradition warrant
Lucio R. Borderland Beat with C.E.MOn right his old "wanted" photo, left is from this weekMexican authorities have arrested a lieutenant of the Sinaloa drug cartel who is wanted in the United States,...
View ArticleMexico Victims Discover 75 Mass Graves in Veracruz, Rebuke Authorities
Posted by DD Republished from Insight CrimeWritten by Mimi Yagoub, Tuesday, 06 September 2016 The mass graves were discovered by a group of victims' relativesFamily members of disappeared persons in...
View ArticleMain suspect in Iguala missing students case, has charges dropped after his...
Lucio R. Borderland Beat by C.E.M.Last year the case of the 43 missing students took a big hit, when the 22 Iguala municipal police charged with kidnapping and delivering the students to Sidronio...
View Article78,109 executed during Peña Nieto's term
Posted by DD republished from ZetaTranslated by Borderland Beat reader "Jaqui" who translated the story and sent it to BB. PHOTO: Rashide FRIAS /CUARTOSCURO.By Jesse Lara BermudezThe Federal Government...
View ArticleEl Mencho orders Jalisco police commander to "relax" his subordinates (Audio)
Add captionProceso has in its possession an audio on which the leader of the Cartel de Jalisco New Generation (CJNG), Nemesio Oceguera Cervantes, alias El Mencho, recently orders a police commander of...
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