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Busted: The Micropower of Prisons in Narco-States
"Mica" for Borderland Beat republished from Small Wars Journal by Paul Rexton KanThe 2015 prison escape of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman demonstrated the degree to which Mexican drug cartels have...
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Veracruz; Weekend of violence greets new governor. 28 killed
Posted by DD republished from Mexico News DailyGovernor Yunez; "what did I get myself into"Miguel Ángel Yunes was sworn in as governor of the all but bankrupt state of Veracruz last Thursday, but...
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Ex-coup leader, DEA fugitive wins Haitian Senate seat
Original article available at ReutersBy Makiki BriceA former Haitian coup leader wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for alleged cocaine trafficking and money laundering has won election...
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Gunfights Leave Nine Dead in Mazatlan
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat EL Debate 12/5-7/2016Hundreds of people lived firsthand through the terror of four shootouts yesterday evening, Monday Dec 5 and night in the Port city of...
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Sinaloa: SEMEFO "Patio of Horror"
Yaqui for Borderland Beat from El DebateThe patio of Horror Culiacan, Sinaloa.- There are corpses lying all, rolled and tied in white plastic. Some, atop aluminum stretchers; others on the ground...
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Falcon Lake Gun attack: One killed, one injured while fishing on Texas/Mexico...
Republished from My San Antonio by Jason Burch A fisherman from Texas was shot and killed Tuesday night on Falcon Lake, the international reservoir on the Rio Grande that six years ago was the site of...
View ArticleForced Disappearance in Veracruz
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat The state of Veracruz is one of the states of Mexico whose residents have suffered through the disappearances of their relatives. Since December 2010, the local...
View Article"Narcos" series renewed, coming up; Mexico including Sinaloa and CJNG cartels
Chivis for Borderland BeatNeflix has confirmed “Narcos”, the popular original series, has been renewed for two additional seasons. The series began with the recount of the life of Colombian narco...
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Sinaloa Cartel leader arrested in Paraguay with 300 kilograms of cocaine
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El WachitoThe National Anti-drugs Agency (SENAD) of Paraguay, detained 4 Mexicans and 2 Paraguayans this Wednesday in the Metropolitan area of the...
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Zihuatanejo: 4 PGR Agents executed and burned
Original article available at ZETATranslated by El Wachito At least four agents of the Procuraduria General de la Republica (PGR) were burned inside a pick up truck that was abandoned by an armed...
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"El Mochomito" Son of Alfredo Beltran Leyva arrested in Jalisco
Original article available at ZETA Translated by El WachitoFederal Police confirmed that this Friday, in Zapopan, Jalisco, Alfredo Guzman Beltran, alias "El Mochimito", was detained. According to...
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Simultaneous Attacks in Los Cabos, BCS
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from Colectivo Pericue, El SudcalifornianoAn armed commando opened fire with AK47s in Cabo San Lucas about 6:45 pm last evening in the Zona Centro of this Baja...
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Suicide Journalism on the Crazy-Mean Streets of Tijuana
Original article available at The Daily BeastBy Andrea Noel The editors and reporters of the Zeta weekly risk their lives with every issue—and nobody reads them more closely than the cartels.ZETA being...
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Tijuana: Video: El Griego releases video warning to "Chapulines"
El Griego (Sinaloa) releases execution videoVictor Hugo Meza Lopez, aka El Griego has escalated his bloody conquest to push the Sanchez Tadoaba cell, formerly led by Arturo Herrera, (El Gross) now led...
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Boxer Alejandro González junior and two others murdered
Guest Reporter Javier for Borderland BeatOne of the three bodies found early on Friday in the Colonia San Carlos, Guadalajara is Alejandro González junior, a super bantamweight Jalisco boxer 23 years...
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Mexican authorities busted 2 more cross-border tunnels possibly built by the...
The Mexican military and federal police, working with other law-enforcement agencies, raided two cross-border tunnels traversing the border between Tijuana and San Diego on Monday.The Mexican attorney...
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The cartel boss who reportedly almost took out 'El Chapo' Guzmán's mother and...
Alfredo Beltran Guzmán, the Mexican narco scion thought to be the current leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel, was arrested in a barbershop near the city of Guadalajara on Friday.Mexican federal police,...
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Activists That Revealed Patrocinio, Coahuila “Extermination Camp” Find 5,000...
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatSilvia Ortiz, spokeswoman for the group Víctimas por sus Desaparecidos en Acción (VIDA), said that last Saturday, they found more skeletal remains, molars, and...
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Alleged gang leader’s mother held by self-defense group pleads with son to...
Posted by DD from material at Mexico News Daily and Daily MailResidents of a town in Guerrero declared themselves in self-defense mode on Sunday Dec. 11th. A sign at a rally In Valle de Luz...
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Tijuana: Another executed in Sanchez Taboada *graphic content*
Original article available at AFN NoticiasTranslated by El WachitoMembers of Cartel de Tijuana Nueva Generacion (CAF-CJNG), executed a male in Colonia Reforma, a threatening message was left next to...
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