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Mexico Drug War: Proposed Law of Internal Security Allows Military to Take...
Posted by DD republished from Mexican VoicesReforma: Denise Dresser*Translated by Ruby Izar-Shea General Cienfuegos [Hundred Fires] just blackmailed the President of the Republic and Enrique Peña...
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The Golden Age of Drug Trafficking: How Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin Move Around...
Original article available at LinkedInBy Leo E.Article dated 12 May, 2016Diplomats and top officials from governments around the world gathered last week at United Nations headquarters in New York to...
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DEA agent explains what it's like to infiltrate Mexican and Colombian drug...
Original article available at Global PostWritten By Ioan GrilloAnti-drug agents are usually extremely cautious about spilling the beans on their secret world, which lies somewhere between espionage,...
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Beltran Leyva Plaza boss "El Nito Amavizca" arrested with guns, cash and...
Original article available at ExcelsiorTranslated by El WachitoAgents of the State Public Security arrested in Hermosillo, Sonora, Rodolfo Lopez Ibarra alias "El Nito Amavizca", who was identified by...
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The Enemy Within: Bribes Bore a Hole in the U.S. Border
Posted by DD Republished from New York Times By RON NIXON WASHINGTON — In 2012, Joohoon David Lee, a federal Homeland Security agent in Los Angeles, was assigned to investigate the case of a Korean...
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Zetas:CDN has toy give away in Tamaulipas
Mica from Borderland BeatNote from Chivis: Reminiscent of the big holiday give-aways during the years when CDG and Zetas were together, the CDN faction of Zetas, conducted a holiday toy give out that...
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Charles Bowden’s Final Story (about Kiki Camarena's death) Took 16 Years to...
Published by DD Republished from Matter and some material from obituary in the Tuscon SentinelSome of our newer readers may not be familiar with Charles Bowden's name or his work. Bowden was a...
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Blood on the Corn. Part One.
Posted by DD Republished from MatterFor background information on Charles Bowden and this story see Borderland Beat storyCharles Bowden’s Final Story (about Kiki Camarena's death) Took 16 Years to...
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Blood on the Corn. Part 2
Posted by DD republished from MatterPART TWOThe murder of young DEA agent Kiki Camarena in 1985 became an international incident — and an obsession for his agency (See: Part I).Hector Berrellez...
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Omar Trevino Morales returns to Altiplano
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: El Z 42 , Omar Trevino MoralesRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Proceso...
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Alfonso Arzate Garcia, "El Aquiles"
Excerpt taken from Gente de la Tia JuanaTranslated by El WachitoBorn and raised in Colonia Libertad, Tijuana. Aquiles was always a reserved kid with few friends. The oldest of the Arzate Garcia...
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Blood on the Corn. Part 2
Posted by DD republished from MatterPART TWOThe murder of young DEA agent Kiki Camarena in 1985 became an international incident — and an obsession for his agency (See: Part I).Hector Berrellez...
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Blood on the Corn. Part 3
Posted by DD Republished from MatterRecommended Prior Reading for background on Charles Bowden and this story. http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2017/01/charles-bowdens-final-story-about-kiki_2.html...
View ArticleFBI cracks down on Border corruption
Posted by DD republished from KTAR News, Arizonas News StationThanks to BB reader Tu Fren for the tip.PHOENIX — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is launching a campaign to urge citizens to keep an...
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Michican plane purchase shows kingpin El Chapo’s reach
Posted by DD Republished from The Detroit News(Thanks to the Anon. reader for the tip)(DD; That's the State of Michican, USA, Not the State of Michoacan, Mexico.) By Robert Snell , The Detroit News...
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El Duende, head of Los Viagras in Apatzingan detained
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: Los ViagrasRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Francisco CastellanosA joint...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy official shot in Guadalajara
Material from the Guardian by Duncan Tucker link to full articleFBI seeks suspect after US consular official shot in MexicoA US consular official was shot in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Friday night,...
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US army sargeant declared guilty of supplying arms to Cartel del Golfo
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: Julian PrezasRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Proceso RedactionA sergeant in...
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US Citizen arrested in shooting of consular official in Mexico
Original article available at Siglo De TorreonTranslated by El WachitoMexican authorities in coordination with the FBI, arrested Zia Zafar, a US citizen of 32 years of age and who according to recent...
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Peña Nieto Faces Unrest in Mexico as Gas Prices Climb and Trump Ascends...
Original article available at New York TimesBy Kirk Semple and Elizabeth MalkinMEXICO CITY — Amid nationwide marches, highway blockades and looting stemming from widespread outrage over an increase in...
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