Dispute between factions of the Cartel del Golfo is causing the violence in...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: Fight for Reynosa plaza after death of El ToroRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredAfter...
View ArticleMexico oil theft clash leaves at least 10 dead, including four soldiers
Posted by Yaqui for Borderland BeatAt least four soldiers and six suspected oil thieves died in a battle in the central Mexican state of Puebla, authorities said on Thursday, as the army launched a...
View ArticleUpdate: El Chapo case...same old complaints from the capo
Hola Borderland Beat….Due to illness, I have been unable to keep current, in a timely manner, with the case against El Chapo. I can report that after reviewing the case documents posted on the gov...
View ArticleEl Mini Lic, narco junior with many corridos and even more enemies
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio articleSubject Matter: Damaso Lopez Serrano, El Mini Lic, Sinaloa CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge...
View ArticleNo one heard the Teachers: Today they are dead
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from an El Debate articleFamily and friends say they were scared because the area was very dangerous, but nobody would listen to them.The death of three teachers...
View ArticleIn Mexico, ‘It’s Easy to Kill a Journalist’
Posted by DD Republished from New York Times By AZAM AHMEDRelatives at the coffin of Pedro Tamayo Rosas, a crime reporter in Tierra Blanca, Mexico, who was gunned down on his front stoop last...
View Article6 of Mini Lic's bodyguards arrested in Mexico City
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio articleSubject Matter: Sinaloa Cartel, Damaso Lopez SerranoRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredH&K...
View ArticleAfter three years in prison, autodefensas of Tumbiscatio obtain their freedom
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Michoacán 3.0 articleSubject Matter: Autodefensas of MichoacánRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Gustavo...
View ArticleHe urges a Guerrilla war against corruption
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Riodoce articleSubject Matter: Corruption in SinaloaRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Mirian RamirezIn Mexico...
View ArticleVIDEO: Dr. Mireles Describes Agreements Made With the Government
By: Ernesto Martínez Elorriaga | Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatMorelia, Michoacán—A video message recorded in April 2014 by the former leader of the autodefensas, José Manuel Mireles Valverde,...
View ArticleEl Tequilero reappears
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Sinembargo articleSubject Matter: Raybel Jacobo de Almonte, El TequileroRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredAfter the...
View ArticleOnly 16 bad guys left on most-wanted list
Posted by DD for Borderland Beat from material from Milenio and Mexico News Daily Ismael El Mayo Zambada still free Based on a report by the Attorney General of the Republic, 106 offenders, all...
View ArticleExtrajudicial killing by the Army in Puebla Video
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an Animo-politico articleSubject Matter: Mexican Army murder civilian on videoRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredA video...
View ArticleBeltran Leyva gunmen execute financial operator of "El Lic" in San Pedro de...
Beltran-Leyva gunmen execute financial operator de "El Lic"In a familiar scene, three bodies lay, crumpled under the weight of the bullets, buried in their flesh, life draining from the wounds, blood,...
View ArticleTamaulipas, a State with few Police
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an El Debate articleSubject Matter: Policing in Tamaulipas and or the lack of itRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredIn one...
View Article"I’m the one who gives orders here. Ask for whatever you want, I’ll give it...
Posted by DD from Mexico News Daily and MilenioAsk for whatever you want, I’ll give it to you." Don Chelo The whisky was flowing (screen capture from video) Those were the words of José Luis Gutiérrez...
View ArticleEl Mayo and Los Chapitos Consolidate
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: Sinaloa CartelRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredThe war led to his downfall, the...
View ArticleDr Mireles Valverde set to be released today after bail is paid by...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma aticleSubject Matter: Dr Mireles ValverdeRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Abel BarajasAfter 2 years,...
View ArticleDr. José Manuel Mireles Released From Prison This Morning
Translated by Valor for Borderland BeatJosé Manuel Mireles, former leader of the Tepalcatepec autodefensas in Michoacán, left El Rincón Prison located in Tepic, Nayarit, after three years in jail.Dr....
View Article5 of the 6 bodyguards of El Mini Lic arrested this week are set free by a...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma articleSubject Matter: Bodyguards of El Mini LicRecommendation: See link to article on their arrestA federal judge released five people...
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