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Sicarios in Reynosa Pray Before Going to War : VIDEO
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland BeatFrom: Tiempo Digital News, and YouTube Ciudad Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico Thurs. May 11, 2017Additional information from El DebateA video circulating on various...
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Señora Miriam Rodríguez Martínez Executed at her Home
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland BeatLeader of a Tamaulipas Activist Group Searching for the Disappeared Executed at her HouseLa Zeta May 10, 2017Carlos AlvarezMiriam Elizabeth Rodríguez Martínez,...
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"Justice is Still Absent " Says CPJ of Journalist Killings
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleReporter: Enrique Mendoza HernándezMonday, 8 May, 2017 12:00 PMThe Committee for the Protection of Journalists presented the report :...
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Mexican special forces in helicopter chase sicarios in Culiacan
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an El Debate articleSubject Matter: Mexican Special Forces, CuliacanRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredMexican special...
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Armed Forces Repelled in Tierra Caliente
Posted by Yaqui republished from Mexico News DailyBlockades, Armed Aggression Greet Security Forces in San Miguel Totolapan Burning tires block a road in Totolapan...
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Veteran journalist Javier Valdez killed in Mexico's Sinaloa
Posted by DD republished from ABC NewsAnother thanks to BB reader Tu Fren for the heads up. By Maria Verza Associated Press MEXICO CITY — May 15, 2017, 6:01 PM ET In this photo released by...
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United States detects 61 million dollars of Humberto Moreira in banks in...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma articleSubject Matter: Money Laundering, Humberto Moreira, Off shore banksRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge...
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They will amparo El Teo and El Pozolero
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana articleSubject Matter: El Teo, Teodoro Garza Simental, El Pozolero, The Stew-makerRecommendation: No Prior subject matter knowledge...
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At Least a Hundred Armed Men Assault Journalists in Guerrero
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from La JornadaSeven Journalists were stripped of their equipment, money and a vehicle as they attempted to cover the events over the weekend in San Miguel...
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The Narco-State
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: Narco CorruptionRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Jose Gil OlmosIt has been...
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El Sonrics of Los Zetas was killed in 2010 , now turns up alive and shot
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from an ElNorte articleSubject Matter: Miguel Abrego, El SonricsRecommendation: see link to article on his previous deathReporter: Hector CastroThe...
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Soldiers ask to return to barracks, they are tired of capturing criminals...
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Proceso articleSubject Matter: ImpunityRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Juan Alberto CedilloSoldiers...
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Gunmen Rob Busload of Federal Police Officers in Mexico
Posted by DD republished from New York TimesBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 19, 2017, 2:16 P.M. E.D.T. MEXICO CITY — Authorities in Mexico say gunmen have assaulted and robbed a bus full of federal...
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Journalist and owner of 4TV channel kidnapped in Michoacán
Posted by DD from material at DebateDove hunting season (which is the first legal hunting season of the year) in Mexico doesn't start until August 21 but it almost seems that some people in the country...
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Weekend Blockades Paralize Michoacán After Arrest of Los Viagras
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland BeatBurning trucks on Highway Siglo XXIFrancisco Castellanos J for ProcesoMay 19, 2017Michoacan lived through its second consecutive day of blockades and dozens of...
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"La Hamburguesa" Arrested: One of the 122 most wanted list.
Published by DD Republished from El Universal.By Astrid Sanchez "La Hamburguesa"After a 5 hour confrontation with between members of the Gulf Cartel the leader of the plaza in Zacatecas, Jose Antonio...
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San Diego: Former CBP sentencing highlights corruption, disgrace in border...
Former CMP agent sentenced to 5 yearsIn the latest in yet another San Diego ICE/CBP/HSI scandal, Jose Luis Cota has been sentenced to 5 years imprison, after a guilty plea earlier this year, where he...
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Borderland Beat Joins Other Journalist in Mourning and Remembering the Man,...
Posted by DDThis is a long story but as Javier said once about publishing "the problem is not deciding what to publish, but what not to publish". He was talking about corruption and violence stories....
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Mexico’s Drug War Diary
A blog: The CircularMexico’s drug war diary: borderlandbeat.comby Conor FayIt is an arcane website, something reminiscent of about 2005. When I first checked out Borderland Beat I paused, sneering at...
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US Treasury Dept Includes Ruelas Torres Cartel on Blacklist
Posted by Yaqui for Borderland BeatRepublished from DEA Press ReleaseOperation Dirty DopeContact: DEA Public AffairsMajor Mexican Heroin Trafficking Organization TargetedAction Targets Ruelas Torres...
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