MAY 2017 : The Most Violent Month in 20 Years
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from ZetaThe Baja California Peninsula / West Coast of Sinaloa and SonoraThe Gulf of CaliforniaJune 21, 2017According to data released Wednesday by the Executive...
View ArticleArgentina Police Arrest Sinaloa Cartel Members and Seize 2 Tons of Cocaine
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from ZetaCocaine Packaged Ready for Shipment from ArgentinaBy: Carlos AlvarezJune 20, 2017Additional Material: Global Incidents MapMirror UKThe Superintendent of...
View Article'You can’t trust anybody. We're on our own'
Posted by DD Republished from the GuardianCartel violence in Tamaulipas state has claimed 254 lives in the first three months of this year, but has largely gone unreported in the pressBy Jo Tuckman in...
View ArticleEl Rana, of the Sinaloa Cartel arrested in Baja California
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio articleSubject Matter: Francisco Javier Peralta Reyes, El Rana, Sinaloa cartelRecommendation: Read this article by BB reporter...
View ArticleThe Colombian War Fed by Mexican Cartels
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from ProcesoBy Rafael CrodaTumaco is a municipality of Colombia with the largest amount of coca leaf crops: 28 thousand hectares that can produce 190 tons of...
View ArticleTamaulipas State Police Commanders receive training from the United States
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a ReformaarticleSubject Matter: Tamaulipas State PoliceRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Benito LopezWith...
View Article15 Kidnapped from Culiacán Restaurant
From El Debate Posted by GuasaCuliacan, Sinaloa.- An armed group stormed the Mar and Sea restaurant and deprived about 15 people of their freedom, including a pair of musicians. The restaurant located...
View ArticlePGJE Confirms the Death of Michoacan Journalist Salvador Adame
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from ProcesoMichoacan Journalist Salvador Adame PardoMissing for over a monthBy: Francisco Castellanos J.June 26, 2017MORELIA, Mich. (Apro) .- The Attorney...
View ArticleLos Cabos: Two tons cocaine tossed into the sea
On Monday Elements of the Marina navy secured almost two tons of cocaine that was thrown off a boat into the sea. This after the suspicions boat was spotted off Los Cabos, in Baja California Sur...
View Article"I quit!" says former governor Javier Duarte at his extradition hearing
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat with material from Reforma and MilenoThe ex-governor of Veracruz, Javier Duarte, appeared at his second hearing before the Third Court of Guatemala. In the...
View ArticleGuerrero lives through 5 days of gun battles
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from Reforma articleSubject Matter: Los Jefes, Los Rojos, Cartel de la SierraRecommendation:See linkto article on current groups disputing...
View ArticleUS offers FBI help to train Mexican police
Posted by DD from Mexico News DailyFBI training could 'change history,' says US embassy officialThe United States has offered to provide training to 350,000 state and municipal police officers at the...
View ArticleRafael "Borrego" Chavez, brother of Julio Cesar Chavez, executed in Culiacan
Original article available at SinEmbargoTranslated by El WachitoRafael "El Borrego" Chavez, brother of Boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, was executed by gunpoint in his house by a man. According to Omar Chavez...
View ArticleLucero Sánchez Arrested at Otay Mesa Border Crossing
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from Debate Lucero Sánchez arrested in CaliforniaThe former legislator, who is linked to "El Chapo" Guzman, was arrested by the US Border Patrol and is accused...
View ArticleAutodefensas form in Quintana Roo
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma articleSubject Matter: AutodefensasRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter: Benito JimenezA group of...
View ArticleEnsenada: 4 bodies thrown on the highway
Ensenada: 4 Bodies discovered on the highwayI struggle to write these "headlines" sometimes. How can I convey what happened, without sensationalism, but without bland casualness, similar to American...
View ArticleZeta leader sentenced to 7 life sentences in United States
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Reforma articleSubject Matter: Marciano Milan Vazquez, El Chano, OrejonRecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredReporter:...
View ArticleReport: "Violence and Terror: Findings on Clandestine Graves in Mexico”
Translated by Yaqui for Borderland Beat from La Jornada More Than 1000 Clandestine Graves Found in Mexico, Report Confirms and NGO's DenounceBY: Fernando Camacho SilvaJune 22,...
View ArticleEl Beto of the Cartel Arellano Felix arrested in Tijuana
Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a MilenioarticleSubject Matter: El Beto, CAF, AFORecommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge requiredElements of the Baja California Police...
View ArticleUS Coast Guard Cutter Brings 18 Tons of Cocaine into Port of San Diego
Republished From San Diego Tribune by YaquiAlameda Based Coast Guard Cutter WaescheAdditional Material from: USCG, CBS SF, US NewsThe drugs brought ashore Thursday from the cutter Waesche (WAY-shee)...
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