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How Colorado and Washington Can Change the Drug War
Borderland Beat It appears that the PRI party is receptive to the idea of the U.S. legalization of marijuana. Cesar Duarte weighs in that Mexico could leagally export MJ, control and regulate the drug....
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End police abuse in Juarez
El Diario de Juarez November 11, 2012Husband and Wife speaking of their kidnap and torture in Juarez at the hands of PoliceEditorial translated by un vato for Borderland Beat[Translator's note: There...
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Piedras Negras Mantas: Name Killer of Gerardito and Charge FP With Narco...
Borderland Beat Translation by CristeroPiedras Negras, Coahuila.- The three narco-banners that appeared yesterday in Piedras Negras, denounced an alleged kidnapper and murderer of Gerardito Heath...
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Embroidery Movement Keeps the "Disappeared" in Public Eye
Borderland BeatRelatives of people who have gone missing in Mexico are camped out in front of the country’s Interior Ministry on hunger strike. Shannon Young reports.The women began their hunger strike...
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Legalization: a Perspective from Mexico
Samuel Bojorquez RioDoce Sunday, November 11, 2012Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatDedicated to Ethan Nadelmann, for his tenacious struggle.The legalization of marihuana in the United States is...
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Knights say "Adios" to President Calderon
Borderland BeatThe criminal group Los Caballeros Templarios (Knights of Templar) said their goodbyes to the six year President Felipe Calderon of Mexico through narcomantas placed in at least three...
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Murdered for Losing Product
Murdered for Losing product November 6th 2012: Two brothers were found murdered in Tijuana, on the 'free road' to Tecate, from Tijuana. The first Alberto Galeana, known as 'Aldo', 20 years old. A...
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POT.COM Marijuana Stock Explodes
Borderland Beat The New Dot.ComUp 442% : On Tuesday I posted on forum this article from Wall Street Journal. Stocks we as low at .75 to 1 dollar. Yesterday they were at 44 dollars. Today I hear...
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November 15th Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
By Chris CovertRantburg.comMexican Army units since November 3rd have seized 9,655.258 kilograms of marijuana, 6,1 kilograms of opium gum, 2.52 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine 1.434 kilograms of...
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Narco Banners Flood Coahuila and Veracruz
By Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatAcuna MantasFor the past week, narco banners have flooded Coahuila and parts of Veracruz. The first reports of mantas were in Piedras Negras, Coahuila where they...
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Former Mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan, Murdered
Translated by Vato for Borderland Beat from ProcesoMEXICO, D.F. -- The former mayor of Tiquicheo, Michoacan, Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar, 36 years old, was found dead Thursday morning in a vacant...
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4 die in Zacatecas state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of four armed suspects were killed in an armed encounter in Zacatecas state Friday afternoon, according on Mexican news accounts.A news item posted on the website of...
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Transportation Networks lead to US Hubs for Mexican Cartels
Borderland BeatA few miles west of downtown, past a terra-cotta-tiled gateway emblazoned with Bienvenidos, the smells and sights of Mexico spill onto 26th Street. The Mexican tricolor waves from brick...
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Pena Nieto's security proposal rankles Mexican left
President elect Pena NietoBy Chris CovertRantburg.comA proposal by the transition team of Mexican president elect Enrique Pena Nieto has the Mexican left up in arms and claiming the proposal is...
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New Frontier of the Drugwar: Prescription Drugs
Borderland Beat Notes:It may surprise some to hear that 1 of 5 teens have used Oxycontin recreationally. It probably will surprise most to know that is a 2007 statistic, and prescription drug use has...
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"La Comandante Rojo", Zeta Cell Leader detained
Borderland Beat "La Comandate Rojo" led a Zeta cell which included 5 Municipal Police officers, 1 ex-Marine, and Children. The government of Nuevo Leon announced yesterday the arrest of a Los Zetas...
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Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar; her statement
Borderland Beat Maria's message translated below is in this video [After the second attempt on her life, Maria Santos Gorrostieta Salazar was interviewed by El Universal. She was addressing critics...
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November 20th Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
By Chris CovertRantburg.comMexican Army units in ongoing counternarcotics operations since November 8th have seized 5,932.807 kilograms of marijuana, 10.5026 kilograms of poppy seeds, 4.6 kilograms of...
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Mexico promotes five sailors to admiral
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe Mexican Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR) or Mexican Navy has elevated five sailors to the rank of admiral, the top rank of admirals in the Mexican Navy, according to official...
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Stories of Pain: Legal Drugs, Lethal Outcome
Borderland Beat As heroin and cocaine use has steadily diminished, heroin had a tiny rise in 2011, but by far is the one of the less used drugs, and legal marijuana increases, cartels may take the...
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