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Consulate issues warning amid Matamoros grenade attacks
By Sergio ChapaKGBTValleycentral.comThe American Consulate in Matamoros has issued a warning following a string of grenade attacks, including two of them against schools.Residents have been using the...
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Mexican Marines rescue 12, bust 10 in Nuevo Laredo
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA Mexican Naval Infantry unit raided a location in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Monday rescuing 12 unidentified individuals and detaining 10 others, according to a news release...
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California Faces Threat at Sea From Chapo’s Latest Drug Smuggling Technique
Chivis Martinez for BORDERLAND BEATOn May 21, 2012 I posted an article reporting on 4 tons of mota floating in the waters off Dana Point, a city in SoCal near Huntington Beach. Newport Beach,...
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Arizona Sheriff Jumped The Gun Burned Bodies in SUV May Have Been Murder Suicide
Borderland Beat.By Molly Hennessy-Fiske and Richard A. Serrano, Los Angeles Times Arizona authorities now believe five bodies recovered from a torched SUV dumped in the desert 35 miles south of Phoenix...
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Tamaulipas: Kidnapped Former Official Pleads For Rescue by Corrupt PRI...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatPedro Arguelles Ramirez, former General Director of the Tamaulipas State Government, called for assistance of Governor Egidio Torre Cantu and his predecessor, Eugenio...
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Former Mexican Governor Calls Allegations Politically Motivated
A former Mexican state governor accused of ties to drug cartels denied the allegations and said they were aimed at discrediting his party ahead of the July 1 presidential election.The administration of...
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Mexico Arrests Drug Boss for Slaying of Activist’s Son
The suspect was the reputed boss of the Beltran Leyva cartel’s operations in Morelos state, where the son of anti-violence activist Javier Sicilia was slain, the Mexican defense department said.Army...
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Mexican Activist Gets U.S. Support for Planned Peace Caravan
Mexican poet-turned-activist Javier Sicilia has received the U.S. government’s backing for his planned month-long peace caravan in that country aimed at drawing attention to drug-related violence and...
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Zeta Cartel Strikes in Sinaloa: Seven Dismembered Bodies Found
Mexican police have found seven dismembered bodies in a Pacific Coast state where the country’s most-wanted man is battling its most aggressive drug cartel.The attorney general’s office says the bodies...
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60 People Killed so far in June
Periodico Noroeste. 6-11-12 60 People Killed so far in June In the first 10 days in June there have been 60 homicides in 11 municipalities in the state.CULIACAN (Sinaloa) . Last month there were an...
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There were more than 47,000 deaths from violence related to drug trafficking:
There were more than 47,000 deaths from violence related to drug trafficking: PGR. During the first 5 years of the Calderon administration, 47,515 individuals were killed in disputes between organized...
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VERACRUZ: 14 Dismembered Bodies Discovered in Truck
Borderland BeatThe General Attorney of Justice of the Mexican state of Veracruz confirmed the discovery of 14 dismembered bodies found in plastic bags and abandoned in the town of Alamo Temapache,...
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What the numbers say about crime
El Universal Editorial, What the numbers say about crimeEl Universal. 06-12-12. In what we've seen of the [Calderon] six year term, up to September 2011, there have been 47,515 persons murdered "in...
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Brother of Z40 Takes a Fall For Money Laundering
Borderland BeatIn the video there is footage of Trevino's horse in a race and an interview with Trevino after the race..... below is photo of Trevino's Horse "Tempting Dash" further down is another...
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Death in Durango: 4 die
To read background reports in the Durango mass graves, click here and hereBy Chris CovertRantburg.comA new grave has been found in Durango city in Durango state Wednesday, according to Mexican news...
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Mayhem in Zacatecas: 7 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comAreas around Fresnillo, Villanueva and Sombrerete municipalities in Zacatecas state heated up since last Sunday as rival armed gangs engaged in firefights killing at least...
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Travel Warning for Mexico: Possible Violent 'Retaliation' Against Americans
CBS NEWS REPORTAmerican travelers to Mexico should beware of possible violent retaliation for this week's arrest of alleged Zetas drug cartel associates and family members inside the U.S., the U.S....
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Sicarios Storm a Wake Killing a Woman and Burning Kids in Juarez
Posted on Borderland Beat Forum by HavanaA group of heavily armed gunmen stormed the funeral chapel of St. Martin in the neighborhood of El Garnjero Monday. A young gunman murdered (executed) with a...
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Another Elusive "El Azul" Apprehension Operation Failure. Officials Aren't...
Posted in Borderland Beat Forum by HavanaForces were deployed in a federal operation thi weekend to a party in the northern part of the state capital of Colima, and yesterday it was official revealed...
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Mexican Police Caught Kidnapping Victims
Got it from Borderland Beat Forum by johnnyozone22Source: UniversalThere it was on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three...
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