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The Third Strike of a Presidenta
I know this event has already been covered but I wanted to add more information that has since come out and also share some observations. Well as was already reported on Borderland Beat the body of...
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Bloody Zacatecas: 12 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 12 individuals,including two young females were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Zacatecas state since last Friday, according to several news...
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8 die in shooting in Durango state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of eight individuals were shot to death in an attack at a ranch in Durango state last Sunday, according to Mexican news reports.According to an article posted on the...
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Rubi's Killer Dead: Marisela This One is for You!
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat Rest in Peace Marisela..She was one of Mexico’s heroes, Marisela Escobedo had but one mission in life after the 2008 murder of her daughter, Rubi Marisol; to...
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Mexican Narcos Dominate Bolivia
Borderland BeatBuenos Aires, Argentina (Nov. 21, 2012) Ayda Levy, penned the highly anticipated book, El Rey de la Cocaína, (The King of Cocaine: My Life with Roberto Suárez Gómez and the Birth of the...
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President of the dead
Jorge Ramos El Diario November 19, 2012Photos of victims hang on walls of homes outside Mexico City Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatMiami. --I very much doubt that when people ask about Felipe...
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Border Patrol arrest alleged wife of the son of 'Chapo' Guzman
Borderland BeatAuthorities identify Zulema Aracely Lindoro as the wife of Ivan Archivaldo Guzman Salazar, son of "El Chapo" Guzman.SAN DIEGO (AP) - A woman suspected of having links to the family of...
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20 Reasons for Legalizing Marihuana
Denise Dresser for Proceso 11-22-2012 Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatMEXICO, D.F. (Proceso). -- 1. As the election in the United States demonstrated, that country is headed towards...
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6 Dead in Piedras Negras: Is Piedras the Next Juarez?
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat 6 Dead 1 survivor critical and two children taken in latest incidentTexas sheriff says the border town is the new Juarez.Piedras Negras; Four bodies were discovered in a...
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2 Grim Discoveries in Chihuahua -19 Dead Bodies
Borderland BeatEight bodies were found Saturday morning. The discovery was made in a field approximately 100 meters off the highway between the towns of Delicias and Satevó, in Chihuahua.It is...
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November 25th Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
By Chris CovertRantburg.comMexican Army units since November 14th have seized 2,082.8 kilograms of marijuana, 5.8 kilograms of poppy seed and 2.1 kilograms of opium gum, according to official Mexican...
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Sinaloa product seized in Tijuana
Sinaloa product seized in TijuanaOver the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, significant seizures of Sinaloa cartel work were seized in Tijuana, by the PEP, State Preventative Police, familiar names...
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Sinaloa Beauty Queen Dies in Shootout with the Military
Caitime, Salvador AlvaradoA clash between soldiers and an armed group that began at in the communities of El Palmar Leal and El Progresso, Mocorito and spread to Caitime, Salvador Alvarado left a...
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Fed Wiretap Leak Linked to Gun Smugglers
By Mike GallagherJournal Investigative ReporterAlbuquerque JournalBordeland BeatThe husband of a federal prosecutor, charged with leaking wiretap information about a federal probe into a smuggling...
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Body Count Reaches 20 in Valley of Juárez
By Lorena Figueroa El Paso TimesBorderland BeatThe bodies were discovered sometime between Friday and Saturday in a deserted area in "La Colorada" ranch, located in Ejido Jesús Carranza, near the U.S....
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Beauty Queen Died With Gun in Hand
Borderland BeatDied with gun in handCULIACAN, Mexico — A Mexican beauty queen killed over the weekend in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and soldiers likely was being used as a human...
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Piedras Negas: CDG sends Narco Message to Zs and Citizens
Borderland Beat Alleged members of the Gulf Cartel (CDG) through hand out flyers alert citizens of Piedras Negras against their rivals “Los Zetas”. In the message, CDG warns the citizens about the...
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Army finds Evidence that Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, "El Chayo," May Be Alive
Borderland BeatBased on documentary evidence found by the Mexican army from a recent raid of a ranch allegedly owned by Enrique Plancarte a leader of Knights of Templar, the Attorney General's Office...
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Extradition Update and Letter from La Barbie
Borderland BeatExtradition ImminentEdgar Valdez Villarreal was accused in U.S. – his native country- of drug trafficking since he was 20 years of age. Today, at his 39 years old, he has become in a sad...
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The whole valley smells of death
El Diario November 28, 2012Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat'We would see lots of military and police at that place': localsFor the inhabitants of the Ejido Jesus Carranza, the discovery of 20...
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