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"El Pozolero's" First Dissolved Victims Found and more
Borderland BeatCalderon's Last WeekDuring this last week of Felipe Calderon's presidency, each day on average, 21 people were killed in the country. This figure is comparable only to 2010, when every...
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Enrique Nieto Peña: Violence Erupts as New Administration Takes Over in Mexico
Borderland BeatViolence erupts as Yo Soy 132 destroys every business on Avenida JuarezIn the midnight ceremony the transfer of flag represents transfer of power Enrique Nieto Peña has become the new...
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Mexico Sends "Flashy" Narco To The US
Posted on Borderland Beat Forum by Athena Did not fight extradiction chargesA flashy American fugitive who fled to Mexico to avoid arrest for leading a Houston-based drug-trafficking organization, has...
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Sinaloa Cartel Sicario Arrested for 8 Murders in Chihuahua
Posted on Borderland Beat forum by Siski you kidDumb as he looks fingerprints on narco message led authorities to himChihuahua, Chihuahua. - Ministerial Police agents captured an alleged Sinaloa cartel...
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Caballeros Templarios Reveal Agreement With PRI Party
Posted on Borderland Beat Forum by "AJ" The criminal group of Knights Templar revealed alleged agreements that helped the PRI recover the state of Michoacán in the elections of November 11,...
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Garcia Luna's narco ties documented
J. Jesus Esquivel ProcesoGenaro Garcia LunaTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatUnited States intelligence services have an extensive and detailed file regarding Genaro Garcia Luna's alleged ties...
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Pena selects General Cienfuegos Zepda for Mexican Army top job
By Chris CovertRantburg.comMexican president Enrique Pena Nieto last Friday presented his commander of Mexico's land and air forces, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, replacing outgoing Secretaria de...
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Smoke Filled Rooms (part 1)
By ACI for Borderland BeatIt’s no secret that the drug war is a dirty war. A war fought with deception, betrayal and lies. As in any war information is often the single most prized possession. This...
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Bloody Zacatecas: 16 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 16 individuals were murdered in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Zacatecas state since last week, according to Mexican news accounts.According to a news...
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Fatal incident reflects new boldness among offshore smugglers
Borderland BeatA suspected drug smuggler who captained the boat that allegedly knocked a U.S. Coast Guardsman into the ocean, resulting in his death, told authorities he was "taking gasoline to some...
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Beauty Queen's Last Order: "Do Not Shoot," Contradictions and More...
Borderland BeatThe clearer Proceso version of the events surrounding the death of Maria Susana Flores Gamez is overly truncated, glossing over some important points provided in the original Riodoce...
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MANTAS: In Piedras CDG Sends Message to Citizens - While in N. Laredo Z40...
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatMantas in Piedras Negras and Nuevo LaredoTEXT TRANSLATION:In the last days, Piedras Negras has been seen as the red (bloody) border of the year, this is due to the...
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Pena replaces two in Mexican Army general staff
By Chris CovertRantburg.comFive days into his administration, Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto has opted not to shake up general staff appointments at his defense ministry, replacing only two top...
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2 Mexican military die in plane crash
Two Mexican military aviators were killed Wednesday morning in an Mexican Navy airplane crash in Baja California Sur, in Mexico, according to Mexican news accounts.According to a news account posted on...
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One week after end of Laguna Segura, SEDENA reinforces La Laguna
By Chris CovertRantburg.comOne week following the end of the security operation known as Laguna Segura and in the wake of several criminal incidents, elements of the Mexican Army and Durango state...
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U.S. Marine: Chained to bed in Mexican jail
Borderland BeatPosted by Athena Borderland Beat Forum. MEXICO CITY — As a U.S. Marine, Jon Hammar endured nightmarish tension patrolling the war-ravaged streets of Iraq’s Fallujah. When he came home,...
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FULL LENGTH FILM: "Breaking the Taboo"
Chivis Martínez Borderland Beat Richard Branson' 'Breaking The Taboo' Takes Aim At The War On DrugsThis film Sundog Pictures released its feature documentary "Breaking the Taboo" to YouTube on...
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Saltillo: Four Found Hanging Off Bridge
Borderland Beat The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) reported through a press conference, that they have identified one of the four people who were discovered hanging from a bridge of the...
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Scorn and oblivion for disappeared federal police officers
ProcesoDecember 6, 2012Marcela TuratiTranslated by un vato for Borderland Beat True heroes, in Felipe Calderon's rhetoric, dozens of federal police agents who disappeared in his war against drug...
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7 found dead in Zacatecas state
Six unidentified individuals and one police agent were found dead in Zacatecas state Thursday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports.According to a news item posted Thursday on the website of El...
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