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More details on the Christmas eve massacre at El Platanar Ontiveros
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe Christmas eve massacre at El Platanar Ontiveros in Sinaloa state was caused by a rivalry between drug gangs over territory, according to Mexican news reports.According to...
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PGR Arrested One of Mexico's "Most Wanted " Women
MEXICO CITY, (ap). - Nessie Susana Topete Herrera or Jessica Itzel Martinez Requena, one of the nine women most wanted by the Attorney General's Office (PGR), was captured Thursday in the city of...
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CDG Decapitates Zeta Plaza Boss in Zacatecas
Borderland BeatMembers of the Gulf cartel (CDG) abducted and executed a Zetas plaza boss in the state of Zacatecas. A Mexican narco-blog posted the picture of Commander Niño de Los Zetas (boy of the...
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100 bodies in Durango mass grave identified since January
To read the last Borderland Beat story on the Durango narcofosas, click here By Chris CovertRantburg.comLess than 30 percent of victims found in Durango's mass graves have been identified, according to...
View ArticleNorthern Zacatecas scenes of thefts shootings and kidnappings
By Chris CovertRantburg.comDespite public promises by authorities to reinforce security in northern municipalities of Zacatecas state, several security incidents have taken place, including the...
View ArticleMexico Finds Smuggling Tunnel Near US Border
Borderland BeatBy Adriana Gomez LiconAssociated PressMexican authorities have discovered a sophisticated smuggling tunnel equipped with electricity and ventilation not far from the Nogales port of...
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Four Zetas Killed while Trying to Steal Plaza Boss El Pokemon's Body
Borderland BeatIn a statement issued near midnight on Friday, the state government reported that a group of men attacked soldiers guarding the amphitheater where the body of the suspected plaza leader...
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2012 a Violent Year in Coahuila
Posted on Borderland Beat Forum by BJEFF The escape of 129 prisoners from the prison of Piedras Negras, the execution of Jose Eduardo Moreira, son of former Gov. Humberto Moreira, the killing of...
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Police Commander Executed in Saltillo
Borderland BeatSaltillo. - The commander of the South Delegation of the Municipal Police, César García Guevara, was killed in the line of duty in the early hours of Friday after being shot by a group...
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Pena's Security Plan starts to take form
By Chris CovertRantburg.comPresident PenaBarely in its fourth week, the security strategy of newly inaugurated Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is slowly becoming apparent. Going by Mexican press...
View ArticleOver 25,000 names on secret list of "disappeared"
El Diario/Proceso 12-29-2012Anabel Hernandez Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatDuring the six-year Calderon administration, and as a result of his war against drug trafficking, 25,276 persons...
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Narcofosa: Zetas Killed Four Women in Coahuila, Marines rescued more awaiting...
Borderland BeatSaltillo., (Proceso.com.mx.) - Members of the criminal group "Los Zetas" kidnapped and executed four women and threw them in a clandestine grave in the town of San Buenaventura,...
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US Murder Indictments: Chapo, Mayo, and 22 CDS Insist They Have Been Framed
Borderland Beat: Posted on forum by AthenaSalem NewsIt is alleged that the leaders of Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin Guzman Loera, Ismael Zambada Garcia and 22 others are indicted in Texas for murders they...
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No Starvation Here: La Barbie's Prison Menus at the Max
Borderland Beat Posted in forum by BJEFF starvation JJ and Edagr Looks like La Barbie may become El Gordo.....Though I must say this does not represent the menus I know that are served in medium and...
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Twelve Sicarios Brought Down in Zacatecas and Some Border States' 2012...
Zacatecas- Elements of the 97 Battalion of the Mexican Army managed to bring down in a confrontation that began in the community of El Fuerte and ended up in the community of Francisco Garcia, 12...
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More on Los Zeta's Radio Network
Borderland BeatThe Mexican military is trying to dismantle an extensive network of radio antennas built and operated by the notorious Zeta drug cartel. But the authorities haven’t had much luck...
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Torreón: Drug Rehab Center Attacked
Borderland BeatAuthorities report that a group of gunmen attacked a rehabilitation center in the Coahuila city of Torreón, leaving one dead and three injured. The Laguna delegation of the Attorney...
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2012: Borderland Beat's Most Popular Posts
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatA look at the most viewed twenty posts of 2012 these 20 comprise 1,630.000 views, thank you readersIs Lazca's death the number 1 most viewed?Not necessarily most...
View ArticleChapo's multinational mafia
PROCESO December 5, 2013Rafael CrodaTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatFrom its country's bitter experience with drug cartels, a research group with the National University of Colombia warns that...
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The Beauty and the 57 Narcomantas in La Évora, Guamúchil Region
GUAMÚCHIL- Reports of 57 to 67 narcomantas appeared hanging in different strategic locations in Mocorito, Badiraguato, Salvador Alvarado and Angostura in the state of Sinaloa. Each blanket demanded...
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