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M4 Killed Reported Killed
Borderland BeatYesterday this was reported but I held the story back to get further information. Since readers have asked about it I have decided to post what little there is. I really am not sure...
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Pentagon bolsters US training in Mexico's drug fight
Borderland BeatBy Kimberly DozierWASHINGTON -- The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to...
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158 cops detained in La Laguna
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 158 police agents from two eastern Durango cities have been detained by Durango state authorities for their alleged connection with organized crime, according to...
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2012: Top Borderland Beat Posts Part ll
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatTotal of Views as of Today for the Top 20 Posts is....1,600,000The following post is part two of 2012 Borderland Beat's most viewed posts. In this installment we revisit...
View Article7 die in Sinaloa state including 5 armed suspects
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of five armed suspects died in an armed confrontation with municipal police in Los Mochis municipality in Sinaloa state late Friday night, according to Mexican news...
View ArticleMexican Army smokes 6 armed suspects
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of six armed suspects were killed in a firefight with a Mexican Army unit in Veracruz state Friday night, according to Mexican news reports.A report which appeared...
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US Formally Recognizes Chapito Isidro: Spotted Living in Monterrey
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatUS Treasury Designates Meza Flores cartel as an additional Sinaloa-Based Drug Trafficking Organization- Living in Monterrey for several years, his family is...
View ArticleDurango side of la Laguna receives federal and state securty reinforcements
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe arrival of Mexican naval infantry units as well as Durango state police units in The Durango side of La Laguna region have taken place since Friday, according to Mexican...
View Article6 die in Zacatecas state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of six individuals have been killed or were found dead in ongoing drug and gang related crime in Zacatecas state, according to Mexican news accounts.A report posted...
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Acuña: Violence Erupts 5 Dead While Strange Manta Appears
by Chivis Martinez Borderland Beatupdate and correction of manta textViolence erupted in the city of Acuña, Coahuila yesterday. People near the scene report the shootout that began at 5:15 AM...
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Mexico's attorney general admits lack of evidence against generals
El Diario (1-22-2013)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatDistrito Federal (Reforma).-- In an unprecedented action, Mexico's Attorney General (PGR: Procuraduria General de la Republica) admitted...
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An Asian Connection
ACI - Borderland Beathttp://armchairsborderwars.blogspot.com/Ye GonMost who follow the drug war are familiar with the story of Zhenli Ye Gon, the china man whose house was filled with upwards of 300...
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Saltillo Violence: Mother Killed With Daughter, Baby Found With Bodies, 3...
Borderland BeatFive Killed in SaltilloIn Saltillo, Coahuila, fear has permeated residents as violence becomes a common occurrencein Coahuila, from Torreon (la Laguna) east to Saltillo, north to...
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81 disgraced La Laguna cops resign
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 81 disgraced municipal police agents in La Laguna resigned their jobs Thursday despite being offered training and tests that could have reinstated them, according...
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Risking their lives from desperation
El Diario (1-23-2013)/Proceso (1-24-2013)Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat This short article, combined with the longer one I will attach below, is, sadly enough, just another chapter on the...
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Garcia Luna in the FBI's sights
Patricia Davila Proceso (1-24-2013)Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat [Translator's note: this story is relevant because one of the individuals involved, Genaro Garcia Luna, was President...
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Mexican Army deploys troops to 13 troubled Mexican states
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe Mexican Army is deploying 14,000 effectives to 13 Mexican states it considers hot spots in the drug war, according to Mexican news accounts.A brief item posted on the...
View ArticleMore Mayhem in the mountains of Sinaloa and Durango
By Chris CovertRantburg.comAt least five individuals have been killed in drug related violence in the border area between Sinaloa and Durango state since last Sunday according to Mexican news...
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Retaliation Against Juarez Police after the Death of "Peña"
Borderland BeatThe death of a leader of the Sinaloa cartel in Ciudad Juarez, a former agent of the former State Judicial Police (PJE) of Chihuahua, has returned to the border psychosis, which came...
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Six Hacked to Pieces in Toluca Mexico
Body parts found stuffed into plastic bags in the central Mexican state of Toluca belonged to six different victims, authorities said.Police arrested 11 people in connection with the killings, the...
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