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Treasury Targets Money Laundering Operation Linked to Los Zetas
Borderland BeatThe U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of Filemon Garcia Ayala, and two of his companies located in Mexico pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin...
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The Resurrection of the BLO and CDG.
Borderland BeatTwo of the biggest drug cartel believed to be on the brink of extinction, the Beltran Leyva and the Gulf Cartel, have shown signs of life in various regions of Mexico for so far this...
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Newly named La Laguna security operation to begin
By Chris CovertRantburg.comGovernment officials from Durango and Coahuila states are expected to meet Wednesday to map out a new security operation in the La Laguna region of Mexico, according to...
View Article7 die in Nuevo Laredo
Seven unidentified individuals were found shot to death in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas last Saturday, according to Mexican news accounts.A news report posted on the website of Vanguardia news daily Monday...
View Article4 die in Sinaloa state
Four men in their 20s were found executed in a remote area of Sinaloa state Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.A news report posted on the website of El Diario de Coahuila news daily said that...
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Another Narcotunnel discovered in Tijuana
Borderland BeatAn underground drug smuggling tunnel in the midst of construction was found yesterday in the city of Tijuana. Seventeen people were arrested working in the excavation.According to police...
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CAF Rises Once More
Borderland BeatEditor: Submitted and translated by reader via Email.“Nides”, “Melvin” and “Mesien” identified as leaders oflocal criminal cells.Using old-style strategies and still led by Fernando...
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Acapulco Anguish 9 State Police Dead in Ambush
Borderland BeatStill reeling from the barrage of negative press following the recent violent robbery and rape of six Spanish tourists staying at the Babaji Bungalows (Borderland Beat), Acapulco...
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Suspect Captured: Kombo Kolombia Timeline...Not All Bodies Recovered From Well
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatA devastated son Reports were coming in at a fast pace, each day the number of bodies retrieved from the Hidalgo well became greater and closer towards the 19 presumed...
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Nightmare street: Mexico State
Jose Gil Olmos Proceso (2-6-13)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatEven as the governor of the State of Mexico, Eruviel Avila, strives to declare that his administration will not tolerate...
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CDG Sends Message: "We Are Here to Finish With the Zetas"
Borderland BeatMonclova, Coahuila.- Since last February 5, narcobanners and narco executions have appeared with messages of the organization of the “Gulf Cartel”, who have announced that they arrived...
View ArticleArmed suspects detonate 3 grenades near Nuevo Laredo US Consulate
By Chris CovertRantburg.com A shootout between armed drug gangs took place last Thursday evening near the US Consulate in Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas, according to Mexican news accounts.A news account...
View ArticleLuvianos: the bloody battle that was covered up
Proceso (2-6-13)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatMEXICO, D.F. (Proceso).-- Last year, on August 23, residents of the Mexico State municipality of Luvianos noticed suspicious activities that...
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"El Fantasma" Reported Captured
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatUPDATE at Bottom:El Debate is reporting that Johnathan Salas Avilez, alias "El Fantasma", has been captured by federal agencies. The capture reportedly occurred in the...
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Murders of Kombo Kolombia attributed to Los Zetas
El Poderoso Kombo Kolombia was a young band that over the past three years had made their name known around Monterrey, Mexico, and the surrounding state of Nuevo León. Possessing a seemingly endless...
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Death toll in Mexican Drug War rises to 2,243 since December 1st
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 2,243 individuals have been murdered in Mexico since December 1st, 2012, according to Mexican news accounts.A news report posted on the website of Milenio news...
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Death to the Beat of the Music: Being a Musician in Mexico
Note: We had to repost this post by Vato due to technical difficulties...but is all his and Sanjuana Martinez'By Sanjuana Martinez La Jornada (2-3-2013)Translated by Un Vato Borderland BeatDrugs and...
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Official Account of El Fantasma's Capture
Borderland BeatBelow is the update to original post of yesterday. Moisés Melo García, commander of the 3rd army military region consucted a news conference elaborating additional details of the...
View Article2 more grenades detonate in Nuevo Laredo, 1 dead
Updated By Chris CovertRantburg.comTwo more grenades were detonated in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Monday evening, -- one near a local college -- killing one unidentified individual late Monday morning,...
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5 armed suspects die in Reynosa
A total of at least five armed suspects were killed in an armed encounter with a Policia Federal road patrol in Reynosa, Tamaulipas Monday, according to Mexican ews reports.News accounts published on...
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