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Dallas Mining Company Executives Found Dead in Rio Santa Rio
Borderland BeatTwo men, reportedly the CEO and CFO of U.S.-based exploration firm Southridge Minerals found dead.According to several local media outlets, their bodies were found dead floating down Rio...
View ArticleAttack weaker groups: Mexican Army's strategy against cartels
Rio Doce (2-10-2013)Alejandro SicairosTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatMilitary tactics: attack Chapo Isidro's organization to reduce violence in Sinaloa.In July, 2012, the National Defense...
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Release of another "El Ponchis"- like Boy Assassin
"el Ponchis"Boy Hitman13 year old juvenile admitted to killing ten, freed in Zacatecas because of his youthThe release of a minor, who confessed to participating in at least 10 homicides,...
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'La Corona' Reshapes Alliances in Jalmich
Borderland Beat An emergent gang called La Corona has made an alliance with The Knights Templar (Los Caballeros Templarios) in order to open the door to lucrative criminal activity in Jalisco...
View ArticleTerror in Tamaulipas: 7 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of four unidentified individuals were killed in an armed encounter with Mexican Army road patrol in Matamoros in Tamaulipas Tuesday afternoon, according to Mexican...
View ArticleMexican Army finds explosives in La Laguna, rescues 3
By Chris CovertRantburg.comSeparate operations in Gomez Palacio, Durango and in Torreon, Coahuila led to the arrest of four suspects, freeing three kidnapping victims and the seizure of several classes...
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Criminal Group Offers 46K USD Reward for Location of 'Valor Tamps' Administrator
Borderland Beat: posted on BB Forum by Poster “777”Valor por Tamaulipas was founded on January 1, 2012 as a citizens reporting network, offering security news and locations of 'hot' areas of violenceAn...
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"El Chapo" is Named Chicago's Public Enemy "Number One" and Obama Wants a...
Borderland Beat (CHICAGO) -- A drug kingpin in Mexico who has never set foot in Chicago has been named the city's new Public Enemy No. 1 - the same notorious label assigned to Al Capone at the height...
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CJNGs Split With Sinaloa and the Possible Fallout
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatI have long thought "what if"...what if Letra and CJNG created an alliance. Stranger things have happened and from a tactical move it makes sense. Presently, as it is,...
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Mexican media executive denies censorship agreement with government
Luis Enrique Mercado SanchezBy Chris CovertRantburg.comA Zacatecas state based newspaper executive denied Thursday that any agreement to "censor crime news" between him and the state government of...
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Doctors under fire in Tamaulipas and Coahuila
Proceso: Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatDoctors are under fire in Tamaulipas and Coahuila. The following two stories illustrate the extreme conditions under which they perform their...
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CDS Durango Plaza Boss Captured in Culiacan
Borderland Beat: BB reader "Tijuano", contributed this post and translationAlejandro Cabrera Sarabia, who is identified as the supposed plaza leader in Durango for the Sinaloa Cartel was detained...
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Jihadists and Latin American drug traffickers merge
Anne Marie Mergier Proceso (2-13-2013)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatThe radical Islamist groups who operate in the Sahara, the Sahel* and in the West Africa regions finance their military...
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Veracruz: A New Armed Group, Now Six in Mexico
Borderland Beat With this group, Veracruz has two groups that have risen up in arms and defend the inhabitants that are abandoned by the government to the will of the Narco. As it is well known...
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DEA Confirms Sinaloa Cartel Member Killed in Shootout with Juárez Police
Borderland BeatBy Daniel BorundaEl Paso TimesJuárez police inspect a handgun allegedly used by a Sinaloa cartel member, who was killed in a shootout with police at a home in Juárez last month.The U.S....
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Deserters Form New Groups Take Aim at the Pacific and Gulf
Borderland BeatNavolato SinaloaOfficials of the national security cabinet report; “Sangre Z” (Blood Z), “Golfo Nueva Generacíon (Gulf New Generation) and “La Corona” “The Crown” , are three cartels...
View Article14 die in Monterrey and Nuevo Leon
UPDATED x 2 By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of seven individuals were shot to death in two separate incidents in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon Saturday afternoon, according to Mexican news reports.A news...
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Public Safety Director Disappears from Nuevo Laredo
Borderland BeatEl Diario de CoahuilaCiudad Victoria, Tamaulipas— Monday February 18 2013- The government of Tamaulipas through the Attorney General of the State reported that Balmori Roberto Alejandro...
View ArticleThe surrender of 'El Fantasma'
Rio Doce (3-17-2013)Alejandro SicairosTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatThe unusual arrest of El Fantasma: not a single bullet fired against the chief of El Chapo's gunmen.Nobody warned Jonathan...
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Mexico: Organized Criminal Groups-A Business of Scale
Borderland BeatIf you want a great overview of Mexican Narco Study.. this is very well done.By Noel Maurer Revista Harvard ReviewThere is nothing new about organized crime. Nor is there anything new...
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