Tamaulipas closes prison in Miguel Aleman
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA prison in Miguel Aleman municipality in Tamaulipas state has been closed, according to an official government announcement.In an announcement posted on the government...
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Chihuahua Reporter Executed Only Weeks After Launching New Website
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat On December of 2012, the reporter and general director of the digital newspaper www.ojinaganoticias.com.mx published he felt happy and very optimistic about 2013. “Well...
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12 Hour Nuevo Laredo Terror Leaves 11 Dead, 4 are Innocents
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatNote: the report has stood all day of seven killed, however breaking news attributed to the attorney generals office has updated the figure to eleven. This reported by...
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Mexican Army detains 21 suspected kidnappers in Durango
By Chris CovertRantburg.comMexican Army units and Durango state police agents detained 21 suspected members of a kidnapping crew in the La Laguna region of Mexico, according to Mexican news accounts.A...
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Z42 Sends Narco Manta Message to Founder of Zocalo Newspaper
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatOn Thursday morning narcobanners appeared in the Coahuila city of Monclova, signed by Los Zetas cartel. The banners were addressed to Francisco Juaristi, the founder of...
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Saltillo: Bodies Discovered Hanging off Bridge
Borderland Beat as posted by "DD" of BB Forum Five bodies found in Coahuila, three were hung from a bridge with a narcomensaje and two lying on the floor, the five bodies were wrapped in white sheets,...
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New commander takes command of Mexican 10th Military Zone
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA press release by the new commander of the Mexican 10th Military zone, published in the online edition of yancuic.com, said that people near the La Laguna region can expect...
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An Interview With a Teen Sicario
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat The following is a three part video presentation by La Silla Rota which features an interview with a 16 year old sicario. In the candid responses the child hit man...
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Detonations And Blockades In Reynosa
A Few UpdatesThrough social networks, users reported shootouts and grenade sounds in the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas.In the colony Rosalinda Guerrero, there were also reports from the citizens that...
View Article5 prison inmates die in Nuevo Laredo
A total of five prison inmates died Sunday in a Nuevo Laredo prison, according to Mexican government news releases and press accounts.The Centro de Ejecucion de Sancciones (CEDES) in Nuevo Laredo was...
View ArticleMexican marines rescue 104 kidnapped migrants in Nuevo Laredo
Five alleged kidnappers detained by Tamaulipas state copsA total of 104 kidnap victims were rescued by a Mexican Naval infantry unit in Nuevo Laredo Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts.According...
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Zócalo Gives Into to Pressure by Z42 Narco Coverage Will Cease
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatZocalo the popular publication based in the Mexican northeast state of Coahuila announced today that they will cease all coverage of narco related news. They concede...
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REYNOSA: The Truth of The Government...and the Real Truth
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatThere is a scary new reporting policy forming in Mexico. Beginning with the announcement of President Enrique Peña Nieto that the Calderon style of reporting will...
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Enrique Peña Nieto Reduces The Number of Soldiers Combating Narcos
Source: La PoliciacaWith the rise to power of Enrique Peña Nieto, the Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) reduced the number of elements involved in combating drug trafficking and organized crime,...
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Details About the New Chapo Photo
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatIt was on March 9th or 10th when I received an email from a reader saying there was a new to us Chapo photo.I tweeted the photo, which was retweeted many times and...
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Mexican Drugwar Ghost Pueblos
Borderland BeatOUTSIDE SAN LUIS DE LA LOMA, Mexico — Don Polo's heavily armed convoy wound its way through the hills above the lush coastal plain of Guerrero state, its groves of slender palm trees now...
View Article24 inmates transfered following riot in Altamira Tamaulipas
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 24 inmates were transferred from a prison in Altamira to other prisons in Tamaulipas state following a riot which took place last Sunday, according to Mexican news...
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Self-Defense Groups Claim That They Disarmed the Knights Templar Cartel In...
By: Rubén MossoThe relatives of the 34 people who were detained by the Mexican army for allegedly being linked to organized crime by acting as community guards for the community Felipe Carrillo Puerto...
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Knights Templar Mantas Announce a Withdrawal of Sorts in Michoacán
Borderland BeatIn several parts of Michoacán, narco banners appeared directed to the state and federal authorities, which were removed by the Army, Navy and Federal Police.The banners were placed in...
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Tamaulipas: Mexico's Most Censored State: Tweeting the Drug War
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatTo a casual observer relying on mainstream media the Mexican state of Tamaulipas would appear very safe, because according to the media, no violence occurs in...
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