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Former CAF bodyguard attempts to avoid capture by leaving prison in armored...
Tijuano Borderland BeatWith information from Zeta Tijuana and Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias Tijuana.Antonio Felix Quintero aka "El As(The Ace)"31 year old Antonio Felix Quintero aka “El As(The Ace)”,...
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By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of ten unidentified individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Tamaulipas since last Friday according to Mexican private and official news...
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VxT: Permanently Closes, "I will never stop worrying about everyone"
Borderland BeatJust as I was wrapping up this post, Proceso broke a story the VXT is posting SDR reports which had ceased on April 1. There was no announcement of any type in conjunction with the...
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"El Pozolero": A legacy of death by Tijuana´s "Soup maker".(Interview included)
Translated by Tijuano for Borderland Beat.Special thanks to Chivis Martinez for pointing out the video.El Universal.Santiago Meza Lopez, aka "El Pozolero"(Soup maker) It was January 23rd, That day...
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Knights Templar Connected Drug Bust-Austin, Texas
Borderland Beat75 kilos of meth, 10 kilos of cocaine and two kilos of heroin 3 dozen charged with trafficking drugs through AustinBy Jazmine UlloaCentral Texas law enforcement officials say they have...
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El JT Deported by US and Arrested by Mexico
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatPhoto at Mexicali Baja California's State Preventive Police (PEP)JT has been deported to Mexico, arrested at the POE, escorted to the capital of Baja California, and then...
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Benjamin Arellano´s attorney gunned down. Mayo´s nephew murdered in Tijuana.
Tijuano for Borderland BeatBenjamin Arellano Felix.The body of a man identified as Roberto Navarro Vazquez, 45, was found inside a vehicle in the Tijuana neighborhood of Lomas de Aguacaliente. Police...
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Mexico Registers 4,249 Drug-Related Killings in 4 Months
Some 685 fewer murders occurred between Dec. 1, when Peña Nieto took office, and March 31, compared to the prior period, Deputy Government Secretary Eduardo Sanchez said.A total of 4,249 drug-related...
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Death of a Sicario
From the archives:David Barron Corona, a.k.a.: D (1963 - November 27, 1997) was a Mexican Gang member who became a criminal and a high-ranking member of the Logan Heights Gang at the service of Ramon...
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Mexico's Blog Del Narco: A Case of Stealing the Work of Others?
Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat click on any image to enlargeOn Wednesday a report was published in The Texas Observer and The UK Guardian,...
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Hidalgo: Under Soles of Los Zetas, Knights Templar and...
Borderland BeatThe government of Hidalgo, has continually boasted of having much less violence and organized crime than other states, but the reality is quite different. For years, tested in an...
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Trevino Trial to Start Monday in Zetas Racehorse Case
Borderland Beat Juan Lazano-Houston APOne of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels intended a racehorse-buying operation to be a clandestine means of laundering its illegal proceeds in the...
View ArticleMexican Army dismantles 7 meth labs in Zacatecas
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe Mexican Army conducted counternarcotics operations in far southern Zacatecas state last week discovering and dismantling a total of seven drug laboratories, according to...
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Leader of Los Rojos Killed "La Mona" Killed
Borderland BeatCuernavaca .Morelos The lifeless body of Antonio Roman Miranda, "La Mona", the presumed leader of the criminal organization "Los Rojos" was tossed on the side of highway...
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"Organized crime" and "Drug trafficking" become taboo words in Mexican Media...
Borderland Beat.Juan Diego Quesada, diario El Pais.Mexican President Enrique Peña NietoCoverage of violence in Mexican media has diminished by half in the last year, this despite the fact that at least...
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Jose Trevino: Trial Begins U.S. Asking for 60M in Assets from Z40, Z42 and Jose
Borderland BeatBy Jim Forsyth Reuters The jury trial of a Mexican drug cartel leader that began on Monday in Austin, Texas, will provide a look at how the vicious gangs that make huge profits in drug...
View Article14 die in La Laguna
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 14 individuals have died or were found dead in the La Laguna region of north central Mexico according to several Mexican news reports.A news account which appeared...
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MURDERED: Alonso de la Colina, former host of “Hechos Guerrero”
From TwitterMexican journalist Alonso de la Colina Sordo was killed today (April 15) in the central city of Puebla as he left a bank officials said. Until this past February, De La Colina Sordo was a...
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Beyond Drugs in Los Zeta's Effort to Launder Money
Carlos Miguel Nayen Borbolla-Number 5Carlos Nayen Borbolla was one of 19 people indicted last year in a massive money laundering scheme that law enforcement officials say poured millions of dollars in...
View Article5 die in Tamaulipas state
A total of five individuals have been killed or were found dead in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Tamaulipas state including three armed suspects who died exchanging gunfire with a unit of...
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