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View ArticleAttacks against Monterrey cops continue: 3 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA staged car wreck in Juarez municipality in Nuevo Leon may have led to the death of three traffic cops, according to Mexican news accounts.Saturday evening one motorcycle...
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Security elements among 7 dead in plane crash in Zacatecas
By Chris CovertRantburg.comFoto de WikipediaSeven individuals including four Mexican federal police agents were killed in an aircraft crash midday Tuesday in Zacatecas state, according to Mexican news...
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Ines Coronel gets busted, Chapo´s father-in-law is arrested in Sonora
Borderland BeatInes Coronel Barrera(white hat) along his daughter Emma Coronel(crown).Ines Coronel Barrera, 45, father-in-law of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman was arrested in the city of Agua Prieta,...
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Knights Templar mourn their sicarios: Alcohol sales are forbidden for 2 days...
Borderland BeatThe Knights Templar cartel distributed flyers across Michoacán telling people to unite with them on the mourning of their recently fallen members.The flyer´s text mentions that the...
View ArticleMexican Media Fearful of Reporting on Drug War
The United States has spent more than $1 billion supporting a war on drug cartels in Mexico. But as US president Barack Obama heads to Mexico, the situation is still so desperate in some areas that...
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Acuña Coahuila: 8 Americans Deported
Borderland Beat Mexican Border Officials Deport U.S. Citizens on Eve of Obama’s Visit Minutes after midnight on April 28th, eight U.S. citizens from Austin, Texas, were deported from Ciudad Acuña,...
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Zacatecas Balacera: Zetas Regional Chief Killed in Fresnillo
Borderland BeatThursday night into Friday was another episode of terror as clashes between Golfo and Zetas cartels, the Mexican Army and SEDENA erupted in several points of the Zacatecas city of...
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US DOJ goes after drug lords operating in Tijuana; Major Traffickers Task...
Borderland Beat.United States federal authorities are offering rewards in exchange of information that leads to the capture of the main traffickers operating in Southern California and the north area...
View ArticleMexican officials say they foiled an attempt on Pena's life
By Chris CovertRantburg.comOfficials with the Puebla state attorney general's office say they have detained three individuals who were planning an attack on Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto Sunday,...
View ArticleChapo's wedding: Boda en Durango
Proceso (5-1-13)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatA few days ago, Ines Coronel Barrera and Omar Coronel Aispuro, Chapo Guzman's father in law and brother in law, respectively, were arrested in...
View ArticleClashes Between Nights Templar and Vigilante Groups in Michoacan
Borderland BeatIn a series of clashes between the criminal group Knights Templar or Caballeros Templarios (CT) against community vigilante groups (comunitarios) who patrol the Tierra Caliente region of...
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Mapping the Incredible Spread of Mexican Drug Cartels in the U.S.
Borderland BeatPosted in the Borderland Beat Forum by JthmoverPosted By Colin Daileda Thursday, May 2, 2013 As Barack Obama heads to Mexico, U.S. involvement in Mexico's battle against drug cartels is...
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Violence Spirals Out of Control in Northern Sinaloa
Posted in Borderland Beat Forum by Siskiyou_KidViolence spirals out of control in Northern Sinaloa as a new group asserts controlThis narcomanta was left in a Jeep Cherokee with the bodies of 6 victims...
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Zetas Cartel Money Laundering Trial Week 3 "Mamito" Testifies
by Chivis Martinez and Havana for Borderland BeatThe Los Zetas cartel money laundering trial kicked off its third week of testimony with the testimony of Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar aka “El Mamito”...
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El Recodo was paid $250,000 to play at Parties for Los Zetas
Borderland BeatIt has been revealed that the musical band "El Recodo" was paid $250,000 to play at parties for "Los Zetas"The popular "grupero" musical Mexican band "Banda El Recodo" has performed at...
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Uniforms and Insignia of the Mexican Narco
Borderland BeatThe Mexican drugs cartels have always taken a brand style of promotional propaganda in their names and symbols to set them apart from other criminal organizations and to make their...
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Zetas Cartel Money Laundering Trial: VERDICT WATCH
Chivis and Havana for Borderland Beat Today closing arguments were heard by the jury and courtroom spectators, unfortunately it was not heard by our courtroom reporter as the courtroom was filled to...
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La Ruana, Village Besieged by Narcos (Michoacan)
This town is under siege. It is in war. In some of faces of the people one can see courage, but in others fear. Some people try to get on with their lives, while some others chose to carry weapons and...
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