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Chapo's Nephew Killed in Culiacan
Borderland BeatThe Attorney General of Justice (PGJ) of Sinaloa confirmed that during a Father's Day celebration Obied Cano Zepeda, nephew of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was killed.According...
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Narco Engineering
Borderland BeatOrganized crime is engineering increasingly sophisticated equipment and armaments, their ability to use improvisation is impressive, for example, the unusual armored vehicles that are...
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Death squads
Rio Doce. 6-18-2012The threat of death squads that are formed inside police organizations once again terrifies families of victims of disappearances in Sinaloa. In the midst of the chaos that public...
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Tijuana Cartel Survives, Despite Decade-Long Onslaught
Borderland BeatSee J's recent post about the TJ Cartel HEREBy Nathan Jones for Insight CrimeA string of arrests and extraditions of important members of the Tijuana Cartel over the last month show the...
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Obama Invokes Executive Power to Block Fast and Furious Documents
Borderland BeatUpdated 4:25 p.m. - A House committee voted Wednesday along party lines to cite Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt, capping a mounting and contentious fight between congressional...
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Atty. Gen. Eric Holder draws House panel's rebuke over Fast and Furious
More on the congressional contempt charge against the US Attorney General.After President Obama asserts executive privilege in the Fast and Furious investigation, a House committee votes along party...
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The Cocaine Highway
By ACI for Borderland BeatIt all begins in the steamy mountains of Colombia, up mist covered hills, hidden under the lush canopy of forests; a plant is being cultivated. The farmer growing the plant...
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Chapo's Son Captured "El Gordo" Key Figure in The Sinaloa Cartel
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatAt the presentation an hour ago The Mexican Marina announced the capture of Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, 26, son of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who had...
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Did Mexican Drug Cartel Fix Horse Race Result?
The players in the Zetas horse racing laundering scandal.By Nick CarrawayMason County Daily NewsThe general manager of a U.S. horseracing track denied allegations Monday that the chief of Mexico's most...
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GORDO-GATE: Arrest Mixup- Not Chapos Son- Mexico Pointing Finger at U.S. and...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatLatest updateMother of man arrested says her son is an American born in Los Angeles...DNA being tested, Mexico says the information of identity came from the...
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Detainee mistakenly arrested as Loera Guzman's son
Some of the information provided came from Borderland Beat reporter Chivis MartinezBy Chris CovertRantburg.comA man detained by a Mexican naval infantry special forces unit in Zapopan, Jalisco...
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My Encounter With Drunk Sicarios
Written by Buggs for Borderland Beat Originally published April 18, 2010 Note: I read this post yesterday for the first time. Buggs wrote in in 2010, I don't know how it slipped by me, but it did,...
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14 mutilated bodies found in Tamaulipas
El Diario. 6-23-2012. A total of 14 mutilated bodies were found in an abandoned truck in the parking lot of a shopping center in Mante City, in the northern state of Tamaulitpas, reported state...
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Texas Photographer Missing in Nuevo Laredo-Had Been Tracking Actions of CDS
Borderland BeatTexas-based freelance journalist has been missing for a month after crossing into Tamaulipas to capture photographs of a shooting, a journalism advocacy group said.According to the...
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Forfeiture of property has no effect on narcos
El Universal. 06-24-2012. While in countries like Colombia or Guatemala the number of properties seized from organized crime groups and subject to forfetiture actions numbered over 28,000 in one year,...
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Mexico’s Tarahumara Are The World’s Greatest Ultrarunners—And The Latest...
Borderland BeatThe Sierras Tarahumara Indians: Mexico’s Unwilling Drug RunnersIn drugwar reporting, articles of those living on the fringes of Mexican society is a rare occurrance. The forgotten...
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Drug trafficking enforcement action in Mexico city's international airport...
The shootout that took place in Terminal 2 of the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) was triggered when suspected drug traffickers were about to be apprehended by Federal Police officers; a third...
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House Holds Holder in Contempt
By Alan Silverleib, CNN Congressional Producer The House of Representatives voted Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt for refusing to turn over documents tied to the botched Fast...
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Federal Police "traitor" identified
The Federal Police reveals the way the crime was committed by three Federal Police agents during an anti-trafficking enforcement opertion in the airport. Federal agents involved in drug trafficking...
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The web of corruption discovered in the AICM; the hub Colombia, Mexico and Spain
Felix FuentesEl Universal. 6-28-2012. Three federal officers shot to death and information from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), obtained by El Universal reporter, Doris Gomora, uncovered the drug...
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