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22 Dead in Michoacán Attacks
Borderland BeatTwo federal officers were killed and 15 injured in six separate attacks by armed men in different parts of Michoacán. This was confirmed by the National Security Interior through a...
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Narco Mantas Signed by Carteles Unidos Flood Torreón
Chivis Martínez Borderland Beat10 Narco mantas (banners) werehung at several points of Torreón, Coahuila today. The mantas were signed by "Carteles Unidos", one of the mantas was found hanging at the...
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Prosecutors Seek Billions from Z40
Borderland Beat-Thank you to the reader who gave me a heads up on this story At the time of his capture last week, Miguel Angel Treviño, the notorious leader of the Zetas Mexican cartel, had built a...
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Michoacán: Bloody Tuesday rolls into Bloody Wednesday 28 Dead in 2 Days
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatAttacks on Federal Police Continue in Michoacán 26 Dead Tuesday 2 todayThe world press is finally giving a little attention to the violence outbreak in Michoacán....
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Man who Threatened Sheriff Treviño Found Executed in Reynosa
Borderland BeatA man executed in Reynosa at the hands of members of organized crime has been identified as the same man who had made threats against Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño and deputies...
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"Queen of the Pacific" - Jail Term Ends in 3 days
Borderland BeatSandra Avila Beltrán-La Reina del PacificoMiami, Florida. - The Mexican drug trafficker Sandra Avila Beltran, known as "La Reina del Pacifico" or "Queen of the Pacific," was sentenced...
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A Look at Mexican Law: as Z40 is Formally Arrested and Charged
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatA federal judge today held over for trial and formally charged, Miguel Angel Treviño Morales, aka Z40 , on charges of operations with illegal proceeds, money...
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Arrest of Knights of Templar Celaya cell leader, El Kalimba,
Borderland BeatCelaya. - Attorney General of the State, Carlos Zamarripa Aguirre, confirmed the arrest of a leader of the Knights Templar criminal group and several other members of the...
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Zeta Message:"We are a Solid Group, Well Directed and United"
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat Narco mantas signed by Zetas appeared in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas and throughout the state. The message it indicates that there will not be a change in leadership....
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Captives In Hell
The phenomenon of missing people began to become evident beginning 2007 in areas disputed between organized crime groups and law enforcement.By: Marcela Turati“My brother disappeared when he was 19....
View ArticleAccountant, El Rocky, Snitched on Z-40
Borderland BeatFrancisco Dair Montalvo Recio, El Rocky, detained in December of 2012 in Nuevo Laredo, was an instrumental key figure in the collapse of Z-40.Ministry sources quoted in an article in...
View ArticleSicarios Ambush Federal Police
Borderland BeatThree videos of a firefight between organized crime and federal police after the federal police where ambushed in Barranca Seca, Michoacan de Ocampo.Lately the federal police and...
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You want justice? Here's my .45...
El Diario.mx (7-27-13) by Juan de Dios OlivasTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatThis story was published in El Diario de Juarez and tells about one of the most colorful city mayors in Juarez...
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Chihuahua attorney general admits "grave" security problem in southern Chihuahua
By Chris CovertRantburg.comIn what amounts to be the most frank discussion of a state official in Mexico's six year war on the cartels, last week Chihuahua state attorney general told Mexican press...
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Zacatecas: Zeta Mantas Appear Including One in Hotel Room
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatNarco-Mantas (banners) appeared in Zacatecas including one that may be a "first", a manta displayed in a hotel room. The mantas first appeared in Tamaulipas, then...
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Vice Admiral Killed in Michoacan Ambushed by Knights of Templar
Vice Admiral Carlos Miguel Salazar Ramonet was Commander of the Eighth Naval District based in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco. He was in a military vehicle with his wife, two military bodyguards and a...
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7 die in La Laguna
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of seven individuals have been killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Mexico's La Laguna region Monday, according to Mexican news accounts.Newa accounts...
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A Look at Life Behind Bars for Z40 and Other Notorious Bigs
by Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat'Centro Federal de Readaptación Social Número 1"Altiplano"No.1 is Mexico’s only recognized “Supermax” prison; its history is free from escape, so it can be no...
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Indiscriminate "War"
A new self-defense group appears in Aquila, Michoacán.Photo By: Enrique CastroBy: John M. AckermanToday, bullets are not only directed at individuals who fight to bring justice to their fallen family...
View Article3 found executed as southern Chihuahua suffers the 'cockroach effect'
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of three men were found executed in a southern Chihuahua municipality Monday, according to Mexican news accounts.A report which appeared in the online edition of El...
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