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Chicago: Anatomy of a Heroin Ring
BorderlandBeat.Com posted on BB Forum by MikAnatomy of a heroin ring by Nick Dumke for the Chicago ReaderThe DEA estimates that 80 percent of the heroin and cocaine sold in Chicago originates with the...
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How KKiki Camarena's Murder Nearly Brought Down the Mexican Government and...
by "DD" for Borderland Beat From Tijuana to Brownsville, Texas, along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border, everything on wheels moved at a lentissimo pace last week, when it moved at all. At the point...
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Self Defense Groups Extend To the Center of the Country Due To Insecurity and...
The first self defense group in TlaxcalaPhoto: CuartoscuroFederal and state authorities have yet to find a solution to respond to the people of Michoacán and Guerrero, where insecurity has prompted...
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Five die in southern Chihuahua
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of five individuals were killed in ongoing drug related violence in southern Chihuahua state, according to Mexican news accounts.A report which appeared in the online...
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UPDATED with information about the new death toll and the names of six of the seven victims in FuerteA total of nine individuals have been found shot to death in Sinaloa state Saturday, according to...
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Video Translated: Tuta Speaks.....again
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatThis is 'Tuta's' latest video, released a few days ago. It is 30 minutes in length. To translate the narrative to English takes more time than the typical video, so...
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San Diego cartel associate sentenced
San Diego cartel associate/lieutenant sentencedReferred to as an 'underboss', in the complaint against him, Mario Escamilla, aka 'Unico', answered directly to Armando Villareal Herdia, 'Gordo', who...
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Camarena's Killer: Caro Quintero Ordered Arrested and Extradited
BorderlandBeat.ComGood luck locating himA Mexican judge on Wednesday ordered the arrest of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero -- who was freed last week on a technicality -- after receiving a US...
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The war for Tijuana, a 20+ year conflict. PART 3
Tijuano for Borderland BeatNote: My sincere apologies to all the readers who awaited for so long for Part 3 of this series, as I had stated in previous comments, my health had some ups and downs in the...
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Malaysia: Mexican Brothers Lose Appeal on Death Sentences
BorderlandBeat.ComA Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by three Mexican brothers of their convictions and death sentences for drug trafficking.The men still have one more opportunity to...
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Video Translated: La Tuta speaks...again Part Two
BorderlandBeat.ComLa Tuta Part TwoThe following is part two of the newest video message from La Tuta leader of Caballeros Templarios (CT or KT). Some of his words are reminiscent of auto defense...
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3 die in southern Chihuahua
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThree men were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in southern Chihuahua state, according to Mexican news accounts.A news account which appeared in the online...
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16 Killed in Guerrero
Borderland Beat Posted on Forum by "Señor Joe"In two separate events, a total of 16 people were killed in Guerrero, according to reports from the Attorney General of the State (PGJE). The first event...
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Gulf Cartel leader arrested; Mario Ramirez Treviño aka X-20 goes down in...
Tijuano for Borderland BeatUPDATED: Mexican Authorities have confirmed the arrest of Mario Armando Ramirez Treviño via SEGOB´s Twitter accountMario Ramirez Treviño aka "X-20"Several news sources...
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"We Are Villagers In Search of Justice"
By: Záyin Dáleth Villavicencio(August8 2013).- Aquila, Michoacán.- “For a free Michoacán, that should be our goal”, claimed members of the self defense group of Aquila, informing the next...
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Photo of X20 after Arrest and Details
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatAnother photo in my series of :Another reason not to become a narco", though in this case there wasn't much to begin with...However, of the first things that I thought of...
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Z40 Confirms Lazca Dead- He Ordered Lazca's Body Taken
Borderland BeatMiguel Angel Treviño Morales, El Z-40, confirmed to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) that Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, El Lazca or The Executioner, leader of Los Zetas cartel, was...
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7 die in southern Chihuahua
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of seven individuals have been killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in southern Chihuahua municipalities according to several Mexican news accounts.Three...
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Eduardo Arellano Félix, El Doctor, Sentenced to 15 years in Prison
Borderland BeatAfter reaching an agreement with U.S. authorities to plead guilty to charges of money laundering, conspiracy to use illegal profits of organized crime in May, Eduardo Arellano Félix, El...
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Sandra Ávila Deported from the U.S.-But Legal Troubles Follow her...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatOne of Mexico's best-known reputed female drug traffickers, Sandra Ávila Beltrán, called the "Queen of the Pacific," has beendeported from the in El Paso detention...
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