Airport security cameras were turned in another direction during the murder.
Luis Cardenas Palomino, Chief of the Regional Security Division of the SSP, states that there is a reward of 5 million pesos for the "traitors." El Universal. 6-28-2012. Luis Cardenas Palomino, Chief...
View ArticleFour Mexican sailors confirmed dead in helo crash
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe four sailors reportedly on last Friday's helicopter flight from Colima state to Veracruz state were confirmed dead by the Mexican Secretaria de Marina (SEMAR), the...
View ArticleMexico City Airport Shooting: Photos of The Traitors
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatFor details please refer to Vato's comprehensive coverage found below this post<><>> Luis Cardenas, chief of regional security division of the federal...
View ArticleDrug Cartel Rivals Behead Zetas on Camera
NOTE: This fist apeared in the Borderland Beat Forum posted by Milo, thanks to ©ĤİVǾ ›▬╦╤−י ּּּּ for direction on video. The video can be seen at the end of the post and as usual with these type of...
View ArticleBomb Explodes in Nuevo Laredo Days Before Election
From Borderland Beat Forum by jlopez, Athena and MiloReporting by Lizbeth Diaz and Ioan Grillo; Editing by Sandra MalerReutersAn explosive device blew up inside a truck parked outside the town hall of...
View Article4 more dead found in Durango state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of four bodies were exhumed from two mass graves in far eastern Durango state Thursday, according to Mexican news reports.The find was made in Lerdo municipality...
View ArticleMexican security forces detain 9 in counternarcotics raids in Veracruz
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA joint force consisting of Mexican Naval Infantry troops and police agents with the Veracruz state Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (SSP) raided two locations in Xalapa,...
View Article12 butchered in Durango state in 10 days
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA news report posted on the website of El Siglo de Durango news daily Sunday morning says that a total of 12 unidentified individuals have been found dismembered in Durango...
View ArticleMexican federal security forces disarm Zacatecas cops
By Chris CovertRantburg.comAn undisclosed number of municipal police agents in Zacatecas city were disarmed by Policia Federal, Mexican Army troops and Zacatecas state police agents early Sunday...
View ArticleA Mexican Psychopath
By ACI for Borderland BeatThey called him the hand with eyes, his legacy was one which left heads severed through out central Mexico. His organization thrived on fear and violence and from the shadows...
View ArticleEl M-4 falls in Tijuana
El M-4 falls in TijuanaAuthorities in Tijuana have confirmed that Julio Cesar Salas Quiones, 'El M4' has been detained by elements of the Army, Quiones was taken into custody last night. Quiones is...
View ArticleMexico Becomes-Voluntarily- a Country of Masochists
Borderland Beat Translated and Posted on Borderland Beat Forum by JLopez"neither the Vicente Fox nor the Felipe Calderon administration dealt with the challenge well; the first through omission, the...
View ArticleLFMs Annel Violeta Noriega Ríos Apprehended in L.A. "La Bonita" No Mas
Borderland Beat "La Bonita" Wearing a crumpled white T-shirt, the woman arrested at an ordinary apartment block in East Los Angeles didn't look particularly regal as she was handcuffed and bundled into...
View ArticleThe Black Kiss: Zetas Groomed Texas Teens As Sicarios At 13
Borderland BeatRetaCordona tattooed his eye lids to appear openGabriel Cardona and Rosalio ‘Bart’ (as in Bart Simpson) Reta are American citizens of the border town of Laredo, Texas. They were raised...
View ArticleDeath in Durango: 7 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of seven individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in Durango state since July 3rd, including two Durango state police agents, according to...
View Article'El Mono' detained in Tijuana
El Mono detained in Tijuana In the second high profile arrest in the last week, elements of the Mexican Army detained Luis Manuel Toscano, Rodrqguez 'El Mono', in the Zona Norte area of the city....
View ArticleFederal Police Officers were fighting over loot
Federal Police were fighting over loot in the DF airportEl Diario/Reforma. 7-6-2012. The shootout last June 25th in the capital city airport was due to a fight between agents fighting over the loot...
View ArticleFederal Police insist their version of the shootout is true
Federal Police Insists in its Version of the DF Airport Operation.El Diario. Distrito Federal. 7-6-12. Luis Cardenas Palomino, Chief of the Federal Police Regional Security Division, reiterated that...
View ArticleMexican security forces redeploy to Choix, Sinaloa --UPDATED
You can read past news reports on Borderland Beat on the fighting in Choix, Sinaloa by clicking here New information with four more dead found.By Chris CovertRantburg.comMixed groups of Mexican...
View ArticleArmed commandos take control of Choix mountains
Rio Doce. 7-7-2012. Confronted with fear and lack of protection from local and federal authorities who have ceded to criminals the ability to travel freely over the roads and paths of Choix mountain,...
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