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Let's be Blunt: It's Time to End the Drug War
Borderland BeatOn April 20 was the counter-culture “holiday” on which lots and lots of people come together to advocate marijuana legalization (or just get high). Should drugs—especially marijuana—be...
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Templarios Monthly Payouts in Michoacán Bribes, Mayors in 10 States Contolled...
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatCaballeros Templarios spends about 325 million pesos per year ($ 25 million) in bribes to various officials in the Mexican state of Michoacán, revealed by the...
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7 die in Tamaulipas
Updated with corrected death tollA total of seven individuals were killed in Tamaulipas, including six prisoners in a prison brawl in Reynosa, according to Mexican news and official reports.A news...
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Gangster who fell from grace in Montreal killed in Acapulco
Borderland BeatThe 68-year-old one-time player in the crime network run by Vito Rizzuto was shot dead Sunday night at an Italian restaurant in Acapulco. Dressed in white slacks and a pink shirt, Mr....
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Dr Mireles Videos: Living under the control of Templarios in Michoacán
Borderland BeatDr. José Manuel Mireles mocks the book of codes of the Caballeros Templarios, reciting a "code" , then explaining the reality of what exists under the rule of the narco terrorist...
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Ex-Texas Police Officer Kidnapped and Killed Mayor's Father for CDG
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatOn September 25, 2013, the father of mayor Jorge Luis Martínez Gutiérrez was home in the city of Zuazua, a suburb of Monterrey, when he was confronted and kidnapped...
View ArticleComunitarios are Greeted in Apatzingán
Borderland BeatAuthor: This happened in October 26, 2013 in Apatzingán, but the video recently came out showing alleged Knight Templar (CT) attacking comunitarios or vigilante community police.Members...
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BLO is gaining power: Department of the Treasury.
Borderland BeatThe U.S. Department of the Treasury has reason to believe the Beltran Leyva Organization began to reorganize and expand in Sinaloa two years ago.The U.S. government agency also recalled...
View Article'Narco Cultura' is a Documentary Exploring Narco War Influence
Borderlend BeatEuroNews'Narco Cultura' is a documentary that explores the influence of Mexico's drugs war on the country's...Euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe for your daily...
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19 bodies located in narcofosas in La Barca, Jalisco
Borderland BeatI added some quick reference material for background info. for perspective incase anyone might need it.On Monday Nov. 4, the military took control of the port of Lazaro Cardenas,...
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Michoacán: A Fight to the Death...for life
By Vato and Chivis Martínez Note from Chivis: on Monday We received the following video from Dr. Mireles, autodefenzas leader, asking us to please post and share it with others. I asked him if he...
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Comunitarios Ambushed in Pareo
Borderland BeatWhile confronting organized crime and supported by the people, self-defense community police groups (autodefensa) this afternoon took control of security in the community of Pareo and of...
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8 die in Ciudad Juarez massacre
A total of eight individuals including three children were but one stabbed to death in Ciudad Juarez Saturday night, according to Mexican news reports.According to a news report which appeared in El...
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Death of indigenous leader in Chihuahua sparks demands for investigation
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThe death of an apparent indigenous Indian leader has moved the heads of several indigenous communities to demand investigation of that crime and several others involving...
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7 die in Nuevo Laredo
A total of seven unidentified armed suspects were killed Saturday and Sunday in three separate shootouts in northern Tamaulipas state, according to official government sources.According to a news...
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When The Government ceded Michoacán to La Familia
Borderland BeatNote: The people of various communities in Michoacán organized several years ago, long before the current self-defense movement, in effort to rid themselves of the violence from which...
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Mexican Tale: Drugs, Crime, Torture and the U.S.
Borderland BeatNOTE: This article by Julia Preston and Craig Pyes was first published on August 18, 1997 on The New York Times, I found it online and believe it gives a good look at the Mexican cartel...
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Mexican security forces find 8 dead in Sonora state
A total of eight individuals were found dead in far southern Sonora state Tuesday, according to Mexican news reports.A wire service news account appearing in the online edition of El Diario de Coahuila...
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Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles, AUC: "We want the heads of 7 "Templarios'" Leaders"
Borderland BeatOkay, The doctor is saying in this interview repeatedly that they want 7 CT leaders dead ("the AUC wants their heads,") and they'd like the proof with DNA testing because they have the...
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The Chicago cocaine kingpin who was a federal informant
Borderland BeatThank you to "CB" for sending me this article...from The Chicago Reader by Jason McGahnPedro Flores (left) is the U.S. government's star witness in the largest drug trafficking case in...
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