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Feliz 2014 Borderland Beat Readers
I am including a music video presented by "Kinto Sol" titled "Mexico Es". I enjoy the music of this group very much, the message, the story their songs send. The video has some great footage...
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Chinese Iron Trade Fuels Conflict with Caballeros Templarios
Borderland Beat“Because theKnights Templar control much of the local iron supply, the gang has pressured Chinese buyers to purchase ore from them or face reprisals…” by Dave Graham for Reuters When the...
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CORRUPTION: Not Just Governors, Small Town Mayors Can Retire To The Good Life...
By DD for Borderland BeatSan Antonio Home of Ramos Arizpe Mayor Ramon Rodriquez OceguaraIn November I ran across a story in a Mexican newspaper, Sin Embargo, about the mayor of a small town in Coahuila...
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Chino Antrax arrested in Amsterdam? Unofficial reports claim so.
The following is a report published by Riodoce today and posted on Borderland Beat forums by _The Magician_.Alleged picture of Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa aka "Chino Antrax", found online.Riodoce.- José...
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US Federal Judge Refuses to Delay Trial of Serafin Zambada
Borderland Beat Addressing FB account with photos depicting a flashy lifestyle, Zambada's attorney insists his client did not even have a Facebook account, but stopped short in denying it was not...
View ArticleUS DOJ Press Release Confirms the Arrest of Chino Antrax of Sinaloa Cartel
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat-cas14Press Release of the Amsterdam arrest of Sinaloa Cartel's El Chino Antrax-2013-ChinoArrestPRThe video below has many of the photos thought to be of...
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Nine Dead in Attack on Tuxpan Prison in Guerrero State
By DD for Borderland Beat.The Attorney General of the State (PGJE) confirmed that an armed group early Friday attacked the Center for Rehabilitation of Tuxpan, on Iguala, Guerrero, and 9 people, 4...
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Autodefensas Leader Dr Mireles in Plane Crash
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatPGR will be in charge of the plane accident investigationVideo: Dr. Mireles arrival at the hospital The first reports were not as critical sounding as those that...
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Update: Autodefensa Leader Dr Mireles is Transferred to DF for Safety
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatLa Huacana is federal jurisdiction. At 8AM this Sunday, José Manuel Mireles has yet to present his statement to the agency of the Federal Public Ministry, because he was...
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With 990 Homocides, 2013 Was The Most Violent Year in Michoacan In The Last...
SourceTranslated by DD with a little help from Google.Mexico City, December 3 (HOWEVER) -. The year 2013 was the most violent year since 1998 in Michoacan, for a total of 990 homicides, December...
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Chino Antrax Indictment
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beatchino Antrax Indictment (click on lower right square in square to access full size view)
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High level Mexican officials involved in the murder and kidnapping of Kiki...
Proceso (1-5-2013) El Diario de Coahuila (1-5-2013) By J. Jesus Esquivel Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatThree former Mexican police officers, placed in the witness protection program since...
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Six Mexican Cops Detained In Death Of U.S. Man In Playa Del Carmen
By DD for Borderland BeatMexican authorities have detained six police officers in the death of a Brooklyn, N.Y., man who died on New Year's Day after being arrested for disorderly conduct in the...
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US Adds Chino Antrax to Kingpin List
Borderland BeatAction Targets "Chino Antrax" Leader of Los Antrax organization and a major Sinaloa Cartel narcotics trafficker WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign...
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Vanished: The Disappeared of Mexico's Drug War. Why can't the Government Find...
by Nik SteinbergForeign PolidcyBENITO JUÁREZ, Mexico — The day that 17-year-old Israel Arenas Durán disappeared began, like most, with his mother making him breakfast. He ate with his father and...
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Video Translation: Autodefensa Leader Hipolito Mora Talks about Dr. Mireles...
Borderland Beat Translated by Un Vato Note from Chivis: Hipolito Mora, is as powerful a leader as Dr. Manuel Mireles, but not nearly as personable as Dr. Mireles, and largely has remain out of the...
View ArticleMen in Motorcycle with Molotov Cocktail.
Borderland Beat The video displays military personnel who have detained two young men on a motorcycle carrying Molotov cocktail incendiary devices in the town of Apatzingan, Michoacan. At one point...
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Michoacán at War
Halcones looting after setting fire to a truckIncludes: Parácuaro:A Weekof Tension and ViolenceTierra Caliente at War; Shootouts, More Than Three Shops and Ten Vehicles in FlamesA War Zone This...
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3 Decapitated Heads found in Veracruz Narcomessage Signed by CJNG
Borderland Beat Three decapitated heads, allegedly of Zetas cartel members, were discovered in an urban area of Veracruz City in the State of Veracruz, where authorities found a message attributing...
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Hong Kong triads supply meth precursors to Mexican drug cartels
Borderland Beat.I wrote about the triads in 2013. This is the first time I have seen an article in an Asian publication about the Triads/Mexican Cartels connectionMembers of 14K and Sun Yee On crime...
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