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Coahuila's Clandestine Grave Body Count Rises to 500
The remains of at least 500 people have been found in just 10 days in which an operation started searching for missing people of at least 11 municipalities of northern Coahuila.The Assistant Attorney...
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3 die in Tamaulipas as Mexican security forces seize weapons
Three armed suspects were killed in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas as Mexican security forces seized 90 rifles and more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition in separate incidents, according to...
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Week 1: Barrio Aztecas U.S.Consulate Murder Trial
Borderland BeatThe following is a round up of the Juarez Consulate murder trial. In March 2010, three consulate employees were killed Barrio Azteca gang members . The victims were identified as...
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"Stop Autodefensas or innocents will die" warned Cablleros Templarios
Borderland Beat Residents now confident took up arms to guard the city after the takeover"Siete Siete"Apatzingán, Michoacán - The wait had been long when the Community Police heard the voice of the...
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27 found dead in Guerreo state
A total of 21 unidentified individuals were found dead in a number of hidden graves in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, according to Mexican news accounts.A news report which appeared in the...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES MICHOACAN; MILATARY 22, FEDERAL POLICE 1, SELF DEFENSE...
Morelia, Michoacán - The main reasons for complaints before the State Commission on Human Rights (SCHR) against the Army and the Federal Police (FP) in the Tierra Caliente region are searches without...
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Rio Grande Texas: Home of Narcotics Investigator Torched by Golfo Cartel
Borderland Beat RIO GRANDE CITY - Starr County authorities say they will not let cartel intimidation tactics get in the way of enforcing the law. Starr County District Attorney Omar Escobar said one of...
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Veracruz: The Worst Place to Be a Journalist in Mexico
UpdatesDuarte, don't discredit his workThe Gregorio Jiménez CaseBy: Juan Diego QuesadaMexican journalist Gregorio Jiménez, 46, was found dead on Tuesday in a clandestine grave. The freelance...
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2 die in Nuevo Laredo
A total of two unidentified armed suspects were killed in a confrontation with Mexican security forces in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo in Tamaulipas state Tuesday, according to official...
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EPN is "Mexico's Savior" says Time Magazine
Borderland Beat an extraction from Time MagazineThe genuine hero in this photo shopped cover-is a 82 year old autodefensa member who took up arms when the EPN administration shirked their duty, now...
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Former Governor Humberto Moreira's Money Man Surrenders in El Paso
Borderland BeatFormer governor Humberto Moreira and his former treasurer VillarrealHector Javier Villarreal Hernandez, the former treasurer of the Mexican state of Coahuila, appeared in a San Antonio...
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7 die in southern Chihuahua
By Chris CovertRantburg.comSeven individuals were killed in ongoing drug and gang related violence in southern Chihuahua state, including two Chihuahua state police agents according to Mexican news...
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La Barbie Loses His Fight Against Extradition
Borderland BeatMexican authorities are in a position to deliver the drug trafficker to the U.S. Judges of the First Collegiate Court in Criminal Matters, in the State of Mexico, confirmed the decision...
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US Expand Sanctions Against Zetas Includes the Wife of Z40
Borderland BeatClick on image to enlargeTreasury Expands Sanctions Against the Los Zetas Drug CartelWASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today...
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"Saltillo Mummies" Photo Wins Prestigious International Award
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatClick to enlargeMexican photographer Christopher Vanegas won 3rdplace in the “Contemporary Arts” category in the World Press Photo awards. The prestigious WPP is...
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Coahuila: Father of Arrested Ex-Treasurer says-It's Humberto Moreira to Blame...
Borderland BeatA long history of collaboration-in photo above Moreira brothers (former and current Coahuila Governors) pose with Javier Villarreal during their reign as PRI Coahuila executive officers...
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Neza, Mexico: Weekend Rampage leaves 4 Killed and 11 Wounded
Borderland BeatThe bodies of two men were found wrapped in black plastic bags in Colonia La Impulsora, Municipio de Nezahualcóyotl in the state of Mexico. According to initial reports from municipal...
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SEMAR goes hunting for Mayo Zambada in Culiacan, they arrest "El 19"
Borderland Beat(SinEmbargo) - . Since the early hours of this day, the Federal government is conducting a security operation in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa, the operation is being conducted by members...
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Chihuahua ambush was reaction to police strategy
By Chris CovertRantburg.comLast week's ambush and deaths of three Chihuahua state police agents were a reaction by criminal groups by new measures taken by Chihuahua state's Fiscalia General del Estado...
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Mayo and Chapo attending a family Reunion in Culiacán Prompts Massive Search
Posted on Borderland Beat forum by Siskiyou kidSinaloa members were transferred to Tamaulipas Max Security prisonThe federal Government implemented a massive search for both; Ismael El Mayo Zambada and...
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