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Rain uncovers the bodies
Proceso (2-18-2014)Translated for Borderland Beat by un vato GOMEZ FARIAS, Tamaulipas.-- Since Wednesday, February 12, PGR forensic investigators have been working in a clandestine narco-gravesite...
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Templarios: "El Nito" and another Chayo Brother Arrested
Borderland BeatThe Federal Police arrested Juan Reza Sánchez, aka Juanito or El Nito, alleged financial operator of the Caballeros Templarios, and Heliodorus Anguiano Moreno, brother Nazario Moreno El...
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Argument for a new Michoacanazo
El Diario (2-12-2014) By Maria Amparo Casar, CIDE ResearcherTranslated for Borderland Beat by un vatoMaria Amparo Casar, CIDE researcher, has an interesting suggestion; don't just talk about the...
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Vigilantes 'rehabilitate' gangsters
LA NOPALERA (Mexico) (AFP) - Under the watch of vigilantes, a pair of captured drug cartel henchmen mop the floors and cook in a dusty, sparsely furnished house in Mexico's unruly west.The duo once...
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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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Chihuahua state opens investigation of former attorney general
Carlos Manuel SalasBy Chris CovertRantburg.comChihuahua state Fiscalia General del Estado (FGE) or attorney general confirmed Wednesday that his office has opened a criminal investigation of former...
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Reports of the Capture of 'El 20', another 'El Mayo' Zambada Security Chief
Borderland Beat Early Thursday Jesus Peña, alias 'El 20' was arrested in Culiacan, Sinaloa. Peña is designated as the security chief of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada , a leader of cártel del PacíficoSemar...
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8 die in Tamaulipas
Eight individuals were were killed or were found dead in separate incidents in drug or gang violence in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas since Monday, according to official Mexican news...
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Massacre In Guerrero?
San Miguel Totolapan, GuerreroAt least 20 people, including women and children, were massacred by a comando in the town of Linda Vista, in the municipality of San Miguel Totolapan in Guerrero.Gunmen...
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News of Chapo Arrest
Borderland BeatUpdate: The alleged picture of the capture of El Chapo below.News have started circulating about the arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman. I started to received some Tweets early in the...
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Mexico’s Sinaloa Drug Chief ‘El Chapo’ Arrested
Borderland BeatMore on the news on possible Chapo arrest with some background information (this from the AP). Mexican authorities are announcing a possible press conference later today in respect to...
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Update: Positive indentification of Chapo Guzman-Arrested members "gave...
Borderland Beat Chapo's condo below, where apprehension occurred:Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, leader of the Sinaloa cartel, was captured, officials confirmed the United States and Mexico....
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Phil Jordan: Chapo funded EPN's Campaign
El Chapo contributed money to the campaign of Enrique Peña Nieto in order to become a candidate for the presidency, a former director of intelligence for the DEA revealed.Phil Jordan said that...
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By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of four youths were found shot to death Thursday in the southern Chihuahua state municipality of Bocoyna, according to Mexican news accounts.A news item which...
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As Allies Fell, Noose Closed on ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
Borderland BeatThe Washington PostBy The Associated Press For 13 years Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman watched from the rugged mountains of western Mexico as authorities captured or killed the leaders of...
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More on the Chapo Capture and the Aftermath
Borderland Beat Editor Note: Follow up with more on the details of El Chapo arrest and operation. Although Guzmán had long hidden successfully in remote areas of the Sierra Madre mountains, the...
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Betrayal, DEA and satellite phone led to Chapo Guzman
Borderland BeatChapo can thank a satellite phone he used on Monday that led to his location and capture. He called a subordinate, requesting help with escaping from Culiacan, where he was hiding in a...
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El Chapos sons communicate through Twitter, "awaiting orders"
Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat “Do not deny that I cried, men also mourn what we love most, God bless you father.”On twitter accounts, allegedly belonging to Ivan Achicaldo and Alfredo Guzman,...
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Video: Chapo's Culiacán Escape Tunnels
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatBelow is a video released by the Mexican government depicting the subterranean tunnel system discovered in Culiacán, on the 19th, in a near miss capture of Chapo...
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