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Mayito Zambada's "Guilty" Plea Deal Unsealed- is "Cooperating" with Feds
The highest-ranking leader of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel ever to be arrested on U.S. charges secretly pleaded guilty in Chicago more than a year ago to conspiring to distribute tons of cocaine...
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Bloody Sinaloa: 7 die.
As many as 21 individuals have been killed in gunfights in a mountain municipality of Sinaloa state since April 8th, according to Mexican news reports.Saturday a news account which appeared in the...
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10 die in Durango state
A total of 10 individuals, eight of whom were from the same family were found dead or were killed in armed confrontations in Durango state since Saturday, according to Mexican news accounts.In a news...
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Two Videos: Melissa with Kike Plancarte and Broly Banderas
Chivis Martínez for Borderland Beat This video is the full length footage of a video posted on blogs and the mainstream news last week. It features slain Templarios leader Enrique “Kike” Plancarte...
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Attemps to reconcile "Americano" and "Hipolito" La Ruana groups fails
Borderland BeatThe Ruana version of the Hatfield vs Mc Coys, is a selfish, personal war destructive to the autodefensa movement. In my opinion they should have been kicked out the federation as soon...
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Santa Ana Calif. Michoacanos Vs. the Templarios
DD. As reported yesterday in a story posted by Pepe on the Forum, the Attorney General's Office (PGR) imposed charges of 'organized crime in the form of terrorism' against AUC members of Yurécuaro,...
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Chayo's Nephew: Apatzingán Mayor Uriel Mendoza Arrested for Extortion
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatFather Goyo must be smiling today as last night, the Attorney General of the State (PGJE) detained Uriel Mendoza Chavez, (above with Michoacán governor Fausto) mayor...
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“If there’s anything democratic in Morelos, it’s kidnapping”; Even The 99...
By Dudley Althaus, GlobalPostOnce the plutocrats' plague, kidnapping for ransom in Mexico has gone decidedly mass market.Shopkeepers and family physicians, carpenters and taxi drivers: All have been...
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4 die in Tamaulipas state
By Chris CovertRantburg.comFour unidentified individuals were killed or were found dead in a series of intergang firefights in the southern municipality of Tampico Tuesday and Wednesday. Also, a total...
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2 dead bodies and a banner left at Tijuana police station.
BorderlandBeatTIJUANA, B.C.- Two bodies were abandoned in the parking lot of a Tijuana Municipal delegation, the bodies were left inside a Chevy Suburban and a banner was left along threatening Victor...
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Analysis: Sinaloa cartel losing power in Juárez
Borderland Beat The Carrillo Fuentes drug-trafficking organization, with its enforcement arm La Línea, is moving to regain the El Paso-Juárez corridor from the Sinaloa cartel, whose power in Juarez is...
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Zetas Cartel Smuggled L.A. Dodger Yasiel Puig Out of Cuba
Borderland BeatStrange story with the victim shying away from giving clarity or details, it now becomes a bit clearer. Use this hyperlink to read the original full length article written by Jesse Katz...
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Tamaulipas News and Information
Borderland BeatThe following information was compiled by Borderland Beat forum poster Itzli. We have many Tamaulipas readers who request Tamps material so I thought this would be appreciated and I am...
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3 die in Matamoros
Three unidentified armed suspects were shot to death after firing on a Mexican Navy helicopter in the border municipality of Matamoros Friday afternoon, according to Mexican news accounts.According to...
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Mexico's lost daughters: how young women are sold into the sex trade by drug...
By Jennifer Clement. The Observer,When armed men arrive in Mexico's remote villages, mothers hide their daughters – especially the pretty ones.Lupita is in her 30s and works as a laundry maid in...
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Mexican Army counterambush: 1 dead
One armed suspect was killed and two others were detained when an armed group in the northern border state Tamaulipas attempted to ambush a Mexican Army road patrol Friday, according to official news...
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Kike Plancarte's Singer Daughter Reports She Attended her Father's Funeral
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatThe daughter of slain Caballeros leader Kike Plancarte, revealed she attended the funeral of her father in the Michoacán city of Nueva Italia. (at her fathers home in...
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Huetamo: 4 Dozen Arrested Posing as Autodefensas
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatMichoacán State Security commissioner, Alfredo Castillo confirmed that federal forces arrested 4 dozen people in the newly autodefensas liberated city of...
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R.I.P. (NEVER) ; SETTLING ACCOUNTS
by Javier Valdez Cárdenas (RÍODOCE)Journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas is the founding editor of RíoDoce, an online news outlet based in Culiacán, Sinalo, This article was originally published there...
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Without Autodefensas: Fear Returns to Yurécuaro say Residents
Borderland Beat "We enjoyed two months of freedom, then the government came to remove it"The meeting is closed because fear has returned to Yurécuaro. Of the self-defense members who were here, there...
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