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Ciudad Victoria Zetas boss dies in shootout with Mexican army troops
The Zetas cartel's boss in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, died in a shootout with army troops, the Defense Secretariat said.Carlos Alberto Fernandez...
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Police Chief Disappears in Eastern Mexico
The police chief of a city in the Mexican Gulf state of Veracruz has disappeared, co-workers and relatives said Tuesday.Gregorio Juarez Vazquez was in charge of the police force in Cosautlan, a city in...
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Mexican President Sees Anti-Drug Strategy Continuing Under PRI
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview published Sunday by Spain’s El Pais newspaper that he was convinced that his anti-drug strategy and reforms would be continued by Enrique Peña...
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Google executives say technology can be harnessed to fight drug cartels in...
By Eric Schmidt and and Jared CohenEric Schmidt is the executive chairman of Google and a member of the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Jared Cohen is director of Google...
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The sun came up (and Chapo was still there)
Denise DresserY El Chapo? Mexico, D.F. (Proceso). 7-16-2012. Today we have a stained election and a country in a waiting mode. Today there are election results that the left wants to question and the...
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Body Parts Found on Train
Borderland Beat Crime Scene From Guadalajara In less than a week more human remains appeared on a road near Guadalajara-Piedras Negras train platforms, between the Irapuato and Silao stations.The...
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Matamoros drug connection to Brownsville kidnapping & murder
Valley Central NewsBy: Hannah LinnA slew of authorities, from the local and federal level, surrounded Roberta Road off Expressway 77 in Brownsville Wednesday, after the body of 22-year-old Reyes...
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The Torture Palaces: Elite Dungeons
Looking for "halcones" (lookouts), state police detain and torture motorcycle riders.Rio Doce. 7-23-2012Luis Fernando Najera In Los Mochis, it's dangerous to be young and ride a motorcycleHe felt the...
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You May Want To Ignore Mexico: But If Americans Remain Indifferent, We’ll All...
Borderland BeatFederal Government Photoby Andrés MartinezWhen the second most powerful man in Mexico’s government, the cabinet member leading the war against the drug cartels, died in a helicopter...
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Diablo Confirms The Executed Were His Family-Sends Message With Decapitation...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat “Nothing helps... neither threat nor prayer.One man talks well, the other's mum;it's the other one that I prefer.He's silent but I like his looks”The above lyrics...
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Fierce Shootout In Juarez-Police Agencies vs El Chapo's Sicarios
Borderland BeatChief Leyzaola shares a laugh with reporters after the intense gun fightA firefight among ministerial, federal and municipal police with an armed group that barricaded themselves in an...
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Death in Durango: 6 die
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of six unidentified individuals were killed or were found dead in drug or gang related violence in Durango state, according to Mexican news reports.Four men were...
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62 Mexican Policias Federales kidnapped in Michoacan
By Chris CovertRantburg.comA total of 62 Policia Federal (PF) agents have been kidnapped in Uruapan municipality in Michaocan state, according to a several Mexican news accounts.Twelve PF agents...
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Mutilated and imprisoned...as discipline
Proceso. 7-26-2012He acted at all times in compliance with the dictates of military protocol. Health Lieutenant Nestor Ramirez tried to control insubordination and, believing his life was in danger,...
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Mexican Marines Nab 5 Zetas, Seize $1.6 Million
Mexican marines detained five suspected members of the Zetas drug cartel this week and seized more than $1.6 million in cash, the Navy Secretariat said in a statement.The arrests in Mexico City and in...
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Treasury Targets Sinaloa Cartel Leader’s Corporate Network
From the archives that were awaiting publication:By Samuel RubenfeldWall Street JournalThe U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday it slapped Kingpin Act sanctions on nine entities and 10 individuals...
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Zetas split: Would this bring more violence or peace for Mexico?
From the archives that were awaiting publication:A weakening of the Zetas in the northeast may discourage the drug gang's forays into other parts of Mexico, but internal strife often leads to more...
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Alleged Juárez Cartel Leader Arrested
From the archives that were awaiting publication:By Lourdes Cárdenas El Paso TimesA top leader of the Juárez drug cartel who was born in the United States was arrested Friday night in Mexico City,...
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Narcos Stealing Millions in Texas Oil Field Equipment
Borderland BeatNarcos buy or trade drugs for stolen oil field equipment used to cap PEMEX pipelines, subsequently, trucking the PEMEX stolen oil back into the U.S. and selling it to American oil...
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The Gang That Took on Chapo: Los Mazatlecos
By ACI for Borderland BeatThere has been a lot of talk of Choix and Northern Sinaloa lately. Currently the area is at the center of the cartel wars. With gun battles raging, mass exodus of civilians...
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