Coastal Communities Report Links between “Papa Smurf” And the Caballeros...
All Photos Courtesy of Regeneración Radio Updated: Translation of DocumentBy: Regeneración Radio / TejemediosGabriel Caballero Farías, known as “El Plátano”, was born and raised in Caleta de Campos,...
View ArticleFour Dismembered Bodies Left In Teloloapan
By:Ezequiel Flores Contreras(May 2, 2014) Chilpancingo, Guerrero— The dismembered bodies of four men were left in Teloloapan, municipality located in the north of Guerrero, this morning.The discovery...
View ArticleTijuana: 42 Tons of Marijuana Located by Authorities
Borderland BeatNearly 40 tons of marijuana was found by elements of the Municipal Police and the Mexican Army within a warehouse detected in recent days. He said this is an approximate figure that...
View ArticleAutodefensas Will No longer Exist... on May 11th New Look, Same Struggle
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatAutodefensa members wait while their arms are registered in Múgica, Michoacan on April 29. Foto by Hans-Maximo Musielik for ViceAutodefensas No More: New Name Same...
View Article3 die as Mexican security forces conduct raids in Tamaulipas
By Chris CovertRantburg.comThree unidentified armed suspects were killed in an apparent intergang gunfight in Ciudad Mier municipality, as Mexican security forces in the form of Mexican Army and naval...
View ArticleWife of "Chino Antráx" Kidnapped
Borderland Beat A woman, identified as the wife of "Chino Antráx", was deprived of her freedom this Tuesday morning as she left a gym. Witnesses indicated that the lady was trying to deal with a...
View ArticleTamaulipas: SSP Chief of Intelligence Killed by Zetas
Borderland BeatZetas are suspected of being responsible in the killing The newly appointed Chief of Intelligence of the Public Security Ministry of Tamaulipas, colonel Salvador Haro Muñoz , was killed...
View Article65 Autodefensas of Michoacán Have Been Released
By:Camila Luna/Luis Felipe RosilesAlfredo Castillo Cervantes, the Commissioner for Security and Development of Michoacán, announced that to date, 65 members of the autodefensas from the tenure Felipe...
View ArticleSpokesman of Tamaulipas: "In Tamaulipas We Are At Peace”
Shootout during Children's Day festivitiesThe Spokesman of Tamaulipas, Guillermo Martínez, on April 22 stated that statewide “we are at peace…at calm” and announced that they would hold a meeting to...
View ArticleBody Discovered, May be that of Chino Antrax' Wife
Borderland BeatAt around 7:30AM today the body of a young woman, wrapped in a white sheet was discovered behind Salvador Allende School near the intersection of Las Palms Blvd and Ignacio Aldama...
View ArticleCorruption: President of Michoacán Avocado Association Identified in Tuta...
Chivís Martinez for Borderland BeatThe president of the Association of Producers and Exporting Packers of Avocado Michoacán (APEAM), Sergio Roberto Urbina, submitted his resignation after a video was...
View ArticleMembers of Tamaulipas State Police set up intelligence chief
Proceso (5-7-2014) Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatCIUDAD VICTORIA, Tamps. (proceso.com.mx).- The Mexican Army detained at least 10 members of the Policia Estatal Acreditable (Trustworthy...
View ArticleDr Manuel Mireles is Leading Activist Group in a National Self-Defense Movement
Borderland BeatHeaded by José Manuel Mireles, one of the originators of the movement of self-defense in Michoacán, a group of activists, victims of insecurity, violence and impunity, have formed a new...
View ArticleAutodefensas Council Rupture- Papa Smurf vs Dr Mireles
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatEstanislao Beltran, Pap Smurf and other members of Buena Vista and Huacana atuodefensas. announced that Dr. Mireles had been removed from the position of spokesman...
View ArticleAutodefensas Accuse Each Other Of Being Narcos
The differences between the two blocks that make up the General Council of Autodefensas have escalated into accusing one another of being linked to organized crimeBy:Laura CastellanosLázaro Cárdenas,...
View ArticleThe Hunt for Chapo Guzman
Borderland Beat How the world’s most notorious drug lord was captured by Patrick Radden Keefene afternoon last December, an assassin on board a K.L.M. flight from Mexico City arrived at Amsterdam’s...
View ArticleAutodefensas and Federal Forces Arrest 187 Autodefensas of La Mira Michoacán
Towards the late hours of Friday night, hours before the deadline of the registration and integration of the Rural Police, armed forces detained 187 people, secured 25 trucks, and hundreds of large...
View ArticleCommissioner Castillo Calls this Dr. Mireles'"Trophy" Photo
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatOn May 9th, Alfredo Castillo Cervantes Commissioner for Security in Michoacán, reported that Dr. Manuel Mireles, was being investigated for the multiple manslaughter...
View ArticleZeta Founding Member, "Z9" Believed Killed in Reynosa Shootout
A Friday shootout in Reynosa may have claimed the life of an original member of Los Zetas, a groupof paramilitary deserters that grew into one of Mexico’s largest and most feared drug cartels....
View ArticleMexico, Sometimes I want cry for you; Shining a Light on Mexicos Problems
Mexico, sometimes I want to cry for you. I am not a Mexican, nor am I of Mexican descent, but having lived in Mexico for nearly 20 years I consider you to be my adopted country. I feel your pain. I...
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