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Narco War Billboards Mysteriously Appear in El Paso
Borderland BeatEl Paso Police are investigating the vandalism of two billboards overnight that included messages and hanging mannequins. An El Paso Police spokesman said they do not have any...
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Juarez is peaceful... but there's a clean up coming
El Diario de Coahuila (5-25-2014) By J. Jesus EsquivelTranslated by un vato for Borderland Beat'There was an agreement to pacify the plaza. Last year, there was a meeting held in Culiacan with the...
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Tijuana: Death Threat Against Singer Gerardo Ortíz Appears on Banner
Chivís Martínez for Borderland Beat Danger is persistent for singers who sing the so-called narco corridos. Killings and warnings are a part of the business against those who sing about the "heroics"...
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CDG Rio Bravo Plaza Chief 'Juan Perros" Captured
Chívis Martínez for Borderland Beat Federal authorities confirmed the arrest of a leader of the Tamaulipas Gulf Cartel , Juan Manuel Rodríguez García, alias 'Juan Dogs' or 'Panther 11' . It was...
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"Commissioner Castillo's Strategy Is Bullying, Bully, Bully, Bully"
Clean cut, photogenic, well educated, smooth talking and articulate - Alfredo Castillo has always been the "go to guy" when EPN needed someone to put out fires and put the damper on potential scandals....
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An unusual outcome: Mele went hunting and the Tables Turned
Borderland Beat posted by Siskiyoukid published in RioDoceIFor Melesio Beltrán Medina the plan backfired. Together with a group of gunmen operating in the South of Culiacan, he came to colonia Morelos...
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"El 20" Reported Killed in Nogales Sonora
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatNogales: Three men were killed last Saturday afternoon May 24 in the parking lot of the KFC restaurant in the El Greco zone. The dead were linked to the Sinaloa...
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Apatzingán:Chayos nephew "may be free in 2 months" says attorney
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatMorelia, Michoacán.-The mayor of Apatzingán, Uriel Chavez Mendoza could be released in two months, said his lawyer, Eduardo Quintero, who said that they have the...
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From Prison Former "CT Mayor" Seeks to Name Successor
Borderland Beat Posted on forum by PepeThe Michoacán State Legislature is currently considering naming the replacement for former mayor of Lázaro Cárdenas, Archímides Oseguera, who was arrested after...
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Dutch Court Approves Extradition of Chino Antrax
Borderland BeatTHE HAGUE, Netherlands — A Dutch court has approved the extradition of a suspected top enforcer in the Sinaloa Cartel to face drug trafficking charges in Southern California.The North...
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El Paso: Fingerprints led to the Narco Billboard Suspect
Hmmmm...I am not sure I am buying the report of no connection to film makers....but here you go..thanks to the reader sending the heads up....El Paso Police's Department of Homeland Security Unit...
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The Art of War According to Chong
Proceso (5-27-2014) By Sabina BermanTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatChong's war. Cartoon by Rocha.MEXICO, D.F. (Proceso).- In the remote year of 2014, the astute Secretary Chong announced:...
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Sinaloa Cartel paid $250,000.00 to kidnap an El Paso resident
El Diario de Juarez (5-25-2014) Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatGabino Salas Valenciano, killed August 2013DISTRITO FEDERAL (Reforma)-. The Sinaloa Cartel of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman paid...
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Musician Tito Torbellino killed in Obregon, Sonora
Musician Tomas Rascón, 33, whose stage name is Tito Torbellino, wasriddled with bullets from 9mm firearm having been shot by multiple gunmen, while dining Red Cocina Orientalrestaurant in the Sonora...
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Michoacán's Ghost Towns
By: Valentina ValleMay 20, 2014There are about 100 kilometers that separate the city of Coalcomán from the city of Colima, a distance that is covered in roughly two hours. Thirty years ago, moving...
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CDS cell leader "El Rocky" arrested in Tijuana.
Borderland BeatTijuana.- Juan Valencia Caliz aka Jesus Ismael Gonzalez Larrañaga aka "El Pelos" or "El Rocky" was arrested yesterday by the Tijuana Security Coordination Group. "El Rocky" is identified...
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3 Dismembered Bodies Discovered in Agua Prieta
Borderland Beat Agua Prieta, Sonora, three dismembered bodies were discovered dumped in multiple plastic bags. The bodies were that of two men and a woman. The bodies had multiple gunshot wounds,...
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Mara Salvatrucha: Reestablishes in the South Border Vying for Migrant...
Borderland Beat Reforma is reporting the resurgence of Mara Salvatrucha cells at Mexico’s south border. Beginning last year, members of these gangs began to relocate in the border towns, and the...
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Children Lose Childhoods in Immigrant Detention “Safe Haven” Centers: Sexual,...
LOSFRESNOS, Texas (AP) — The round-cheeked 17-year-old boy with wide chocolate eyes hadn't felt like a child for some time. He'd spent months trying to reach the U.S., clinging to the tops of steel...
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A 12-Year-Old’s Trek of Despair Ends in a Noose at the Border
Noemi Álvarez Quillay’s death in Mexico was ruled a suicide.Credit José Luis Llivisaca By Jim Dyer, New York Times Noemi Álvarez Quillay took the first steps of the 6,500-mile journey to New York...
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