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Adelmo Niebla González': 400 Tons of Earth Excavated and No One Saw a Thing....
Borderland Beat-Translated by Siskiyou Kid A tunnel 400 meters long was built from the outside inward and more than 400 tons of soil were removed that slowly disappeared without the authorities...
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AUC Still Going Strong-Shootout with Templarios-Rurales in only 6...
Borderland Beat translation by "Pepe"With rifles and pistols of all sizes, including those reserved exclusively for the Mexican Army, self-defense groups are still in the towns and villages of...
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AUC Leader Hipolito Mora: I was Imprisoned for Defending an Ideal That...
Borderland Beat: by Sanjuana Martínez for La Jornada Hipolito Mora doesn't talk very much. After two months in prison, in the aftermath he is left fearful, distrustful, and reserved. He harbors a lot...
View ArticleTamaulipas: A Death Trap for Mexico's Military
Vanguardia (June 2, 2014) Source: 24 HorasTranslated by un vato for Borderland BeatSixty soldiers have died in operations against drug trafficking in the past 18 months; the Gulf and the Nueva...
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AZ: Clone Government Truck Containing 3,200 Pounds of Pot Stopped
Borderland BeatFirst Time a Clone Government Vehicle has been seizedBorder Patrol agents seized a truck designed to look like a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vehicle along with a flatbed trailer...
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Tampico: Reports that "J2" Leader of Los Fresitas Killed in Fierce Shootout
Borderland BeatConfirmed 5 killedNo official confirmation. But apx 3 hours ago credible Tamaulipas social media pages, began reporting a fierce shootout in the Conurbada zone of Tampico-Altamira....
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Tamaluipas: Déjà vu
Borderland BeatReforma: Eduardo Guerrero GutiérrezTranslated by Leila EnglishIn Tamaulipas, it seems, history is indeed condemned to repeat itself. The violent episodes that have shaken the state over...
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Texas: Arrest of 27 in Zetas Money Laundering Operation Which used Cadavers
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatIn Eagle Pass Texas, Agents of the DEA arrested 27 Coahuilenses, accused of money laundering; among the detainees is Remberto Castro Pérez, son of the former mayor of...
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LFM Founder and Chayo's Mentor, Released from Prison
Chivís Martínez for Borderland Beat Carlos Alberto Rosales Mendoza (El Tísico), one of the founding members of La Familia Michoacán, was released from prison in Guadalajara. Carlos Alberto Rosales...
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Tamaulipas: New Video of Tampico Shootout Aftermath
Borderland Beat Valor Por Tamaulipas posted a video of the aftermath of the Tampico shootout in which the premier leader of Frescitas may have been killed or injured. Still no official word. In the...
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Sonora Narco Banners Warn Other Corrido Singers Will Be Killed
Borderland Beat "THIS IS A MESSAGE FOR ALL THE GENTE NUEVA GROUP WORKING FOR THE SALAZAR. YOU BETTER LEAVE OBREGON OTHERWISE YOU WILL HAVE THE SAME FATE AS YOUR SINGER TITO TORBELLINO ATTE"There are...
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Ríodoce Reports El Azul is Dead of a Heart Attack
Although unconfirmed, Riodoce is reporting Juan José Esparragoza Moreno aka El Azul, Sinaloa Cartel leader, died Saturday afternoon from a heart attack while convalescing from an automobile accident....
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Sinaloa: 12 Bodies Discovered includes a 12 year old Boy
Borderland BeatAt 2:30 this morning, the tortured and burned bodies of 12 people were found in a truck in the southwest town of San Ignacio, Sinaloa. The Silverado pick-up had its engine running when...
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Guerrero: Clandestine Grave Death Toll Rises To 14
Borderland BeatPhoto by: Ezequiel FloresMinisterial authorities found three more bodies at the same site of the town of Zumpango del Río, municipality of Eduardo Neri, where last Saturday, 11 bodies...
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Tito Torbellino Phoenix Memorial
His funeral was on the 6th but I though I would post the story, over 1000 attended, and fans gathered at the gates. He was buried in Phoenix. .. thank you to the reader who sent it in.A tuba puffed...
View ArticleZamora Michoacán Autodefensas, Tamplarios Intense Shootout
Borderland Beat posted by PepeSunday in Zamora, Michoacán, the 3rd largest city in the state, a shootout took place near the Sunday tianguis in downtown. There are conflicting reports, but it looks...
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Narco Manta Obregon: Warning to Trinis there will be retailiation for Tito's...
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatOBREGON SONORA:Saturday night a manta (banner) was displayed in Obregon Sonora, the city where the Corridos singer Tomas Tovar Rascon, (Tito Torbellino) was murdered....
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Is Mexico's Kim Kardashian-Lookalike Assassin for Real?
Borderland Beat Posted by Choco, written by Michael Daly for The Daily BeastClaudia Ochoa Felix of Sinaloa bears a striking resemblance to the reality-TV star and shares her love of social media—but is...
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The Voices Of The Indigenous Autodefensa In Santa María Ostula
Borderland BeatPhoto by: Rogelio VelázquezBy:Alejandra Natalia Rodriguez EscobarJune 10, 2014With a full auditorium at Casa Lamm, the meeting of “The Indigenous Autodefensa In The Case Of Santa María...
View ArticleThe Story of Drug Trafficking in Latin America
Borderland BeatHistorical background from Colombia to Mexico, Recent Developments and Possible Solutions. Genaro Aguilera-RezaUniversity of Kent – Brussels School of International StudiesConflict and...
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