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Mexico's Drug War Increased Suicide Rates Among Youths
Army in ApatzingánPhoto by: Gustavo AguadoTranslated by Valor for Borderland BeatThe drug war in Mexico, initiated by the administration of Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, has caused an increase in the...
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Drug Trafficker Fugitive on Canada's 10 Most Wanted List, Captured in...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatThe fugitive was on Canada's 10 most wanted list, captured in Mexico where he was known to have criminal ties, after 4 years on the lamBackstory:Cory Vallee is a...
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Mx Goverment puts Arturo Beltran Leyva's 2009 "Posada" House on the market
Chivis Martínez for Borderland BeatThe Mexican government Treasury department, has placed for sale one of the seized properties belonging to the late Sinaloa capo Arturo Beltran Leyva, aka "El Barbas'...
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Shootouts and Blockades in Reynosa-Fresas Secures Tampico Plaza
Reynosa ShootoutsThis morning, the city of Reynosa recorded a series of confrontations and shootouts between soldiers and gunmen and blockades on some important avenues. attacks began around 7:40 A.M...
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Huetamo: 4 corspes in bed of Rurales truck, and 3 Decaps in Jalisco
Chivís Martínez for Borderland Beat-Thank you to the reader who sent the story in.... MichoacánJust after midnight, elements of the Mexican Federal Police were alerted to a firefight confrontation in...
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"Junior Cortez" Rumored Killed in Internal War Within the Gulf Cartel
As reported by Chivis, the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas is experiencing a number of shootouts and blockades. While the full situation is still developing, it appears that recent tensions within Los...
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Federal Police had "La Tuta" 3 times, and failed to arrest him
Borderland BeatIn 2009 the Federal Police could have arrested La Tuta 3 times....but failed to do so. The revelation, in contained in police reports, including the investigation...
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Blood & White Gold in Tijuana
There are bodies in the street, the blood seeps onto the concrete from open wounds where high velocity bullets have torn through cheap, often imitation or knockoff clothes. 'El Javi'This is where the...
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Zacatecas: Decapitated body of Zetas plaza chief found with message from CDG
The headless body of a man in handcuffs was located at 11 PM Tuesday night in the community of El Conejo Township Teúl Gonzalez Ortega.Next to the body, a narco manta (message) signed by Golfo Cartel...
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Chino Ántrax makes a second Federal Court appearance, US has WireTap Evidence
Wire taps will be used against Serafin Zambada and Chino Antrax......José Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, better known by the alias Chino Ántrax or Norberto García appeared Thursday morning in the U.S....
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The "School" of El Metro 3, Where are They Now?
On August 6, 2012, banners were placed in Reynosa to honor the birthday of Samuel "Metro 3" Flores Borrego, who was killed on September 2, 2011. Also known as "M3", he was the leader of the Los Metros...
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Mexico says 2012 attack on US Embassy vehicle was a "Crass" error
So if it was an error, why are fed police on trial? Tim Johnson for McClatchyA 2012 incident in which Mexican federal police raked an armored U.S. Embassy vehicle with gunfire was the result of a...
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Coahuila-Nuevo Laredo Friday Shootout 4 dead including GATE officer
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat This is a video of the audio of yesterdays shootout, near the Revolucion bridge and the neighborhood of colonia voluntades.The shootout began around 6:30PM and at...
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A Borderland Beat Photo Sparks a PGR Investigation of El Americano
Chivis Martinez and "Pepe" for Borderland BeatReaders will recognize the BB image above, as one I have used multiple times. It is a screen shot from a Tuta meeting video. The video was filmed in...
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EPN: If Mexico's Corruption Is Cultural, "We are Fried"
Aristegui Noticias: Tanslated by Reed Brundage Mexico VoicesLast week,during a conversation with reporters (Conversations in Depth), President Enrique Peña Nieto said,"I do think there is a cultural...
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Executions & Mantas in Morelos
Temixco, MorelosBy:Héctor Raúl González, Carlos de la Fuente, Silvia Otero, Karaosean CullenTranslated by Valor for Borderland BeatIn separate incidents, the bodies of two murdered men were found on...
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Pena Nieto has been unable to decrease homicides
El Diario de Coahuila (8-24-2014)Source: Semanario ZETA, translated by un vato for Borderland BeatMEXICO, D.F. (Apro).- Enrique Pena Nieto has been unable to lower the crime statistics involving...
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Just like Dubai: Mercedes Benz patrol cars in Apatzingan
El Diario de Coahuila (8-26-2014)Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatJust so we know we're getting into the big leagues, the former mayor of Tepalcatepec, Guillermo Valencia, gave us a glimpse of...
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After his arrest, Azul's son confirmed his father is deceased
Borderland Beat posted by Siskiyou_KidJuan José Esparragoza Jiménez, arrested last weekend by elements of the Ministry of the Navy, has pled not guilty of the charges of drug trafficking, and weapons...
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After Video Screenshot uproar, "El Americano" is removed from his position in...
Chivis and Pepe for Borderland BeatAt around 10:00 a.m. this morning, the Attorney General for the state of Michoacán announced: They have begun an investigation of Antonio Torres, better know as, "El...
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