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El Diaro de Coahuila (September 6, 2014) Source: El Universal Translated by un vato for Borderland BeatPolice officers with the Single Command (Mando Unico) of Morelos use torture to pressure citizens...
View ArticleMcAllen TX: 3 arrested in 2013 murder of CDG Atty/US informant
Three Mexican nationals have been arrested in McAllen, Texas, in connection with last year's high-profile killing of a reputed drug cartel lawyer at Southlake Town Square.Jesus Gerardo Ledezma-Cepeda,...
View ArticleThe Juárez 'House of Death' Informant, a Ferrari and an Alleged Kidnapping
Posted by Siskiyou_kid, written by Bill Conroy for RFT Guillermo Eduardo Ramirez-Peyro, a.k.a. Lalo, insists he's no longer the same man who participated in cartel murders. Missouri officials aren't...
View ArticleTuta message to the Michoacán: "We have suffered painful casualties, but we...
"Right now we, (the Caballeros Templarios) is not at its strongest, and we know it. We've suffered painful casualties, and yet we're still standing, confronting the enemy. They screwed us, and we...
View ArticleUPDATED POST "El Chuy" is reported being one of the 5 killed in Sinaloa plane...
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatUpdate:RioDoce is reporting unofficially 4 of the 5 killed have been identified, but no mention of Gonzales. and report that DNA testing to identify must take place...
View ArticleFeds Discover 65M in LA Garment Business Raid, in Sinaloa/CT Money Laundering...
In an intriguingly named investigation called Operation Fashion Police, scores of federal and local law enforcement agents early Wednesday swarmed dozens of residences and apparel businesses in Los...
View ArticleMexican Army Discovers First Coca Field
Posted by siskiyou_kid republished from TelesurTVMexican Army Finds First Coca FieldThe plants were hidden among banana trees to avoid detection.Mexican soldiers destroyed more than 1,000 coca plants...
View ArticleUS/Mexico Intel: Sinaloa Capo Azul is assumed to be alive
Chívis Martínez for Borderland BeatTwo weeks ago articles began appearing in Mexico claiming that both the US and Mexican intelligence agencies, reject the death reports of Sinaloa leader, Juan José...
View ArticleU.S. adds Sinaloa Narco Attorneys to Kingpin Sanctions
U.S. Sanctions Mexican Attorneys and a Company Tied to the Illicit Activities of the Sinaloa Cartel-click to enlarge chart-The U.S. Department of the Treasury today announced the designation of three...
View ArticleDr. Mireles may be released on September 17th
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat The legal team of Dr Jose Manuel Mireles, coastal autodefensas leader is saying that they are confident that the doctor will be released on September 17th.The...
View Article"El Pikas" executed in La Paz-Larry Hernandez sang his corrido
Borderland Beat posted by siskiyoukid At Maguey and Bordo Streets in the La Paz neighborhood Santa Rita-Indeco was the lifeless body of José Federico Gaxiola Osuna, a 39 year old native of Mazatlán,...
View ArticleExecuted and beheaded the brother PRD federal deputy in Guerrero
Decapitated, with signs of torture and narco message, the body of Joel Miranda Salgado, brother of PRD federal deputy Marino Miranda was found, in the municipality of Teloloapa. The Attorney General...
View ArticleNarcos are choking Chihuahua communities
Proceso (8-29-14) (www.proceso.com.mx/?p=380757)By Patricia Mayorga, translated by un vato for Borderland BeatStreet in Guadalupe y Calvo, ChihuahuaThe presence of the military in some of the Chihuahua...
View Article11 Former Self-Defense Members Released for 'Lack of Evidence'
Proceso: Editorial BoardTranslated by Jane Brundage (Mexico Voices)Mexico City - After seventeen months of imprisonment on charges of possession of a weapon for the exclusive use of the Army, eleven...
View ArticleThe Forever War
Borderland Beat Buggs' 2010 archive post by Tomas Kellner and Francesco PipitoneHistorical account of the Mexican Drug War to 2010Aguascalientes, Mexico - Just before noon on February 15, 2007, four...
View ArticleSuspect on "Most Wanted" arrested, accused of killing 12 federal agents on...
by Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatAttorney General of Michoacán (PGJE) announced the arrest of a suspect listed on Mexico’s most wanted, a 3 Million Peso reward had been offered, for information...
View ArticleFormer State Department Official:Terror Groups in Venezuela Planning to...
By Joshua Philipp, Epoch TimesRumors that ISIL terrorists plan to attack the United States through Mexico have been spread recently, even by members of Congress. While experts say an attack by ISIL may...
View ArticlePurépechas Warn They Will Take up Arms If Fuerza Rurales Don't Leave Their...
Purépecha communities from Capácuaro, San Lorenzo, Caltzontzin, Angahuan, Corupo, from the municipality of Uruapan call for the removal of the new Fuerza Rural police force, because they can’t tolerate...
View ArticleMexico Federal Police Intended to Kill CIA Agents in August 2012 Attack
Records of the Judiciary of the Federation (PJF), as part of the trial of 14 members of the Federal Police who participated in an attack on two members of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a...
View ArticleFortune 5: The biggest organized crime groups in the world
Borderland BeatYamaguchi Gumi Premier leader Kenichi Shinoda Time Magazines "Fortune"It’s tough to go even a few months without seeing the effects of organized crime on the economy and everyday life....
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