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Knights Templar abduct Brother-in-law of Dr Mireles
Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat Autodefensa leader, Dr. Mireles has spoken of the abductions of family members occurring prior to his involvement with the autodefensas movement. It is one of the...
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Mexico's PGR Agency Designates 7 of 9 Cartels Controlling 43 Cells
Borderland Beat Republished from Excelsior click on images to enlargeThe Attorney General's Office (PGR) claim nine cartels operate in the country and...
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Calderon "I would have started sooner, with greater force"
In an interview with El Pais on Tuesday, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon concedes that he made mistakes in Mexico’s war on drugs. He admitted that 60,000 to 70,000 dead represented a lot of...
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Texas Identifies 7 Mexican Cartels operating in the state
Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatCartels in Texas Seven Mexican cartels operating in Texas, representing the greatest threat the security of the state. (click chart to enlarge)Criminal organizations...
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Update: "El Atlante" Rumored to Have Been Arrested in Jalisco
As reported by Uriradio, Alfonso "El Atlante" Lira Sotelo, a member of the Sinaloa Cartel was allegedly captured Tuesday, September 17 in Jalisco. "El Atlante" is reportedly in charge of retail drug...
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CAF cell leader arrested in Mazatlan, Sinaloa.
Salvador Alcala Gonzalez aka "El Chava".Salvador Alcala Gonzalez aka "El Chava" a prominent member of the Tijuana cartel and one of the most wanted criminals by the FBI was arrested in Mazatlan,...
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San Antonio: Former Coahuila Treasurer Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering
By Chivís Martínez for Borderland BeatThe former treasurer of Coahuila, during the Humberto Moreira governorship, Javier Villareal Hernandez, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy of money laundering...
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New arrest warrant for Hipolito Mora, suspected of kidnapping
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatMora and Mireles after Mor's release, speaking at the university of Mexico CityA new arrest warrant is confirmed for former autodefensa founder Hipolito Mora Chavez....
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Woman witnesses teen daughter killed by army, one of 22 who were killed after...
A woman said she witnessed when Mexican soldiers shot and killed her 15 year old daughter, after a confrontation with suspected criminals, even though the unarmed teenager lay wounded on the ground.The...
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Chapo Snitched? WIll Testify in October
Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo, is now a key witness for the Federal Public Ministry in trials against members of the Pacific Cartel. Prominent newspapers are reporting Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is...
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La Tuta's brother dead of an apparent suicide
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatUpdate:The FederalCommissionerfor safety inMichoacán, AlfredoCastillo,confirmedthat the manfound deadin the municipality ofLázaro Cárdenas is the...
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Uruapan Michoacán, 6 dead 1 survived, CJNG leaves Narco Message "We're Here"
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatA narco message may explains the uptick in violence in the Michoacán city of Uruapan. Seven people were shot and left for dead this morning. Six people were dead at...
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5 Templarios executed on border of Michoacán, narco message left attributed...
Borderland BeatA multiple execution in this county, bordering Michoacán, mobilized security forces on Thursday afternoon, five people, four men and a woman, were gagged, shot in the head and dumped in...
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Obama to Mexico: The 'Tlatlaya 22" killings must have a credible investigation
Update:"After President Barack Obama urged President Enrique Peña Nieto to conduct a investigation into the shooting of 22 at the hands of the military, the Department of Defense and the PGR said they...
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Youths abducted off buses and forced into narco recruitment
Borderland BeatIn broad daylight and while a bus driver was changing a tire on the busy stretch known as the "Y" in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, gunmen entered the bus and took six young men.Cartel...
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Zetas Victoria plaza chief arrested
El Barbas Agents of the Federal Police arrested Adrian Javier Ortiz, El Barbas, he is identified by the government as Zetas plaza chief in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.Upon capture, the detainee...
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Plea negotiations continue in Chino Antrax and Serafin Zambada cases
Chivis Martinez for Borderland BeatIf plea negotiations are unsuccessful in the twin cases of José Rodrigo Arechiga, better known as "El Chino anthrax", and Serafin Zambada Ortiz, the cases will be...
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Cambio de Michoacán Journalist found dead in Morelia
Chivis Martinez Borderland BeatThe body of photojournalist Raul Lopez Mendoza, was located this morning in colonia Xangari of this capital city of Michoacán, inside a light gray colored vehicle with...
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Zeta Saltillo plaza boss arrested
The plaza boss of Los Zetas in Saltillo was arrested yesterday along with seven other members of the criminal group, who were transferred to the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized...
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Video:Televisa and Esquema journalists gives La Tuta "PR advice" againstAD,...
Chivis and Pepe for Borderland BeatFeaturing the same backdrop as other La Tuta videos, Aristegui Noticias just released a video showing La Tuta meeting with Televisa's Michoacán reporter Eliseo...
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