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Calls For President to Resign Continue and Violence Ensues
Borderland Beat by DDThe marches and protests continue. Yesterday, Dec. 1, was the second anniversary of EPN’s assumption of power and the streets of Mexico City filled with thousands of people...
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Overview of the Criminal Organizations Operating in Guerrero
Image from guerrero.gob.mxA couple weeks ago, Chivis wrote an article "Cartel Maps: Cartel Territories of Mexicoand Guerrero Cartel Territories" which included a video with various maps by Víctor...
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Need More Proof That The Government Is Instigating Violence In Otherwise...
Borderland Beat by DD thanks to a tip from Chivis "lurking in the background" to help us (not lurking in the crowd below) student were streaming into the plaza all eveningThe government has accused...
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U.S. Legalization Hurts Mexican Drug Cartels
Borderland Beat posted by Nutzz Republished from Marijuana.com Marijuana legalization advocates have long campaigned on the claim that ending prohibition will reduce the power of the often violent...
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As Elections Approach, Mexico Is Handing Out Free Digital TVs to Millions of...
Borderland Beat, posted by Pepe Republished from Vice News.Pepe; After reading about this in the local Mexican newspaper here, I started searching the internet for photos of the delivery of t.v.'s. I...
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Almost 5,000 disappeared in Tamaulipas from 2011 to 2014
Borderland Beat posted and translated by jlopez Republished from eldiario de CoahuilaMONTERREY, NL (Apro).- With 4,875 cases of disappeared persons from 2011 to October 2014, the state of Tamaulipas is...
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Government Repression of Opposition Voices In the Cromputer Age; Hash tags...
Borderland Beat by DD Republished from Telesur An example of the #YaMeCanse campaign by Mexican actors and artists, criticizing government poor performance. (Photo: Yamecanse.mx) Internet users have...
View ArticleThe Missing 43: Mexico's Disappeared Students (Full Length) From Vice News –...
Posted by DD from YouTube originally by Vice News.I’ll let the video speak for itself, but I think it is very good. It is narrated in English and has English subtitles where the speaker is speaking...
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UN Official “holds the Mexican state responsible for 43 missing”; But AG...
Borderland Beat by DDJavier Hernandez, representative of the U.N. Photo: EFEThe representative of the U.N. Human Rights office in Mexico, has said he holds the government responsible forthe...
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Mexico City police chief resigns after violent protests
Borderland Beat posted by Spike151 Republished from BBC.comMexico City's police chief, Jesus Rodriguez Almeida, has resigned after strong criticism of his handling of protests in the city. A largely...
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Which Gangs Rule in Mexico City?
Borderland Beat posted by DD Republished from Insight CrimeA newspaper report on “narco-taxis” paints a picture of an increasingly violent local drug trade in Mexico City, raising questions about what...
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Picking Off Family of Tuta One by One But Still No Tuta
Borderland Beat posted and translated by Spike 151 Republished from ProcesoMexico City, (apro)-elements of the Attorney General of Justice (PGJ) of Michoacán seized another Member of the family of...
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Guardia Guerrerense Excecutes 5, Leaves Bodies on Highway
Around 9:00 AM of Friday, December 5, the bodies of five men between the ages of 25 and 40 were found besides the Zihuatanejo-Lázaro Cárdenas highway in Guerrero, at a point known as Laguna del...
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Remains of 1 Missing Normalista Identified
Posted by DD from material posted by Lala and Pepe on Forum and updated Preceso and AP MEXICO CITY (AP) -- At least one of 43 college students missing since September has been identified among charred...
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Missing Nursing Student From Uruapan, Mich. Found Dead with Flayed Face
Borderland Beat posted and translated by Pepe Republished from Cambio de Michoacan; Updates by DD;Uruapan, Michoacán.-Erika Kassandra Bravo Caro, 19 years old, a young nursing student missing from...
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Suspect in the Killing of General Niño Arrested
Translation assistance provided by spike151Fernando Adame Monsiváis, 37 years old, was arrested in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León on Thursday, December 4. He was driving on the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo...
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"Paquito" of the Gulf Cartel Arrested
A notable member of the Gulf Cartel (also known in Spanish as Cartel del Golfo or CDG), Juan Francisco Martínez Ramirez , who uses the aliases "Paquito", "Paco", "Metro 77", and "M77", was arrested on...
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Gang boss arrested in western Mexico
Borderland Beat posted by Mars220 Republished from Latino Fox NewsThe suspected leader of a gang involved in kidnappings, drug trafficking and extortion rackets was arrested by the Federal Police in...
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The Office of Coahuila says they were 28 and not 300 missing in Allende; Who...
Borderland Beat by DD with excerpts from SinEmbargo, and stories previously post on Borderland Beat.This week the Attorney General of the state of Coahuila (PGJE) denied that 300 people were missing...
View ArticleMexican Hitmen Held In Auto Defenses' Jail
Borderland Beat posted by DD Republished from Sky NewsSky News has gained access to an illegal prison where hitmen for Mexico's drug gangs have been jailed by vigilantes who snatched them off the...
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