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SPECIAL REPORT: Mexico's Zetas rewrite drug war in blood
Reuters(http://link.reuters.com/vac48s) By Ioan Grillo VALLECILLO, Mexico, May 23 (Reuters) - Mexican government forces had bottled up a band of enemy fighters in this tiny village late last year, but feared they would escape into the dusty, rock-strewn hills....Tags: Organized Crime, Armed Conflicts, Indigenous People, Mexico City, Massacres
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Special Report: Mexico's Zetas rewrite drug war in blood
ReutersVALLECILLO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican government forces had bottled up a band of enemy fighters in this tiny village late last year, but feared they would escape into the dusty, rock-strewn hills. So more than 600 soldiers and federal police closed in...Tags: Trials, Organized Crime, Armed Conflicts, Indigenous People, Mexico City
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Mexico massacre highlights unknown drug war victims
Reuters* More than 8,000 corpses unidentified since 2006 * Failure to solve murders helps fuel impunity in Mexico By Ioan Grillo MONTERREY, May 14 (Reuters) - Even if someone had not chopped the heads, hands and feet off the victims first, the chances of...Tags: Human Rights, Mexico, Organized Crime, Government, Civil Rights
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Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway
MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border, officials said. The bodies of 43 men and six women were found...Tags: Mexico, Organized Crime
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49 bodies left on Mexico highway
Associated PressMONTERREY, Mexico -- Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found Sunday dumped on a highway connecting the northern Mexican metropolis of Monterrey to the U.S. border in what appeared to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation...Tags: Mexico, Organized Crime, Blackmail and Extortion, Massacres
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49 Decapitated Bodies Found in Mexico; Drug Cartel Suspected
CNNMonterrey, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexican authorities found at least 49 decapitated and dismembered bodies along a highway in a northern border state Sunday morning, officials said. The remains were left along the road in Nuevo Leon state, between the cities of...Tags: Mexico, Felipe Calderon, Organized Crime, CNN (tv network), Gulf Cartel
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From a Mexican kingpin to an FBI informant
WASHINGTON — Police and federal agents pulled the car over in a suburb north of Denver. An FBI agent showed his badge. The driver appeared not startled at all. "My friend," he said, "I have been waiting for you."
And with that, Jesus Audel...Tags: Firearms, FBI, Organized Crime, Police Investigations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
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30 Prisoners Escape After Riot in Northern Mexico
CNNMONTERREY, Mexico -- Dozens died and 30 inmates escaped during a weekend prison riot in northern Mexico, an official said Monday. The prison's director and 18 guards have been removed from their positions and are under investigation, Nuevo Leon Gov....Tags: Mexico, Organized Crime, Riots, Prisons, Medina (Saudi Arabia)
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Another Massacre In Mexico
KIAHMasked gunmen blocked traffic on a busy street in the coastal city of Boca del Rio and dumped 35 dead bodies in front of motorists. The bodies were left piled in two trucks and on the ground of an underpass by a major shopping mall. With the Zetas... -
Acta Pública: El camino de la alerta terrorista
¿Qué camino lleva la alerta de terrorismo lanzada por los Estados Unidos? Opino que los siguientes no son hechos aislados: Estados Unidos emitió una alerta mundial de terrorismo para sus ciudadanos y diplomáticos, ya que no descarta actos de...Tags: Janet Napolitano, Iran
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26 bodies found in Guadalajara, Mexico
CNNAuthorities found 26 bodies Thursday inside three abandoned vehicles in Guadalajara, Mexico, an official said. All the victims were men, said Ulises Enríquez, a spokesman for the Jalisco delegation of the Attorney General's Office. The vehicles were...Tags: Mexico, Felipe Calderon, CNN (tv network), Pan American Games
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Official: U.S. Border Agents Bribed with Sex, Money by Mexican Cartels
CNNWASHINGTON -- Mexican drug cartels have used cash and sexual favors as tools to corrupt U.S. border and customs agents, an inspector general investigation has found. In exchange, agents allow contraband or unauthorized immigrants through inspection...Tags: Felipe Calderon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Employers
May 23, 2012
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May 23, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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May 13, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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May 14, 2012
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Apr 21, 2012
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Feb 20, 2012
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Sep 21, 2011
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Oct 17, 2011
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Nov 24, 2011
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Jun 10, 2011
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