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Mexican Police Free Reporters Nabbed by Drug Gang

Jul 31st 2010 – 3:06PM

MEXICO CITY (July 31) -- Federal police rescued two kidnapped cameramen in northern Mexico on Saturday, five days after they were nabbed by drug traffickers. Javier Canales of Multimedios Television and Alejandro Hernandez of Televisa were freed before dawn in the city of Gomez Palacio, the Public Safety Department said...

Mexico: Prison Guards Let Killers Out, Lent Guns

Jul 25th 2010 – 7:17PM
El Siglo de Torreon / AFP / Getty Images

El Siglo de Torreon / AFP / Getty Images

MEXICO CITY (July 25) -- Guards and officials at a prison in northern Mexico allegedly let inmates out, lent them guns and sent them off in official vehicles to carry out drug-related killings, including the massacre of 17 people last week, prosecutors said Sunday. After carrying out the killings the inmates would return...

Background on Gomez Palacio

Gómez Palacio is a city and its surrounding municipality in northeastern Durango, Mexico, located at 25°33′40″N 103°29′54"W adjacent to the border with the state of Coahuila.

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