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Six Dead, 37 Injured in Attack on Mexican Nightclub

Feb 12th 2011 – 5:38PM

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- Armed men opened fire and hurled a grenade into a crowded nightclub early Saturday, killing six people and wounding at least 37 in a western city whose former tranquility has been shattered by escalating battles among drug cartels. The attack in Mexico's second-largest municipality took place just...

Drug Lord Ignacio 'Nacho' Coronel Killed in Mexico

By David KnowlesJul 29th 2010 – 9:11PM

(July 29) -- Score one for Mexico. Reports are sketchy, but the Mexican government is said to have killed one of its most wanted drug traffickers, Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, in a shootout today in Zapopan, a suburb of Guadalajara. Coronel was indicted in 2003 by a federal grand jury in Texas. The U.S. government offered...

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Mexico Drug War: 49 Bodies Dumped On Highway To U.S. Border, Officials Report

May 13th 2012 - 05:04PM

MONTERREY, 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 appears to be the latest blow in an escalating war of intimidation among drug gangs.

Guadalajara News From the Web

  • 05/29/12 Best Old-School Food Truck Source: Orange County Weekly - Santa Ana CA Everything's bigger, better or badder in Jalisco, from its sports teams to its cuisine.
  • 05/25/12 Forest fire chars park near Guadalajara, seen from... Source: CBS - KOLD News 13 - Tucson AZ In April 2012, a fire in Mexico left a swath of charred land across the Bosque de la Primavera, a forested park just west of the country's second largest city, Guadalajara.
  • 05/24/12 Mexico: Drug Cartel Boss Extradited To US Source: International Business Times (Australia) After his election in 2006, Mexico President Felipe Calderon began a military offensive against drug trafficking, and the Beltran Leyva cartel is perhaps Calderon's greatest victory in this war.
  • 05/18/12 Best Old-School Food Truck Source: Orange County Weekly - Santa Ana CA Everything's bigger, better or badder in Jalisco, from its sports teams to its cuisine.
  • 05/14/12 Official: 49 bodies left on Mexico highway Source: The Oregon Herald Mexico's organized crime groups often leave multiple bodies in public places as warnings to their rivals, and authorities said at least a few of the latest victims had tattoos of the Santa Muerte cult popular among drug traffickers.

Background on Guadalajara

Guadalajara () is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, and the seat of the municipality of Guadalajara.

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