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Drug Lord's Death Could Empower Rival Zetas Gang

MEXICO CITY (Nov. 6) -- A day after marines killed a reputed powerful drug lord, dozens of ominous banners apparently hung by rivals appeared Saturday in cities across Mexico's Gulf coast with messages gloating about his demise. The signs, hung on pedestrian bridges and other public places but quickly taken down by...

Mexican Crime Reporter Shot to Death in Matamoros; 10th Press Slaying This Year

(Nov. 5) -- A Mexican crime reporter was killed this morning when he was caught in the middle of a gunfight in Matamoros, making him the 10th journalist to be killed in Mexico this year, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. That's six more journalists than have been killed in Iraq in all of 2010. Carlos...

Mexican Investigator Probing Border Lake Shooting Slain

(Oct. 12) -- In a grim turn for the worse in the case of the missing Texas man on Falcon Lake, the severed head of the lead Mexican investigator was reportedly delivered to the country's military today. The head of Rolando Armando Flores Villegas was delivered in a suitcase, according to Texas Rep. Aaron Pena, CNN...

Mexican Pirates Attack US Couple on Falcon Lake; Husband Missing, Feared Dead

(Oct. 1) -- Mexican pirates operating on Falcon Lake, which is shared by the United States and Mexico, on Thursday shot an American tourist who had crossed the border on a Jet Ski. Tiffany Hartley, 29, said her husband, David Michael Hartley, 30, was shot in the back of the head as they tried to escape an ambush on the...

Investigation Begins Into Bodies Thought to Be Mexican Investigators

(Sept. 8) -- Two bodies found in Mexico's Tamaulipas state may be the state and local officials who were investigating the August massacre of 72 migrants. Jaime Suarez Roberto Vazquez, the deputy public investigator, and Juan Carlos Suarez Sanchez, secretary of public safety, have been missing since Aug. 24, according to...

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Violence South of the Rio Grande Leads Back to U.S.

As millions of marijuana legalization advocates celebrated the renowned 4/20 holiday last month, it's likely that many of them didn't think twice about the violence and carnage that's intensifying south of the U.S. border.

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05/23/12 Expatriates in drug violence-riddled Mexico: Stay or... Source: USA Today Pedro Toro Calvario, 15, stepped out for tacos with two cousins one night in April in this village of close-knit families on idyllic Lake Chapala.
05/21/12 Mexico: Zetas Cartel Boss Arrested For Ordering... Source: International Business Times (Australia) "The Zetas group distance ourselves (from responsibility) from the 49 dismembered bodies in Nuevo Leon and we ask that before blaming us, check real good, INVESTIGATE. Do your job like you are supposed to," the cartel said in one of the public notes.
05/17/12 Violence South of the Rio Grande Leads Back to U.S. Source: The Huffington Post As millions of marijuana legalization advocates celebrated the renowned 4/20 holiday last month, it's likely that many of them didn't think twice about the violence and carnage that's intensifying south of the U.S. border.
05/14/12 Questions Surround 49 Bodies Found on USMexico Border Source: New America Media On Sunday, Mexican police found 49 mutilated bodies, believed by some to be migrants, on a road that connects the industrial city of Monterrey with the United States border.
05/13/12 Authorities find 49 bodies dumped on Mexican highway Source: USA Today Authorities discovered 49 dismembered bodies along a highway in northern Mexico on Sunday morning, the latest in a series of mass murders that security analysts blame on escalating tensions between warring drug cartels.