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Sinaloa cartel, Zetas push Mexico's drug violence to new depths
CULIACAN, Mexico — The cartel henchman nicknamed "El Loco" was reported behind the latest atrocity in Mexico's ever-more-depraved drug war: mutilating 49 people and piling their bodies — heads, hands and feet missing — by the side of a...
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Mexico political party suspends former official in drug-money scandal
World NowMEXICO CITY -- The political party expected to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election sought Wednesday to distance itself from a former high-ranking official embroiled in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scandal. Tomas Yarrington, a former... -
U.S. goes after ex-Mexican governor's Texas property
— The former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas accepted millions in bribes from drug cartels and invested the money in Texas real estate, federal prosecutors alleged in two forfeiture cases filed Tuesday. No criminal charges have been...Tags: Bribery, Corporate Crime, Politics, Regional Authority, Blackmail and Extortion
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Mexican army says Zetas behind killing of 49 in northern Mexico
World NowMexican officials said top leaders of the Zetas gang ordered the killings of 49 people whose mutilated bodies were dumped in northern Mexico last weekend.... -
Dozens of bodies, many mutilated, dumped in Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities responding to an anonymous tip discovered about 50 mostly mutilated bodies dumped on the side of a highway between Monterrey and the U.S. border, a region where rival gangs are battling for control over a...Tags: Politics, Communist Party, Mexico, Drug Trafficking, Felipe Calderon
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Mexico authorities say bodies of 14 men dumped in Nuevo Laredo
World NowAuthorities in the northern Mexico city of Nuevo Laredo report discovering the remains of 14 men in a vehicle near City Hall.... -
Prison battle in Mexico leaves at least 31 inmates dead
World NowAt least 31 inmates were killed and another dozen injured in pitched fighting inside a prison in Mexico's cartel-dominated Tamaulipas state, authorities said.... -
Texan warns Obama: Mexican cartels 'spilling over' border
Nation NowAbbott cited a "deadly shootout" involving "cartel operatives" last weekend in the town of Elsa, about 250 miles south of San Antonio, in which a Hidalgo County sheriff's deputy was shot three times. Sheriff's officials have said the deputy was wearing... -
Mexican cartels splinter, branch out as drug war rages
La PlazaThe news just gets grimmer in Mexico as the drug war nears the end of its fifth year and claims more and more innocent lives. On Thursday, gunmen burst into a casino in the northern city of Monterrey and set fire to the place, killing more than 50 people,... -
Forty-nine Headless Corpses Found In Northern Mexico
ReutersCADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey in one of the country's worst atrocities in recent years. The mutilated corpses of 43 men and 6 women, whose...Tags: Politics, Corporate Crime, Murder, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Highway Transportation
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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: Immigration, Los Zetas Cartel, Organized Crime, Mexico, CNN (tv network)
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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: Medina (Saudi Arabia), Organized Crime, Los Zetas Cartel, Mexico, CNN (tv network)
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