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Blog del Narco: General in Mexican Army takes Over Public Safety in Michoacan

May 17, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

A general in the Mexican army was sworn-in Thursday as public safety secretary in the western state of Michoacan, which is home to several powerful criminal organizations and a growing vigilante movement. Maj. Gen. Alberto Reyes Vaca will have command of the state police and of federal security forces stationed in Michoacan. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Cartel Members Arrested for Official and Model’s Murders

May 15, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

Four suspected Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel members have been arrested for the March 9 murder of Jalisco Tourism Secretary Jose de Jesus Gallegos, Mexican prosecutors said. Juan Manuel Gonzalez Martinez, 29, and Julio Andres Vazquez Estrada, 36, were arrested five days after the killing and provided investigators with information that led to the capture of two other suspects continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Gunmen Ambush Mayor in Oaxaca

May 14, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

The mayor of Santiago Amoltepec, a small town in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, was ambushed by gunmen and shot over the weekend, media reports said Monday. Luis Jimenez is listed in serious condition with gunshot wounds, Milenio television reported. continue reading »

Car Chase in Texas Leads to 800 lbs of Pot and Driver Swimming to Mexico

May 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

In another incredible ‘Extreme Trafficking’ incident a car chase led to a large drug seizure with the alleged narco-trafficker swimming to Mexico. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: DEA/FBI Update Major Traffickers Wanted Poster

May 7, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), has published a poster advertising major drug traffickers, operating in San Diego, California and Tijuana, Mexico. It has been four years since the DEA Updated this Poster. Cartels continue to be in an intense struggle for power over territory and drug trafficking rights in Mexico. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Journalist Escapes Unharmed After Execution Attempt in Colombia

May 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

A prominent Colombian investigative journalist emerged unhurt after two gunmen fired shots at his car, the editor of newsweekly Semana said Thursday. Ricardo Calderon "emerged completely unhurt, thanks to the fact that he managed to throw himself, in the middle of the night, to the side of the highway, continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Official Confirmation El Chapo’s Father in-Law in Custody

May 1, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

The Mexican government confirmed that Ines Coronel Barreras, the father-in-law of Sinaloa cartel boss Joaquin "El Chapo" (Shorty) Guzman, was arrested in an operation with no shots fired. The 45-year-old Coronel Barreras was captured at 7:00 a.m. continue reading »

Narco Singer Chuy Quintanilla Autopsy Results In, Burial Today

April 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Hidalgo County Sheriff’s in Texas have ruled singer Chuy Quintanilla’s death a homicide with death resulting from gunshot wounds to the head and neck. continue reading »

Missing Young Mexican Photojournalist Found Dismembered in Saltillo, Mexico

April 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

The mutilated body of Daniel Alejandro Martinez, a photographer for Mexico's La Vanguardia newspaper, was found along with that of another young man in the northern city of Saltillo, the daily reported Thursday. continue reading »

Blog del Narco:  Narco-Corrido Singer Found Shot in Texas Orchard

April 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Mission, Texas authorities are investigating the death of narco-corrido singer, Chuy Quintanilla whose body was found with two bullet wounds to the head in a local orchard. continue reading »

BLOG DEL NARCO: 6 Bodies Dumped at Community Bus Stop in Zacatecas, Mexico

April 23, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

In Narco news of Blog del Narco, six bodies were dumped by a bus stop near the town of General Enrique Estrada in the state of Zacatecas, there was one female victim amongst the six dead. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: At Least 8 Bodies Found Buried in Juarez, Nuevo Leon

April 17, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

At least eight bodies have been found in clandestine graves in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, where two drug cartels have been fighting a turf war for more than three years, authorities said Tuesday. continue reading »

Seven Strangled Bodies Found in Resort Town of Cancun

April 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

In Narco Blog, Cancun authorities have found seven strangled bodies inside a house in this Mexican Caribbean city. Authorities received an anonymous call leading to the bodies of five men and two women. continue reading »

Sinaloa Cartel Honcho Javier Torres Felix Extradited to Mexico from U.S.

April 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Javier Torres Felix, a Sinaloa cartel honcho, has been extradited to Mexico from the U.S. after having completed his jail sentence on drug trafficking charges. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Five Men Executed in Guerrero- Left with Narcomessage (Photo Warning)

April 11, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco

Five men were killed in Chilpancingo at dawn on Wednesday. Next to their bodies two messages were left on cards that have not been disclosed by authorities. The bodies were as yet unidentified. According to police reports, the bodies were discovered at 05:40am under the bridge between the colony Ayutla Bella Vista and Progreso, on the north side of South Boulevard continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Criminals Break Into A.G.‘s Office to Steal Vehicles and Credit Card DuplicatorVIDEO

April 10, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

An armed group of bandits stormed a storage yard of the Attorney General's Office (PGR), in the city of Chihuahua. Thieves took two Humvees and equipment to clone credit cards. The complaint filed by federal employees and two private guards, who were at the facility stated that at least three heavily armed men stormed the yard, and immediately covered their faces with black hoods. continue reading »

Dying for the Truth

April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews

Blog del Narco Publishes Their Story in “Dying for the Truth”

April 4, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

On March 2, 2010 Blog del Narco decide to begin reporting what was really happening in their beloved Mexico. The drug war was raging in the country causing terrible instability. The authorities and traditional media wanted to believe that nothing was happening while things were in crisis. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Five Members of One Family Killed in Sinaloa

April 3, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News

The victims include two women and three men who received multiple gunshot wounds in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. - At least five people have been reported as shot by the ministerial authorities in the community of The Chapalota, in the town of Mazatlan. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Nine Dismembered Bodies in SUV Found in Tamaulipas, Mexico

April 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News

Nine bodies, the majority of them dismembered, were found inside an SUV with Texas tags in Ciudad Victoria, the capital of the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, state officials said. continue reading »