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Blog del Narco: Security Officer Shot while Foiling Kidnpping

The homicide division is reviewing the Ministerial Police video surveillance cameras that captured the moments when a security guard is shot dead while thwarting the kidnapping of a woman entrepreneur in a shopping mall in Montebello. So far research staff has five videos showing when an employee of the security company "ADEP" Gregorio Pérez Gutiérrez, who had 38 years of age is shot dead. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Decapitated Head Left With Narco Message in Chalco Valley (Photo Warning)

The municipality of Valle de Chalco conurbado is ground zero in a war between cartels fighting for control of the territory to sell drugs.The body of a man, dismembered and divided into parts, was left in black bags and abandoned on the streets of the San Isidro. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: US Imposes Sanctions on Rival Drug Cartel in Sinaloa

The U.S. government announced new sanctions against a drug cartel in Mexico, led by the Flores Meza family, acknowledging them as a rival of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel. The cartel leader Isidro Fausto Meza Flores and seven other members of his family as well as three companies were formally designated as drug trafficking organization by the US Treasury Department. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Awaiting DNA Tests to Identify Body Parts Dispersed in Monterrey

Possible missing parts of human remains found Monday in Ciudad Solidaridad, were found yesterday in Cologne CROC. On Monday authorities located a man's torso while legs, arms and a head were found yesterday. continue reading »

Smugglers’ Strategy: Abandon Dope ( Border Patrol Seizes $2.2 Million in Pot)

Ajo Station agents seized 4,585 pounds of abandoned marijuana during three separate incidents in the West Desert yesterday. Ajo Station agents assigned to the all-terrain unit were patrolling near Why, Ariz., Monday morning when they discovered an abandoned Chevy Suburban loaded with 85 bundles of marijuana continue reading »

Blog del Narco: VIDEO sent After Two Found Dismembered in Durango

Blog del Narco has received the following video by e-mail, showing interrogation of a young man and a woman. The date and place that the recording was produced are unknown. In the video, two individuals are being guarded by two men wearing military-style clothing and heavily armed. A stranger is heard asking multiple questions. continue reading »

Blog del Narco:  Young Man Found Tortured and Thrown into River

A young man was found with his hands tied behind his back with a yellow rope floating in a pond on the banks of the River Tamazula, near the resort known as "The Currency". The latest victim has not been identified. He is an individual of about 25 to 30 years old. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Two Bodies Found Murdered then Burned in Sinaloa

Two bodies remain unidentified at the medical examiner's in Sinaloa. The charred remains of two persons believed to be male were found completely burned in a taxi in Colonia Guadalupe. The gruesome discovery was made within minutes of the rental vehicle being ignited with two "passengers" on board, who turned out to be shot dead and then burned in that automobile. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Cross Dresser Kidnapped and Murdered in Nuevo Leon

The manager of a bar that was kidnapped last night by an armed group in Montemorelos and was found murdered this morning. Daniel Mendoza Ricardo Macias, 23, nicknamed "The Daniela", was dressed as a woman, was taken from the bar at Mountain Avenue Cemetery, in the Barrio Lerdo de Tejada. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: 16 Year Olds Body Among Those Found Beheaded

Following the discovery of two bodies left in plastic bags on the side of the local road-Papaloapan Tuxtepec, in the town St. Teresa, the Deputy Regional Basin, Juan Perez Sanchez, confirmed that both victims lived in Tres Valles, Veracruz. On the edge of the asphalt were three black bags, containing severed remains of human bodies, among other evidence, which were duly recorded by the Public Prosecutor. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Man Found Tortured and Executed in Zacatecas

A man was killed with three shots from a firearm at close range and his body was left in the road to the entrance "Garden of Remembrance". The man has not been identified so far. He is described as about 40 years old, wearing blue jeans, a colored shirt and blue military-style boots. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Female Taxi Driver Murdered in Guerrero

A female taxi cab driver was found shot and executed in her vehicle in the housing unit the Colossus. The vehicle was found abandoned and the report of the discovery was made at about eleven o'clock. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Mazatlan and Concordia Mayors Propose Arming Settlers Against Cartels

The mayors of Mazatlan and Concordia proposed delivering weapons to the residents of the mountainous area of the state, with training from the Mexican Army to defend their communities from cartels linked to drug trafficking. continue reading »

Border Patrol Nabs 2 for Illegal Re-Entry: MS-13 Gang Member, Sex Offender

In two separate incidents, El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico Station apprehended a registered sex offender, and a Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang member. continue reading »

Arizona Border: Deaths of Undocumented Mar 2012

The violence in neighboring Mexico and the deaths of undocumented immigrants at the hands of U.S. Border Patrol agents once more marred the situation along the Arizona border in 2012. continue reading »

Statistics Show US-Mexico Border is Secure- NPR

At NPR today is an analogy on why people find themselves forced to come to the US without papers: Imagine immigration, especially from Latin America, as a two-lane residential street with a 20-mile-an-hour speed limit. Over the decades, it’s grown to an eight-lane superhighway. But the speed limit is still 20 mph. That is, visas for needed workers haven’t risen along with the traffic. continue reading »

Two People Executed in Oaxaca (Picture Warning)

Two people were killed and another was injured when attacked on Highway 190 in Las Salinas, at kilometer 112 of the cited federal highway. Firearm injuries were noted on the chin, leg and back. continue reading »

U.S. Frees Alejandrina Guzmán Salazar, Daughter of El Chapo

Alejandrina Guzmán Salazar, alleged daughter of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was released by the U.S. government on charges of possession of false documents, reports her lawyer Guadalupe Valencia. The daughter of Chapo, accompanied by her lawyers and Jan E Guadalupe Valencia Ronis, heard her sentence: "time served", i.e. the almost three months that turned the arrest were sufficient to serve his sentence. continue reading »

Blog del Narco: Two Men Found Executed-Called Rapist and Kidnappers by Cartel

Two men were missing from the town of Tierra Colorada, they were later found executed on the banks of the federal highway to the village of Xaltianguis. One of those executed was tied by the hands and had a bullet in the head; he was identified as Mario Nava Romero, 36 years old. He recently was one of the drivers of Leonel Leyva Muñoz, former candidate for municipal president by the Democratic Revolution Party -PRD. continue reading »

HS News Contributor: Blog del Narco

Today Mexico’s regional Newspapers are failing to report many of the murders, kidnappings, and violence linked to the nations war against the drug cartels. A recent study by Fundación MEPI, an independent investigative journalism center shows that the threats and intimidation of journalists has routinely caused journalists not to report on the cartels. continue reading »