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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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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: Taxi Driver’s Body Discovered With More Than 16 Bullet Wounds (Photo Warning)
March 27, 2013 | by HS News Staff | El Blog del Narco
A man was found dead with more than 16 bullet wounds inside the taxi he was driving, his neighbors reported to the proper authorities, after hearing the gun shots. The murder occurred during the early hours of Tuesday in San Cristobal Jáltipan Township of Morelos, where the body was located inside the cab 220 of the town of Jáltipan, with more than 16 bullets, and a message. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Nephew of “La Mona” Executed in Mexico
March 26, 2013 | by HS News Staff | El Blog del Narco
Police have identified the nephew of Román Antonio Miranda, alias "La Mona," as one of the three young men executed and abandoned at the side of the Mexico-Acapulco highway. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Person Tortured and Executed in Puebla ( Warning Graphic Photo)
March 22, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
Thursday morning a body was located lying on a desolate road to Puebla-Tlaxcala Covadonga in the agricultural colony Ignacio Zaragoza. With apparent signs of violence the body of a lifeless man about 30-35 years old was found. He was a resident of the area and wearing blue denim pants as well as a white shirt. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Armed Civilians and Police in Shootout in Nuvo Leredo Tamaulipas
March 19, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
Today a confrontation between armed civilians and army troops in Nuevo Laredo left a toll of two civilians killed. The Attorney General's Office and the state Department of Public Safety stated that the incident took place at 10:40 in the morning. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Three People Killed in Car Lot in Chihuahua ( Picture Warning)
March 18, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
This weekend three men were found executed in a used car lot near the Nogales Highway and Technology. Two of the bodies were lying inside the lot while the other subject was a few feet away; apparently the latter tried to escape. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: 20 Year Old Found Floating in Canal ( Warning: Explicit Picture)
March 14, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
A 20 year old was found dead floating in a canal located between the boundaries of Culiacan and Navolato. The victim had "disappeared" last Saturday, official sources said from the Attorney General of the State. continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Villagers Hold 40 Soldiers in Michoacán Calling for the Release of 17 Men (VIDEO)
March 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Michoacán media has disclosed that inhabitants of Felipe Carrillo Puerto 'The Shawl', in the municipality of Buenavista Tomatlan, have detained a group of 40 soldiers as a means of pressure to demand the release of 17 members of the 'community watch' continue reading »
Blog del Narco: Police Commander Killed in Michoacán
March 12, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | Latino Daily News
Salvador González Magaña, director of Public Safety Tarímbaro Township, was killed Monday afternoon in the metropolitan area of Morelia, were he was assigned to serve and protect. This was confirmed by Páramo Benjamin Garcia, the mayor of the town, who said by telephone that the body was located in the town of Cuitzillo El Grande. continue reading »
Blog Del Narco: Professor and 16 Year Old Niece Found Executed in National Park
March 11, 2013 | by El Blog del Narco | El Blog del Narco
At the top of the mountain at the Valadero National Park, two bodies were found. Professor Gilberto Moreno Martinez, 26 years old and his niece 16 year old student, Tiare Juarez Moreno. Both had multiple bullet wounds from a firearm, and had been kidnapped last Friday. continue reading »
