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Video Evidence of Mexican Mayor Making Deal with Drug Traffickers (VIDEO)
October 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A video allegedly shows the new mayor of Teloloapan, a town in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero, cutting a deal with the La Familia Michoacana dr continue reading »
U.S. Deports Female Fugitive from La Familia Drug Cartel, Was Major U.S. Meth Distributor
July 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A fugitive female member of La Familia Michoacana cartel, for whom Mexico offered a $5 million peso reward, is in custody in her native country following her capture in Los Angeles last week and subsequent deportation. continue reading »
Gunmen Leave 11 Dead and 10 Wounded in Drug Rehab in Mexico
June 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Gunmen killed 11 people and wounded 10 others at a drug rehabilitation center in Torreon, a city in northern Mexico, police said. continue reading »
14 Bodies Stuffed in Garbage Bags Found at City Hall of Border Town - Nuevo Leon, Mexico
April 18, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican authorities are reporting a grizzly find in front of Nuevo Laredo’s City hall – 14 bodies of men aged 30 to 35 all stuffed in 10 garbage bags inside a parked car. continue reading »
Like the Failed ATF “Fast and Furious”, the DEA is Trying to Track Money They’ve Given to Cartels
January 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to the New York Times, while attempting to track money that was believed to be making it into the hands of drug cartels, the U.S. government was actually laundering and smuggling money from and for the drug organizations. continue reading »
Mexico’s Strategy to Protect Migrants Fails to Have Impact
August 31, 2011 | by Amnesty International | Latino Daily News
The Mexican government’s strategy on migrants has so far failed to tackle the alarming numbers of Central American migrants being kidnapped regularly in the country, Amnesty International said a year after the plan was first launched. continue reading »
Mexico Cartels Equipping Themselves with Crudely-Armored Vehicles
July 25, 2011 | by In Sight | Latino Daily News
As the drug war rages in Mexico, the cartels are increasing their number of crudely-armored assault vehicles. “Narco-tanks” known as narotanques, “rhino trucks” and “monster trucks” known as monstruos are evidence that the narcos are extending their infantry operations. continue reading »
One of Los Zetas’ Top Members Arrested in Connection With ICE Agent’s Murder
July 5, 2011 | by CNN | Latino Daily News
In February, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata,32, was killed when he and another agent were ambushed in San Luis Potosi. continue reading »
TEEN GIRL ASSASSINS: Young Girls Fighting for Cartels in Mexico (VIDEO)
July 2, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Drug cartels in Mexico are using young girls as assassins to try to avoid detection. For $2000 a month ( twice what the military are paid) these young girls are easily enticed into a life of crime. The young girls are desensitized during training so that they can be used to torture and murder their victims. continue reading »
“Los Zetas” Hitman, Abraham Barrios Caporal, Captured, Say Mexican Authorities
July 1, 2011 | by The Guardian | Latino Daily News
A man suspected of being a hitman and part of mass kidnappings and murders of migrants has been detained, Mexico's defense department said. continue reading »
Union Pacific Fights Against Nearly $400 million in Fines for Drugs Smuggled into U.S. on Trains
June 20, 2011 | by Associated Press | Latino Daily News
As a means of getting it across the U.S.-Mexico borders, cartels have been hiding illegal drugs on railway cars heading north, and now, the U.S. government is slapping hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fines against U.S. railroads, and they are refusing to pay. continue reading »
HSBC Accused of Laundering Money for Mexico Drug Cartels
May 17, 2011 | by Insight | Latino Daily News
The U.S. Justice Departments is reportedly working on a case against HSBC bankers they say have laundered money from Mexican drug gangs. Still at the beginning of the investigation continue reading »
Inmate “Fights” to Stay in Jail for Fear of Being Killed by Los Zetas
April 27, 2011 | by Phoenix New Times | Latino Daily News
A prisoner Arizona, who was about to be released, attacked a guard in an attempt to stay incarcerated, because he feared being killed my cartel hit men. continue reading »
U.S. Rep: “Cartels Were Overheard Plotting to Kill ICE Agents Guarding the Border”
April 1, 2011 | by ABC News | Latino Daily News
During a hearing this week, a Texas lawmaker disclosed information alleging Mexican drug cartels’ plot to shoot U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as well as Texas Rangers who patrol the U.S.-Mexico border. continue reading »
San Diego Murder-For-Hire Case Shows “Glaring Example of Cross-Border Violence.”
February 24, 2011 | by Newser | Latino Daily News
A recent murder-for-hire case has highlighted what one attorney called a “glaring example of cross-border violence.” Allegedly, Juan Sillas, one of the most violent hit men out of Tijuana, Mexico offered $25,000 ($4,000 in advance) to a street gang in San Diego to murder a California couple. continue reading »
Mexico’s South Border Becoming Just as Violent as the North, Priest Needs Police Protection
January 19, 2011 | by AP | Latino Daily News
As the drug war continues at Mexico’s northern border, the violence of the south seems to be overlooked. The situation has gotten so bad that a even priest helping shelter Guatemalan migrants is asking police for protection. continue reading »
