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13 Tons of Pot Seized by Brazilian Police
December 19, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Federal Police seized 13.7 tons of marijuana over the weekend hidden in two trucks near Brazil's border with Paraguay and made two arrests, media reports said. continue reading »
Protesters Demand Justice for Slain Mexican Activist Marisela Escobedo
December 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Dozens of people held a demonstration in this violence-plagued Mexican border city to demand justice for slain rights activist Marisela Escobedo. On the one-year anniversary of her death, the protesters on Friday walked a route that Escobedo had covered while seeking justice for the August 2008 murder of her 16-year-old daughter. continue reading »
14 Rebels, 5 Soldiers Die in Clashes in Mexico
December 16, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Fourteen gunmen and five soldiers were killed in three separate clashes in the northeastern state of Coahuila, Mexican authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Guatemalan Bloggers Targeting Criminals in Country’s Most Violent State
December 12, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Bloggers in Guatemala have begun identifying people suspected of being criminals in one of the country’s most violent states. So far, vigilante bloggers from four sites have “outed” 39 continue reading »
Extreme Trafficking: Man Arrested With 7lbs of Meth Stuffed in Jalapeño, Nacho Cheese Cans
December 9, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Federal Police arrested a man trying to re-enter the U.S. with 7lbs. of meth submerged inside cans of nacho cheese and Jalapeños. continue reading »
Members of Mexico’s “Movement for Peace” Found Murdered, Others Missing
December 8, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan found the body of one of three recently abducted members of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, a group founded by prominent poet Javier Sicilia, officials said Thursday. continue reading »
13 Latin King Members Indicted While Trying to Portray Gang as Public Servants
December 7, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Thirteen alleged members of the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (Latin Kings) have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Greensboro, N.C. for allegedly conspiring to participate continue reading »
Latino MS-13 Gang Members Sentenced to Life for Scheme Taxing Drug Dealers & Killing Rivals
December 4, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Five San Francisco-area members of the La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang were sentenced this week to life in prison, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s continue reading »
Newest Narco Tunnel Has Elevator, $65 Million in Pot and Electric Rail Cars
December 1, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Agencies with the San Diego Tunnel Task Force Wednesday announced the arrest of six suspects and the seizure of more than 32 tons of marijuana continue reading »
Another Narco Tunnel Found in Nogales, 100 Feet into Mexico
November 30, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Tucson Sector Border Patrol, a component of the Joint Field Command-Arizona, discovered another illicit tunnel yesterday in Nogales, just six days after their earlier find of a smaller tunnel in the same town. continue reading »
16 Drug Mules Arrested at Arizona Mexico Border This Week
November 27, 2011 | by Estelle Gonzales Walgreen | Latino Daily News
Border Patrol agents assigned to the Tucson Sector, a component of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Joint Field Command-Arizona, seized 1,087 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $543,500 and arrested 16 drug smugglers while patrolling in the West Desert Wednesday. continue reading »
POLL: Overwhelming Majority of Mexican Citizens Believes Government Losing Fight Against Cartels
November 25, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Six in 10 Mexicans say the government is losing the war on violent drug cartels, while just 20 percent believe the opposite to be true, according to a new survey by polling firm Mitofsky and the non-governmental organization Mexico United against Crime. continue reading »
26 Bodies Found on Busy Intersection in Guadalajara, 2nd Mass Dumping of Bodies in Mexico This Week
November 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The bodies of 26 men were found inside two SUVs and an automobile abandoned on a busy avenue in Guadalajara, one of Mexico's largest cities, prosecutors said Thursday. continue reading »
78 and 81-Year Old Mexican Women Attempt to Smuggle $1 Million in Cash Out of U.S.
November 24, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested one male and two elderly female Mexican nationals on Friday for attempting to smuggle more than $1 million inside a Ford Explorer. continue reading »
Bolivian Narcos Dig Up Dead Narco Mule to Extract Cocaine Cargo
November 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 55 year old man who had died in May got dug up recently, his insides dissected and spilled on the ground as narcos exhumed his body to retrieve the cocaine cargo in his belly. continue reading »
Zetas’s High Tech Narco-Communications Central Seized (VIDEO)
November 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Communication equipment valued at $350,000 was seized by Mexican army elements in Torreón who raided a home known by zetas as “The Central.” continue reading »
Mexico Asks U.S. to Extradite ‘Fast and Furious” Gunrunners
November 18, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's government has requested the extradition of six U.S. citizens for weapons trafficking, including three people linked to a botched federal gun-tracking operation, Attorney General Marisela Morales said. continue reading »
Puerto Rican Police Find 500 lbs. of Cocaine in Boxer Ivan Calderon’s Home
November 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
World Boxing Champion Iván “Iron Boy” Calderón is under investigation after a raid in a house he owns in the coastal city of Humacao turned up close to 500Lbs. of cocaine. continue reading »
California-Mexico Marijuana Tunnel Found, Over 10 Tons of Pot Seized
November 17, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Investigators on the multi-agency San Diego Tunnel Task Force continued sifting through evidence at a warehouse in Otay Mesa's industrial park continue reading »
Narco Singer Gunned Down With AK-47 in Mexico (VIDEO)
November 14, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A singer-songwriter who performed grupero music and "narcocorridos," ballads that recount the exploits and travails of drug kingpins, was gunned down over the weekend continue reading »
