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Zeta Leader ‘El Arabe’ Killed in Tabasco
The Mexican Attorney Generals Office reported the death of of the head of operations for the drug trafficking organization known as the Zetas in the state of...
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Mexico’s Military Back on Juarez Streets
The Mexican army will again patrol the streets of Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, announced the Mexican Government's general secretary, Carlos Silveyra...
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Mexican Minister of Education: 30% of Drug-Related Deaths are Minors
In a statement released at an international conference on higher education, Mexico City's Secretary of Education Mario Delgado announced that of the 30 thousand...
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Drug Violence in Tamaulipas Displaces 400 Refugees
Mexicos Drug War has generated its first displaced persons camp, consisting of 400 people taking shelter at a charity facility located in the border city of...
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108 Rescued in Mexican Human Trafficking Bust
Mexican authorites rescued 108 undocumented immigrants from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, including 33 minors, who had traveled northward seeking work and...
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‘Familia Michoacana’ Offers ‘Truce’ with Authorities
The drug trafficking organization known as the Familia Michoacana distributed a series of flyers and hung banners throughout the state last week offering a truce...
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Officials Fear Increase in Violence After Gulf Cartel Leader’s Death
Officials in the Mexican government fear an increase in violence in the northeastern border region, following the death of Gulf cartel leader Ezequiel Cárdenas...
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Veracruz Mayor-Elect Found Dead
Authorities found the bodies of a mayor elect and two people who were accompanying him in Oaxaca state just hours after they were abducted from a restaurant by...
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Calderón Critized by Press Association
At the annual assembly of the Inter-American Press Association, journalists from all over Latin America released a joint statement condemning Mexican president...