"Mexican authorities said a purported regional commander of the notorious Los Zetas drug cartel was arrested during an operation in the northeastern border city of Nuevo Laredo." Source: Latin …
Mexico mining groups says 3 kidnapped miners were slain
"A Mexican mining industry group says three miners were killed earlier this month in the southern state of Guerrero." Source: Mexico mining groups says 3 kidnapped miners were slain …
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Five Zetas Cartel Members Arrested in Northern Mexico
"Five suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel were arrested in separate operations in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, federal officials said." Source: Latin American Herald Tribune - …
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Mexico mayoral candidate decapitated in northern Guerrero state
"A 42-year-old woman running for mayor has been kidnapped and decapitated in a southwestern Mexican state where previous murders sparked the biggest crisis of President Enrique Peña Nieto's …
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Mexico Official: 14 Police Face Charges of Kidnapping, Extortion
"Mexican troops have detained 15 federal police officers on charges of kidnapping the owner of a construction company in the northern border city of Matamoros and demanding a $2 million (31 million …
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Four workers at Mexico Goldcorp mine missing, may be kidnapped: prosecutor
"Four workers at a Mexico mine owned by Goldcorp Inc. have gone missing and were possibly kidnapped, the state attorney general's office said in a statement on Friday." Source: Four workers at Mexico …
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Mexico: Gunmen Kill a Navy Officer
"A navy officer put in charge of Mexico’s second-largest port in an effort to wrest control of it from a drug gang was shot and killed in what the authorities said Thursday was a robbery attempt. The …
Mexico arrests Zetas cartel leader Omar Trevino Morales
"The leader of one of Mexico's most notorious drugs gang, the Zetas cartel, has been captured by security forces, officials say." Source: BBC News - Mexico arrests Zetas cartel leader Omar Trevino …
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Mexico: Top capo nabbed in western Michoacan state
"Servando ‘La Tuta’ Gomez, one of the most-wanted drug lords and who once terrorized western Michoacan state, was captured early Friday by federal police, according to a Mexican official. Gomez was …
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Tijuana Cartel Resurgent in Mexico
"Mexico's Tijuana Cartel is reportedly marshaling its forces in an attempt to gain back some of its lost glory, according to one security official, providing a look at the current state of a once …