"New members of an infamous Mexican drug cartel were forced to eat children's hearts as part of a gruesome initiation rite, informers told authorities in the western state of Michoacan. Officials …
Mexico: ‘Knights Templar’ member held on suspicion of organ trafficking
"Police in Mexico's western state of Michoacan detained an alleged member of the Knights Templar cartel on suspicion of organ trafficking. Carlos Castellanos Becerra , Michoacan's public safety …
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Mexico says kills drug kingpin reported dead years ago
"A Mexican drug lord who had been falsely reported dead more than three years ago was killed in a shootout with federal forces in western Mexico early on Sunday, the government said." Source: Mexico …
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New Mexico Radiation Leak Raises Concerns
"The radiation exposure of at least 13 workers at a nuclear dump in a New Mexico salt bed more than 2,000 feet below the ground has brought new attention to the nation's long struggle to find places …
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Feds Shut Down US-Mexico Drug Smuggling Tunnel
"Federal agents have discovered a very long drug-smuggling tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border. The tunnel is 481-feet long, nearly two football fields. It runs from a home in Nogales, Ariz., to a …
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Mexico says catches senior Knights Templar drug gang boss
"Mexico said on Monday it had captured a leader of the Knights Templar, a violent drug cartel that has created a major security problem for President Enrique Pena Nieto. The attorney general's office …
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Vigilantes vs. narcos: a security threat in Mexico badlands
"In violence-racked Michoacan, an impoverished agricultural state about 1-1/2 times the size of Switzerland, vigilantes are battling a cartel called the Caballeros Templarios, or Knights Templar, for …
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How smugglers build and use tunnels along the US-Mexico border
"As border security has tightened, drug cartels have turned to tunneling beneath the ground to avoid detection. Nearly 170 tunnels have been found nationwide since 1990, most along the Arizona and …
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Mexico vigilantes refuse to lay down arms in troubled state
"Vigilante groups battling a powerful drug cartel in a troubled region of Mexico on Tuesday rejected a government call to lay down their arms, raising the risk of a serious security challenge to …
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Mexico vigilantes seize drug cartel bastion
"Armed vigilantes have seized a drug cartel bastion in western Mexico, sparking a shootout between the two groups, an official said. Members of so-called self-defence groups entered the town of Nueva …
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