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A kidnapped man escaped and led authorities to the whereabouts of a second man
09/07/10 – Early Tuesday morning, two men in Zapopan, Jalisco were liberated after having been kidnapped last Friday. While on patrol, police officers came across a man in handcuffs that …
Grenade attack on two police officers in Monterrey
09/07/2010 – Early this morning unidentified personnel attacked two unsuspecting police officers at a local store on Bernardo Reyes Avenue in Monterrey. A grenade was aimed at the two members …
Former mayor of Tampico kidnapped
08/03/10 – The former mayor of Tampico, Fernando Azcárraga López, was kidnapped yesterday by an armed group of individuals while he was exiting a restaurant in Tamaulipas. López, who is …
Obama supports Felipe Calderón’s opposition to drug legalization as a way to decrease drug related violence
08/03/10 – During the Eighth U.S.-Mexico Bi-National Drug Demand Reduction Policy Meeting (Encuentro Binacional México-Estados Unidos en Materia de Cooperación en Materia de Reducción en la Demanda en el Consumo …
There was a second survivor in the recent massacre of 72 people in Tamaulipas
09/02/10 – This Tuesday evening, Ecuador’s president, Rafael Correa, revealed that there was a second survivor from the recent killings of 72 immigrants in México in the state of Tamaulipas. …
State Government of Tamaulipas considers cancelling festivals due to violence
09/02/10 – As a byproduct of heighted recent violence, the State government of Tamaulipas is considering implementing the cancellation of various Independence Day festivities. In conjunction with the Bicentennial of Mexico, …
Calderón addresses the IV Presidential Report
09/02/10 – In his national address regarding the IV Presidential Report, President Felipe Calderón stated it was possible to effectively combat the problems the country faces, specifically the drug violence, …
11 associates of “La Barbie” were arrested in Colombia
09/01/10 – Following the arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias La Barbie, eleven people were detained in Colombia for having worked closely with Villarreal. The arrests were made in various …
Noroeste newspaper installations attacked
09/01/10 – Early this morning, unknown individuals shot at the Noroeste newspaper installations at the port of Mazatlán, Sinaloa. No casualties were reported. According to a report disseminated by authorities, …
12-hour gunfight between military officers and an armed commando leaves 7 dead and 7 injured
08/31/10 – The Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional –Sedena) reported the death of six gunmen and one soldier, as well as the injury of five other …