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Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias La Barbie, captured
08/31/10 – The Federal Police (Policía Federal –PF) captured and presented Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias La Barbie, this Monday in the Estado de México (Mexico State). He had been hiding …
Eight are killed by Molotov cocktails in Cancún
08/31/10 – Eight people, six women and two men, were killed early Tuesday morning when an armed group attacked a bar located within a small inn known as Castillo del …
A mayor in Tamaulipas was shot and killed
08/30/10 – The mayor of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Marco Antonio Leal García, was killed by an armed group this past Sunday afternoon. García was driving back home after spending the weekend …
Leader of Los Zetas in Monterrey was captured
08/30/10 – Juan Francisco Zapata Gallegos, whose aliases are “el Billy” and “el Pelón” and was the leader of the organized crime group Los Zetas in the municipality of Monterrey, …
3,200 Mexican federal police agents were fired
08/30/10 – The federal Secretariat of Public Security (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública – SSP) announced today that they had fired 3,200 elements of the force due to their failing of …
Mexican Government Reveals Distribution of Drug Violence
08/28/10 —On Friday, the Mexican government reported that 80% of the 28,000 drug killings from 2006 through July 31 have been concentrated in just 6% of the country’s 2,456 municipalities. These …
Fourteen people were executed in the city of Acapulco
08/27/10 – Fourteen men were found executed in different areas of Acapulco, Guerrero. The victims appeared to have been executed by gunfire. All fourteen bodies were found blindfolded and with …
A car bomb exploded outside of a Televisa news station in Ciudad Victoria
08/27/10 – In Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, two bombs exploded overnight in two different areas of the city. The first explosion occurred in front of the local Televisa news station; the …
The Superior Auditor of Mexico says there is no way for dirty money to enter the government
08/26/10 – At the conclusion of his presentation for the seventh National Week of Transparency, the Superior Auditor of México, Juan Manuel Portal, stated that there is no way to …
Six minors taken from a Rehabilitation center in Nuevo León by armed commando
08/26/10 – In the early hours of today a heavily armed group of individuals stormed the Center for Detention and Rehabilitation of Minors (Centro de Internamiento y Readaptación Social de …