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Alberto Mendoza Contreras, Beltrán Leyva drug cartel leader, faces criminal proceedings
The Federal Attorney General’s Office (La Procuraduría General de la República –PGR) took penal action against four members of the Beltrán Leyva drug cartel organization. Amongst those being charged is …
Murder by hanging in Guadalajara
At around 10:30pm local time in Guadalajara, a body was found hanging from an overpass above the road Chapala. Initially, investigators thought it was a suicide; but a further look …
Six die after a drug rehabilitation center in Juarez is attacked
Yesterday evening an armed commando attacked the Integral Clinic Against Addictions (Clínica Integral Contra Las Adicciones), a drug rehabilitation center in the Mexican city of Juarez, Chihuahua, killing six individuals, …
Army accused of lying about the death of two minors by Mexico’s National Commission of Human Rights
The National Commission of Human Rights (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos –CNDH) determined that the deaths of Martín and Bryan Almanza Salazar, nine and five years of age, were a …
Navy elements attacked in Acapulco
Elements from Mexico’s Navy (Secretaría de Marina-Armada) force faced off with a group of armed individuals who were hiding in the inside of a house in the housing estate of …
Five are executed in Nuevo Leon; four were police
Early Wednesday morning five dead bodies were found executed in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon. There were three men, one of which was beheaded, and two women. The head of the decapitated …
Eznel Cortés Jiménez captured by Federal Police
The Federal Secretariat of Public Security (Secretaria de Seguridad Pública – SSP) announced the capture Eznel Cortés Jiménez, a major drug operator for Edgar Valdez Villareal, along with six other …
Indigenous group frees a group of journalists in Michoacán
An indigenous group armed with machetes detained thirteen journalists invited on a promotional trip for tourism in Michoacán, as well as eight employees from a publicity company who planned on …
Confrontation between inmates leaves 29 dead in Sinaloa
The secretary of Public Security for Sinaloa (secretaria de Seguridad Pública de Sinaloa), Josefina García Ruiz, told the Mexican radio station Radio Fórmula that a confrontation between inmates in a …
El Universal claims Friday, June 11 as bloodiest day in Mexico
According to El Universal, 85 people lost their lives on Friday – marking it as the bloodiest day in Mexico. The previous record was on January 12, 2009 when 69 …