Mexico arrests drug trafficker wanted for 1,500 murders
August 1st, 2011 - 11:52 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 1 (IANS/EFE) A high-level member of a drug cartel wanted for at least 1,500 murders in Mexico's Chihuahua state has been arrested, authorities said Sunday.Jose Antonio Acosta ... Read more...
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Five bullet-riddled bodies found on Mexican highway
December 31st, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) Five bullet-riddled bodies were found on a rural highway in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, officials said.Residents of the town of Sainapuchi notified police Wednesday ... Read more...
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Mexican city’s lone police officer kidnapped
December 28th, 2010 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) The only police officer in Guadalupe, a border town in northern Mexico, was kidnapped last week, authorities said.Erika Gandara was abducted Thursday by gunmen from her ... Read more...
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Gunmen storm rehab center, kill 13 in Mexico border city
October 25th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by BNO News
TIJUANA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- At least 13 people were killed after suspected drug cartel members burst into a drug rehabilitation center in the northwestern Mexican city of Tijuana on Sunday night, ... Read more...
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Mexican authorites capture drug lord Sergio Villarreal Barragan “el Grande”
September 13th, 2010 - 8:28 pm ICT by BNO News
PUEBLA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- One of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers, Sergio Villarreal Barragan, also known as "el Grande," was captured on Sunday, local authorities confirmed on Monday.Two Navy vehicles blocked ... Read more...
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Mexican drug cartel hiring “pretty young hit women” to surprise rivals
August 18th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 18 (ANI): A Mexican drug gang is reportedly hiring "pretty young women" to carry out killings to surprise its enemies.Rogelio Amaya, a suspected member of the vicious gang, has revealed ... Read more...
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Former Governor of Mexican State extradited to the US for involvement with the Juarez Cartel
May 11th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) – The former Governor of Quintana Roo, Mexico was extradited to the United States for conspiring to import hundreds of tons of cocaine and laundering millions of ... Read more...
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Two Mexicans wanted for 45 murders held
November 18th, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Nov 18 (EFE) Two drug-cartel hit men wanted for 45 killings were arrested by soldiers in this northern border city, Mexican authorities said.
Soldiers tracked down the hit men after ... Read more...
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Texan financier Stanford was ‘US government informer’
May 11th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 11 (ANI): Texan financier and cricket promoter Sir Allen Stanford, who has been accused of a eight billion dollar bank fraud, is known to have worked as a US ... Read more...
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Major drug kingpin held in Mexico
April 3rd, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 3 (EFE) Mexican authorities have arrested a dreaded drug cartel kingpin, who is known as the "lord of the skies" for his fleet of aircraft.
Vicente Carrillo Leyva, son of ... Read more...
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Mexican beauty queen gets 40-day jail time after drug bust
December 27th, 2008 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 27 (ANI): A 23-year-old Mexican beauty queen has been jailed for 40 days after she was arrested with an alleged Ciudad Juarez drug cartel leader and a group of ... Read more...
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Mexican beauty queen arrested over drug mafia nexus
December 24th, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 24 (ANI): A Mexican beauty queen and international pageant winner has become embroiled in a scandal for her possible involvement with violent drugs gangs.Laura Zuniga, the 23-year-old Miss Sinaloa, ... Read more...
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