Alleged Shooters of Canadian Man Arrested by Mexican Authorities
Region: Mexico
Two men have been arrested for the murder of a Canadian resident in the Hotel Riu Santa Fe in Cabo San Lucas on May 15. Ricardo Cruz Pineda, 35, originally from Acapulco, and Frank Jule Sandoval, 48, from Los Angeles, were taken into custody Wednesday, June 18, according to the Baja, California newspaper, el Sudcaliforniano. Naturalized Canadian resident Bou Bounthavorn Ingo, 29, originally from Laos, was shot by... more
Views: 2421Buying Liquid Gold in Mexico
Region: Mexico
Some Americans are now crossing the Mexican border with empty containers in their trunk. When they return, the jugs are filled with what's becoming a popular purchase from Mexico. No, it's not cerveza or tequila. It's gasoline. "I go to Wal-Mart and buy 5-gallon jugs," one shopper said. "I also bought some 12 1/2 gallon containers and I try to arrive with an empty tank.” What would motivate a driver to mak... more
Views: 1874Mexico Rejects Merida Initiative
Region: Mexico
Balking at the strings attached to US aid, the Mexican government is saying no thanks to the Merida Initiative. The $1.4 billion drug-fighting plan for Mexico and Central America includes helicopters and encrypted communication devices. But the US Congress has attached conditions to $350 to $400 million of the Initiative going to Mexico. Democrats are asking for guarantees that Mexican police and military will no... more
Views: 1541Murder Hit List Publicly Displayed in Chihuahua City
Region: Mexico
Twenty-one Mexican police officers were notified in a very public way on Sunday that they’re on a murder hit list. The Gente Nueva (New People) gang printed their names in bold, black ink on three banners, then hung the banners on road bridges in Chihuahua City in northern Mexico. This gang, relatively new, apparently broke away from the Gulf cartel in eastern Mexico, according to a pol... more
Views: 3169Recent E-Mail Puts Mexican Authorities On High Alert For The Weekend
Region: MexicoIn the recent news reports, things have not fared well for Mexico’s law enforcement as several high-profile figures have ended up dead. At some of Mexico’s border towns, they have become the locations of bloody gun battles with gangs and drug cartels. Recently, an e-mail sent gives a warning that over the weekend, the border down of Ciudad Juarez will be part of the statistic. However, it is not uncommo... more
Views: 1053Entire Police Forces Defecting in Mexico
Region: Mexico
The question in Mexico’s Calderon-declared war against drug cartel violence is, who’s winning? The good guys or the bad guys? Which brings up another question: How do you tell the good guys from the bad guys? Hint: You can’t go by their uniforms. The answer to these questions is so problematic that some city police forces are simply running for their lives. It’s one thing to protect th... more
Views: 1999Canadian Tourist Killed in Mexican resort
Region: Mexico
When 29-year-old Vancouver resident Bouabal Bounthavorn answered the door at the Hotel Riu, a five-star hotel in Cabo San Lucas, he tussled with a lone gunman, who then fired three shots into his head, killing him. His girlfriend, 24-year-old Masha Heikali, was shot in the foot and is recovering in British Columbia. Cabo San Lucas is a resort city at the southern tip of the Baja Peninsula. Violence to Canadian ... more
Views: 3715Beheadings, Cop Murders and 3 Reporter Attacks
Region: MexicoTHE BORDER REPORT Three reporters for the Culiacán daily, El Debate, were attacked by federal preventive police yesterday. One of the reporters was forced into a police car and held for ten minutes with a gun to his head. The attack tops off a deadly week of murder in Sinaloa, with six cops killed, gunfights exploding outside the state capital and cops running scared. “They told me, you don’t know ... more
Views: 3565Drug Lord Throws Party in Mexico From Inside US Prison Cell
Region: Mexico
THE BORDER REPORT For years, Mexico’s narco-traffickers have feared one thing more than any: extradition to the United States. In the U.S. prison system, the thinking goes, these guys are rendered impotent, away from their castles, their money and their connections. Then Grandpa Cocá threw a little party. (Photos and tip courtesy of my friends at Vanguardia on the Gulf Coast. ¡Saludos, cabr... more
Views: 2573Another Mexican Journalist Kidnapped, A Second Threatened
Region: Mexico
BORDERREPORTER.COM The rats are growing bolder in southern Sonora, specifically the major NAFTA city of Ciudad Obregón, where a radio reporter was released yesterday after being kidnapped the day before. Unknown abductors came for Laura Elena Ochoa Wednesday afternoon, forcing her into a maroon Jeep Cherokee, blindfolding her and holding her for more than a day, before releasing her in the hills outside the cit... more
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