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Drug Killings in Mexico Become Routine
Region: Mexico
The number of drug-related killings in Mexico is increasing so exponentially that they're almost not news. The latest is right out of a Hollywood gangster movie: A Mexican police chief and his three bodyguards gunned... more
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Bullets Fly in Palomas Despite Police Presence
Region: New Mexico
Five more people have been gunned down in Palomas, the Mexico town bordering Columbus, New Mexico. News coming out of Palomas is sketchy, but New Mexico Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos confirmed that father and son Arnol... more
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Tijuana Shootout Leaves 13 Dead
Region: Mexico
The shooting began before dawn today. As several vehicles barreled along one of Tijuana’s main thoroughfares, triggermen fired rifles and automatic weapons at each other in a wild and bloody Hollywood-style shootout.... more
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Baby among 14 gunned down in Creel, Mexico
Region: Mexico
The relative tranquility of the picturesque mountain town of Creel, a common starting place for people visiting Mexico's famed Copper Canyon, was shattered Saturday, Aug. 16 when gunmen mowed down 14 people, including a on... more
Views: 1607Mexicans Seek Asylum From Drug Violence
Region: Mexico
When Palomas, Mexico, police chief Emilio Perez dashed across the US border in April, fearing drug traffickers would kill him, he was one of many people in Mexico who have sought asylum as drug violence reaches unprecedent... more
Views: 896Severed Heads Reflect Grisly "Marketing" Savvy
Region: Mexico
Drug cartel killers are taking a page from the marketing techniques of today’s publicity machines, “advertising” their grisly activities in messages accompanying bodies and decapitated heads. The... more
Views: 764Juarez backyard yields a grisly discovery
Region: Mexico
Mexican officials in Cuidad Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas, found more than they bargained for when they raided a house for drugs in the La Cuesta section of the city earlier this month. As of March 14, they... more
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