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Who is Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, dreaded drug lord known as 'friend killer'

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the notorious drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, has returned to Mexico after serving a 14-year prison sentence in the United States, CBS News has reported. Known by his chilling nickname, El Mata Amigos, Cárdenas Guillén is infamous for his brutal methods and leadership of one of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations. Under Cárdenas …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Detectan 24 cámaras de narcotraficantes en postes de ciudad fronteriza de México

LA Times

ARCHIVO - Un hombre anda en bicicleta el 29 de julio de 2010 cerca del cruce fronterizo de San Luis Río Colorado, en el estado de Sonora, México. Veinticuatro cámaras de vigilancia instaladas por narcotraficantes en postes telefónicos y de luz en la ciudad mexicana de San Luis Río Colorado han sido incautadas, anunciaron autoridades el viernes. Fiscales de Sonora …

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4 months ago

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors finally won convictions — and 50-year prison sentences — Wednesday against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the 2010-2011 massacre of 122 passengers who were pulled off passing buses and forced to fight each other to the death with sledgehammers. Prosecutors in Tamaulipas state said at the time that members of the now-splintered Zetas cartel began …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s largest convenience store chain will reopen 191 stores in border city hit by gang threats

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s largest convenience store chain said Friday it will reopen 191 stores in the border city of Nuevo Laredo that it had closed last week because of drug cartel threats. “We had incidents in stores that consisted of them demanding we give them certain information, and they even abducted two colleagues to enforce this demand,” Roberto Campa, …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and business leaders in Mexico

Associated Press

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Even Mexico’s largest corporations are now being hit by demands from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the sale, distribution and pricing of certain goods. “Charging extortion payments has practically become the national sport in Tamaulipas.” The problem came to a head when the Femsa corporation, which operates Oxxo, Mexico’s largest chain of …

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5 months, 1 week ago

At least 200 crocodiles crawl into cities as heavy rains hit northern Mexico, near Texas

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, state and federal authorities said this week. Authorities said the heavy rains raised water levels in coastal lagoons, leading the animals to crawl into cities …

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6 months ago

Alberto today, Beryl tomorrow. How do hurricanes and big storms get their names?

LA Times

Beach furniture strewn along Miramar beach in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state is recovered after Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall. Meteorologists dubbed it “Alberto,” the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico hurricane season. Following Alberto, the next in line for 2024 are: Beryl Chris Debby Ernesto Francine Gordon Helene Isaac Joyce Kirk Leslie Milton Nadine Oscar Patty …

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6 months ago

Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead

Hindustan Times

By Sarah Morland and Stephanie Hamel Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead MEXICO CITY -The outer edges of Tropical Storm Alberto began to unleash heavy rains over parts of northeastern Mexico near the U.S. border late on Wednesday as the large tropical system closed in on the Gulf coast, killing at least three …

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6 months ago

Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead

Hindustan Times

By Sarah Morland and Stephanie Hamel Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead MEXICO CITY, - The outer edges of Tropical Storm Alberto began to unleash heavy rains over parts of northeastern Mexico near the U.S. border late on Wednesday as the large tropical system closed in on the Gulf coast, killing at least …

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6 months ago

Tropical Storm Alberto deals death, disappointment to rain-starved northeast Mexico

LA Times

Beach furniture is strewn along Miramar Beach in Tampico, Mexico, after Tropical Storm Alberto made landfall. Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, weakened Thursday as it moved inland over northeast Mexico after bringing heavy rains to parts of the parched region and leaving at least three dead. But forecasters said heavy rain amounting to several inches was still …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

A Houston woman applied for a green card. She was banned from the U.S. for a decade.

Raw Story

This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune. it's not something that anyone should go through if they want to get legal status in the U.S.,” said Naimeh Salem, an immigration attorney in Houston who recently took González’s case. Why can’t we make it possible for them to become permanent residents?” Guadalupe González, her 66-year-old mother, said it weighs on …

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8 months ago

2 mayoral candidates killed in Mexico, bringing the number slain so far to 17

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Two mayoral candidates in Mexico were found dead Friday, bringing to 17 the number of contenders slain in the lead-up to the June 2 election. In Oaxaca, the state electoral board condemned the death of García, who went missing along with his wife — the current mayor of San José Independencia — earlier this week. The electoral …

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9 months ago

‘Dehumanizing’: Mexico’s president lashes out over Texas immigration law

LA Times

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday condemned a Texas law that would give state authorities broad powers to arrest foreigners suspected of illegally crossing from Mexico into Texas. After a day of back-and-forth court decisions that had left the law in effect for just hours, the Mexican president labeled the Texas statute “dehumanizing” and “anti-Christian.” He declared that …

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11 months ago

Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed Americans

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two of them in March 2023. The public safety department of the border state of Tamaulipas said the suspect was arrested in the neighboring state of Nuevo Leon, and identified him as “La Kena.” That was …

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1 year, 1 month ago

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico

Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — A court in Mexico sentenced 11 former police officers to 50 years in prison each for the 2021 slayings of 17 migrants and two Mexican citizens, authorities said Tuesday. It later came out that the state police officers involved in the killings knew their shell casing might give them away, so they apparently picked them up. The …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Este es el músico más nominado al Latin Grammy, y no le importa que no lo conozcas

LA Times

No lo encontrarás sobre un escenario como intérprete, pero es la persona que tiene más nominaciones para la ceremonia del Latin Grammy que se llevará a cabo el 16 de noviembre en la ciudad española de Sevilla. Yo quiero hacer lo mismo en la industria latina: que me conozca el que me tiene que conocer, es decir, los artistas, los …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Online asylum appointments halted at Laredo, Texas, border crossing

LA Times

U.S. asylum seekers being returned by U.S. authorities under the so-called Remain in Mexico program are escorted by a Mexican migration agent as they walk back into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The Biden administration said Tuesday that the reason it has halted online asylum appointments at the international crossing in Laredo, Texas, was because of the “security situation” across the border …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Mexico investigating soldiers involved in ‘execution’ of five men

Al Jazeera

President Lopez Obrador says that extrajudicial killings cannot be permitted and that the soldiers involved will face justice. Mexican prosecutors are investigating what President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called the “execution” of five men in an incident that has sparked outrage from human rights observers. 🔴 URGENTE | Malos tratos y militares disparando a civiles: un vídeo muestra una aparente …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Video of kidnap Americans entering Mexico emerges as five suspects turned in by Gulf cartel confirmed arrested

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests

News 18

Mexican authorities have arrested five people over the deadly kidnapping of a group of Americans, after the suspects were left in the street with their hands tied by alleged cartel members, officials said Friday. The two survivors, one of whom suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, were returned to the United States on Tuesday via a land border crossing, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

What happened to the four Americans ensnared in a deadly Mexico cartel kidnapping?

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members

The Independent

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1 year, 9 months ago

Is it safe to travel to Mexico for medical tourism?

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1 year, 9 months ago

Photos show rescue of two American tourists from drug cartel stash house as dead friends identified

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Who is Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, dreaded drug lord known as 'friend killer'

Detectan 24 cámaras de narcotraficantes en postes de ciudad fronteriza de México

Mexico convicts 11 cartel gunmen in killings of 122 bus passengers near US border over 2 years

Mexico’s largest convenience store chain will reopen 191 stores in border city hit by gang threats

Extortion and gang violence are hitting even big corporations and business leaders in Mexico

At least 200 crocodiles crawl into cities as heavy rains hit northern Mexico, near Texas

Alberto today, Beryl tomorrow. How do hurricanes and big storms get their names?

Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead

Strengthening Storm Alberto takes aim at Mexico's Gulf coast, at least three dead

Tropical Storm Alberto deals death, disappointment to rain-starved northeast Mexico

A Houston woman applied for a green card. She was banned from the U.S. for a decade.

2 mayoral candidates killed in Mexico, bringing the number slain so far to 17

‘Dehumanizing’: Mexico’s president lashes out over Texas immigration law

Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed Americans

11 ex-police officers sentenced in 2021 killings of 17 migrants and 2 others in northern Mexico

Este es el músico más nominado al Latin Grammy, y no le importa que no lo conozcas

Online asylum appointments halted at Laredo, Texas, border crossing

Mexico investigating soldiers involved in ‘execution’ of five men

Video of kidnap Americans entering Mexico emerges as five suspects turned in by Gulf cartel confirmed arrested

Mexico Kidnapping and Killing of US Citizens Case: Diplomatic Rift Ensues despite Five Arrests

What happened to the four Americans ensnared in a deadly Mexico cartel kidnapping?

Mexican drug cartel ‘apologises’ for deadly kidnapping of four Americans, blaming rogue members

Is it safe to travel to Mexico for medical tourism?

Photos show rescue of two American tourists from drug cartel stash house as dead friends identified