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Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
1 week, 1 day ago

Mexico arrests more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses

Associated Press  

MEXICO CITY — Authorities in two states in southern Mexico arrested more than 100 local police officers Monday for various abuses and offenses, adding to the long list of police corruption scandals in the country. In the largest of the two incidents, 92 municipal police officers in the southern state of Chiapas were arrested after they tried to stop state …

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Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Gang violence in Mexico: 19 bodies discovered in latest grisly find

LA Times  

Social media users in Mexico have been circulating a video featuring especially grisly images: a tangle of bloodied bodies, some in tactical gear, lying in a dump truck. This week, Mexican authorities said they discovered 19 bodies on an isolated dirt road, the latest deaths in a brutal trafficking war that has convulsed Mexico’s poorest and southernmost state. “The traffic …

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Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Bullets before ballots: Dozens of Mexican candidates have been killed as cartels seek more control

LA Times  

Noé Ramos was chatting with voters, sharing breakfast with supporters of his mayoral reelection bid in his hometown in northern Mexico. On Wednesday, the last official day of the Mexican campaign, another mayoral candidate was killed — in the western state of Guerrero, among Mexico’s most violent. The killings this cycle, documented by human rights groups and others, haven’t reached …

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Assailants attack police station in Mexico as search continues for 16 abducted police employees
1 year, 5 months ago

Assailants attack police station in Mexico as search continues for 16 abducted police employees

Associated Press  

TAPACHULA, Mexico — Assailants tossed at least one explosive device at a police station in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas, police said Wednesday, as a massive search continued for 16 police employees abducted at gunpoint on a local highway. that the groups clash.” López Obrador said the men worked at a local prison, apparently as guards or administrative staff, …

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Mexico vigilantes ‘El Machete’ kidnap 21 and burn mountain town in Chiapas
3 years, 4 months ago

Mexico vigilantes ‘El Machete’ kidnap 21 and burn mountain town in Chiapas

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A couple of hundred armed men from “El Machete”, …

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