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Marines in Mexico detain 35 Veracruz police officers
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Mexico's marines on Monday said they detained 35 Veracruz state police officers who were allegedly working for the Zetas drug cartel. In a short statement, authorities said the police officers were detained Saturday in two groups, 16 at the... -
Mexico captures top Zetas drug lord, in major blow to cartel
World NowMexico's navy has captured Ivan Velazquez Caballero, a.k.a. "Zeta-50," a top leader of a faction of the recently divided Zetas drug cartel, in an operation in the city of San Luis Potosi.... -
Mexico's Monterrey still ranks as top city, despite violence
World NowHow can Mexico’s “most modern” and “most prosperous” city also be one of its most dangerous? That is the contradiction that often plays out in this country of great wealth and crippling poverty, of record tourism and... -
Dismembered bodies of 14 reported dumped in northern Mexico
World NowThe dismembered remains of 14 people were found Thursday in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, home to a bloody turf war between drug traffickers.... -
Two killed in car bomb in Mexico; second such attack in a week
World NowA car bomb exploded early Tuesday outside the home of the top security official in the state of Tamaulipas, a region that borders Texas and has been a violent battleground for drug cartels. Two police agents were killed and seven police and civilians... -
Mexico political party suspends former official in drug-money scandal
World NowMEXICO CITY -- The political party expected to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election sought Wednesday to distance itself from a former high-ranking official embroiled in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering scandal. Tomas Yarrington, a former... -
Mexican army says Zetas behind killing of 49 in northern Mexico
World NowMexican officials said top leaders of the Zetas gang ordered the killings of 49 people whose mutilated bodies were dumped in northern Mexico last weekend.... -
Prison battle in Mexico leaves at least 31 inmates dead
World NowAt least 31 inmates were killed and another dozen injured in pitched fighting inside a prison in Mexico's cartel-dominated Tamaulipas state, authorities said.... -
Mexico authorities say bodies of 14 men dumped in Nuevo Laredo
World NowAuthorities in the northern Mexico city of Nuevo Laredo report discovering the remains of 14 men in a vehicle near City Hall.... -
Texan warns Obama: Mexican cartels 'spilling over' border
Nation NowAbbott cited a "deadly shootout" involving "cartel operatives" last weekend in the town of Elsa, about 250 miles south of San Antonio, in which a Hidalgo County sheriff's deputy was shot three times. Sheriff's officials have said the deputy was wearing... -
Mexican cartels splinter, branch out as drug war rages
La PlazaThe news just gets grimmer in Mexico as the drug war nears the end of its fifth year and claims more and more innocent lives. On Thursday, gunmen burst into a casino in the northern city of Monterrey and set fire to the place, killing more than 50 people,... -
Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Mexico City, Mexico, Organized Crime, Defendants, Firearms
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