From tuteve.tv on June 26, 2013- According to a new World Drug Trade report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, although the production of cannabis resin is concentrated in Morocco and Afghanistan, the United States and Mexico seizes nearly 70% of marijuana globally. The report also highlights the difficulty of presenting an overview of the situation because marijuana grows worldwide. In 2011, North America seized 69% of the 5,700 tonnes of cannabis seized worldwide. Also, in South America in 2011 seizures increased by 46%. Read Article
From Red Noticiero on June 25, 2013- Soldiers from the Mexican Army were on a routine patrol on a road that connects Petatlán to the village of La Palma when they noticed some plant matter that looked like marijuana. Upon checking the area, the soldiers found 10 kilos of marijuana, 300 grams of marijuana seeds, […]
On June 19, 2013 El Occidental reported on a recent study by the Multisystems Industrial Security Group, which concluded that 80% of kidnappers in Mexico know their victims. According to the study, kidnapping is not performed solely for economic purposes, but also to commit other crimes such as human trafficking, sexual exploitation and organ trafficking. […]
On June 17, 2013 Proceso reported that while human trafficking occurs virtually throughout Mexico, 13 Mexican cities have recently been identified as possessing the highest incidence of trafficking. According to a report prepared by the Center for Studies and Research in Social Development and Assistance (CEIDAS), six of the cities are on the northern border […]
From lainformacion.com on June 16, 2013- Guatemalan security forces discovered a stash of cocaine that was found in secret compartments in three vehicles when driving near the Mexican border. The cocaine amounted to 14 kilos and was seized along with the arrest of seven people including one woman and one minor. The seizure took place […]
On June 18, 2013 Milenio reported that Monterrey is now second only to Cancún in terms of the Mexican cities experiencing the highest increase in human trafficking. Half of the trafficking victims are in transit and later moved to other cities. Those who are kept in the Monterrey come mostly from other states, especially in […]
From CRIonline on June 13, 2013- Mexican Federal Police found 30 packets of cocaine amounting to 17 kilos hidden in the fender of a car in the Mezcalapa, Chiapas. Authorities were alerted when the car, driven by Nicolás Gutiérrez Gracián, did not stop at a checkpoint. Gracián and his partner Erika Liliana Córdoba Gutiérrez were […]
On June 12, 2013 América Noticias reported that Mexican authorities have arrested 12 suspects in connection with the murder of 11 young women whose remains were found last year near Juárez. The detainees include drug dealers, pimps and small business owners. In addition to drug trafficking charges, they are accused of forcing young girls into […]
U.S. Border Patrol records show that undocumented Central American immigrants, particularly Guatemalans, crossing the Arizona border during fiscal year 2013 increased considerably. From Oct. 1 to May 1, the arrests of 14,198 undocumented Central American immigrants were reported, 2,873 more than during the same period of fiscal year 2012, data of the Border Patrol’s Tucson […]
A local woman gave birth to a child Monday while crossing the international border back into the United States from Mexico. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, a 20-year-old U.S. citizen, whose identity has not been released to the public, went into labor while waiting to cross the border along with her two siblings […]
From El Imparcial on June 10, 2013- In the past three months the National Defense Secretary has reported that more vehicles, rifles, pistols, and money have been seized from drug traffickers in Sonora. So far this year, 93 vehicles have been seized. 34 long guns have been seized along with 31 handguns in April alone. […]
elblogdelnarco.com reported…….We closed the blog in retaliation as my partner was allegedly by an armed levatado the news broadcasts do not let @ EPN and narco blame us It seems that the threats made by the drug or the government have taken effect and its disappearance has today published June 6, 2013. Editor and creator […]
Big Bend is a massive national park in West Texas that few will ever visit. The park, despite its natural beauty, will never draw in tourists the way Yellowstone or other parks do. Only around 200,000 to 350,000 visitors travel to the park annually, making it one of the least visited national parks in the […]
On May 30, 2013 La Nacion reported that Costa Rican Deputy Minister of the Interior Freddy Montero was not surprised by a recent report by Mexican newspaper “El Universal” denouncing organ transplant tourism in Costa Rica. However, Montero stated that, so far, Costa Rica has been working well to prevent this crime, and mentioned a […]
On May 28, 2013 El Diario reported the sentencing of Aurelio Carlos Camacho Gutiérrez and María del Socorro F. on charges of trafficking and rape of a young girl. The sentenced criminals were the godfather and mother of the victim, respectively. The girl was 7 at the time the weekly assaults first began. The victim’s […]
From Lainformacion.com on May 25, 2013- To suspected Mexican drug traffickers were detained by security forces in the Guatemalan town of Tecún Umán, along the Mexican border. The two suspects, Juan Carlos Gaixola and Joel Mario Carrillo Gómez, were caught transporting 29 tons of metal that contained precursor chemicals to make synthetic drugs. In addition […]
From Lainformacion.com on May 26, 2013- Mexican police found and dismantled two laboratories used for the production of synthetic drugs in the towns of Parácuaro and Aguililla in the state of Michoacán. In the first incident, police found various containers used for drugs in an apparent state of neglect. Police also found more than a […]
On May 27, 2013 Azteca Noticias reported that Mexican authorities are investigating newspaper ads offering massages and sexual services, on suspicion that the advertising is being used by criminal organizations for the purpose of sexual exploitation. According to the human trafficking division’s chief prosecutor, Juana Camila Bautista Rebollar, these unlawful and misleading ads are being […]
Six Hondurans and a Cuban who targeted migrants for kidnapping were arrested in the state of Guanajuato, in central Mexico, Mexico’s Municipal Office of Public Security reported Sunday. Enrique Ramírez Saldaña, director of public security at the municipality of Irapuato, said a Honduran man who was abducted managed to escape from the gang after being […]
A judge from the East Detention Center in the Federal District has sentenced Lino Flores Merino to 10 years and three months in prison for forcing a young woman into prostitution in Cuauhtémoc. The Attorney General for the Federal District also stated that Lino Flores Merino had been found guilty of trafficking in persons, for […]
KPHO.com reported a A Goodyear, Arizona couple traveled to Mexico last week to attend a family funeral. The trip back to Arizona has turned into a nightmare – and it’s not over yet. The wife is in a Mexican jail right now accused of smuggling marijuana. CBS5 News spoke with the husband’s brother-in-law Saturday. Brandon […]
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From peru.com on May 24, 2013- Police in Tarapoto seized 40 kilos of cocaine after receiving a tip that a truck transporting drugs would be passing through the area. The shipment of drugs originated in Tocache and its final destination was Mexico. The 40 kilos of cocaine were hidden inside bottles that were stored in […]
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From rtve.es on May 24, 2013- During the VII Summit of the Pacific Alliance, Spanish representative, Mariano Rajoy, urged the member states of the Alliance (Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Chile) to cooperate on a wide range of issues including the fight against drug trafficking. As a representative from an observer state, Rajoy offered the Spanish […]
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May 22, 2013- Tijuana Press reported that agents of the State Preventative Police (PEP) seized over a thousand cartridges of various calibers in addition to AK-47s, AR-15s, and 9mms. Weapon accessories were also seized including tactical equipment, sirens, and strobes. 410 grams of “ice” were also seized. During the raid, four people were arrested including […]
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Infobaei.com reported on May 22, 2013 that Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto sent at least 4,000 soldiers and 1,000 police to the Mexican state of Michoacán to restore peace to the troubled state. The fight against drug traffickers in Michoacán began in 2006 under President Felipe Calderón. The Minister of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio […]
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On May 21, 2013 Criterio Hidalgo reported that a San Diego court has sentenced a married couple from Oaxaca, Mexico to 20 years prison for sexual exploitation and forced labor. Marcial García Hernández and Ines Garcia Martinez were found guilty of sexually exploiting their niece, Isabel. The girl, now 24 years old, had been brought […]
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According to El Heraldo on May 22, 2013 two Honduran men were arrested at the Red Bridge southwest of Saltillo for selling marijuana. This comes less than week after 6 other Hondurans were arrested in the same area for drug related crimes, including possession and possession for the purpose of sale of marijuana, and powder […]
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According to La Crónica on May 21, 2013 a fugitive from the United States and an undocumented person were arrested and drugs were seized at a border checkpoint between San Diego and Tijuana last week. The first incident began when Pedro García Hernández was detained at a pedestrian border crossing after a routine documentation check. […]
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According to Correo on May 22, 2013, municipal police in Pénjamo arrested 25 year old Juan Estrada Tapia for the possession of 20 packets of crystal meth after exhibiting suspicious behavior. During the arrest authorities also discovered 698,000 pesos in cash. Pénjamo authorities also seized a Honda motorcycle without plates that belonged to Estrada Tapia. […]
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Infobae.com reported on May 21, 2013 that 3.7 tons of cocaine were seized in Guayaquil. Ecuadorian Minister of the Interior, José Serrano said that the drugs seized have links to the Sinaloa Cartel. The operation named “Pirata” led to the seizure of 480 kilos of cocaine hydrochloride and another operation called “Caneca” resulted in 250 […]
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The Movement Against Mining Concessions Morelense urged the head of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Jose Guerra Abud, reject the environmental impact statement Esperanza Silver Canadian company to prevent the mining operating an open pit mine Tetlama, Morelos. At a press conference, Ignacio Suarez, a member of the movement, also lamented the […]
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La Prensa reported on May 20, 2013 that migrants along the U.S.-Mexican border are being used by the cartels for various purposes. One evening Gulf Cartel gunmen stormed a refugee center and captured 15 men, who were probably forced to serve as guards or mules for the criminal organization. The current U.S. immigration system designed […]
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Infobae.com reported on May 20, 2013 that the Organization of American State’s latest report on the drug problem in the Americas reveals that Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia, together, produce the entire world’s supply of cocaine. Recent Colombian successes in eradicating coca have diminished Colombian cocaine production, however, the amount of cocaine produced in Peru and […]
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Drug Traffickers Captured in Costa Rica with Ties to Mexico and Ecuador Prensa Latina reported on May 15, 2013 that the Drug Control Police (PCD) of Costa Rica arrested members of an international drug ring dedicated to the transfer of large shipments of cocaine from South America to the United States via the sea. Four […]
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em.com.br reported on May 17, 2013, a bilateral meeting between Mexican Foreign Minister, Jose Antonio Meade and Brazilian Foreign Minister, Antonio Patriota. The meeting’s agenda is an attempt to promote the unity of state oil companies, Petrobras and Pemex. The two ministers agree that Brazil and Mexico share a high interest in expanding trade relations […]
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Reported by sdpnoticias.com….”We have documented evidence that traffickers Salvadorans have a clear link with different structures operating in the region, including major drug cartels, including Los Zetas”. “All business is primarily controlled by Mexican drug cartels,” said Rocio Rodriguez, executive director of Alliance for Your Rights, an organization that fights sexual crimes that plague Central […]
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Bloomberg.com reported that Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. was accused by the buyers of its laboratory furniture factory in Reynosa, Mexico, of failing to disclose that the plant was “under siege” by the Gulf Cartel. OpenGate Capital Group LLC accused Thermo Fisher of fraudulent misrepresentation among other claims in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court […]
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Eluniverso.com reported that Manuel de Jesus Acosta Alvarado, Mexican apprehended Monday in the canton Santa Rosa, El Oro, in a police operation called Flurry, would be the head of a criminal drug-trafficking gang linked to the Sinaloa cartel, which last January was operating in the country and relationship with his countrymen would arrested on May […]
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The world’s number one kids’ beverage brand is entering another market in Latin America. After launching in Brazil in 2011, Capri-Sun is now also being produced and distributed in Mexico. Together with its Mexican license partner Grupo Jumex, Capri-Sun is counting on the proven worldwide appeal of the unique stand-up pouch together with four flavors […]
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A leading Mexican legislator wants to eliminate Mexico’s longstanding restrictions on foreigners buying property along the coast and the nation’s borders. For decades, foreigners have had to use real-estate trusts or Mexican front companies to buy beachfront properties, because of a law that prohibits them from directly owning such land. Read Article
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The Mexican girl who was found in El Salvador, after being kidnapped on April 1 in a location of your country, departed today to Mexico accompanied by Mexican authorities confirmed to Efe a spokesman for the Salvadoran Attorney. Valeria Hernandez de Jesus, after making all the necessary arrangements for their repatriation, “he returned to his […]
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Nochistlán. Approximately 15 kilometers from the county seat, the Mexican Army shelter four properties, among them a ranch and a house that had been enabled sites as narcolaboratorios in which it was possible to process up to 60,000 liters of chemicals to produce synthetic drugs. These properties, secured and guarded by the Mexican Army on […]
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Federal police use tear gas to clear Mexico teachers Hundreds of federal police cleared protesting teachers from the main highway between Mexico City and Acapulco after the demonstrators blocked the roadway for hours, causing a huge traffic backup. The teachers were protesting against an educational reform that will submit them to evaluation and loosen union […]
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Mexico City: Ministry of Public Security Forms Cyber-Crimes Task Force Mexican newspaper Proceso reported that the Ministry of Public Security (SSPDF) in Mexico City has recently formed a cyber-crimes task force to combat human trafficking, child pornography and internet fraud. The main purpose of the taskforce will be to combat criminals using the internet as […]
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A sophisticated airborne radar system developed to track Taliban fighters planting roadside bombs in Afghanistan has found a new use along the U.S. border with Mexico, where it has revealed gaps in security. Operated from a Predator surveillance drone, the radar system has collected evidence that Border Patrol agents apprehended fewer than half of the […]
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The state government is launching a new campaign against the erosion of beaches in the Yucatan Peninsula. Under the new program, the Urban Development and Environment Secretariat (Seduma), with the help of universities, plans to conduct tests in the sea and on land to determine the best way to transport sand to eroding beaches. Scientists […]
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The Chapala Lake’s water levels dropped by 22 centimeters (8.6 inches) in March, four times the drop in the same month last year, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua). Conagua said in a statement that the lake currently holds about 3.3 billion cubic meters (116.5 million cubic feet) of water, about 41.5 percent of […]
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One of the victims stated “crime out of control, police out of control” San Miguel de Allende now referred by some as San Miguel de Juarez. SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE, Guanajuato. -periodicocorreo.com.mx reported that two American women reported via a video, that were attacked by local police for a false but that they stole antiques, […]
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Michell Snowden Helen Connor U.S. citizens living in San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Earlier today been released in some media about an alleged attack on two American women, this following a video showing themselves – and Michell Snowden Helen Connor – denounce alleged assault and theft suffered by members of the […]
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univisionamerica.univision.com reported that Mexican cartels are sending some of their best members to live and work in the United States, strengthening its presence to enhance its control over the lucrative drug market in the world and increase profits, experts say. An extensive review of cases before the courts and government agencies information, interviews with senior […]
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According to cironline.org, it turns out that the Border Patrol catches more American citizens with drugs than it does Mexican couriers, according to an analysis of records obtained by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Three out of four people found with drugs by the border agency are U.S. citizens, the data show. Looked at another […]
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In a bizarre incident, hundreds of armed vigilantes have taken control of a town on a major highway in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero, arresting local police officers and searching homes after a vigilante leader was killed. Several opened fire on a car of Mexican tourists headed to the beach for Easter week. Members […]
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fronterasdesk.org reported that Mexico is a predominantly Catholic country, but the border city of Tijuana has always hosted a more diverse population of worshipers. In the last few years, one of the largest religions in the world has begun making inroads and building a presence there. Every day, at a small, nondescript building in Playas, […]
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A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has pleaded guilty to conspiracy, bringing in unauthorized immigrants for financial gain and bribery, federal prosecutors in San Diego said. Hector Rodriguez, 45, admitted at a court hearing Thursday that for almost two years he accepted bribes in exchange for allowing carloads of unauthorized immigrants at the […]
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A gunman burst into a bar in northern Mexico, killing three women and four men, officials said Friday. Carlos Gonzalez, spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutor’s office, said the victims were hit by several bullets by man armed with an AK-47. Two other people were injured in the attack. Read Article
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excelsior.com.mx reported that on early Thursday, staff Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Diamond area, reported to police that a guest had fallen from the tenth floor. The person who died was identified as Leonardo Garcia Estrada, 25, a hotel guest. So far it is unknown whether accidentally fell or was thrown.Therefore, staff of the Office of Justice […]
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milenio.com reported a tourist died by drowning in the beach hammocks this port, officials of the Ministry of Public Security of Guerrero. Mario Alberto Vigueras Contreras, a native of Guanajuato, became the first tourist who died by drowning in the Easter holiday period this year, officials said, reporting that the body was found at the […]
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Just start the season and two young students, known as springbreakers have been raped, according to complaints filed by the aggrieved. A list is added a Canadian tourist 34. According to estimates of the main operators in this segment as Best Day, it is expected that this season may arrive at Cancun to 40,000 spring […]
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Laura Dawn Penton, age 26, killed in motorcycle accident in Cozumel Mexico – Victim from Calgary Canada / Driving Honda motorcycle when she lost control – apparently hit her head on pavement and died. dqr.com.mx reported that a tourist was killed in a tragic way to skid on the motorcycle he was driving in a […]
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noticabos.org reported that yesterday, a young tourist named Samuel Joseph Levine, 21 years old, died of head trauma. Samuel had come to Los Cabos on March 17, from Los Angeles (USA), place of origin, and was due to return tomorrow. Was staying in a hotel near the beach in Cabo San Lucas. Police questioned his […]
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The arrest of two subjects in the Cancun International Airport who swallowed 60 capsules of drugs, (which until last night had driven) uncovered what could be a new drug trafficking route between Cancun and Italy. Christian Dante López Cordero and Alvarez were arrested by elements Fraire Federal Police before boarding a flight to Milan, Italy. […]
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omnia.com.mx reported that in the state of Chihuahua were 746 cases of tuberculosis in 2012, 14 percent of these people associated with diabetes and another 14. 2 percent that occurred in children. Only in 2012 there were 746 new cases of all forms of tuberculosis in the state of Chihuahua, this disease is a public […]
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The governments of Mexico and Brazil agreed on Monday to remove the short-stay visa for the passports of their citizens in order to facilitate migration between the two nations. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE), this measure is the result of agreements made by the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, and his […]
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A 23 year-old U.S. tourist alleged that she was sexually assaulted in the bathroom of the Desere discotheque in the Hotel Zone of Cancun, Mexico. She was transported to the Hospital Galenia around 4:40 am on Friday, March 15, 2013. According to dqr.com.mx, unofficial sources stated the victim had met several individuals, and was raped […]
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telegraph.co.uk reported……Seven people have been killed following a shooting in the popular Mexican seaside resort of Cancun. A further four were wounded in the incident, which took place at The Mermaid, a bar on the outskirts of the city centre. Cancun is currently filled with thousands of young American students enjoying “Spring Break”, but the […]
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eltiempo.com reported that the material was located in a vehicle that one of the rockets fell on. At least nine people were killed Friday in the town of Jesus Tepactepec, in the Mexican state of Tlaxcala, to operate a vehicle transporting fireworks during a religious festival. Mateos Jose Morales, director of Civil Protection of Tlaxcala […]
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“If the Vatican had acted when it found out about the crimes committed by Father Marcial Maciel, things would be different”, says Joaquín Aguilar, a Mexican child sex abuse victim. “He wouldn’t have been able to continue perpetrating these crimes until the end of his life.”
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Drugs cartels are silencing the Mexican press according to rnw.nl. More and more Mexican newspapers are deciding to stop reporting crime news. And drugs cartels are increasingly succeeding in influencing the editorial line of the Mexican media. Journalists, bloggers and editors who criticise the activities of organised crime groups face death, kidnapping, decapitation or mutilation……Read […]
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The National Union of Entrepreneurs of Mexico Pharmacy (Unefarm) reported growth in the supply of medicines cloned in the country that is now up 7.0 percent market share valued at 150 billion dollars and whose method of operation and extended to Internet sales. The council president, Oscar Zavala, asked the authorities to solve this problem […]
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Nogalesinternational.com reported……. Whether it’s due to long lines, visa costs or other reasons such as the lingering effects of the economic recession, legal border crossings through Nogales continue to decline, though at a slower pace than last year, according to recently released statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The total number of pedestrians and […]
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Nuevodia.com.mx reported that….Foour cardboard boxes with plastic drums filled with chemicals managed to take last Friday morning a group of thugs, a local company, allegedly for use in the production of synthetic drugs, police said Hall. This, said the spokesman of the corporation cajemense, was raised shortly before 09:00 hours when those services are located […]
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On or About March 5, 2013 / Main tourist zone According to frontera.info, despite maintaining surveillance Federal Police (PF) in Acapulco, a Canadian tourist couple was assaulted and beaten by three men who were traveling on a scooter by the Costera Miguel Aleman, across from the restaurant “El Zorrito”. According to the police report, a […]
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In Jalisco inhalant sale is available to anyone, including minors despite the risk of using them as a drug, so urgent that marketing be regulated in all municipalities in the state. The problem with municipalities is that, although health officials have insisted that they should limit this problem, “ignore”, Salvador Chavez said Joel Rivera, technical […]
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Playa del Carmen The police of Quintana Roo (PJE) served an arrest warrant against two municipal police officers allegedly responsible for the crime of rape committed against a resident of Italian origin. The uniformed Mardonius Guzman and Jose Manuel Enríquez Gómez Hernández were made available to the judge, on charges of rape and abuse of […]
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Among the “special danger zones” in northern Mexico Spain’s government asks its citizens to avoid include Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, border and mountain areas of that entity, Durango, Sinaloa and Sonora populations area lower Rio Grande Valley, the Texas border, Ciudad Victoria, rural and urban Tampico, Tamaulipas. Spain’s government advised its citizens traveling or living in […]
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www.scribd.com reported that Obama Closing Air Defense System on U.S./Mexico Border: Texas & America Vulnerableto Attack from Low Altitude Missiles and Aircraft Updates: Outrage Growing over Obama Cutting Homeland Security U.S. Border Air DefenseSystem (TARS)White House Petition Asks Obama Not to Shut Down TARS Air Defense System on Southern Border Call your Congressmen and Senators […]
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The discovery of three explosive devices called “explosive sausages”, about 30 cm long and 2 wide, located at the entrance of Hotel Guanajuato, a roadside Guanajuato, Dolores Hidalgo, mobilized the bodies of emergency in the capital to evict about 60 people inside the Aquatic Center CEDAF macro I.No reported injured….. Read Article
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John Thodos Jhason (sic) Hasson Thodos, 53 years old from Illinois jumped from the 13th floor of a Marina Vallarta hotel(hotel Club Regina), according to tribunadelabahia.com. He was located by his wife after he disappeared. He was transferred to a hospital but efforts to revive him were useless. Apparently he was quite depressed after having […]
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diariorespuesta.com.mx reported that a foreign tourist, a Canadian, who answered to the name of Kenn Draymon, 54 years old, and was hosted by the Las Palmas has died. The unfortunate man was vacationing with his family on this island in the Mexican Caribbean. According to information recababa was around 17:20 pm on Friday when authorities […]
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Organized crime struck again on Wednesday for a third day facilities daily El Siglo de Torreón , the main newspaper of the Laguna District, in northern Mexico. Around one in the afternoon yesterday were attacked federal police guarding the headquarters of the newspaper. A worker at a nearby maquiladora was killed and an officer wounded. […]
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A tourist from the United States died while snorkling in Cabo San Lucas. Robert Allen Wilkinson age 60 and from Alaska was a guest at the Hotel Wyndham. He and his son Aaron Wilkinson hired a boat headed to Bahía de las Gaviotas. When they were near the beach El Chileno, the boat made a […]
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latitude38.com reported…In disturbing news, Bill Lilly and his partner Judy Lang reported their Lagoon 470 Moontide was boarded by three armed men at about 2 a.m. yesterday while they were at anchor at Caleta de Campos, where they had stopped on their way from Zihua to Mazanillo. “I was awakened by banging on the sliding […]
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Police in Mexicali on February 22, 2013 seized a “cannon gun” used by drug traffickers to “shoot” packages of drugs into the United States. The cannon was activated by a compressor and air tank attached to the tube to initiate the launch. Marco Antonio Carrillo, director of Public Safety Mexicali, capital of Baja California, said […]
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Defendant even had list of clients he planned on selling minor child for sexual services according to lapolicia.com. A girl of 13 years believed to have met the love of his life through Facebook and decided to travel to Tijuana to meet and start a life together, but what he really wanted was to sell […]
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Andrew Woofen from Florida was swept away as he entered a unsafe beach area of playa Punta Morena Cozumel. lapoliciaca.com reported that a passenger of the cruise ship Carnival Elation, drowned in a beach area on the east coast of the Cozumel. He entered a high risk area of the beach and was swept away, […]
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frontera.info reported that the number of homicides in 2013, is eleven more than in 2012. Miguel Angel Guerrero of the PGJE confirmed these statistics. He revealed that 85 percent of the homicides are a result of conflicts in the streets between dealers, fighting for turf. Read Article
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This guy said his name was Javier Alejandro Ponce, 22-year-old native of the city of Tulare, California, United States. A dangerous criminal who was wanted in the United States for the crime of murder, was captured by members of the International Liaison Coordination of the State Preventive Police (PEP), during an operation in Florido Hills […]
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Eluniversal.com.mx reported that for every two men, a woman becomes ill, the number of cases is very similar to the same period last year, said Jose Alberto Ramón Muñiz Castillo, program manager at the Health District. The program in this border microbacteriosis recorded 12 new cases of tuberculosis from January to date, in addition to […]
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laverdadyucatan.com reported……. While the brothers Chamas, Wt by Interpol as terrorists, Belize reach between 5 and 6 March, uncertainty about further scale in Merida has raised concerns in various fields, from politicians to the social within the business community with ancestry Syrian-Lebanese. The brothers Ahmad and Hasan Housein Housam Chamas, whose pictures were broadcast during […]
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Tapachula, Chiapas (25/FEB/2013.) – Guatemala’s government prepares a group of highly specialized military, to combat drug trafficking and organized crime in his country on the Gaza border with Mexico, Guatemalan authorities said. Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic of the Central American nation, Francisco Cuevas Gallardo, said officers will be operational […]
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Student teachers, teachers and social organization that supports a dozen workers made redundant protest actions this day remain severe complications vials in Oaxaca. For the third time in 10 days, students from 11 state colleges retain urban transport buses to block streets and avenues of the capital to protest against the federal education reform. Mobilizing […]
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Victim: Jan KM Sarens Belgian national, residing in Mexico City, tourist visiting Acapulco, eluniversal.com reported that the Attorney General of the state began investigating the murder of Belgian tourist, Jan KM Sarens 59-year-old, killed in the parking lot of a shopping center, located on the boulevard of nations and in the area of Acapulco Diamante. […]
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In 57% of companies there has been no salary increase, survey reveals Trabajando.com / Mexico City, 67% of Mexican firms has made staff cuts to reduce costs and 74% of Mexicans do not receive benefits “superior” to the law, according to a study trabajando.com, a consultancy specializing in the field. In the research consisted of […]
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thelocal.no reported that the remains of the 153-year-old so-called “ape woman” have been returned by Oslo University to her homeland of Mexico. The remains of the 153-year-old so-called “ape woman” have been returned by Oslo University to her homeland of Mexico. Born in 1860, Julia Pastrana, who measured just 1.34 metres (four feet, five inches), […]
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Guatemalan officials reported this afternoon a clash between drug traffickers in the municipality of San Francisco, Petén, leaving several dead, officials say they are working to determine whether Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is among the victims.According to information provided by official sources, are recorded when two victims, but still not been identified, in the scene […]
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sub machine gun used in assault Zapopan, Jalisco. – oem.com.mx reported one step away with three young offenders were left, and that police were able to stop zapopanos after assaulting an employee at a petrol station in the colony Colli paradises. It was the way when a patrol was stopped by a citizen who immediately […]
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oem.com.mx reported that 94% of the homicides committed in Jalisco recently have to do with drug trafficking, recognizes the attorney general, Thomas Coronado Olmos, who says so is an offense of high impact and whose greatest concern priority should be fight of his successor. Coronado Olmos said that there are other offenses, mainly those of […]
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In five days since the announcement of the outbreak of avian flu have been culled 300,000 birds, however, the number of chickens infected rises to one million 20 thousand units. Five days after the outbreak of avian influenza in Guanajuato Bachoco farms have been culled 300,000 birds until yesterday. Agricultural Development Secretary, Javier Usabiaga Arroyo, […]
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Sean Ronkin Maclean Canadian tourist dead in vehicle accident in Jalisco Mexico lapoliciaca.com reported ….. close to the deceased person was another male person between 20 and 25 years old, who gave his name to Kieson Maclaen questioning and being the son of the person who was killed, who answered to the name of life […]
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Seven year old girl was going to be sold for $2400.00 ntn24.com reported that a pet dog saved her owner, a 7 year old girl, being kidnapped to be sold in the Mexican state Nuevo Leon (northeast), local authorities said. The mascot, named “Gufi” criminals attacked by barking and led the parents of the victim […]
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