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Numbers of Chileans visiting Mexico increases 12 percent

Chile has become a strategic market and important for Mexico in tourism, so the minister said that the country portfolio Aztec, Gloria Guevara, after reporting that this year, between January and July, there was a increase of 12% of Chilean tourists.

“We have been focusing on markets that have been growing, Chile’s economy is going well, we are constantly monitoring it and see that it has increased the number of Chileans who travel the world. Towards Mexico we have from January to July, a increase of 12% and last year in the same period grew by 30% is a significant amount, the relationship with Chile is extraordinary, “said Secretary of State Emol. Read Article

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Mexico, eleven people may be related to involvement in bombing of police vehicles

Eleven people could be related to a fire at a patrol in the Territorial Coordination Tlalpan 2 were recorded for invading a property on the Calzada del Hueso, Granjas Coapa, informed the Attorney General DF (PGJDF). On Monday night, a police patrol Research was severely damaged after being attacked with an explosive device outside the […]

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Jalisco Mexico: Drug wars leave 17 dead dumped in a field

The bodies of 17 men killed were found by authorities on Sunday inside a farm located on the border between the states of Jalisco and Michoacan, in western Mexico , a territory where several cartels are fighting for control of drug trafficking. The bodies were found in a field located next to the free road […]

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Mexico: Another State representative murdered

State Rep. Jaime Serrano Cedillo was killed today in the municipality of Nezahualcoyotl, authorities said. It is the second politician belonging to the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI) murdered in the last 48 hours. The Attorney General of the State of Mexico said the lawmaker admitted around 1:30 pm in the Clinical Diagnostics mexiquense municipality with […]

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La Merced Mexico: Half ton of fireworks seized

As part of preventive action Cometa Independence Day 2012, the Ministry of Public Security of the Federal District (SSPDF) seized more than 500 thousand kilos of fireworks that were marketed in the vicinity of La Merced Market. In a statement the agency said that among the material light sticks are insured and witches, to dynamite […]

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Mexico: 20 suspected members of Knights of Templar detained in Guanajuato

Informacionjoven.com reported that at least 20 suspected members of the criminal organization the Knights Templar were arrested during an operation in the northern part of the state, the state attorney general confirmed, Carlos Zamarripa. At a press conference, he explained that the suspects are linked to at least five murders in Irapuato and his arrest […]

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Code Red Saltillo Mexico for gunfire

According to informacionjoven.com, police authorities reported shootings in the north of Saltillo, which was triggered by the so-called “Code Red” emergency police. The clashes started in the colony and continued for Colonial Gardens surrounding areas. The spokesman for security issues of state government, Sergio Sisbeles, reported via his Twitter account on detonations in that colony: […]

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Zacatecas Mexico: two human heads found in ice chest middle of the road

Villanueva, Zacatecas – informacionjoven.com reported that local authorities confirmed the discovery of two human heads into a cooler this morning in the urban area of ​​Villanueva, Zacatecas. The incident occurred in front of the Church Sanctuary, just two blocks from City Hall, there was located a cooler with a human head, is recorded large police […]

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Mexico: new route in Oaxaca revealed for smuggling undocumented Central Americans

Fifteen undocumented Guatemalan origin were arrested while traveling in a van hidden stakes, whose driver upon seeing a patrol state police fled. The incident took place on the road linking the community to Cacalotepec Tamazulapan, off Linda Vista community in Ayutla Mixes, considered the new route of the smugglers to smuggle illegal immigrants from Central […]

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Mexico: 35 tons of explosives unguarded at mine, potential catastrophe

According to informacionjoven.com, in Sombrerete San Martin mine in Zacatecas, on strike for more than five years, are accumulated explosives with the potential to destroy entire cities and towns of the state, said National Union of Mineworkers. In a letter to officials of the national and state executive, accused of negligence in Grupo Mexico, Germán […]

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Hermosillo: woman detained with large cache of weapons, explosives, ammunition, radios

According to chacoteo.com Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:38 – The court to which the matter was settled appropriated the Criminal Case 240/2012, while that the woman was being held in the Corrections Center number one in Hermosillo, Sonora, pending the determination of their legal status. PGR arrested subject for use of weapons and explosives in […]

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Ciudad Juarez Mexico: Man and woman charged in trafficking woman

Two people were arrested by elements of the prosecution for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a woman in her 20s who managed to flee. Insured persons were identified as Jesus Hernandez Martinez, 33, and Perla Martinez Coronado Ibeth 20, who in the company of another person identified as Adrian Roldan Cross who is […]

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Chihuahua, Mexico: Police raid home discover clandestine synthecic drug lab

Vozenred.com reported that members of the Federal Police raided a home located in Colonia Maria Elena Hernandez in the state capital, where they found numerous chemicals for the manufacture of synthetic drugs. Authorities received an anonymous call. They then raided the home and arrested Manuel Reyes Servantes of 27 year-old native of Torreon, Coahuila, in […]

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Border Patrol makes drug seizures at Nogales U.S. entrance

Elimparcial.com reported that three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Three people were arrested in separate smuggling attempts by Customs and Border Protection during inspections weekend in Puerto Dennis DeConcini. Francisco Javier Silva Enriquez, 50, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested Sunday […]

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Mexico: Cessna aircraft crashes in San Ignacio Culiacán Mexico, six injured

According to diario.com.mx, Judicial authorities are investigating the accident aerotaxi registered in the municipality of San Ignacio, where six people, including the pilot of the aircraft registration XA-TNG-C06, were injured. Martin Robles Armenta, Deputy of the State explained that the report of the event that took place this Monday morning, as apparently occurred because of […]

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Coahuila, Mexico: authorities seize 23,000 pirated CD’s, Videos, Music, arrests made

eluniversal.com.mx reported that members of the Federal Ministerial Police arrested six people and claimed more than 23 000 591 products apocryphal, mostly sound and video recordings during a search conducted in 16 commercial property market “New Saltillo,” the Attorney General’s Office (PGR ), delegation, Coahuila. Read Article

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Mexico: three alleged members of Hezbollah arrested in Merida, one with U.S. citizenship

aurora-israel.co.il reported that three alleged members of the Lebanese Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah were arrested in the city of Merida, Mexico. One of them, Mohammad Rafiq Labboun Allaboun with U.S. citizenship immediately extradited to Houston, Texas, according to local media reported. Labboun Allaboun, 44, was carrying a false passport under the name Belizean Dick Wilhelm. […]

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Mexico: Walmex sales up 4.1% August 2012

Monterrey. Wal-Mart de Mexico (Walmex), the country’s largest retailer, said Monday that sales of its stores in more than a year in operation rose 4.1% yoy in August, better than expected, driven by promotions and discounts.Analysts anticipate an average increase of 2.8% of sales equal or comparable Walmex August. Read Article

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Mexico: Police in Puebla arrested for kidnapping

Telenews.com.mx reported – Puebla. – Linked to kidnapping, elements of the Federal Police arrested five security elements, two state troopers active with the names of Juan Pablo Vazquez and Antonio Hernandez Hugo Siliceo, two subjects Fernando Garcia Marquez and Francisco Gallardo Pedro Roque who reported being former municipal police officers, and a civilian who said […]

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Mexico: three students hospitalized after eating a Marijuana cake

Three students from the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Guanajuato (UG) is poisoned by eating a cake made with marijuana allegedly in a private home. The three students, two men and a woman were admitted in critical condition to the emergency service unit 10 of the Mexican Social Security Institute at 21:00 pm […]

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Ciudad Juarez Mexico: suspested 40 cases of West Nile Virus

The second death from West Nile Virus appeared yesterday in El Paso after the number of infected people rose to 16 while in Ciudad Juarez have been only suspected cases of the viral disease, reported the heads of departments Health of both cities. The person who died after being infected by a mosquito carrying the […]

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Mexico: Assessment of Illegal Protection Markets (Mafias)

An Assessment of Illegal Protection Markets – Eduardo Guerrero Gutiérrez Illegal protection encompasses a set of activities that involve coercion by any agent different from the State, usually sophisticated and violent criminal organizations (mafias). Illegal protection may be provided against deception by others, against competition, against the government or against a threat from the mafia […]

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On Mexican Violence

Héctor Aguilar Camín Lets begin by saying that drugs are not an issue of public health in Mexico, unless we think of homicides as a public health problem. The drug problem in Mexico is mainly one of insecurity, violence, and institutional weakness. At the root of the problem is a historically weak system of rule […]

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Drug Policy in Mexico

Jorge Hernández Tinajero In this paper, I will try to present a general overview of drug politics and policies in México. It may be less scientific, but comes from our experience on the ground. I will refer especially to the impact of Mexican rates of consumption and violence created by the current government’s policies. This […]

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Arrest made in killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry

AP reported – Mexican federal police announced Friday that they have arrested a suspect in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry, the slaying at the center of the scandal over the botched U.S. gun-smuggling probe known as Operation Fast and Furious. Read Article

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U.S.: Four Guatemalans taken into custody at border, heroin hidden inside their bodies

Agents of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English) arrested four Guatemalans in two different actions when they tried to enter the United States a shipment of heroin hidden inside their bodies. The spokesman of the unit, Phillip Barrera said the first assurance of narcotics was made in New Dawn International Bridge, […]

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Mexico: Doctor arrested for trafficking in human organs

Proceso.com.mx reported in Puebla of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Francisco Garcia Fraile, the doctor confirmed that this institution, Landini Ruben Maldonado, was referred to the San Miguel prison, accused of alleged organ trafficking. The official said that the agency will continue to research if there are more people involved in the complaint lodged […]

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Mexico: suicide figures,Yucatán highest numbers

Post INEGI that in 2010 suicides recorded in Mexico doubled those recorded during 1990 and 5000 that reached 12, this despite that the country has one of the lowest rates for this type of mortality . Notably in 1990 there was a rate of 2.3 persons whom committed suicide for every 100,000 inhabitants, which was […]

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Human trafficking and abductions, problem in eastern zone of Tijuana Mexico

Fernando Flores Oceguera warned that criminal gangs trafficking practiced in the eastern part of the city so far this year there is a record of at least a dozen cases . As part of the commemoration of the Day of the Disappeared (held with a Mass in the new Cathedral of Tijuana), Fernando Oceguera, said […]

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Mexico: trafficking for purposes of sexual exploitation widespread across country

According to desinformemonos.org, a recent conference in Mexico reported increased trafficking with the arrival of soldiers and federal police to Ciudad Juarez, forced and child prostitution in the tourism sector, in places like Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and the Riviera Maya, the transfer of women victims of trafficking in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on condition […]

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Microsoft, Google provide online digital structure in Mayan language

The International Corporate Microsoft technical elements and provide online digital structure to incorporate the Mayan language Internet search engines, especially Google, giving invaluable projection Mundo Maya projects, announced the governor Roberto Borge Angulo. This is a result of the global conference sponsored by Microsoft International last May in the Riviera Maya, involving researchers and scientists […]

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Mexico: Highest incidence of drug use among youth in Quintana Roo

Earsenal.net reporte that the general director of the National Center for Youth Integration, Carmen Fernandez Caceres, said Quintana Roo has first national illicit drug use by young people, “the increase in juvenile addiction is worrying because it is associated so inexorable with crime. ” He cited the case of Cozumel, where a hundred patients, at […]

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Colombia: heroin ring dismantled, connection with Sinaloa cartel, moved 40 kilos a month

According counternarcotics police investigation, the gang sent drugs to the United States and the Netherlands. Counternarcotics director, General Luis Alberto Perez said that in total 37 people were arrested during the operation in Jamundi (Valley) and Riohacha (Guajira). The investigation began in 2010 on behalf of an organization’s information in Colombia who had business with […]

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Mexico: 15 percent of schools in Tamaulipas are in deplorable conditions

The 15% of the schools in the south of Tamaulipas are in terrible conditions, and that it lacks air-conditioned classrooms. Tampico • In the same way it has the report that 15% of the schools in the south of Tamaulipas are in poor condition, it may be the case that is the same number of […]

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Organized crime groups operating coal mines in Torreon Coahuila Mexico

Torreon, Coahuila. – The information that the coal mines in the region are operated by organized crime groups from inspections by the Ministry of Economy, a situation that has been reported to the authorities, which has allowed the Navy to make some arrests. This was made known in this city Governor Ruben Moreira Valdez, who […]

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Mexico: two detained for violating Federal firearms, explosives laws

The Federal Public Ministry assigned to the Delegation in the State of Mexico Attorney General of the Republic briefed the preliminary investigation that integrated PGR/MEX/TEJ-I/2909A/2012 against an individual and a woman, for his alleged responsibility committing criminal offenses carrying a firearm without a license and possession of cartridges exclusive use of the Army, Navy and […]

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Mexico: After five years on the run from U.S. authorities, American drug trafficker found in San Felipe

A drug dealer wanted in the United States for the sale and distribution of methamphetamine was arrested in the port of San Felipe, in the southern town of Mexicali, where it remained hidden for five years. The International Liaison Coordinator State Preventive Police (PEP), Alfredo Arenas Moreno, said that with information provided by U.S. officials, […]

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Mexico: increased security contributes to creativeness of moving illegal drugs

Elsiglodedurango.com.mx reported given the increased security, particularly in the border of Mexico and the United States, drug traffickers have devised various methods to cross their drug shipments. From using tunnels, catapults, submarines and aircraft, to hide narcotics in clothing, septic tanks, in shoes, in plaster statues in food jars and even in wheelchairs, have been […]

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Los Angeles: drug network of 17 distributing drugs from Mexico, dismantled

‘Seventeen people, all Hispanic, were arrested today accused of involvement in a drug trafficking ring in the country to introduce large quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine from Mexico. As reported by the prosecution, the federal authorities rushed a dozen raids in different parts of Southern California in an operation against a network that illegally […]

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Mexico: sales of illegal cigarettes up 16,6 percent

The sale of contraband cigarettes reached a record high, because in the last 18 months sale on the market increased from 1 to 16.6 percent, from the entry into force of up 7 pesos in tax, Raul warned Picard, President Trade Commission Concamin Interior. At a press conference, said that in a study conducted by […]

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Former mayor of Tamaulipas wanted by INTERPOL, drug trafficking

The International Police (Interpol) and seeks former Tamaulipas Governor Tomas Yarrington to the arrest warrant that a judge granted against him for crimes against health, ie its alleged links to drug trafficking operations. Marisela Morales Ibáñez, head of the Attorney General’s Office (PGR), and indicated that the agency in charge decided to bring criminal action […]

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Mexico: motel closed by authorities for human trafficking, lack of security

Having found that the motel called “D’Frams” “, located in Santa Ana road Chiautempan Via Corta-Puebla, practiced the crime of trafficking and had no security measures, was suspended from duty during the sixty-second operating agency was run last Saturday morning .. This coordinated action was completed at 23:10 hours on 24 August, when the cell […]

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Couple arrested Mexico City, forcing their children to beg for money

The Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJDF) record a couple for his alleged responsibility in the commission of crimes of corruption of minors, family violence and labor exploitation, to the detriment of their children. According to the preliminary investigation, Irma H. and Juan Carlos M. are accused of exercising violence against children, children of […]

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Violence on drug routes in Mexican states of of Mexico, Guerrero, Michoacan, Colima and Jalisco

Specialist believes that drug traffickers seeking to intimidate the new governments in seeking a greater control of the territories in which they operate. The violence in the triangle formed by the State of Mexico, Guerrero, Michoacan and Colima and Jalisco, mainly due to the rearrangements of criminal groups and seeking to influence or intimidate the […]

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Grenades found by authorities in Rio Rico Arizona

According to Nogalesinternational.com a state police bomb squad was called to a home in Rio Rico this month after federal agents discovered six grenades there. On Aug. 17, ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents served a search warrant at a home on Calle Dura as part of an investigation into suspected drug smuggling, said […]

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Raw sewage flowing from Mexico into Nogales Arizona

A construction project and recent monsoon rains have caused significant raw sewage problems in Nogales, Sonora that are affecting Nogales, Ariz., downhill. On Thursday, Bonnie Rae Greenwald, chief sanitarian for Santa Cruz County warned that parents who live in the Tricky Wash, Escalada Drive and Hudgins Street areas to keep their children and pets away […]

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Tijuana Mexico: fines begin for those caught texting while driving

From this week, the city government is empowered to impose fines on those caught using your cell phone to “texting” while driving a vehicle, after the amendments to the Regulation and Control of Vehicular Traffic were published in the Journal Official State Government said the director, Jose Obed Silva Sánchez. Read Article

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Mexico: Federal Police officers ordered to custody for 40 days in firing of U.S. embassy vehicle

A judge ordered the detention for 40 days of 12 federal police fired at a U.S. embassy vehicle in Mexico and wounded two employees of the government of that country. An official of the Attorney General..The official said Monday that the police will be taken to a detention center in Mexico City from the state […]

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Numbers of undocumented deported from U.S. at Juarez border increases

The number of Mexican immigrants deported by this border, grew this year, according to figures from the National Migration Institute (INM), which alerted the Bureau of the Todos Somos Juarez program and human rights organizations. Unemployment in the United States, is an important factor to be generated this situation, he said, Olga Rosa Ortiz, UACJ […]

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Two U.S. citizens arrested on drug warrants from U.S. in Tijuana Mexico

After reviewing precaution to policyholders, agents Unit Operations CSO contacted members of the International Liaison Coordination of the same corporation, to verify the personal data of the couple. Verification of personal data proved that Steven Scot Juston Campbell had an arrest warrant against him for crimes related to narcotics, dated May 10, 2012. While Brittany […]

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Nogales Mexico: woman detained for prostituting two minor females

Ahe charged the ‘clients’ $ 100 and gave the girls only 200 pesos. A 30 year old woman was arrested with two minors, after having been domiciled in the colony Margarita Maza de Juárez, to have sex with a man. The detainee by the name of Sara Cruz Molina, residing in street R. Astolfo Cardenas […]

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Mexico: Man arrested for trafficking humans, corruption of minors Ciudad Obregon

The State Police Public Safety (PESP) captured a suspect who was wanted by authorities on charges of trafficking and corruption of minors in Ciudad Obregon.The subject who was discharged from his position as a teacher for having committed these crimes in the past, was arrested yesterday during investigations conducted by state agents in the region, […]

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Mexican national detained Phoenix Arizona on commercial flight from Hermosillo Mexico, for drug warrant

Iran Federico Sotelo, 22, was arrested at the airport in Phoenix procedetne Hermosillo. Descending from a flight from Hermosillo, Sonora, at the airport in Phoenix, Arizona, was arrested a subject of Mexican origin who had a pending arrest warrant for several crimes related to drug trafficking. Officials of the Department of Customs and Border Protection […]

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Guadalajara Mexico: criminals block major roads, setting cars on fire

Saturday armed criminals convulsed the Mexican state of Jalisco with 22 blocks in various ways-seven in the capital, Guadalajara, the second largest in the country with stolen vehicles and sometimes on fire, local authorities said. “We confirmed 22 blocks, seven in metropolitan (Guadalajara) and 15 in the interior of the state”, leaving a bullet wounded, […]

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Mexico City: Colombians linked to home burglaries apprehended

Police Investigation captured at least two people from Colombia, allegedly involved in residential burglaries and a jewelry store located in the historic center. Authorities of the Attorney General of the Federal District (PGJDF) indicated that among those arrested was the alleged leader of the gang, who answers to the name of Jimmy Neisa. Read Article

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Mexico City: robberies increase on metro subway

he City Council Public Safety and Law Enforcement Federal District unveiled the crime rate report for the first half of 2012 and their respective comparison for the same period in 2010. Council President Luis Wertman, reported that of the fourteen crimes that are measured, twelve showed a decrease while two increased caution. The robbery subway […]

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Mexico: Red Alert Dengue Huetamo, Michoacán

After reporting 160 suspected cases of people with classic dengue fever confirmed six cases of DHF, Dr. J. Trinidad Rios Gonzalez, director of the Health Center, believes the municipality of San Lucas in Red alert via vector-borne disease. Read Article

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Mexican Army destroy marijuana plantation Tepechitlán

– The Mexican Army destroyed a marijuana plantation, with an area of ​​more than one hectare, this in Township. The National Defense Secretariat, through tepechitlán ohe Commander of the Eleventh Military Zone, said that in the town of Tepechitlan, Zacatecas destroyed by incineration one marijuana plantation covering an area of ​​1.5 hectares. Read Article

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Mexico: 13 arrested in murder of public security director Tenango de Valle

After a confrontation between members of a criminal organization and elements Mexico State Police and the Mexican Army, was achieved the arrest of 13 people who would be linked to performance of the commander Israel Arriaga González, director of Public Security of the municipality Tenango Valley. It may be recalled that on August 17 Israel […]

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Mexico: kidnapped prison warden search intensifies

Attorney Arturo Nahle Garcia, reported that police and military forces reinforced the search operation of the warden of Cieneguillas, Fabiola Quiroz Zarate, kidnapped last Wednesday at his home. The prosecutor explained that intensified patrols with helicopter overflights and expanded the search radius to regions bordering the states of Coahuila and Durango. Read Article

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Mexico develops super computer

The Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) plans to expand the processing cluster supercomputer Xiuhcoatl (fire serpent), which, since its opening, has yielded positive results for 23 of 49 projects have been completed. Xiuhcoatl , is the largest and fastest supercomputer in the country and the second largest in Latin America. However, with the […]

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Nicaragua: Fake journalists from Mexico carrying 7 million dollars

Nicaraguan police found about $7 million in smuggled cash in vans driven by people posing as members of a Mexican television news crew, National Police chief Aminta Granera announced Friday. The 18 people travelling in six vans were detained Wednesday at Nicaragua’s northern border with Honduras, after they entered Nicaragua saying they had come to […]

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Two U.S government employees injured whe fired upon by Mexican police

Mexican federal police fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle and wounded two U.S. government employees Friday after their vehicle drove into a rural, mountainous area outside the capital where the officers were looking for criminals, Mexican and U.S. officials said. Read Article

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Workers go on 24 hour strike at hotel in Manzanillo Mexico, report irregular payments

A dozen employees of Hotel Plaza Tucanes Manzanillo are on strike for 24 hours from their paychecks irregular payments and lack of fixed labor contracts for 6 years, so the authorities require the intervention of this problem as claim not be supported by the authorities. Fearing retaliation, disgruntled workers do not want to give out […]

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18 Mexicans posing as journalists from Televisa arrested in Nicaragua

Proceso.com.ms reported Nicaraguan authorities arrested 18 Mexicans who posed as journalists and alleged cover Televisa and the trial started on Wednesday 22 against an international drug ring linked to the murder of Argentine singer Facundo Cabral. The Chief of Police of Nicaragua, Aminta Granera, said Mexicans entered the country on Wednesday night in six mobile […]

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Two die from heat stroke San Luis Rio Colorado Mexico

The director of the General Hospital of San Luis Rio Colorado, Kelly Sergio Barraza, on Thursday reported two people dead from the heat in this county. He said that the summer season has severely beaten villagers as nine people have symptoms of dehydration due to heat stroke. Read Article

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Mexico: Pre-owned aircraft sales increase over last three years

According to Francisco Zozaya Preowned ALE CEO, Business Unit Executive Airlines, aviation in Mexico has increased the past three years, where the Pre-owned aircraft market is an excellent choice for executives and their companies. As reported by the manager, in 2011 in Spain employee’s 127 aircraft were sold with an average price of $ 500,000 […]

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Mexico: Navy dismantle parts of drug networks communications system

Elements of the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico claimed 15 communications facilities in Veracruz and Tamaulipas, who allegedly were part of a drug trafficking network communication. In the first case in the state of Veracruz, is able to identify, locate and eradicate atop Coffer of Perote, Veracruz, 13 unauthorized communication facilities, which were secured […]

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Toluca Mexico: Army continues checkpoints, patrols

Toluca, State of Mexico. – Army elements continue Wednesday with patrols in different colonies of the Capital mexiquense to prevent narcomenudistas(small drug sellers) mobilizations and to achieve more arrests. The operating controls that coordinate random requested help from the public in order to operate more effectively and anonymously report called the phone and email 7171326033 […]

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Nuevo Laredo: heat related illnesses for children increase

The high temperatures recorded during the heat wave has caused the most affected are the children, as reported by Jaime Emilio Gutierrez Serrano, head of the Sanitary District, No. 5. “This last week increased the number of patients with this condition caused by heat, usually had three or four cases. Read Article

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Man arrested after attempting to enter U.S. from Mexico with drugs strapped to body

A 57-year-old was detained after U.S. customs officials caught him with drugs strapped to his body as he attempted to cross the border. He had intended to pass into the United States from Reynosa, Mexico to Hidalgo, Texas. The suspect had legal documents to prove he was a citizen of the United States, but had […]

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Austria detains Mexican narco-trafficker wanted by U.S. DEA

Austrian officials detained a 43-year-old Mexican citizen, supposedly a member of a drug trafficking organization, that was wanted by the U.S. DEA. After receiving information that the suspect was in Austria, he was finally arrested in the Vienna airport, Excelsior reports. He was wanted for transporting large amounts of cocaine from South America to Central […]

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Mexico: Gulf Cartel financed former governors and mayors of PRI from 1998-2007

The Gulf cartel financed between 1998 and 2007 campaigns, a former governor and mayors of the PRI (Institutional Revolutionary Party) in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, on the border with the U.S., as a protected witness, revealed yesterday by the newspaper Reforma. Read Article

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UN announces start of illicit crops monitoring program in Mexico

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime announced the start of a program dedicated to monitoring illicit crops growth in Mexico. This system will produce statistic concerning the production of marijuana, poppy, and coca. The UN will work with officials in Mexico to train them on the methodology of using satellite maps, Noticias Grupo […]

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Mexico: Canada advises new areas to be cautious of visiting

The Department of Foreign Affairs has added San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas to the list of Mexican states where it says Canadians should exercise “extreme caution.” The two neighbouring states in central Mexico are among those affected by “high levels of organized crime and urban violence,” the department says in an update to its travel […]

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After incident at Mexico City’s International Airport, 348 police agents replaced

Nearly two months after three officers to assassinate three other colleagues at the International Airport of Mexico City, it has been known that the Federal Police has relieved its 348 agents at the airport. On Monday June 25 at ten to nine in the morning, three police officers investigating drug trafficking at the airport were […]

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Numbers of women in Mexican military increases

The Mexican Army has expanded to 17 the number of military schools in which women can enter, for a total of 12 000 female elements. This positions the female population with an 8 percent stake in more than 180,000 uniformed military forces that exist in the country. Victor Manuel Aguilar Ramirez, director of the Regional […]

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Mexico: Malaria outbreaks Tuxtepec, Coast and Isthmus of Tehuantepec

In Oaxaca, the campaign conducted by officials from the Ministry of Health and workers in the fight against malaria, has been concluded, we have no cases of the disease and we are an example to the national and international level said Leopoldo Villegas Márquez, general secretary of the Section 73 of SNTSA. However, sectional leader […]

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Mexico is described as “Hell” by journalists

lainformacion.com reported ….”This is a war, never been so bad,” said Marcela Turati, author of Mexican journalist “Crossfire” and who has covered drug crimes for years. “This is worse than Colombia , is unlike any other war: there are no fronts, no trenches, you never know who is involved with drug traffickers and who is […]

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Mexico: Drug shipment from Guerrero to Pachuca intercepted

Officials seized eight kilos of marijuana found inside a van with license plates from Tamaulipas. According to an El Independiente de Hidalgo report, the drugs had been transported from Guerrero and were en route to Pachuca. Before being intercepted, the drugs had been moved via public transportation, on a bus belonging to the Estrella Blanca […]

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Clandestine drug laboratory found in Nayarit, Mexico

After examining the town of La Noriega, in Nayarit, Mexico, officials discovered a clandestine laboratory dedicated to the production of synthetic drugs. The operation, carried out by military personnel, was intended to limit illegal activity in the state. According to El Universal, 200 liters of clear liquid, 13 bags of white powder, multiple containers, washers, […]

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Playas de Tijuana Mexico: Suspected Russian terrorist with plans to blow up San Diego Court detained

In Playas de Tijuana was detained a Russian citizen who had threatened to blow up the premises of the Court of San Diego, as well as judges and officers kill Americans. According to the Ministry of Public Security of the State (SSPE), agents of the State Preventive Police (PEP) arrested in this Chipunov Georgiy border, […]

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Tijuana Mexico: increase in bribe attempts to police by those who are intoxicated

In the more than forty cases have been recorded this year for attempted bribery against Municipal Police, in order to not do their job or to vacate any detained , added two more tries bribery, this time from a man who offered 500 pesos to free two workers drunk, and a drunk who offered 400 […]

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Mexico: Five policemen arrested for the murder of Mayor-elect of Matehuala

Authorities in San Luis Potosi investigate five elements Matehuala municipal police for the murder of Mayor-elect Edgar Morales Perez and his partner Francisco Hernandez Colunga. Authorities in San Luis Potosi investigate five elements Matehuala municipal police for the murder of Mayor-elect Edgar Morales Perez and his collaborator Francis Hernandez Colunga. Read Article

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Mexico: Violence heightens,17 murders in one day

Between the morning and Saturday morning added seventeen people died violently in different parts of the Republic. In the state of Mexico five people killed were found in the municipalities of Nezahualcoyotl and Ecatepe. One of the findings occurred this morning in Colonia El Sol, in Neza, which were found the bodies of three men. […]

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Mexico: Man arrested after forcing girlfriend into prostitution

On July 30th, the Attorney General Office of Mexico City arrested warrant the 38 year old Noe Mendez Guzman accused of human trafficking. According to the victim after having a love relationship with Mendez, he tricked her into going to going to Tenancingo, Tlaxcala to meet his parents. The accused forced a woman into prostitution […]

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Ciudad Juárez Mexico: Human trafficking networks use local shops and nightclubs to find their victims

According to the organization Our Daughters Return Home the trafficking networks operating in the city of Juarez uses local shops and nightclubs to abduct their victims. Girls are transported to the United States for prostitution purposes. There have been at least 30 reports where citizens of Juarez have gone to the downtown area to work […]

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Mexican national detained trying to leave Peru with half a million dollars U.S. counterfeit bills

Ojo.pe reported a Mexican citizen was detained with counterfeit $ 520 000 dollars at Jorge Chavez ational Airport in Callao. Humberto Perez Medina abroad (34) entered Peru on August 2 in order to meet a guy who gave the illegal merchandise, according to the chief of the Division of the Dirincri Scams, Second PNP Colonel […]

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600 women die a year from cancer in Coahuila Mexico

Concerned that in Coahuila year 300 women are killed by cancer about cervical and breast cancer, the health sector in the states of Coahuila, Durango and Zacatecas, implemented over the next six months an online course for those who perform such reviews. Marco Antonio Ruiz PRADIS, Director of Prevention of Coahuila Secretariat of Health, said […]

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Mexico: 16,000 die a year in road accidents

In Mexico, road accidents leave 16 000 deaths result each year from traffic accidents, a million injured, 40 thousand people with permanent disabilities, and 150 billion dollars in direct and indirect costs. It is the leading cause of death and orphans in children between five and 14 years and the first cause of death among […]

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Mexico: Judge releases alleged pedophile

Orizaba, Veracruz. – The Third Judge of First Instance in July Bouzas Garcia issued an order of freedom to the owner of “Juice California”, accused of child abuse perpetrated against a child 10 years of age, despite evidence and accusations that he had in his against. In this case as in others, in the Third […]

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Mexico: Wanted U.S. sex offender detained Playas de Tijuana

In the vicinity of Playas de Tijuana was arrested an American man with three counts of sexual abuse of children, appears on a website as a sex offender and violated his probation. The Municipal Police arrested Russell reported that J. Weiss, a U.S. citizen aged 61, who has at least three processes for pedophilia in […]

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Tijuana Mexico: Six migrants rescued after becoming stuck in sewer with their smuggler

he early Thursday were rescued after being trapped in a sewer, six migrants and the “coyote” who was arrested. According to the report of the Municipal Police, around 2:30 pm on Thursday, Customs personnel Otay reported that there were people in a sewer of Fiscal Patios. Upon reaching the courts, located on the Boulevard Fine […]

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Cancun Mexico: alleged members of Zetas apprehended in hotel zone

As narcocuotas responsible for the collection of dozens of vendors, three members of the criminal group “Los Zetas” including Julio Cesar Garcia Mateo (a) “Quesadilla”, were arrested by elements of the tourist police in the hotel zone when they were in a vehicle parked at kilometer 14 of Boulevard Kukulcan. “The Quesadilla” has been pointed […]

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Cancun Mexico: second recorded death from Dengue in 2012

Joined the second death from dengue in 2012, he was a man of 49 years treated at the clinic of the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in Cancun, which was complicated by renal disease , liver and obesity. Nationally, the death of that person, is the second death from dengue, as contemplated in the annual […]

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Indigenous villages in Mexico feel threatened by drug cartels, drought

The United Nations has reported that indigenous populations in Mexico are becoming more and more threatened by severe drought and narco-trafficking activity. Drug cartels in indigenous regions are reported to exploit these populations and implicate them in their illegal activities. According to Mi Morelia, the upsurge in drug trafficking also hurts indigenous livelihoods. The indigenous […]

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Two Guatemalan women sanctioned by U.S. for involvement with Los Zetas

The United States sanctioned two women from Guatemala who laundered money for a drug trafficking organization associated with the Mexican Los Zetas cartel. The women were identified as Cristina Stetanel Castellanos Chacón and María Corina Saenz Lehnhoff, alias María Corina Del Pinal. According to Publimetro, the person running the organization was Marlory Dadiana Chacón Rossell. […]

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Puerto Vallarta: Increase in mosquitoes due to recent rains

The rains that have occurred in recent days in Puerto Vallarta significantly increase the presence of mosquitoes whenever there are more puddles and standing water in homes, said Rafael Nunez Gomez, director of the Eighth Sanitary District. In this regard noted that not all mosquitoes are of Aedes aegypti, which is the transmitter of dengue, […]

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Blimps similar to those used in Afganistan may begin operations on U.S. border with Mexico

The announcement made by the United States about the possible use of surveillance blimps, similar to those being used on the battlefield in Afghanistan, in the border with Mexico hits the newspapers’ headlines on Wednesday. Read Article Read Article

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Mexico City D.F.: at least 1700 points of sale for illegal drugs

According to the capital’s Public Security Ministry and the Attorney General of the Republic, in Mexico City there are 1,700 points of sale of drugs, Iztapalapa, Gustavo A. Madero and Cuauhtemoc are demarcations concentrations of drug dealing over as a whole derive 49% of the total gain in Mexico City. A study called “The drug […]

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