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3 police officers, 4 cartel suspects killed in shootouts in Mexico across the border from Texas
Three state police officers and four drug cartel suspects were killed in a running series of shootouts in the northern Mexico…
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After mayor beheaded in Mexico, a former prosecutor is arrested in connection with the murder
A former prosecutor and local police official was arrested Tuesday in connection with the grisly decapitation of a mayor on…
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Boy last seen in kidnap video posted by drug cartel among 11 found dead in pickup truck in Mexico
Among the many horrifying videos posted online amid Mexico’s drug cartel violence, few have been as profoundly shocking as that…
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Gunmen storm hospital, kill patient and 2 police officers in Mexico
Gunmen stormed a hospital in Mexico Monday to attack a man recovering from a gunshot wound, killing him and two…
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2 women and boy shot dead at altar to folk saint cult
A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the…
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U.S. Marine Corps veteran shot dead by cartel-hired gunmen in Mexico:
Gunmen apparently working for a drug cartel killed an American in Mexico, and one of the alleged killers was a…
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Why cellphone chats have become death sentences in cartel stronghold in Mexico
Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Cartel gunmen stop…
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New mayor vows to fight violence in Mexico city days after his predecessor was killed and beheaded
A new mayor was sworn in Thursday in a city in southern Mexico where his predecessor was killed and beheaded…
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After newly elected mayor is beheaded in Mexico, others ask federal authorities for protection
Four mayors in Mexico have asked federal authorities for protection after a colleague was beheaded last week in the southern state…
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Mayor reportedly beheaded days after taking office in Mexico amid surge in cartel violence
The mayor of a city in southern Mexico has been murdered less than a week after taking office, authorities said…
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