Body with arms cut off dumped on street in Mexico border city under siege by drug violence

October 5th, 2009 5 men killed in shooting in Mexico border barCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot five men to death on Monday, state prosecutors said. The victims ranged in age from 25 to 30 in the attack at Gabino's, located on a main boulevard of the city across from El Paso, Texas, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.

September 25th, 2009 Mexico Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executionsCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. Police say the men were members of the Sinaloa cartel, a violent gang entrenched in a brutal turf war for control of drug routes to the United States.

September 16th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - At least 24 people have been killed in separate incidents in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which has been plagued in a vicious inter-gang drug war in recent times, authorities have said. According to the police, gunmen armed with assault rifles entered a drug rehabilitation center Tuesday night in the Papalote neighborhood and killed 10 people, including a woman, while those inside were celebrating the 199th anniversary of Mexico's independence.

September 15th, 2009 6 bodies found in burning car in MexicoTIJUANA, Mexico — Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in a Mexican border city besieged by drug violence, police said Tuesday. Four bodies were found in the compact car's seats and two in the trunk in Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, according to a police report.

September 12th, 2009 5 bodies found dumped in landfill near AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — Police have found the bodies of five men dumped in a landfill near the Mexican resort city of Acapulco. The Guerrero state Public Safety Department says the men had been shot to death and police officers found a note with the bodies signed "The boss of bosses." A statement issued Saturday by the department says investigators also found at least 50 bullet casings and duct tape at the scene.

September 9th, 2009 Body with severed arms in Mexico ID'd as Texas manEL PASO, Texas — A body found with its severed arms crossed and placed on its chest in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was identified by authorities Wednesday as a Texas man kidnapped from his home. Sergio Saucedo, 30, was kidnapped from his Horizon City house outside El Paso last Thursday.

September 7th, 2009 Mexico: 4 men gunned down at Ciudad Juarez motelCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Attackers shot four men to death in a motel parking lot in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's deadliest city. The victims were standing outside a vehicle drinking alcohol Sunday when they were shot multiple times, said Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for the regional North Zone prosecutor's office.

September 4th, 2009 Ambassador: US must stop flow of arms to MexicoMONTERREY, Mexico — Washington's new ambassador to Mexico says the United States must stop the flow of weapons smuggled south across the border to improve security. Carlos Pascual says "we cannot continue to arm the cartels," referring to guns bought in the United States and sold to drug gangs in Mexico.

September 3rd, 2009 3 US governors no-show at border conferenceMONTERREY, Mexico — Mexico's interior secretary says escalating violence along the U.S. border is a reaction to the country's crackdown on organized crime.

August 23rd, 2009 Gunmen kill Mexican army officer in bowling alleyCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen killed an army officer and another man in a bowling alley in Ciudad Juarez, a border city that has seen Mexico's highest levels of drug-related violence in recent years, police said Saturday. The assailants entered the Bol Bol bowling alley and shot to death army Capt.

July 21st, 2009 3 bodies, 1 headless, found in ditch in MexicoCIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Three bodies, one of them headless, were found floating in an irrigation ditch Tuesday in a northern Mexican border city where drug violence has spiked despite the presence of thousands of soldiers. Firefighters fished the bodies from the ditch in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas.

June 30th, 2009 Police find 5 bodies, severed head in MexicoMORELIA, Mexico — Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government's war against drug cartels. In other bloodshed, the body of a slain Texas teenager was found in a violent northern border city, but authorities had not determined whether her killing was related to the drug trade.

June 17th, 2009 7 men beaten, shot to death in northern MexicoMEXICO CITY — Police have found the bodies of seven young men who were beaten or shot to death in the state of Durango in northern Mexico. At least three of the bodies had bullet wounds.

May 4th, 2009 Police find 11 bodies dumped in southern MexicoACAPULCO, Mexico — Police say they found 11 bodies dumped around a southern Mexican state, including seven wrapped in plastic bags and thrown off a bridge. Guerrero state police say the bodies of five men and two women were found in a river between the Pacific resort town of Acapulco and the city of Cuernavaca.

April 22nd, 2009 Body found on fire outside Tijuana, MexicoTIJUANA, Mexico — Police found a body in flames dumped along a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of this violent northern border city, authorities said Tuesday. The victim was found with his head wrapped in packing tape, a common practice used by drug smugglers against rivals, a city police report said.