Four human heads found in coolers in MexicoSeptember 25th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Four human heads were found Friday stashed in four coolers in the southern Mexican town of Coyuca de Catalan, where many drug gangs are active, Guerrero state authorities said. Police also found four black bags with the remainder of the bodies, and a message whose content was not made public.
Mexico replaces all 700 customs inspectors with agents newly trained to fight drug smugglingAugust 16th, 2009 Mexico replaces all customs agents in drug fightMEXICO CITY — Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to fight drug smuggling. The government has sent soldiers to airports and border crossings across the country to take back the guns issued to the inspectors.
Mexico detains 10 police officers in federal agents' killings, charges ex-mayor with drug tiesJuly 19th, 2009 Mexico detains 10 in killings of federal agentsMEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators have detained 10 police officers in the torture and killings of 12 federal agents whose bodies were found dumped along a highway in western Michoacan state. The federal Attorney General's Office says a judge ordered the officers from the town of Arteaga held pending an investigation on suspicion of involvement in the slayings.
Mexico drug gang kills 12 police officersJuly 15th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Investigators have identified the 12 dead bodies found earlier Tuesday alongside a road in Mexico's western Michoacan state as federal police officers. Monte Alejandro Rubido, spokesman for the National Security Council, called the brutal killings a revenge attack by the drug cartel La Familia Michoacana.
Mexico charges 7 mayors, state prosecutor and other officials for allegedly helping cartelJune 19th, 2009 Mexico drug charges against 7 mayors, 20 officialsMEXICO CITY — Mexico levied organized crime and drug charges Thursday against seven mayors, the former state attorney general and 19 other officials in the western state of Michoacan for allegedly aiding a drug cartel. Three other mayors detained in raids across the state May 26 have not been charged, but will continue to be held pending investigations, officials said.
Police find the bodies of 7 men beaten, shot to death in northern MexicoJune 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.
Mexico captures drug cartel suspect wanted in US for smuggling $2 million in cocaine profitsJune 8th, 2009 Mexico captures drug cartel suspect wanted in USMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have captured a woman wanted in the United States for allegedly smuggling $2 million in cocaine-trafficking profits for a powerful drug cartel. The Attorney General's Office says Olga Lerma was arrested in western Jalisco state after police spent three months tracking her movements.
Severed human heads found in cooler in MexicoMay 19th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The police have found severed heads of three men inside a cooler on a roadside in southern Mexico. The grisly find was made near a tollbooth in the Union de Isidoro Montes de Oca city, the Guerrero state Public Safety Secretariat said in a statement Monday.
Gunmen help 53 inmates flee Mexico prisonMay 18th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Some 20 gunmen wearing police uniforms managed to enter a prison and helped 53 inmates escape in the northern Mexican state of Zacatecas, officials said. The incident occurred Saturday in Cineguillas penitentiary, located some 30 km from provincial capital Zacatecas, and all the inmates who escaped belonged to the Gulf drug cartel, Zacatecas Governor Amalia Garcia said.
Gunmen kill eight in MexicoApril 20th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - Eight law enforcement officials, including two federal police officers and two prison guards, were killed in an attack on a police convoy in western Mexico, authorities said Sunday. According to the public safety secretariat, the assailants opened fired Saturday on the police convoy transporting an important drug suspect to a prison in the coastal state of Nayarit.
Nearly seven tonnes of cocaine seized in ColombiaFebruary 8th, 2009 BOGOTA - Nearly seven tonnes of cocaine were seized in Colombia from a truck that was apparently bound for a Mexican drug cartel. Two people were arrested, the police said.
Mexican hit man who dissolved 300 bodies in acid inspires songsJanuary 31st, 2009 MEXICO CITY - The story of a killer-for-hire who over a nine-year career dissolved in acid the bodies of 300 victims has already inspired two songs, the Mexican press has reported. Portions of the songs, entitled 'El Cocinero' (The cook) and 'El corrido a Santiago Meza' (The ballad of Santiago Meza) were broadcast Wednesday on Radio Formula, EFE reported.
Colombia's drug mafias shift bases to Mexico: OfficialJanuary 25th, 2009 BOGOTA - Colombia's drug mafias have shifted bases to Mexico after their networks busted in the country, EFE reported. Colombia's National Police Chief Gen.
Eight bodies stuffed in trash bags found in MexicoDecember 24th, 2008 SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS - Police in southern Mexican state of Chiapas have found eight bodies stuffed in plastic garbage bags and dumped on a rural road near Guatemala border, EFE news agency reported Thursday. According to provincial Justice Minister Amador Rodriguez Lozano, five bodies were found Tuesday from a road side in Guadalupe Victoria town and the other three were found in the town of 20 de Noviembre.
Sri Lanka Cricket interim committee dissolvedDecember 22nd, 2008 COLOMBO - Sri Lanka Sports Minister Gamini Lokuge Tuesday dissolved the interim committee of Sri Lanka Cricket headed by former captain Arjuna Ranatunga. Lokuge told IANS that the interim committee has been dissolved with immediate effect.
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