Police: Drug traffickers in Mexican border city killed 3 missing women, dissolved bodies

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 Attacks kill at least 21 in Mexican border citiesTIJUANA, Mexico — Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by drug violence, authorities said Tuesday. Near Mexico's southern border, meanwhile, the bullet-ridden bodies of eight men suspected to be drug traffickers were found in a Guatemalan frontier town.

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 15th, 2009 Attacks kill at least 16 in Mexican border citiesTIJUANA, Mexico — Firefighters have found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 10 people were killed in two separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by drug violence. Near Mexico's southern border, meanwhile, the bullet-ridden bodies of eight men suspected to be drug traffickers were found in a Guatemalan frontier town.

August 30th, 2009 Defense lawyer for Mexican drug kingpin killedTOLUCA, Mexico — A lawyer for a convicted Mexican drug kingpin was found stabbed to death in his home, authorities said Saturday. Americo Delgado was the second Mexican defense attorney for high-profile drug suspects killed in less than a month.

August 20th, 2009 Mexican state lawmaker killedACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen have killed the presiding lawmaker of the state legislature in a drug-plagued Mexican state. Guerrero state's public safety department says the body of leftist congressman Armando Chavarria was found early Thursday in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the state capital of Chilpancingo.

August 13th, 2009 San Diego officials dismantle deadly drug ringSAN DIEGO — Authorities in San Diego say they've dismantled a ring of Mexican drug traffickers responsible for nine murders, including two where the victims' bodies were dissolved in acid. A county grand jury indictment was announced Thursday.

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.

July 13th, 2009 Gunmen kill policeman, wound 3 more in TijuanaTIJUANA, Mexico — Gunmen opened fire on a patrol car in the drug-plagued border city of Tijuana, killing one police officer and wounding three more, authorities said Monday. Tijuana police said in a statement that Sunday's attack brings to 18 the number of officers that have been killed this year in the city across from San Diego.

July 9th, 2009 Mexican police find 4 mutilated bodies in bagsMORELIA, Mexico — Police in western Mexico found four mutilated bodies in plastic bags on the side of a highway Thursday. The officials found the bodies in the town of La Huacana after receiving reports of plastic bags leaking blood, according to a statement from prosecutors in the state of Michoacan, where the town is located.

June 29th, 2009 Mexico detains 93 police in corruption probeMEXICO CITY — Mexican prosecutors announced Sunday they have put 93 police officers and investigators under house arrest on suspicion of aiding the Zetas, a feared gang of hit men tied to the Gulf drug cartel. Corruption scandals have long plagued Mexican law enforcement, but the detentions represented one of the biggest single roundups of suspected officers in recent years.

June 4th, 2009 11 bodies found inside abandoned car in MexicoMEXICO CITY — Mexican police found 11 bodies — most with their hands and feet cut off — inside an abandoned car in the border state of Sonora Thursday in violence attributed to drug traffickers battling for control of the region. Sonora's state prosecutors said in a statement that the bodies were discovered inside a sport utility vehicle on a road between the towns of Caborca and Sonoyta along with a threatening message.

April 30th, 2009 Mexico nabs drug gang leader on most-wanted listMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traffickers. Federal police say Sauceda Gamboa was detained in the border city of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas.

April 25th, 2009 9 found dead in and around Mexican resortACAPULCO, Mexico — The bullet-riddled bodies of nine men were found Friday in and around the Mexican resort of Acapulco. Guerrero state police said in a statement that the bodies of five men were found in a sport utility vehicle parked near a highway connecting Acapulco and Zihuatenejo.

March 16th, 2009 CIUDAD JUAREZ - Nine bodies were found in a mass grave in this Mexican city, officials said. The mass grave was discovered Friday night in the city's southwest section, said prosecutors in Chihuahua state, where Juarez is located.