San Diego officials say they dismantled Mexican drug ring involved in 9 killings

October 6th, 2009 Mexican coastal cities to create tourist policeSAN DIEGO — City officials in Mexico's Baja California state are drafting plans for a bilingual police force that caters to American tourists headed south of the border. The plan, announced Monday at San Diego City Hall, is to create a joint Mexican force that patrols a 50-mile tourist corridor from Tijuana through Playas de Rosarito to Ensenada.

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 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 24th, 2009 41 indicted in $2 million-a-month Denver meth ringDENVER — Colorado authorities say they've broken up a drug ring responsible for importing and distributing more than $2 million worth of methamphetamine in the Denver area each month. State Attorney General John Suthers said Monday 41 people have been indicted.

August 20th, 2009 A dozen new indictments against Mexican cartelsWASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors unveiled a dozen new indictments Thursday charging accused Mexican drug cartels members pumped vast quantities of drugs into major U.S. cities. Ten accused cartel leaders and dozens of others are charged in indictments unsealed in Chicago and New York.

July 31st, 2009 4 arrested in California gun ring bustLOS ANGELES — Four people were arrested and charged Friday for their roles in a suspected gun ring that sold assault rifles and other high-powered weapons, with one man claiming he is a member of a notorious Mexican drug cartel, authorities said. Edgardo Prado Casteneda, Vicente Garcia, Scott Blanks and Victor Velasquez were arrested by federal authorities.

July 20th, 2009 New charges, rewards in drug warWASHINGTON — The US government has filed new charges against top Mexican drug suspects and offered a total of $50 million in rewards for their capture. The Justice Department says an updated indictment made public Monday in Washington adds the names of three alleged lieutenants of the Mexican drug cartel called "The Company" and its offshoot, Los Zetas.

July 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.

July 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.

June 3rd, 2009 Mexican cartel member shot and killed in El PasoEL PASO, Texas — Police in El Paso, Texas, say a Mexican man shot to death last month in front of a house was a midlevel official in the Juarez drug cartel. Officer Chris Mears said Wednesday that police have identified Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana as a lieutenant in the gang, which is blamed for countless killings across the Rio Grande from El Paso in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

May 8th, 2009 Mexico: 3 missing women killed by traffickersTIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican police say three women who disappeared in the border city of Tijuana were killed by drug traffickers who dissolved their bodies in a caustic substance. Baja California state investigator Miguel Guerrero says the women — aged 23 to 25 — have been missing since August after they traveled from Mexicali to Tijuana, across from San Diego.

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 30th, 2009 Craigslist suspect's wedding being 'dismantled'BOSTON — A lawyer for the fiancee of a former medical student accused of killing a masseuse he contacted on Craigslist says the wedding they had planned this summer is being "dismantled." Robert Honecker, the lawyer for Megan McAllister, told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Thursday that his client's planned August wedding to Philip Markoff "will not occur" and is not likely to happen at any time in the future. McAllister, accompanied by her mother and Honecker, met with Markoff in jail for about 25 minutes on Wednesday.