13 bodies found in vehicles in northern Mexico
Huffington Post | Police found the mutilated bodies of 13 people inside two vehicles abandoned in separate towns of the northern border state of Tamaulipas, an official said Friday.
View ArticleOwner of Rivera Plane Denies Drug Connections
Traces of Reality | The man who runs the business that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Latin music star Jenni Rivera says he has never been involved in drug trafficking...
View ArticleNew Concerns For President Peña Nieto: Hezbollah’s Rising Profile In Mexico
Borderland Beat | The current plague of instability in Mexico appears to have attracted transnational criminal and terrorist organizations such as Hezbollah, which should be of paramount concern for...
View ArticleMexico: Over 25,000 Names on Secret List of “Disappeared”
El Diario/Proceso | During the six-year Calderon administration, and as a result of his war against drug trafficking, 25,276 persons acquired the classification of "desaparecidos" (disappeared).
View ArticleDeja Vu: Pentagon to send Special Ops to train Mexican forces to combat cartels
WRAL | The Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug cartels the same way special...
View ArticleTraces of Reality Radio: January 19, 2013
Traces of Reality | TOR Radio: January 19, 2013 - Guests: Danny Benavides, Topics: Drug War, Corruption in RGV, NORTHCOM sends special ops commandos to Mexico, Gun Control, Fast and Furious, Executive...
View ArticleTOR TV: TOR Radio LIVE on YouTube – January 19, 2013
Traces of Reality | TOR Radio LIVE on YouTube – January 19, 2013, Guest: Danny Benavides, Topics: Drug War and RGV, Panama Unit, Wayne Ball, Mexico creates its own CIA, Pentagon sends special ops to...
View ArticleBen Swann: What The Media Isn’t Telling You About The Drug War
Ben Swann | Ben Swann Reality Check explains what the media isn't telling you about Mexico's drug war and the U.S.'s war on drugs
View ArticleArmed Vigilante Militias in Mexico May Be Sanctioned By the State
Christian Science Monitor | Some townspeople in southern Mexico who have taken up arms in the name of self-defense may be given a chance to trade in their masks for official uniforms.
View ArticleHow Mexico’s Drug Cartels Recruit Child Soldiers as Young as 11
Wired | In case you thought Mexican drug cartels had sunk as low as they could get, a new report details how they use children as young as 11 years old to do their murderous bidding.
View ArticleCartel Watchdog Disappears From Social Media After Death Threats
Robert Beckhusen | The Twitter and Facebook accounts for a popular crime watchdog in one of Mexico’s most dangerous states have been abruptly taken down, without their owner providing a reason. But he...
View ArticleHis Life Threatened: “ValorXTamaulipas” Disappears from Facebook and Twitter
Borderland Beat | This past February the organized crime offered 600 thousand Mexican Pesos(about 50000 USD) to anyone who gave information about the creator of Valor Por Tamaulipas. The objective:...
View ArticleMexican Cartels Move Agents Deep Inside US Borders
Borderland Beat | Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to live and work deep inside the United States —...
View ArticleMexican government seals cartel information for twelve years
Borderland Beat | The Mexican Office of Attorney General (PGR) has decided to restrict official reports about organized crime in the country for 12 years, such as the number of cartels, their names...
View ArticleMexican Cartels Invade America: End The Drug War To Stop Them
United Liberty | If we’re going to discuss how to stop the cartels, we must first ask why the cartels are doing what they are doing. Why are the cartels doing so much to smuggle illegal narcotics into...
View ArticleMexican Vigilantes Stand Up Against Crime (VIDEO)
Vice | The state of Guerrero (which means "warrior") is one of the poorest in Mexico and the site of some of the worst violence in the battle between the drug cartels and Mexican authorities. As a...
View ArticleMexico Seeks to Ramp Up Tourism By Rebranding Drug War
Bill Conroy | The Mexican government under recently empowered President Enrique Peña Nieto has gone to great lengths to promote the nation as a rising economic contender while downplaying the...
View ArticleMexican Gang-Bangers Fighting in Syria? Not Quite
Danny Benavides | I caught an interesting link in my Twitter feed yesterday that I wanted to share on this blog and ruminate upon. Those of you that are reading this may already be familiar with some...
View ArticleNarconoia Podcast 1: Peña Nieto’s “Captured without a Shot Fired” Narco-Theater
Narconoia Podcast #1 | Peña Nieto's "Captured Without a Shot Fired" Narco-Theater: As Mexico's government proclaims that the country is "open for business," courting investors, tourists, and foreign...
View ArticleNarconoia Podcast: Mexico’s Narco-Insurgency, Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion
Narconoia Podcast #2 | In the past three months, Jalisco's "New Generation" cartel has conducted well-coordinated attacks against Mexican authorities, culminating with a large-scale offensive and...
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