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3 people killed yesterday in Juarez; witnesses say federal police abducted...
Three homicides were reported yesterday in Juarez, bringing the total number of killings as of April 25 to 86 for the month and for the year 2012, the number of homicides is about 395. The estimate...
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Mexico probes journalist Regina Martinez’s death–Xalapa, Veracruz
via BBC News Regina Martinez was found in her home in Xalapa on Saturday, apparently beaten and strangled to death. She reported on crime for the weekly news magazine Proceso. Pressure groups say...
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9 bodies hung from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo, 14 decapitated
14 more bodies–these were decapitated– have been found today in Nuevo Laredo…in addition to the 9 bodies found early this morning hanging from a major overpass in the city. I hope it occurs to someone...
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Discovery of dumping ground in Valley of Juárez puts slayings of women in...
According to the figures for the state of Chihuahua for 2009, women are 5.9 percent of the total number of homicide victims. I may be missing something, but I can see no statement or evidence in this...
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6 (or 8) killed yesterday in Juarez; heads and body parts dumped in Juarez;...
El Diario reports 6 killed yesterday in Juarez. But, according to the reports in the paper and the press notices from the Fiscalia, I believe the actual count for May 14 is 8. One man died in the...
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Mexican troops capture a top suspect in slayings of 49 via CNN
The CNN International report on the arrest of Daniel de Jesús Elizondo Ramírez, El Loco, the Zeta chief accused of the murder and decapitations of the 49 people whose bodies were dumped in Nuevo Leon...
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14 bodies in Ciudad MAnte, Tamaulipas; 44 murdered in 7 states all across...
For the second time in a month, 14 mutilated bodies have been abandoned in the town of Ciudad Mante in Tamaulipas. Also, according to the story posted from Cronica, during the wave of violence...
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LEGITIMATE HOMICIDE…
As I was driving home today and listening to the news about Todd Akin and “legitimate rape“… I thought, well, what we have been seeing in Mexico for (at least) the last 6 years is a government that...
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at least 23 dead Tues and Wed in Nuevo Leon state
In case there are any doubts as to the continuing violence in different places in Mexico as summarized yesterday in Jim Creechan’s post, this was posted this morning in REFORMA… Yesterday, 12 people...
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A Decade Without A Single Public Official Guilty Of The Crime Of Torture...
Thanks to Patrick for this translation of an Animal Político story about torture in Mexico. Not a single English-speaking journalist has covered the visit to Mexico of the Special Rapporteur on...
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