Border Patrol Agent with Cache of Ammunition Was Arrested by Mexican Army
An off-duty Border Patrol agent was arrested by Mexican army soldiers on claims that he crossed the border into Juárez with a cache of firearm ammunition.
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Gang Leader Gets Life Sentence in U.S. Consulate Murders
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Arturo Gallegos Castrellon, the Barrio Azteca Lieutenant who ordered the March 2010 murders of a U.S. Consulate employee, her husband and the husband of another U.S. Consulate employee in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison in federal court in El Paso. “The DEA is committed to ensuring cold-blooded…
Cartel Leader Involved in U.S. Consulate Killings Gets Life
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The Juarez Drug Cartel’s leader in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, pleaded guilty Thursday in El Paso, Texas, and was sentenced to life in prison for his role in drug-trafficking and numerous acts of violence including the deaths of three people tied to the the U.S. Consulate in Mexico, the Justice Department…
Washington Post Editorial: Mexico’s Massacres- U.S. Needs to Do More
The Washington Post Editorial Page WASHINGTON — TIJUANA, one of Mexico’s violence-racked border cities, was supposed to be getting better. A drug kingpin notorious for dissolving his enemies in acid was arrested; a record cache of 134 tons of marijuana was seized and burned. President Felipe Calderon said the city was a “clear example that…
FBI and ATF Join Car Bomb Probe in Mexico Allegedly Involving Drug Cartel in Border Town
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The FBI and ATF have joined the probe in Mexico into a July 15 car bomb in the border town of Juarez that killed three people, the El Paso Times reported. The bomb, made of C-4 plastic, was detonated by cell phone. It was the first time drug cartels had used…