Sinaloa

Singer Kidnapped And Tortured For Refusing To Sing Song

Posted 04.10.2012

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Violence against Mexican musicians from narcocorridos bands keep escalating. A singer with the norteña band "Los Ciclones del Arroyo" was kidnapped a...

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U.S. Meth Supplier Expands Operations To Guatemala

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and SONIA PEREZ | Posted 03.01.2012

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico's powerful Sinaloa drug cartel appears to be extending its massive production of methamphetamine into neighboring Guatemala...

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Police Find 13 Burned Bodies In Back Of Pickup Truck

AP | MARTIN DURAN | Posted 01.23.2012

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CULIACAN, Mexico — Attacks in the home state of Mexico's most powerful drug cartel left 24 people dead and 17 of the victims' bodies were found ...

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Gunmen Open Fire At Volleyball Game, Kill 8

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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CULIACAN, Mexico — Gunmen who killed eight people and wounded seven at a pickup volleyball game in the Mexican state of Sinaloa were targeting t...

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Colombia Seizes $230 Million Of Mexican Kingpin's Assets

AP | Posted 11.21.2011

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombian police have seized 301 properties, including houses, vehicles and estates, that belonged to alleged front men for J...

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Mexican Soccer Match Suspended Because Of Gunfire

AP | Posted 10.21.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- A First Division Mexican soccer match was suspended Saturday after gunmen opened fire on police outside the stadium in the northern cit...

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Iraqi-Mexican Drug And Weapons Operation Busted In California

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 10.18.2011

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SAN DIEGO — Federal officials said Thursday they've busted a drug trafficking ring involving Mexico's most powerful cartel and members of an Ira...

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At Least 12 Police, Bystander Killed In Mexico

AP | Posted 09.14.2011

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CULIACAN, Mexico -- Mexican authorities say at least 12 state police officers and a bystander have been killed in an ambush on a highway in Mexico's w...

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Mexican Fronts For Drug Cartels Thrive In Spite Of U.S. Awareness

AP | By MARK STEVENSON and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 07.13.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- Business appeared slow on a recent night at the cavernous, marble-lobbied Numero Uno bar. Neatly uniformed waiters were on hand ready ...

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Sinaloa Takes Over Ciudad Juarez

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL and MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After a two-year battle that has killed more than 5,000 people, Mexico's most powerful kingpin now controls the coveted ...

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Gunmen Open Fire On AA Meeting In Mexico, Killing 1

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wo...

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Drug War: Mexico Military FInds One Of Counry's Largest Meth Labs

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...

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Vicente Zambada, Mexico Cartel Leader, Captured

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — A purported top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel was in police custody Thursday, as authorities extended a cross-border crac...

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