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Executions Continue in Mexican State Bordering Texas

PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Coahuila — As authorities continue to deal with a sudden spike in violence that has resulted in various executions and most recently the beheading of three informants at the hands of Los Zetas cartel members, one failed daytime execution continues to spike interests of investigators.

Hidalgo County Sheriffs

Border Shootout Kills Two In Texas

A failed home invasion turned into a drug shootout near the border city of Mission, Texas, and left two gunmen dead as drug traffickers tried to steal a load of narcotics from a house — but the owners of the drugs fought back.

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2015: Another Year of Mexican Cartel Violence and Government Corruption

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — As another year comes to a close in Mexico, it has been filled with drug violence, controversy and crime. Rather than a decrease in drug crime, the country has begun to see escalating violence in places previously untouched. The sentiment expressed by many in this country is that widespread corruption is one of the main factors that continues to fuel raging violence.

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Somali Citizen Arrested for Smuggling People Across U.S.-Mexico Border

A citizen of Somalia has been arrested for helping smuggle human beings across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. The Somali was operating from the U.S. side of the border. According to a criminal complaint filed in federal court, Omar Haji Mohamed, a Somali national, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Why, Arizona, near the Tohono O’odham Nation. He had two passengers in his vehicle, Gilberto Alcantar and Alma Delia Reyes-Castillo—both illegal immigrants from Mexico.

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U.S. Consulate Warns Americans Traveling to Mexico During Holidays

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas –The State of Tamaulipas has become in one of the most dangerous places worldwide. This is due to the daily violence that take place in this region of Mexico. Kidnappings, shootouts, extortions, among other crimes, keep the Mexican government busy when it comes to security matters without authorities being able to take any true control over the activities carries out by organized crime.

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Shots Fired on Texas Border Bridge to Mexico

Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fired shots at a vehicle driving recklessly towards the inspection station of an international bridge between Texas and Mexico on Thursday.