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Children Among 6 Family Members Murdered In Mexico: Official
A baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family murdered in a central Mexican state plagued by gang-related violence, a local official said Monday.
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6 Killed In Bar Shooting During Independence Day Celebrations In Mexico
A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.
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53 Bags Of Human Remains Found In Mexico. Search Started Due To A Dog
As applause rang out at a nearby international arts festival, Bibiana Mendoza unearthed human remains from a clandestine grave in a Mexican region where prosperity, culture, and cartel violence converge.
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9 Killed In Bar In Mexico In Drug Cartel-Linked Attack
Armed men killed nine people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the most violent in the country, local officials said, in an attack blamed on drug cartels.
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Girl, 8, Who Recently Moved To US From Mexico, Shot Dead In Gang Violence
An eight-year-old girl who recently moved to Chicago from Mexico was shot dead over the weekend, the latest apparent victim of gang violence in the midwest US city.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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Nineteen Plastic Bags With Human Remains Found In Mexico
Mexican prosecutors said on Friday they were investigating the discovery of 19 plastic bags containing human remains in Jalisco, a western state that has been battered by surging levels of gang violence.
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Mexico's New President Vows To End "Rapacious" Elite In First Speech
Veteran leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office as Mexican president on Saturday, vowing to see off a "rapacious" elite in a country struggling with corruption, chronic poverty and gang violence on the doorstep of the United States.
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Shootout Between Rival Drug Cartels And Cops Leaves At Least 15 Dead In Mexico
At least 15 people died Wednesday in a huge shootout between police and two rival drug gangs in northern Mexico, authorities said.
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The Rise Of Heroin Brings Violence And Fear To Mexico
In this skittish town on Mexico's heroin highway, civilians with rusty shotguns shake down passing cars for contributions to the public defense. The police were disbanded years ago. The mayor recently got a death threat and fled in the governor's helicopter.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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Mexico Arrests Acapulco Gang Chief
Mexican authorities have arrested the suspected leaders of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco, one of the drug gangs responsible for the Pacific resort's deadly violence, officials said Tuesday.
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Mexico Disarms Police in Missing Students City
Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security Monday after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.
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Armed gang rapes six Spanish tourists in Mexico
Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort.
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11 killed in Mexico gunbattle
Seven police officers and four gunmen were killed in a shootout in Mexico's northwestern state of Sinaloa, a stronghold of one of the country's ruthless drug gangs, officials said.
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Children Among 6 Family Members Murdered In Mexico: Official
A baby and a toddler were among six members of the same family murdered in a central Mexican state plagued by gang-related violence, a local official said Monday.
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6 Killed In Bar Shooting During Independence Day Celebrations In Mexico
A shooting attack left at least six people dead in a bar in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, a region hard-hit by gang violence, authorities said Saturday.
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53 Bags Of Human Remains Found In Mexico. Search Started Due To A Dog
As applause rang out at a nearby international arts festival, Bibiana Mendoza unearthed human remains from a clandestine grave in a Mexican region where prosperity, culture, and cartel violence converge.
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9 Killed In Bar In Mexico In Drug Cartel-Linked Attack
Armed men killed nine people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, the most violent in the country, local officials said, in an attack blamed on drug cartels.
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Girl, 8, Who Recently Moved To US From Mexico, Shot Dead In Gang Violence
An eight-year-old girl who recently moved to Chicago from Mexico was shot dead over the weekend, the latest apparent victim of gang violence in the midwest US city.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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Nineteen Plastic Bags With Human Remains Found In Mexico
Mexican prosecutors said on Friday they were investigating the discovery of 19 plastic bags containing human remains in Jalisco, a western state that has been battered by surging levels of gang violence.
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Mexico's New President Vows To End "Rapacious" Elite In First Speech
Veteran leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador took office as Mexican president on Saturday, vowing to see off a "rapacious" elite in a country struggling with corruption, chronic poverty and gang violence on the doorstep of the United States.
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Shootout Between Rival Drug Cartels And Cops Leaves At Least 15 Dead In Mexico
At least 15 people died Wednesday in a huge shootout between police and two rival drug gangs in northern Mexico, authorities said.
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The Rise Of Heroin Brings Violence And Fear To Mexico
In this skittish town on Mexico's heroin highway, civilians with rusty shotguns shake down passing cars for contributions to the public defense. The police were disbanded years ago. The mayor recently got a death threat and fled in the governor's helicopter.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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Mexico Arrests Acapulco Gang Chief
Mexican authorities have arrested the suspected leaders of the Independent Cartel of Acapulco, one of the drug gangs responsible for the Pacific resort's deadly violence, officials said Tuesday.
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Mexico Disarms Police in Missing Students City
Mexican federal forces disarmed a southern city's entire police corps and took over security Monday after officers were accused of colluding with a gang in violence that left 43 students missing.
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Armed gang rapes six Spanish tourists in Mexico
Six Spanish tourists were raped by a gang of armed, masked men in the Mexican resort of Acapulco, the latest chapter of violence that has tarnished the once-glamorous Pacific coast resort.
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11 killed in Mexico gunbattle
Seven police officers and four gunmen were killed in a shootout in Mexico's northwestern state of Sinaloa, a stronghold of one of the country's ruthless drug gangs, officials said.
