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7 killed in prison riot as officers try to transfer 2 dangerous inmates in Mexico

7 killed in prison riot as officers try to transfer 2 dangerous inmates in Mexico

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[ad_1] Seven inmates were killed in a prison riot in southern Mexico, when inmates resisting transfers to other jails fought police with guns and knives, authorities said late Thursday. Four police officers and six other inmates were injured in the riot in the city of Villahermosa, the capital of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco. […]

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2 soldiers killed by landmine blast in Mexico day after 2 troops killed by booby trap in same region

2 soldiers killed by landmine blast in Mexico day after 2 troops killed by booby trap in same region

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[ad_1] A blast killed two Mexican soldiers in the second deadly incident this week involving an improvised landmine in a crime-plagued western state, authorities said Wednesday. According to the El Universal newspaper, the soldiers were trying to deactivate the device when it exploded. The blast happened late on Tuesday in Buenavista in Michoacan, the state

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Explosion kills 2 Mexican soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after troops found dismembered bodies

Explosion kills 2 Mexican soldiers in suspected booby trap by drug cartel after troops found dismembered bodies

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[ad_1] An improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others, Mexico’s defense secretary said Tuesday. Before the blast, the soldiers had discovered the dismembered bodies of three people, officials said. Gen. Ricardo Trevilla acknowledged that the army had already suffered six deaths from such improvised explosive

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Accused mastermind of journalist's murder wanted by Mexico — but U.S. has called him a "protected witness"

Accused mastermind of journalist’s murder wanted by Mexico — but U.S. has called him a “protected witness”

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[ad_1] Mexico has asked the United States to extradite the suspected mastermind behind the murder of journalist Javier Valdez after he was arrested on drug charges, the attorney general said.   Damaso Lopez Serrano — who the Justice Department says is known as “Mini Lic” — is accused of ordering the 2017 killing of Valdez, an

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Osiel Cárdenas Guillén — notorious drug lord nicknamed "Friend Killer" — returned to Mexico after U.S. prison sentence

Osiel Cárdenas Guillén — notorious drug lord nicknamed “Friend Killer” — returned to Mexico after U.S. prison sentence

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[ad_1] Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillén has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges.  There had been nervousness about the impending return of Cárdenas Guillén, who once led the feared Gulf cartel in northeastern Mexico before he

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Mayor among 4 people found shot dead in central Mexico; prominent vineyard owner killed in separate incident

Mayor among 4 people found shot dead in central Mexico; prominent vineyard owner killed in separate incident

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[ad_1] A mayor in Mexico’s central San Luis Potosi state, who was a member of the ruling Morena party, was shot dead on Sunday along with three other people, local authorities said, while a prominent vineyard owner was murdered in another central region. Jesus Eduardo Franco, mayor of Tancanhuitz municipality, and the three other victims

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