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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Ciudad Juarez</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>College student gunned down in deadly Mexican border city; 7 bodies found along state highway</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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College student shot dead in Mexican border city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican prosecutors say gunmen shot and killed a university student in the deadly border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Chihuahua state prosecutor&#8217;s spokesman Arturo Sandoval says the student&#8217;s body was found in a truck Tuesday at an intersection.
He is the second student from the Autonomous University .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/college-student-gunned-down-in-deadly-mexican-border-city-7-bodies-found-along-state-highway-242225/">College student gunned down in deadly Mexican border city; 7 bodies found along state highway</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Assassins linked to 70 murders arrested in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ - Mexican army has arrested two alleged assassins accused of murdering at least 70 people in this northern border city.

Mexican army soldiers captured the two suspects after they murdered a man Friday afternoon, the National Defence Secretariat, or Sedena, said in a communique.	 	
The men - identified as Sergio Omar Ramos Arredondo, 25, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/assassins-linked-to-70-murders-arrested-in-mexico-240731/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Assassins linked to 70 murders arrested in Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Residents of Mexican city learn to live with death as industrial hub turns into battlefield</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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Fear dominates life in Mexico&#8217;s deadliest city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — &#8220;Not one person murdered yesterday,&#8221; Ciudad Juarez&#8217;s leading newspaper proclaimed in a banner headline. It was big news in this border city, ground zero in the drug war — the first time in 10 months that a day had passed without a killing.
But by the ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/residents-of-mexican-city-learn-to-live-with-death-as-industrial-hub-turns-into-battlefield-240667/">Residents of Mexican city learn to live with death as industrial hub turns into battlefield</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Two Mexicans wanted for 45 murders held</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ - Two drug-cartel hit men wanted for 45 killings were arrested by soldiers in this northern border city, Mexican authorities said.

Soldiers tracked down the hit men after they were wounded last Friday in a shootout with a rival gang at a Ciudad Juarez hospital, the defense department said in a statement Tuesday.	 	
Arturo .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/two-mexicans-wanted-for-45-murders-held-231459/">Two Mexicans wanted for 45 murders held</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>15 people, including child, 3 women, killed in 1 day in Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:10:45 +0000</pubDate>
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15 people killed in 1 day in Mexican border city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities say a 7-year-old boy, three women and a university professor are among 15 people who were killed in a single day in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
State prosecutor&#8217;s spokesman Arturo Sandoval says the child was traveling with his father .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/15-people-including-child-3-women-killed-in-1-day-in-mexican-border-city-229589/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 15 people, including child, 3 women, killed in 1 day in Mexican border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen open fire at Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Mexico, killing 1, wounding 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Gunmen attack AA meeting in Mexico, killing 1

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four others, authorities said.
Investigators have not determined a motive for the shootings late Monday in Chihuahua City, the state capital of Chihuahua, the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-open-fire-at-alcoholics-anonymous-meeting-in-mexico-killing-1-wounding-4-225092/">Gunmen open fire at Alcoholics Anonymous meeting in Mexico, killing 1, wounding 4</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Slain police commander, dismembered body found in violence-plagued Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
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Police commander slain in Mexico&#8217;s deadliest city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico&#8217;s deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.
Police spokesman Jacinto Segura says Noel Martinez was shot inside his car Friday morning. Martinez is a former military officer who was a district supervisor .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/slain-police-commander-dismembered-body-found-in-violence-plagued-mexican-border-city-220839/">Slain police commander, dismembered body found in violence-plagued Mexican border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 6 _ including US airman _ at bar in Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Gunmen kill US airman in attack on bar in Mexico

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A gang of gunmen killed an off-duty U.S. airman and five other people early Wednesday at a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, authorities said.
Meanwhile, gunmen assassinated an army general recently named police chief of Garcia, a town in ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-6-_-including-us-airman-_-at-bar-in-mexican-border-city-218326/">Gunmen kill 6 _ including US airman _ at bar in Mexican border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 6 in bar in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Gunmen kill 6 in bar in Mexico border city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A gang of gunmen killed six men and wounded another in a bar early Wednesday in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, and four other men were found dead on a sidewalk in another part of town.
The bloodshed raised to 30 the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-6-in-bar-in-mexican-border-city-of-ciudad-juarez-217975/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Gunmen kill 6 in bar in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US warns of possible random gun attacks on vehicles in Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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US warns of cartel shootings in Mexico border city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The U.S. Consulate in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez warned U.S. citizens that Mexican drug cartels were possibly planning random shooting attacks on cars Wednesday — the same day gunmen ambushed a top state police official.
The Consulate said in a .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-warns-of-possible-random-gun-attacks-on-vehicles-in-mexican-border-city-210594/">US warns of possible random gun attacks on vehicles in Mexican border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican justice report: Cartel-fueled homicides at all-time high in violent border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A violent and ongoing battle between two powerful drug cartels has pushed this northern border city&#8217;s murder rate — already one of the highest in the world — to new records in 2009, according to a government report issued Wednesday.

Ciudad Juarez has had 1,986 homicides — almost all drug-related — through ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-justice-report-cartel-fueled-homicides-at-all-time-high-in-violent-border-city-202643/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Mexican justice report: Cartel-fueled homicides at all-time high in violent border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayor kidnapped, killed in violence-plagued Mexican border town near New Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday.

Town Mayor Estanislao Garcia Santelis had long complained about the drug traffickers and migrant smugglers active around Palomas.
Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the prosecutor&#8217;s office in northern Chihuahua state, said Garcia Santelis&#8217; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mayor-kidnapped-killed-in-violence-plagued-mexican-border-town-near-new-mexico-191266/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Mayor kidnapped, killed in violence-plagued Mexican border town near New Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Deputy mayor kidnapped, killed in violence-plagued Mexican border town near New Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday.

Town Mayor Estanislao Garcia Santelis had long complained about the drug traffickers and migrant smugglers active around Palomas.
Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for the prosecutor&#8217;s office in northern Chihuahua state, said Garcia Santelis&#8217; .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/deputy-mayor-kidnapped-killed-in-violence-plagued-mexican-border-town-near-new-mexico-191254/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 5 men in bar in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot five men to death on Monday, state prosecutors said.

The victims ranged in age from 25 to 30 in the attack at Gabino&#8217;s, located on a main boulevard of the city across from El Paso, Texas, said .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-5-men-in-bar-in-mexican-border-city-of-ciudad-juarez-187422/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Gunmen kill 5 men in bar in Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>5 men accused of 45 Mexico murders, including 28 killed in rehab center attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city.

Police say the men were members of the Sinaloa cartel, a violent gang entrenched in a brutal turf war for control of drug routes to the United States.
The .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-men-accused-of-45-mexico-murders-including-28-killed-in-rehab-center-attacks-178937/">5 men accused of 45 Mexico murders, including 28 killed in rehab center attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 10 at Mexican border drug rehab center; 2nd such attack in less than a month</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen burst into a drug treatment center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot to death 10 people, the second such mass killing this month.

Investigators said the attack was part of a turf battle between the Juarez and Sinaloa cartels in the city, which has seen the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-10-at-mexican-border-drug-rehab-center-2nd-such-attack-in-less-than-a-month-170386/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Gunmen kill 10 at Mexican border drug rehab center; 2nd such attack in less than a month</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican soldiers detain man for multiple homicides in drug-plagued border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

Michael Escalante, 29, of El Paso, was allegedly a member of &#8220;La Linea,&#8221; a group of hit men working for the Juarez drug cartel, Mexico&#8217;s Defense ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-soldiers-detain-man-for-multiple-homicides-in-drug-plagued-border-city-165267/">Mexican soldiers detain man for multiple homicides in drug-plagued border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mothers of women slain in Juarez protest Mexican president&#8217;s choice for new attorney general</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mothers-of-women-slain-in-juarez-protest-mexican-presidents-choice-for-new-attorney-general-164192/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A group of women whose daughters were murdered in a violent Mexican border city are protesting President Felipe Calderon&#8217;s choice for new attorney general.

Protesters say the nominee, Arturo Chavez, did little to solve dozens of rapes and murders of women in Ciudad Juarez when he was Chihuahua state attorney general from .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mothers-of-women-slain-in-juarez-protest-mexican-presidents-choice-for-new-attorney-general-164192/" title="Mothers of women slain in Juarez protest Mexican president&#8217;s choice for new attorney general">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Body with arms cut off dumped on street in Mexico border city under siege by drug violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 04:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Police say a body with both arms cut off was found dumped on a street in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for a regional prosecutor&#8217;s office, says the victim was found late Tuesday with his severed arms crossed and placed on top of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/body-with-arms-cut-off-dumped-on-street-in-mexico-border-city-under-siege-by-drug-violence-164017/" title="Body with arms cut off dumped on street in Mexico border city under siege by drug violence">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>With new AG, Mexico tries to get even tougher on drug cartels and those who protect them</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:41:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — With a new attorney general, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is trying to get even tougher on drug cartels and those who protect them.

But critics say he tapped the wrong man for the job: Arturo Chavez was mired in controversy as attorney general of a border state where corruption ran rampant and hundreds .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/with-new-ag-mexico-tries-to-get-even-tougher-on-drug-cartels-and-those-who-protect-them-162840/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Point man in Mexico&#8217;s offensive against drug gangs announces resignation in Cabinet shakeup</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:19:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Felipe Calderon has accepted the resignation of the attorney general who was leading the battle against drug cartels, making the biggest shake-up yet in his offensive against organized crime.

Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora&#8217;s image was tarnished by charges that his top confidant was on the take and there had been rumors ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/point-man-in-mexicos-offensive-against-drug-gangs-announces-resignation-in-cabinet-shakeup-162065/" title="Point man in Mexico&#8217;s offensive against drug gangs announces resignation in Cabinet shakeup">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>4 men fatally shot in parking lot of motel in drug-plagued Mexican city on border with Texas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Attackers shot four men to death in a motel parking lot in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico&#8217;s deadliest city.

The victims were standing outside a vehicle drinking alcohol Sunday when they were shot multiple times, said Arturo Sandoval, spokesman for the regional North Zone prosecutor&#8217;s office.
Ciudad Juarez, which is across .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/4-men-fatally-shot-in-parking-lot-of-motel-in-drug-plagued-mexican-city-on-border-with-texas-162026/">Original source &nbsp;: 4 men fatally shot in parking lot of motel in drug-plagued Mexican city on border with Texas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico catches alleged trafficker suspected in &#8216;06 US border incursion, activist killing</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican soldiers arrested a suspected drug gang leader linked to a 2006 border incursion by armed traffickers into Texas and the killing of an anti-crime activist in July, the army said late Saturday.

The army said in a statement that soldiers acting on a tip about armed men detained Jose Rodolfo Escajeda .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-catches-alleged-trafficker-suspected-in-06-us-border-incursion-activist-killing-160898/">Mexico catches alleged trafficker suspected in &#8216;06 US border incursion, activist killing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican state legislature candidate shot dead along with wife, 2 sons in Gulf state of Tabasco</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Antonio Villegas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico.

Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon, 43, was found dead along with his wife, 38, and two sons aged 9 and 13, in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-state-legislature-candidate-shot-dead-along-with-wife-2-sons-in-gulf-state-of-tabasco-160847/">Read : Mexican state legislature candidate shot dead along with wife, 2 sons in Gulf state of Tabasco</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican state legislature candidate shot to death, along with wife and 2 sons</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico — Gunmen killed a state congressional candidate and his wife and two sons in their home Saturday in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco, in southern Mexico.

Jose Francisco Fuentes Esperon, 43, was found dead along with his wife, 38, and two sons aged 9 and 13, in the state capital, Villahermosa, according to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-state-legislature-candidate-shot-to-death-along-with-wife-and-2-sons-160826/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Mexican state legislature candidate shot to death, along with wife and 2 sons</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican officials blame drug treatment center killings on violent cartels preying on patients</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Torres</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Neighbors mopped blood from the sidewalk outside a drug rehabilitation center Thursday, cleaning up the carnage after gunmen lined up patients against a wall and then riddled them with bullets, killing 18.

It was the third attack on a drug treatment center in Ciudad Juarez. Chihuahua state authorities said Thursday they were .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-officials-blame-drug-treatment-center-killings-on-violent-cartels-preying-on-patients-159170/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Mexican officials blame drug treatment center killings on violent cartels preying on patients</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen broke into a drug rehabilitation center and shot 17 people dead in a northern Mexican border city, an official said.

The attackers on Wednesday broke down the door of El Aliviane center in Ciudad Juarez, lined up their victims against a wall and opened fire, said Arturo Sandoval, a spokesman for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-17-people-at-drug-rehab-center-in-northern-mexican-border-city-of-ciudad-juarez-158116/">Source article &nbsp;: Gunmen kill 17 people at a drug rehab in Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Four men wanted for 211 murders arrested in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ - Four men suspected of committing 211 murders in northern Mexico have been arrested, authorities said.

The killings occurred in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico&#8217;s most violent city, where the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels have been waging a turf war.	 	
Cristian Enrique Franco Franco, 22, charged with killing 16 people, Edgar Flores Martinez, 30, who .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/four-men-wanted-for-211-murders-arrested-in-mexico-155918/">Four men wanted for 211 murders arrested in Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>8 killed when gunmen open fire on a crowd in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CULIACAN, Sinaloa — Gunmen opened fire on a crowd of young people partying at a seaside boulevard in northwestern Mexico, killing eight people and wounding four, an official said Sunday.

A 15-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl were among the victims of the shooting Saturday night in Navolato, a Pacific coast town in Sinaloa state, said .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/8-killed-when-gunmen-open-fire-on-young-mexicans-partying-on-seaside-boulevard-154574/">8 killed when gunmen open fire on a crowd in Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill aide of 2nd Mexican agent probing reporter&#8217;s death; 1st agent slain last month</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 04:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen killed the aide of a Mexican federal agent investigating the death of a crime reporter — a month after the first agent assigned to the case was shot dead, authorities said Thursday.

The bullet-riddled body of Pablo Pasillas, 33, was found Wednesday next to a car in the northern border city .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-aide-of-2nd-mexican-agent-probing-reporters-death-1st-agent-slain-last-month-151711/">Original article &nbsp;: Gunmen kill aide of 2nd Mexican agent probing reporter&#8217;s death; 1st agent slain last month</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 2, including army officer, in bowling alley in Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 06:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen killed an army officer and another man in a bowling alley in Ciudad Juarez, a border city that has seen Mexico&#8217;s highest levels of drug-related violence in recent years, police said Saturday.

The assailants entered the Bol Bol bowling alley and shot to death army Capt. Alejandro Aranda and his unidentified ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-2-including-army-officer-in-bowling-alley-in-mexican-border-city-147173/" title="Gunmen kill 2, including army officer, in bowling alley in Mexican border city">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>US urges citizens to avoid going to Mexican president&#8217;s home state because of violence</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 04:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — The U.S. State Department is warning Americans to stay away from President Felipe Calderon&#8217;s home state of Michoacan, where drug cartel members killed 18 federal agents last month.

The alert issued Thursday does not recommend against traveling to Mexico, but says recent violence has prompted the U.S. Embassy to urge Americans to delay ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-urges-citizens-to-avoid-going-to-mexican-presidents-home-state-because-of-violence-145398/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : US urges citizens to avoid going to Mexican president&#8217;s home state because of violence</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 4-year-old boy, father near border with Texas; Mexican newspaper office shot up</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:55:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen killed a father and his 4-year-old son and wounded the mother as the family drove on a highway near Ciudad Juarez, a border city gripped by a brutal drug war, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Assistant state prosecutor Alejandro Pariente said assailants opened fire of the family&#8217;s car Monday. The mother was being .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-4-year-old-boy-father-near-border-with-texas-mexican-newspaper-office-shot-up-143253/" title="Gunmen kill 4-year-old boy, father near border with Texas; Mexican newspaper office shot up">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 8 in drug-plagued Mexican city across from El Paso, Texas</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-8-in-drug-plagued-mexican-city-across-from-el-paso-texas-142019/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:54:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least eight people were killed early Monday when gunmen opened fire in a bar in drug-plagued Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-Texas border.

Chihuahua state official Arturo Sandoval said three others were hospitalized after the attack that killed seven men and one woman.
Ciudad Juarez is one of Mexico&#8217;s deadliest cities, with more ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-8-in-drug-plagued-mexican-city-across-from-el-paso-texas-142019/">Gunmen kill 8 in drug-plagued Mexican city across from El Paso, Texas</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunman attack director of northern Mexico prison, killing 3 bodyguards, wounding 2</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunman-attack-director-of-northern-mexico-prison-killing-3-bodyguards-wounding-2-138162/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying a prison director in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, killing three bodyguards and wounding two more seriously, authorities said Wednesday.

Prison director Gerardo Hernandez was unharmed in the attack late Tuesday, but has been replaced in the post for his own safety, Chihuahua state Public Safety ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunman-attack-director-of-northern-mexico-prison-killing-3-bodyguards-wounding-2-138162/">Read : Gunman attack director of northern Mexico prison, killing 3 bodyguards, wounding 2</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 El Paso teens, including US soldier, now charged in cartel shooting set up by US informant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia A. Caldwell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas — Three teenagers, including a U.S. Army soldier, are charged with capital murder for their roles in the contract killing of a Mexican drug cartel lieutenant who was also cooperating with U.S. authorities, police said Wednesday.

Army Pfc. Michael Jackson Apodaca, 18, and Christopher Duran, 17, were arrested Monday. A 16-year-old boy, whom .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-el-paso-teens-including-us-soldier-now-charged-in-cartel-shooting-set-up-by-us-informant-138086/">Original source &nbsp;: 3 El Paso teens, including US soldier, now charged in cartel shooting set up by US informant</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>El Paso boy, 16, is 4th to be arrested in shooting death of Mexican drug cartel informant</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas — Police arrested a 16-year-old boy on a capital murder charge Wednesday in the shooting death of a Mexican drug cartel official who also was a government informant.

The El Paso boy, who was not identified because of his age, is the fourth person to be arrested this week in the May 15 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/el-paso-boy-16-is-4th-to-be-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-mexican-drug-cartel-informant-138014/" title="El Paso boy, 16, is 4th to be arrested in shooting death of Mexican drug cartel informant">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>5 bodies, 1 headless, found in van parked in northern Mexican border city across from El Paso</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-bodies-1-headless-found-in-van-parked-in-northern-mexican-border-city-across-from-el-paso-132017/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 06:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Mendoza</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Five bodies, one of them headless, were found in a van in the border city of Ciudad Juarez on Wednesday, a day when a prominent U.S. senator blocked some aid to Mexico over alleged human rights violations by soldiers and police fighting violent drug cartels.

The killings, along with five more Tuesday and ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/5-bodies-1-headless-found-in-van-parked-in-northern-mexican-border-city-across-from-el-paso-132017/">5 bodies, 1 headless, found in van parked in northern Mexican border city across from El Paso</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen burst into pool hall in Mexico&#8217;s Ciudad Juarez, kill 6, wound 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 09:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexican police say assailants gunned down five men and a woman in a pool hall in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Two more shooting victims have been hospitalized in serious condition.
Police spokesman Enrique Torres says about a half-dozen armed men burst into the &#8220;Bull&#8217;s&#8221; billiards hall Friday and opened fire on customers.
There ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-burst-into-pool-hall-in-mexicos-ciudad-juarez-kill-6-wound-2-127371/">Gunmen burst into pool hall in Mexico&#8217;s Ciudad Juarez, kill 6, wound 2</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gang kills Mexican police officer and his family in attack on home near Gulf</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel Angel Hernandez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VERACRUZ, Mexico — Gunmen shot up and torched the home of a Mexican police commander Wednesday, killing the officer, his wife and his four children, including a 6-year-old boy.

The interior of the house in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz was completely burned, and its facade was riddled with bullet holes. Inside, police found the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gang-kills-mexican-police-officer-and-his-family-in-attack-on-home-near-gulf-124387/">Source &nbsp;: Gang kills Mexican police officer and his family in attack on home near Gulf</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Officals say Juarez lieutenant killed on US soil was informant working for feds</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia A. Caldwell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas — The eight bullets that leveled Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana outside his home just doors from the city&#8217;s police chief were fired at close range and left little doubt about their message.

Gonzalez, a Juarez cartel lieutenant shot on his quiet El Paso cul-de-sac this spring, was working for U.S. officials as a .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-officals-say-juarez-lieutenant-killed-on-us-soil-was-informant-working-for-feds-122298/">APNewsBreak: Officals say Juarez lieutenant killed on US soil was informant working for feds</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 bodies, 1 decapitated, found in irrigation ditch in northern Mexican border city</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Torres</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Three bodies, one of them headless, were found floating in an irrigation ditch Tuesday in a northern Mexican border city where drug violence has spiked despite the presence of thousands of soldiers.

Firefighters fished the bodies from the ditch in Ciudad Juarez, a city across the border from El Paso, Texas. One .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-bodies-1-decapitated-found-in-irrigation-ditch-in-northern-mexican-border-city-116518/">Source article &nbsp;: 3 bodies, 1 decapitated, found in irrigation ditch in northern Mexican border city</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican police arrest alleged drug trafficker carrying drugs, jewelry and $3.6M in cash</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican soldiers have arrested a suspected drug trafficker in the border city of Tijuana who was carrying jewelry, narcotics and $3.6 million in cash.

The Defense Department says Luis Ibarra belongs to a cell in charge of making and trafficking methamphetamine for alleged drug kingpin Teodoro Garcia Simental. Ibarra was detained Saturday.
Garcia Simental ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-police-arrest-alleged-drug-trafficker-carrying-drugs-jewelry-and-36m-in-cash-115455/" title="Mexican police arrest alleged drug trafficker carrying drugs, jewelry and $3.6M in cash">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico pours federal police, army into western state after 20 killed in cartel attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Thursday ordered 5,500 federal police, soldiers and navy personnel to move into a gang-plagued western state following a cartel&#8217;s slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of the boldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the government.

Amid the violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Thursday that the ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-pours-federal-police-army-into-western-state-after-20-killed-in-cartel-attacks-112263/">Mexico pours federal police, army into western state after 20 killed in cartel attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico boosts federal police in western state after drug cartel kills 20 federal forces</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Thursday quadrupled the number of federal police in a gang-plagued western state following a cartel&#8217;s slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of the boldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the government.

Amid the violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Thursday that the United States is committed ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-boosts-federal-police-in-western-state-after-drug-cartel-kills-20-federal-forces-111645/">Mexico boosts federal police in western state after drug cartel kills 20 federal forces</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican police capture suspects in attacks on federal forces in 3 states</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 06:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gustavo Ruiz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MORELIA, Mexico — Federal agents Sunday captured two suspects in connection with a series of attacks on federal forces across western Michoacan state that left five officers and two soldiers dead.

The men were arrested following a shootout with federal police in the Pacific port city of Lazaro Cardenas early Sunday in which one gunman was ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-police-capture-suspects-in-attacks-on-federal-forces-in-3-states-107443/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Mexican police capture suspects in attacks on federal forces in 3 states</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s federal prosecutors take over investigation into killing of anti-crime activist</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico&#8217;s Attorney General&#8217;s Office said Thursday it is launching a federal investigation into the killing of a Mormon anti-crime activist, calling it a high-impact crime that appears related to the arrest of a gang of gunmen.

The U.S. Embassy said the FBI has offered to assist Mexican authorities in the investigation. Both victims .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexicos-federal-prosecutors-take-over-investigation-into-killing-of-anti-crime-activist-105094/">Mexico&#8217;s federal prosecutors take over investigation into killing of anti-crime activist</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Leader of anti-kidnapping protest and neighbor slain by suspected hit men in northern Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Torres</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An anti-crime activist and a neighbor were killed in northern Mexico on Tuesday by gunmen believed linked to a drug cartel, a local legislator said.

Mexican anti-crime activists said the slaying of Benjamin LeBaron, a U.S. citizen, in Chihuahua state was the first time one of their own had been killed for .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/leader-of-anti-kidnapping-protest-and-neighbor-slain-by-suspected-hit-men-in-northern-mexico-102442/">Leader of anti-kidnapping protest and neighbor slain by suspected hit men in northern Mexico</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite leader of anti-kidnapping protest, neighbor slain by suspected hit men in Mexico</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia Torres</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An anti-crime activist and a neighbor, both members of the pacifist Mennonite community in northern Mexico, were killed Tuesday by gunmen believed linked to a drug cartel, a local legislator said.

Mexican anti-crime activists said the slaying of Benjamin LeBaron, a U.S. citizen, in Chihuahua state was the first time one of ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mennonite-leader-of-anti-kidnapping-protest-neighbor-slain-by-suspected-hit-men-in-mexico-102352/" title="Mennonite leader of anti-kidnapping protest, neighbor slain by suspected hit men in Mexico">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police find 5 bodies, severed head in drug-plagued Mexican state</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MORELIA, Mexico — Mexican police on Tuesday found the remains of six people tortured and shot to death in a western state that is a focus of the government&#8217;s war against drug cartels.

In other bloodshed, the body of a slain Texas teenager was found in a violent northern border city, but authorities had not determined ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-find-5-bodies-severed-head-in-drug-plagued-mexican-state-96057/">Read more : Police find 5 bodies, severed head in drug-plagued Mexican state</a>.]]></description>
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