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Gunmen Kill 10 In Bar Shooting In Mexico
Gunmen killed 10 people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Queretaro late Saturday, authorities said, adding to a wave of violent crime that is gripping several areas of the country.
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Suspect In Murder Of 5 Men In Mexico Arrested
A suspect in the kidnapping, torture and apparent murder of five young men in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Monday, in a case that prompted a rare level of outrage in a country where abductions and killings are all too common.
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US Woman Who Went To Rehab In Mexico Killed And Put In A Blender: Report
A woman from the United States who travelled to Mexico to receive treatment at a drug rehabilitation centre was reportedly murdered and dismembered.
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8 Dead, Businesses Set On Fire In Violence In Mexican City Bordering US
The Mexican border city of Juarez saw a rash of violence on Thursday that left businesses burned and at least eight people dead, including a local radio presenter, authorities and witnesses said.
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6 Mutilated Bodies In Plastic Bags Found In Car In Mexico
Six mutilated bodies were found Thursday in a vehicle in southern Mexico, authorities said, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused popular television shows of glamorizing the violent drug trade.
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Car With 10 Bodies Found Outside Mexico Town Hall Where Drug Cartels Feud
Ten bodies were found Thursday in a sports utility vehicle left outside a town hall in a northern Mexican state gripped by a turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said.
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Missing Mexican Students Murdered, Dissolved In Acid, Officials Say
Three missing Mexican students were killed last month in the western state of Jalisco and their bodies dissolved in acid after criminals confused them with members of a rival gang, authorities said Monday.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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In Crime-Plagued Mexico, 'Heavenly Police' Turn To Higher Power
It sometimes seems there's no hope for justice in Mexico, where ultra-violent drug cartels operate with impunity and graft reaches from the lowest levels of the police to the highest halls of power.
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A Mexican Man Was Cleared Of Raping A 17-Year-Old Girl Because He Didn't Enjoy It
For months after he learned in 2015 that his 17-year-old daughter was kidnapped outside a club and raped by some former classmates, Javier Fernandez said, he refused to go to the police. That's not to say he didn't want justice. It's all the single father wanted for Daphne, his youngest child. "I wanted to kill them all," he told a New Yorker write...
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Violent Weekend In Southern Mexico Leaves 24 People Dead
At least 24 people, some bearing signs of torture, were killed in a series of incidents over the weekend in Mexico's violence-plagued southern state of Guerrero, officials have said.
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Gang Suspects Down Helicopter Carrying Police In Mexico, 4 Dead
Suspected gang members shot down a helicopter in a clash with police in the dangerous western Mexico state of Sinaloa on Tuesday, killing four people, the state's governor said.
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Mexican Cops Again At Centre Of A Mass Disappearance
For more than two weeks, the parents of five missing young people have been living inside a Mexican state prosecutor's office in an attempt to pressure authorities to find their children.
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Hidden Tunnel Used By El Chapo As Marines Opened Fire To Get Him
A mirror inside a closet concealed the last tunnel that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman used to flee as marines battled his henchmen before his recapture.
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Mexico Mayoral Candidate Killed While Campaigning
A former Mexican vigilante running for mayor was shot dead during a campaign event on Thursday in the troubled state of Michoacan, the third politician killed ahead of June elections.
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Gunmen Kill 10 In Bar Shooting In Mexico
Gunmen killed 10 people in a bar in the central Mexican state of Queretaro late Saturday, authorities said, adding to a wave of violent crime that is gripping several areas of the country.
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Suspect In Murder Of 5 Men In Mexico Arrested
A suspect in the kidnapping, torture and apparent murder of five young men in Mexico has been arrested, prosecutors said Monday, in a case that prompted a rare level of outrage in a country where abductions and killings are all too common.
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US Woman Who Went To Rehab In Mexico Killed And Put In A Blender: Report
A woman from the United States who travelled to Mexico to receive treatment at a drug rehabilitation centre was reportedly murdered and dismembered.
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8 Dead, Businesses Set On Fire In Violence In Mexican City Bordering US
The Mexican border city of Juarez saw a rash of violence on Thursday that left businesses burned and at least eight people dead, including a local radio presenter, authorities and witnesses said.
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6 Mutilated Bodies In Plastic Bags Found In Car In Mexico
Six mutilated bodies were found Thursday in a vehicle in southern Mexico, authorities said, as President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador accused popular television shows of glamorizing the violent drug trade.
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Car With 10 Bodies Found Outside Mexico Town Hall Where Drug Cartels Feud
Ten bodies were found Thursday in a sports utility vehicle left outside a town hall in a northern Mexican state gripped by a turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said.
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Missing Mexican Students Murdered, Dissolved In Acid, Officials Say
Three missing Mexican students were killed last month in the western state of Jalisco and their bodies dissolved in acid after criminals confused them with members of a rival gang, authorities said Monday.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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In Crime-Plagued Mexico, 'Heavenly Police' Turn To Higher Power
It sometimes seems there's no hope for justice in Mexico, where ultra-violent drug cartels operate with impunity and graft reaches from the lowest levels of the police to the highest halls of power.
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A Mexican Man Was Cleared Of Raping A 17-Year-Old Girl Because He Didn't Enjoy It
For months after he learned in 2015 that his 17-year-old daughter was kidnapped outside a club and raped by some former classmates, Javier Fernandez said, he refused to go to the police. That's not to say he didn't want justice. It's all the single father wanted for Daphne, his youngest child. "I wanted to kill them all," he told a New Yorker write...
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Violent Weekend In Southern Mexico Leaves 24 People Dead
At least 24 people, some bearing signs of torture, were killed in a series of incidents over the weekend in Mexico's violence-plagued southern state of Guerrero, officials have said.
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Gang Suspects Down Helicopter Carrying Police In Mexico, 4 Dead
Suspected gang members shot down a helicopter in a clash with police in the dangerous western Mexico state of Sinaloa on Tuesday, killing four people, the state's governor said.
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Mexican Cops Again At Centre Of A Mass Disappearance
For more than two weeks, the parents of five missing young people have been living inside a Mexican state prosecutor's office in an attempt to pressure authorities to find their children.
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Hidden Tunnel Used By El Chapo As Marines Opened Fire To Get Him
A mirror inside a closet concealed the last tunnel that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman used to flee as marines battled his henchmen before his recapture.
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Mexico Mayoral Candidate Killed While Campaigning
A former Mexican vigilante running for mayor was shot dead during a campaign event on Thursday in the troubled state of Michoacan, the third politician killed ahead of June elections.
