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A Mexican Police Chief’s Handshake Deal With a Sicario

February 28, 2020February 28, 2020NYT > World NewsComments Off on A Mexican Police Chief’s Handshake Deal With a Sicario

An epidemic of violence in Mexico and endemic corruption pushed a police chief to try something new — an off-the-books witness protection program for assassins willing to turn on their cartels.

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Under Pressure From Trump, Extraditions to U.S. From Mexico Soar

February 24, 2020February 25, 2020KIRK SEMPLEComments Off on Under Pressure From Trump, Extraditions to U.S. From Mexico Soar

The increased pace follows a threat by President Trump to designate drug traffickers as terrorists and amid two visits by his attorney general to Mexico to push for more cooperation.

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Jhon Jairo Velásquez, 57, Dies; Escobar Henchman Turned YouTube Star

February 8, 2020ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Jhon Jairo Velásquez, 57, Dies; Escobar Henchman Turned YouTube Star

Mr. Velásquez, who boasted of murdering hundreds of people for Pablo Escobar, in recent years had built a business around the memories of his criminal activities.

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Longest Smuggling Tunnel Is Found at U.S.-Mexico Border

January 30, 2020ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Longest Smuggling Tunnel Is Found at U.S.-Mexico Border

The shaft ran for four-fifths of a mile between Tijuana and San Diego and was equipped with rails, ventilation, a drainage system and even an elevator, officials said.

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75 Drug Cartel Members Tunnel Out of Paraguay Prison

January 19, 2020Santi Carneri and Ernesto LondoñoComments Off on 75 Drug Cartel Members Tunnel Out of Paraguay Prison

The government had known for weeks that a Brazilian drug cartel was plotting a prison break, but it was unable to stop it.

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A New Toll in Mexico’s Drug War: More Than 61,000 Vanished

January 6, 2020January 7, 2020PAULINA VILLEGASComments Off on A New Toll in Mexico’s Drug War: More Than 61,000 Vanished

The government said 61,637 people have disappeared since 1964, the vast majority since 2006, when then-president Felipe Calderón began cracking down on drug cartels.

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Mexico Prison Fight Leaves at Least 16 Inmates Dead

January 1, 2020ELIAN PELTIERComments Off on Mexico Prison Fight Leaves at Least 16 Inmates Dead

Officials said several guns were found in the penitentiary.

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Mexican Police Chief Arrested in Massacre of Mormon Family

December 27, 2019December 28, 2019ELISABETH MALKINComments Off on Mexican Police Chief Arrested in Massacre of Mormon Family

The killings of three women and six children, members of a binational community that farms land in northern Mexico, reverberated worldwide.

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He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel.

December 14, 2019Azam Ahmed and Paulina VillegasComments Off on He Was One of Mexico’s Deadliest Assassins. Then He Turned on His Cartel.

“They took away everything left in me that was human and made me a monster,” said the hit man.

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Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine

December 11, 2019KIRK SEMPLE and PAULINA VILLEGASComments Off on Arrest of Top Crime Fighter Stuns Mexico, Where Corruption Is All Too Routine

The news shocked even a country grown used to graft: The man who for years led Mexico’s war against drug traffickers was accused of taking millions in bribes from the Sinaloa Cartel.

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