InSight Crime: "Mexico’s army arrested a high-ranking member of the Zetas gang, though not 'Z-40' as was initially reported, triggering gun battles across the northern city of Saltillo (Coahuila) as his underlings attempted to rescue him."
Carlos Oliva Castillo, alias “La Rana,” was caught in Saltillo, reportedly his center of operations, along with a bodyguard and his girlfriend, after an anonymous tip to police. His subordinates attempted to rescue Oliva by luring the convoy transporting him into ambushes, officials said. read more
The MexicoBlog of the Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR), is written by Laura Carlsen. I monitor and analyze international press on Mexico, with a focus on security, immigration, human rights and social movements for peace and justice, from a feminist perspective. And sometimes I simply muse.
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