Reuters: "The bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or dismembered in ice boxes and garbage bags in northeastern Mexico on Friday, in an escalation of brutal violence involving rival drug gangs on the U.S. border.
In a first incident, the bodies of five men and four women were found hanging from a bridge in Nuevo Laredo, in Tamaulipas state just across the border from the Texas city of Laredo. read more
The MexicoBlog of the CIP Americas Program monitors and analyzes international press on Mexico with a focus on the US-backed War on Drugs in Mexico and the struggle in Mexico to strengthen the rule of law, justice and protection of human rights. Relevant political developments in both countries are also covered.
Showing posts with label Nuevo Laredo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nuevo Laredo. Show all posts
May 7, 2012
Apr 24, 2012
Bodies, Banner Herald Sinaloa Cartel's Push East
InSight Crime: "More than a dozen dead bodies and a message posted in Nuevo Laredo last week offer further evidence of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s move into this Zetas hotbed, and promise a further bout of violence in Mexico’s troubled northeast.
As Blog del Narco reports, the bodies of 14 alleged Zetas were discovered last week in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, a long-troubled border town across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. Alongside the bodies the perpetrators posted a message, or "narcomanta," explaining the killings. read more
As Blog del Narco reports, the bodies of 14 alleged Zetas were discovered last week in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, a long-troubled border town across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas. Alongside the bodies the perpetrators posted a message, or "narcomanta," explaining the killings. read more
Mar 7, 2012
Drug War: Grenade Wounds 10 Outside Walmart in Mexican Border City
Latin American Herald Tribune: "MONTERREY, Mexico – At least 10 people were wounded by shrapnel when a grenade exploded at the entrance of a Walmart store during a shootout between rival gangs in the northern Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, emergency management officials said." read more
Dec 22, 2011
Drug War Collateral Damage: The press silenced, Nuevo Laredo tries to find voice
A close up look at how the Zeta drug cartel has shut down all news about them in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Committee to Protect Journalists: "It seems that all information about the war against them belongs to the Zetas also. Journalists said they cannot report a thing that might upset the Zetas without the serious risk of being killed. And, they say, since the Zetas don't want anything reported, nothing about them is reported. Not in the papers, or on TV or radio.
So, for the most part, there are no stories about what most affects the people in Nuevo Laredo. There are no stories about the war or the Zetas or the army or the police. There are also no stories about the Zetas' businesses of retail drug sales in town or their kidnapping and extortion of residents, according to journalists. " read more
Committee to Protect Journalists: "It seems that all information about the war against them belongs to the Zetas also. Journalists said they cannot report a thing that might upset the Zetas without the serious risk of being killed. And, they say, since the Zetas don't want anything reported, nothing about them is reported. Not in the papers, or on TV or radio.
So, for the most part, there are no stories about what most affects the people in Nuevo Laredo. There are no stories about the war or the Zetas or the army or the police. There are also no stories about the Zetas' businesses of retail drug sales in town or their kidnapping and extortion of residents, according to journalists. " read more
Dec 15, 2011
Mexico Drug War: Zetas: We are not Terrorists, Nor Guerrillas
InSight Crime analyzes recent messages that aparently come from the Zeta cartel
InSight Crime: "A series of public messages seemingly hung by the Zetas in the border town of Nuevo Laredo deny that the group has any plans to confront the Mexican or US governments.
The messages' first paragraph declares: 'We do not govern this country, nor do we have a regime; we are not terrorists or guerrillas. We concentrate on our work and the last thing we want is to have problems with any government, neither Mexico nor much less with the US.'
This episode raises a couple of points about the current state of the Zetas. One is that the group seems to be suffering a significant amount of organizational deterioration." read more
InSight Crime: "A series of public messages seemingly hung by the Zetas in the border town of Nuevo Laredo deny that the group has any plans to confront the Mexican or US governments.
The messages' first paragraph declares: 'We do not govern this country, nor do we have a regime; we are not terrorists or guerrillas. We concentrate on our work and the last thing we want is to have problems with any government, neither Mexico nor much less with the US.'
This episode raises a couple of points about the current state of the Zetas. One is that the group seems to be suffering a significant amount of organizational deterioration." read more
Nov 17, 2011
Drug War: Feds take on Mexico’s Zetas cartel in Chicago-based prosecution
Chicago Sun-Times: "Federal authorities Wednesday announced their first prosecution in Chicago of suspected drug traffickers allegedly linked to Mexico’s notorious Zetas drug cartel. The two-year case by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI is the latest in a series of prosecutions alleging Chicago is a hub of drug trafficking for cartels...
... On Wednesday, authorities announced they have charged 20 people, including five alleged members of a Chicago-based cell of Zetas. ... Among those charged was Eduardo Trevino, believed to be the uncle of Miguel Trevino — a top Zeta leader known as Z-40. Eduardo Trevino, of Nuevo Laredo, directed the group’s transportation of drug money from Chicago to Mexico, authorities said. He and four other defendants remain fugitives." read more
Nov 11, 2011
Drug War and Social Media: Facts also fall victim in Mexico 'social media' killings
latimes.com: "Four people have been killed in gruesome fashion in Mexico since September for posting about drug cartels on social-media websites, the headlines and news reports say.
Trouble is, the reports could be wrong. Information is the latest battleground in Mexico's drug war, as a string of brutal deaths in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo has produced alarming reports that social networks are under attack by the infamous Zetas cartel. Most of the reports, however, are not built on verifiable facts. And facts have become a rare commodity in many regions of Mexico that are dominated by drug cartels." read more
Trouble is, the reports could be wrong. Information is the latest battleground in Mexico's drug war, as a string of brutal deaths in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo has produced alarming reports that social networks are under attack by the infamous Zetas cartel. Most of the reports, however, are not built on verifiable facts. And facts have become a rare commodity in many regions of Mexico that are dominated by drug cartels." read more
Oct 20, 2011
Mexico Drug War: Police Purge Leaves Monterrey Unguarded, as Cartel Battle Rages
InSight Crime: "Letras Libras reports from the streets of Monterrey, a north Mexican city bloodied by disputes between the Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, where police are in desperately short supply after a purge of officers in the pay of drug gangs. ... Journalist Ricardo Cayuela Gally took a detailed look at the city’s recent decline in Letras Libres, a noted Mexican magazine. The following is InSight Crime’s translation of selected extracts from his report:
'Between the Mariano Escobedo Airport, in the industrial municipality of Apodaca, and my hotel in San Pedro Garza Garcia, a bit past 11 at night and after crossing the entire city of Monterrey, I don’t see a single soldier or policeman, ... The explanation for this lack of control was given to me by Jorge Tello Peon, unsalaried cabinet coordinator for security in the Nuevo Leon government ... and maybe the man who best understands what goes behind the scenes in Mexico’s security agencies, Tello is emphatic ...: “Nuevo Leon is facing an alarming deficit of police officers.” The systematic clean-ups of officers who are corrupt, if not on the payroll of organized criminal groups, has left the state agencies, and the majority of the municipalities, with negligible numbers." read more
'Between the Mariano Escobedo Airport, in the industrial municipality of Apodaca, and my hotel in San Pedro Garza Garcia, a bit past 11 at night and after crossing the entire city of Monterrey, I don’t see a single soldier or policeman, ... The explanation for this lack of control was given to me by Jorge Tello Peon, unsalaried cabinet coordinator for security in the Nuevo Leon government ... and maybe the man who best understands what goes behind the scenes in Mexico’s security agencies, Tello is emphatic ...: “Nuevo Leon is facing an alarming deficit of police officers.” The systematic clean-ups of officers who are corrupt, if not on the payroll of organized criminal groups, has left the state agencies, and the majority of the municipalities, with negligible numbers." read more
Sep 28, 2011
Mexico Drug War: The Zetas' Biggest Rival: Social Networks
InSight Crime: "The Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo has seen three brutal killings in an apparent campaign by the Zetas against social media websites -- what is it about these sites that makes the gang so angry?
... The show of citizens grouping together to defy the criminal groups, prominently displayed on NLV (Nuevo Laredo en Vivio), poses a challenge to the Zetas’ image. Much of the traditional forms of media have been cowed into silence --... This stands in contrast to the outpouring of tributes to the dead woman, and protests against the Zetas that could be found on the website. Many posters rail against the “ratazzz,” or rats, spelt with a z to represent the Zetas, who are “ruining Nuevo Laredo.” Online forums like NLV represent an arena of defiance that is difficult for the Zetas to control, and this is a challenge to their authority -- one that they are answering with an escalation of brutality."
... The show of citizens grouping together to defy the criminal groups, prominently displayed on NLV (Nuevo Laredo en Vivio), poses a challenge to the Zetas’ image. Much of the traditional forms of media have been cowed into silence --... This stands in contrast to the outpouring of tributes to the dead woman, and protests against the Zetas that could be found on the website. Many posters rail against the “ratazzz,” or rats, spelt with a z to represent the Zetas, who are “ruining Nuevo Laredo.” Online forums like NLV represent an arena of defiance that is difficult for the Zetas to control, and this is a challenge to their authority -- one that they are answering with an escalation of brutality."
Sep 25, 2011
Drug War Bloodshed: Decapitated woman mourned by social media website
latimes.com: "A woman found decapitated in the border city of Nuevo Laredo is being mourned as an apparent member of a social networking site used by local residents to share information on drug cartel activity. The victim was found early Saturday with a note nearby saying she was killed for posting messages online about violent or criminal incidents in Nuevo Laredo.
The Tamaulipas state attorney general's office identified the woman as Maria Elizabeth Macias Castro, 39, and said she was an editor at the newspaper Primera Hora (links in Spanish). The Associated Press, however, quoting an employee of the newspaper, identified the victim as Marisol Macias Castaneda, and said she held an administrative and not an editorial post at Primera Hora."
The Tamaulipas state attorney general's office identified the woman as Maria Elizabeth Macias Castro, 39, and said she was an editor at the newspaper Primera Hora (links in Spanish). The Associated Press, however, quoting an employee of the newspaper, identified the victim as Marisol Macias Castaneda, and said she held an administrative and not an editorial post at Primera Hora."
Sep 20, 2011
Mexico Drug War: Behind the 'Drug War Bloggers' Murder in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
InSight Crime: "The murder of two young people, whose bodies were hung from a bridge along with a sign warning against blogging on the drug trade, is only the latest blow in a war fought by the Zetas in Nuevo Laredo, north Mexico, reports Borderland Beat."
In Mexico, Social Media Become a Battleground in the Drug War
In Mexico, Social Media Become a Battleground in the Drug War - NYTimes.com: "The bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a pedestrian overpass in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo this week with notes threatening similar action against other “Internet snitches.” The gruesome display appeared to mark a move by drug cartels, which have murdered journalists for their reporting, to apply the same deadly pressure to any Mexicans who share information online.
... The two were killed, CNN reported, for messages they had posted on well-known Internet sites that collect reports of drug violence in areas of the country where professional journalists are no longer able to safely do their jobs. As The New York Times’s Randal C. Archibold has reported, intimidation by drug traffickers has silenced many news organizations, especially along the border. As a result, local residents have tried to fill the information gap by using social media and a few bold news sites that cover the drug war like Frontera al Rojo Vivo and Blog Del Narco."
... The two were killed, CNN reported, for messages they had posted on well-known Internet sites that collect reports of drug violence in areas of the country where professional journalists are no longer able to safely do their jobs. As The New York Times’s Randal C. Archibold has reported, intimidation by drug traffickers has silenced many news organizations, especially along the border. As a result, local residents have tried to fill the information gap by using social media and a few bold news sites that cover the drug war like Frontera al Rojo Vivo and Blog Del Narco."
Sep 17, 2011
Drug War - Bloodshed: In Mexico, Social Media Become a Battleground in the Drug War
NYTimes.com: "The bodies of a man and a woman were found hanging from a pedestrian overpass in the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo this week with notes threatening similar action against other “Internet snitches.”
The gruesome display appeared to mark a move by drug cartels, which have murdered journalists for their reporting, to apply the same deadly pressure to any Mexicans who share information online."
The gruesome display appeared to mark a move by drug cartels, which have murdered journalists for their reporting, to apply the same deadly pressure to any Mexicans who share information online."
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