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AP kills Mexico Plane Border Officials story

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 01:24:35 +0000

Kill the LT-Mexico-Plane-Border Officials story. The governor’s office is retracting statement that four died in crash; now saying search continuing for plane.

Mexico governor says 4 dead in border plane crash

AP — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:44:07 +0000

A small plane carrying the U.S. and Mexican heads of the International Boundary and Water Commission crashed near the border, killing all four on board, a Mexican governor said...

Red Cross gets radio threats in Mexico border city

AP — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 05:06:44 +0000

Red Cross workers stopped treating gunshot victims for several hours in a violent city across the border from Texas after receiving death threats over their radio frequencies, officials said...

Gunmen kill 8 at Mexican border city rehab center

AP — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:16:35 +0000

Officials say gunmen killed eight people at a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center in this border city.

Prison warden shot dead in Mexico

Desh — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:33:27 +0000

The warden of a big jail in northern Mexico has been shot dead after receiving death threats from suspected drug gangs, police say. The incident took place Thursday in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez where Salvador Barreno, 66, was ambushed...

Gunmen kill prison director in Mexico

AP — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:28:37 +0000

A Mexican police official says gunmen have killed a state prison director in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.City police spokesman Jaime Torres says prison chief Salvador Barreno was shot Thursday as he drove in Ciudad Juarez, across from El...

20 people killed in Mexican border city

AP — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:54:14 +0000

Police say 20 people have been killed in less than three days in this crime-ridden border city’s latest wave of violence.State police spokesman Cesar Ramirez says a father and son who were killed at their home while sleeping were among the...

Married police couple slain in Mexico

AP — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:03:08 +0000

A husband and wife, both state police officers, were shot dead Wednesday while leaving their home in this Mexican border city where drug gangs have stepped up attacks against security forces.Gabriel Padilla Perez’s body was found at the...

Mexican military takes over town's police force

AP — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:22 +0000

There are no police anymore in Villa Ahumada. Even the mayor has fled.Drug gangs have virtually seized this town of 1,500 not far from Texas, as Mexico’s cartels grow increasingly audacious.The Mexican military took over the police department...

Thousands protest violence in Mexico

AP — Sun, 11 May 2008 23:30:11 +0000

Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.The crowd of several thousand students, church leaders, businessmen...