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The 37-year-old was found in his car, his body riddled with bullets, in a remote location about 40 miles north of Mexico City.

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Two members of a Mexican cartel charged in the murder of a federal agent during an ambush in Mexico six years ago were found guilty by a federal jury.

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The drugs, worth an estimated $715 million, were seized from 27 separate interdictions and offloaded Thursday in Miami.

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Vicente Bermudez Zacarias, who presided over several cases involving drug lords, was not offered any type of protection and never saw the gunman coming.

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When asked if he was shocked by the cartel kidnapping a man from a small town, Special Agent Luke Davis said, “Not at all. The traffickers are everywhere.”

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For the report, Judicial Watch cross referenced details with published news reports and was able to deduce incidents in which Fast and Furious guns were likely used.

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Guzman’s 26-year-old wife said her husband is not allotted any privacy in prison, his blood pressure is high and she believes he is slowly being tortured.

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Joaquin Guzman’s son tweeted a photo of himself with two men and a caption that reads, “Satisfied here, you already know with whom.”

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Drug cartel-style threats, along with hanging mannequins, were spotted on two billboards in southern Texas Thursday morning. The phrase “Plata o plomo,” which translates to “silver or lead,” was written in large lettering on a billboard in East El Paso. Another message on a billboard in Central El Paso read “dying for drugs.” Both billboards […]

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Vigilante groups have been standing up to the cartel more prevalently in Mexico in recent months, so the government essentially legalized the practice Monday, the Associated Press reports.

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Former drug kingpin 63-year-old Francisco Rafael Arellano Felix was fatally shot by a gun-wielding clown at a family gathering in the tourist area of Cabo San Lucas. According to CNN, the attack was carried out by two men, one of whom was reported to have been dressed like a clown. Felix was shot in the […]

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“There has been a persistent gang problem in the military for the past six to eight years,” vice president for STRATFOR Global Intelligence Fred Burton said. The FBI National Gang Intelligence Center reported that as of April 2011they had identified at least 53 gang members who have either served in or are some other way affiliated with the U.S. military.

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