Posted on 04 April 2013. Tags: detain, Mexico, Police, vigilantes
Mexico vigilantes detain police The occupation – on the road linking Mexico City with the beach resort of Acapulco – came in response to the murder of vigilante leader Guadalupe Quinones Carbajal on Monday. More than 1000 armed men moved into the town, searching houses and … Read more on BBC News
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Posted on 11 March 2013. Tags: deer, drug, Police, seize, Several, tigers
Police seize 2 tigers, several deer drug lab MEXICO CITY — Authorities in western Mexico say they seized two tigers and several deer at a ranch where police also found what appears to be a drug lab. Jalisco state police say officers found precursor chemicals in barrels and buckets and boilers … Read more on [...]
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Posted on 12 February 2013. Tags: City, fellow, killed, Mexican, Mexico, near, officers, OFFICIAL, Police, Says
Mexican police killed 3 fellow officers near Mexico City, official says Mexican police have shot dead three fellow officers in an attack on a senior state prosecutor's convoy near Mexico City, an official says. The incident took place at a security checkpoint 90 kilometers (56 miles) south of the capital on Friday. Police … Read [...]
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Posted on 21 December 2012. Tags: bump, City, Mexico, misses, officer, Police, speed
Mexico City police officer misses speed bump By Lindsay Jolivet | Daily Buzz – Thu, 6 Dec, 2012. Email 0; Recommend. Tweet. Print. A speed bump in Mexico City did its job a bit too well this week. A police officer learned first-hand the dangers of fast driving when he failed to slow down before [...]
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Posted on 11 December 2012. Tags: 'torture', City, claims, Mexico, ombudsman, Police, probes
Mexico City ombudsman probes police 'torture' claims MEXICO CITY. MEXICO CITY's police arbitrarily arrested 22 people and may have tortured four others during protests against President Enrique Pena Nieto's inauguration last weekend, the capital's ombudsman said Thursday. The Federal District Human … Read more on Malay Mail
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Posted on 27 November 2012. Tags: demote, Federal, force, Mexico, moves, Police
Mexico moves to demote federal police force MEXICO CITY — Through most of the administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon, the federal police agency has held a starring role, built to seven times its previous size and favored by American advisors and dollars despite persistent troubles … Read more on Los Angeles Times
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Posted on 22 November 2012. Tags: change, Federal, Mexico's, Police, president, wants
Mexico's new president wants federal police change MEXICO CITY — Mexico's president-elect proposed a government reorganization Wednesday that would put the scandal-hit federal police under control of the department responsible for domestic security. Enrique Pena Nieto said the purpose was "to create a … Read more on MiamiHerald.com (registration)
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Posted on 16 November 2012. Tags: commander, linked, Mexican, Police, vehicle
Mexican police commander linked to US vehicle hit 24, 2012 file photo, Mexican military personnel check a vehicle in which two United States government employees were shot on the highway leading to the city of Cuernavaca, near Tres Marias, Mexico. Mexican prosecutors on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012, charged … Read more on Bradenton Herald
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Posted on 11 November 2012. Tags: ambush, Americans, August, charges, Mexico, Police, wounded
Mexico charges police in August ambush that wounded 2 Americans MEXICO CITY — The Mexican Attorney General's Office on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with first-degree attempted murder in the Aug. 24 ambush of a U.S. Embassy vehicle and offered new details that make it clear the police were on a mission … Read [...]
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Posted on 27 September 2012. Tags: detain, Marines, Mexico, officers, Police, Veracruz
Marines in Mexico detain 35 Veracruz police officers MEXICO CITY — Mexico's marines on Monday said they detained 35 Veracruz state police officers who were allegedly working for the Zetas drug cartel. In a short statement, authorities said the police officers were detained Saturday in two groups, 16 at … Read more on Los Angeles [...]
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Posted on 20 September 2012. Tags: ..., agents, diplomatic, Mexican, missed, plates, Police, shot
Mexican police say agents may have missed diplomatic plates, shot at US … MEXICO CITY — A Mexican official said Monday that federal police involved in the shooting of two American agents in August may not have noticed the diplomatic plates on the U.S. vehicle. The official said federal police were looking for kidnappers who [...]
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Posted on 14 September 2012. Tags: bodies, dumped, find, Mexican, Police, vehicle
Mexican police find 16 bodies dumped in vehicle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Police on Monday found the bodies of 16 men dumped in a vehicle in the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, one of the areas worst hit by feuding between drug gangs. The victims, found near the city of Coyuca de Catalan, … Read [...]
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Posted on 01 September 2012. Tags: ..., employees, Federal, Fire, gov't, Mexican, navy, Police, vehicle
Mexican Navy: Federal police fire on US gov't vehicle in which 2 employees … MEXICO CITY — Mexican federal police fired on a U.S. Embassy vehicle and wounded two U.S. government employees Friday after their vehicle drove into a rural, mountainous area outside the capital where the officers were looking for criminals, Mexican … Read [...]
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Posted on 30 August 2012. Tags: ambush, attacked, likelysources, Mexican, officers, Police
Mexican police attacked CIA officers, ambush likely-sources Tres Marias is close to the city of Cuernavaca, a popular weekend retreat for Mexico City residents that has been badly hit by drug violence in recent years. In 2009, Mexican Marines shot dead leading cartel boss Arturo Beltran Leyva, alias "The Beard … Read more on Reuters
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Posted on 30 August 2012. Tags: agents, detained, Mexican, Police, shooting
Mexican police detained in shooting of US agents Relatives of the federal policemen involved in last week's shooting against a U.S. embassy vehicle protest outside of the Attorney General's office as a van carrying the officers leaves to a federal detention center in the city of Cuernavaca, Mexico … Read more on Bradenton Herald
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