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At Reynosa factory, claims of regular Gulf Cartel visits
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasA lawsuit against a multibillon dollar company over the sale of a manufacturing plant in Reynosa paints a grim picture of a city controlled by the Gulf Cartel. The lawsuit was filed this month in California by Opengate Capital Group LLC and Roundrock...Tags: Auction Service, Crime, Law and Justice, Economy, Business and Finance, Laws, Career and Workplace
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Gulf Cartel boss Rincon gets life in prison
The Brownsville Herald, TexasA man who authorities say is a high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel has been sentenced to life in prison on drug smuggling charges, and the U.S. federal judge who sentenced him said he would have to "deal with the consequences." Juan Roberto Rincon-...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Brownsville, Punishment, Judges
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Deputies honor fallen comrades
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasAt the sound of taps, 21 shots were fired in honor of the five Hidalgo County sheriff's deputies who have died in the line of duty. Hundreds of deputies saluted Monday as a lone deputy walked alongside a riderless horse with a pair of backward-facing...Tags: John F. Kennedy, Mexico, Human Interest, Shootings
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Thermo Fisher sued over sale of Mexico plant used by drug cartel
ReutersMay 11 (Reuters) - Opengate Capital Group LLC filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold it a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug cartel was operating there. The private equity...Tags: Employees, Organized Crime, Trials, Career and Workplace, Mexico
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Lawsuit says Thermo Fisher deliberately concealed information -WSJ
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Friday alleged that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug cartel was operating sthere, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Reynosa,...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime, Newspaper and Magazine, Trials
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Car-dealership owner sentenced to prison in Gulf Cartel case
An Apopka car-dealership owner accused of laundering marijuana sale proceeds to the Gulf Cartel was sentenced to roughly three years in federal prison Wednesday. Joel Torres, owner of JM2 Auto Sales, was suspected of helping the Gulf Cartel establish...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Medina (Saudi Arabia), Apopka, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida)
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Wrestler from Cine El Rey: I'm not a criminal, I'm a working man
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasAfter kicks, punches, slams and much cheering during a Sunday night wrestling match at Cine El Rey, the wrestler known as Imagen 2 went to his dressing room to change. Little did he know about the chaos that would soon ensue. With a Texas Department...Tags: Justice System, Police Investigations, Crime, Law and Justice, Law Enforcement, Immigration
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Horse track money laundering trial begins in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A multimillion-dollar horse racing and breeding operation run from an Oklahoma ranch was actually a front for a notorious Mexican cartel to launder millions of dollars in drug money, prosecutors alleged at the beginning of a trial for...Tags: Witnesses, Defendants, Crime, Law and Justice, Blackmail and Extortion, Horse and Harness Racing
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Sheriff Trevino: 8-liners are crime magnet
The Monitor, McAllen, TexasA magnet for criminal activity and a foothold for Mexican cartels into South Texas -- that's how authorities from Hidalgo and Cameron counties describe the eight-liner businesses that they're looking to chase from the area. While the gambling businesses...Tags: Justice System, Lifestyle and Leisure, Blackmail and Extortion, Crime, Law and Justice, Business
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Deportees to Mexico's Tamaulipas preyed upon by gangs
MATAMOROS, MEXICO — They stuck together, walking slowly on busted sidewalks, approaching corners warily. They hurried past smoky taco stands and fleabag hotels. Nobody strayed.
Deported from Southern California the night before, the 20 men had...Tags: Highway Transportation, Crime, Law and Justice, Migration, Immigration, Christianity
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Two PRI politicians killed within days in Mexico
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Two politicians from the soon-to-be-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, have been slain within two days of each other, sending a chilling reminder of the violent Mexico that awaits the new administration. One of the killings,... -
6 Mexico police slain in 2 attacks
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Six Mexican police have been assassinated in two separate incidents in the drug-battleground states of Durango and Tamaulipas, government officials reported Thursday....
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