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Mexico- Taxi driver burned alive in Veracruz.

Narcos Burn Alive a Taxista In Veracruz

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: LaOpinion

VIDEO: Narcos burn live taxi driver in Veracruz, Mexico

It is suspected that he was a victim of the "Grupo Sombra" that operates in the town where the crime occurred.

In the state of Veracruz , in Mexico , a taxi driver suffered a terrible death after being burned alive inside his own car, after unknown subjects intercepted him to shoot him several times and then finish him off by setting fire to the unit where he worked. It is believed that he may have been a victim of the " Grupo Sombra ", criminals related to drug trafficking that operate in the area.

People who knew the victim point out that the man, who was identified as " El Hercules ", was traveling aboard the sedan-type rental vehicle as he used for work, on a state highway when the assailants surprised him. Without hesitation, the guys who were traveling aboard another unit and who were armed with their teeth, shot him.

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Mexico- State Government official shot and killed and put in the trunk of his car.

Guerrero: Regional DIF Coordinator tortured and Killed-Godson of Governor

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With his hands tied and a bullet in the head, the body of Salvador Rosas González, regional coordinator of the DIF in Montaña Alta de Guerrero, was found deceased.

Police sources reported that Rosas González was shot dead on Saturday night in Tlapa.

It was also said that the body of the state government official was found in the trunk of a vehicle on the Ahuatepec Pueblo highway crossing near the Juquila hotel.

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Mexico City -Six people were executed in less than a day.

Six people were executed in less than a day in the Mexican capital, making the violence in Mexico City more and more alarming.

It is feared that this may be the result of the presence of drug trafficking cartels such as Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Cartel de Tláhuac and Unión Tepito that would have sealed a non-aggression pact between them but now would be going for members of other bands. One of the most outstanding cases and one that most caught the attention of the media occurred in one of the most important avenues in Mexico City.

In the mayor's office of Gustavo A. Madero where a man was executed by strangers while driving. After dying, he lost control of the car and crashed into another vehicle. In the same town hall during the early morning hours, a 24-year-old woman and a 25-year-old woman were executed inside a gymnasium. The fourth victim that apparently was attacked by drug gangs.

It was a 51-year-old man who was shot and killed but lost his way to the hospital. These three people would be related to the gym where the first two young people were killed, so among the lines of investigation is the robbery and the collection of the right to a flat by crime gangs.

Meanwhile, in the historic center of Mexico City, one of the most visited by local and foreign tourists, the owner of a restaurant was killed when he left his business, in the company of his mother, who was injured.

The sixth murder in less than 24 hours occurred in the mayor's office of Álvaro Obregón where a man was murdered in his own home. According to witnesses, several men knocked on the door of his home and when he opened, he was shot to burned clothes.

But that's all, only this week, in the same Mexico City there were three other homicides, including that of a man of Italian origin inside a restaurant in the city hall of Cuauhtémoc.

Just this week an organization that reports the crime rates in Mexico announced that 2018 was the year with more malicious homicides in the last 22 years in the Mexican capital.

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U.S Citizen Killed in Mexico (Gun fight)

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat material from SinEmbargo

During a shootout between to men

A Mexican tourist was shot dead on Saturday on the Costera Miguel Aleman, in Acapulco, Guerrero, according to local reports.

The report of a murdered man and a wounded woman in the La Pinzona neighborhood was alerted to the authorities at 11:30 am.

The Ministry of Public Security reported that the events were recorded at 11:30 in the morning in a building, next to Las Tarascas restaurant, which caused tourists and locals to run for cover.

These facts are given on the eve of the start of the Tianguis Touristico of Acapulco, which seeks to boost the tourism industry, however, so far this week there have been at least 10 homicides in that coastal city

A tourist who was based in California, United States, was shot dead  a few blocks from the Zócalo of the city of Acapulco.

According to local media, a woman was also wounded by a firearm in the vicinity of the CROM building, one block from the Zócalo of that city in the state of Guerrero.

The authorities' report indicates that they received an alert for an attack with firearms, and when they reached the place they found the two tourists, the dead man and a woman was wounded.

From Reforma:

This Saturday, a Mexican tourist who was from the United States, died of a gunshot wound during a firefight that was carried out by two individuals who were chasing each other on Avenida de la Costera Miguel Aleman, four blocks from the base of this port.

The tourist Esteban Moreno, who was with his wife in the building of the CROM, was shot and died instantly. [Reforma does not report the wife being shot]

Mexico : Decapitation behind the Caterpillar company.

Chivis Martinez for Borderland Beat from Rancherita Airethank you Lacy! 

In Ciudad Acuña, the red code was activated after  the location of a man's decapitated head in the maquila sector, behind the Caterpillar company.

Although authorities have not disclosed the finding, it was learned that a human head was found on the site and a blue cartulina  was left next to the grisly discovery.

The cartulina message says this will happen to all of those who are with La Fuerza and Ministeriales and was signed by the CDN, Cartel del Noreste.

Although authorities have not yet been able to identify the beheaded,  is a person of dark complexion, about 30 years, short hair and a mustache, with a beard.

At 600 meters from the head the police located a Dodge Neon car, in which there were sharp weapons including an axe, with which they decapitated the man.

This is the second decapitated located in the North Region of Coahuila in 20 days.

Chivis Note: This state is adjacent to Tamaulipas and has been largely controlled by Zetas before and after the 2010 split with CDG. It has been relatively peaceful for a few years with sporatice outbreaks of violence in some cities such as Piedras Negras.   Acuña sits on the bravo Rio side of the border adjacent to Del Rio Texas.  Piedras is adjacent to Eagle Pass Texas.  Both are close to Allende where the Zetas massacre occurred killing hundreds, during the time of ongoing horrific violence.