CAUTION
There may be graphic photographs that accompany some articles in the body of this report. It is not our intention to sensationalize. We include these photos in order to give to you, the American public, a clearer understanding of the seriousness of the situation in Mexico and Central America
**Asterisk denotes death involving a police officer or a member of the military serving in that capacity. Some items may be from notirex.com or lapoliciaca.com. Note: Killings have become so routine that it is no longer possible to report them all.
CAMARGO and LOS GUERRA, TAMAULIPAS
Two tons of marijuana were seized by the Mexican Army in two separate operations.
DURANGO A radiologist that worked at the IMSS hospital was found dead. The physician had been missing for several days. Two other bodies were found separately, one a skeleton of a woman missing over a year. She was found under debris in an irrigation canal.
FRESNILLO, ZACATECAS
On Thursday, federal police killed four bad guys during a shootout with gunmen. They also located a garage at another location where there were 3 armored vehicles, including one known as a ‘monster zeta’, and arrested those at the workshop where they were made.
GUANAJUATO
On Wednesday night, 7 men were killed in various locales within the state. At least 8 others were wounded in 6 different municipalities.
WASHINGTON
The US director of intelligence, James Clapper, said Thursday that drug-related violence in Mexico represents a profound threat to U.S. security. This was in a Senate armed forces committee hearing. “…it is a profound threat to both nations,” he said.
SALTILLO, COAHUILA
Six former officials have been arrested for links to organized crime. They include a state coordinator for the special investigative unit of the Attorney General. Another was Claudia Gonzalez Lopez, sub-delegate of the PGR, in Saltillo, Coahuila, who was caught allegedly providing protection to Los Zetas.
IXTLAHUACÁN DE LOS MEMBRILLOS, JALISCO*
A 35 year old municipal police officer was kidnapped on Wednesday Feb. 15, and his body was found the following. He had been butchered, and the quarters put into black plastic trash bags.
ATLACOMULCO, VILLA VICTORIA AND VALLE DE BRAVO, STATE OF MEXICO
Authorities arrested 17 persons and dismantled 3 clandestine narco labs, seizing precursor chemicals used to make meth.
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