MEXICO: Sinaloan Narco's Bloody Internal Fight Blamed For Notorious 219 Durango Fosas.

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   About the aftermath of Durango's record mass bodies discoveries.

      An anonymous top federal policeman said the Durango graves hold rivals of the Sinaloa cartel...and the gang is undergoing a bloody internal power struggle.
      He said that recently at least two local groups tried to break off from Sinaloa and take control of the narco routes for themselves.
      But unlike the183 bodies in 40 graves found in Tamaulipas...where hundreds turned-up to identify the remains...in Durango the uncovering of fosas there "has been met with little more than a shrug and the swearing by neighbors that they never heard or saw anything unusual as assassins buried scores of bodies under city streets."

MEXICO: 15 May UPDATE: Tragic Record Set As Durango Narcofosas Total Reaches...218.

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     Police in Durango have unearthed 8 ...17...more bodies...making the total there now 188...196...218...the largest discovery yet of corpses...and surpassing the 183 bodies recently found in Tamaulipas.
     "Never have such massive killing fields been found in such a short time in Mexico - or anywhere in the Western Hemisphere, for that matter. The victims were lost to violence that only seems to intensify in a nation where prosecutors treat evidence shoddily and rarely bring mass murderers to justice. Most of the victims are likely to remain unidentified."
   AND:   "The fact that we're seeing all kinds of people turn up in mass graves underscores the need for Mexico to create a national database for people who have disappeared," said a researcher for Human Rights Watch.
       No such database now exists.

MEXICO: Falcon Lake Battle Leaves 13 Dead: 12 Zetas, 1 Marine; More Durango Discoveries Brings Body Total To...168!

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   In a pitched battle on an island in Falcon Lake on the Texas border, Mexican marines found a Los Zetas camp. A gun battle ensued leaving 13 dead...12 narcos and one marine.

  ALSO...Soldiers have unearthed 11 more bodies from mass graves in Durango, bringing the toll there to at least 168.
    The remains of 10 men and 11 women were recovered over the weekend.

MEXICO: 7 May UPDATE: Dreary Durango Bodies Discoveries Continue; 25 More Found, Now Total At Least 146; Violence Protest March Begins.

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  The tragic news in Durango seems never ending.
  New remains of 23 men and two women where uncovered in clandestine graves in Durango...bringing the total there to 146...according to police.
   However,the newspaper Reforma claims the total is...156.

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    Meanwhile, some 600 people began a 3-day, 60-mile march against narco violence...from Cuernavaca to Mexico City.
   They hope others will join the silent march.
   There have been almost 35,000 victims in the narco war since December 2006.
    The ex-governor of violence plagued Coahuila and an opposition leader said Calderon should declare himself "incompetent."
    Calderon said recently in Puebla that: "The actions of criminals … must not divide us. Mexicans should put country before party."

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MEXICO: 28 April UPDATE: More Death Discovered In Durango...As Body Count Grows Again By 8; Total 104...So Far.

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     Police have uncovered 8 more bodies in the city of Durango.
     The total discovered there recently...is now 104.
    So far, 87 remains have been exhumed from the original site...a car repair workshop...with another 17 bodies found at another location. The search at the auto shop may be over.
    Officials speculate that the corpses had been buried for at least a year.

MEXICO: Refugees From The Golden Triangle Flee Battling Narco Gangs.

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   Using murder and intimidation on residents, narco gangs are fighting each other to control new drug-growing territories.
    A recent attack on the small village of Tierras Coloradas is an example of people forced from their homes by the violence.
   Tierras Coloradas lies in the "Golden Triangle", the center of marijuana and opium poppy growing.
    "The situation is out of control," said the Durango prosecutor. "Organized crime has no limits any more. They don't respect women or children. It's a situation of total brutality."

MEXICO: 10 More Youths Massacred In Durango.

LATIMES/   In Durango another senseless massacre of 10 young people and children killed while riding in a pickup truck is outraging the nation. The victims, aged 8 to 21, composed of five girls and five boys from three different families, were stopped by a man in military garb, who with others attacked the truck with a fusillade of bullets and grenades.

MEXICO: Bloodshed Escalates/U.S. Warns Consulate Personnel After Executions.

NYTIMES/UPDATE/ AM 15/03/    The U.S. State Department authorized the departure of dependents of personnel from cities along the border after three people connected with the Ciudad Juarez consulate were murdered in a drive-by shooting. They were shot to death by men who intercepted their cars as they returned from a child's birthday party, officials said Sunday. "The information we have indicates they were specific targets, but the motives behind the attack are not yet known," said an official. “Violence in the country has increased,” read a State web posting. “It is imperative that U.S. citizens understand the risks in Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if victimized.” In Acapulco on Saturday, 13 people were killed in drug-related violence including five police officers. 20 more died in Guerrero. Eight people were slain at a birthday party for a farmer in Sinaloa.

MEXICO: U.S. Issues New "Travel Alerts" For 4 States.

LAHT/    The U.S State Department has issued new travel alerts for the states of Michoacan, Durango, Coahuila and Chihuahua because of ongoing violence in effect until August 20.

MEXICO: Durango Prison Riot Leaves 24 Dead.

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Fighting between rival drug gangs is being blamed for a riot in the Durango prison that left  24 inmates dead and many injured. The State of Durango has been a battleground between a trafficking group led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and the Los Zetas. Mexico's prisons are overcrowded and have often seen uprisings over living conditions.