MEXICO: Federal Police Raid La Familia Ranch In Jilotlan de los Dolores...Killing 11, Arresting 36.

BBC/

      Federal police raided a ranch in Jilotlan de los Dolores, Jalisco...occupied by the notorious La Familia narco gang...killing 11 and arresting 36 people...including three leaders.
    "They were hiding in Jalisco, waiting for instructions from their boss and planning an attack on a group which calls itself the Knights Templar, with which they're at war," said a police spokesman.
    Police also say the group was behind the recent downing of a police helicopter.

MEXICO: Profile of Michoacan's Minister of Security Minerva Bautista.

LATIMES/      Since the 15-minute, 2,700 round fusillade against her convoy in April, Michoacan's minister of security Minerva Bautista has lived in fear trailed by bodyguards but remained on the job. Surprizing because the lead suspects in the attack that killed four and wounded her are the very police she commands. "If I don't do it, another colleague will have to," she said. "It would be a very negative message to the people of Michoacan if authorities, faced with this situation, say, 'Let's get out of here.'"

MEXICO: A Primer On Narco Gang La Familia.

NEWYORKER/ William Finnegan, Letter From Mexico, “Silver or Lead”/
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about La Familia Michoacana and the pervasive power of drug traffickers in the country. Writer visits the hill town of Zitácuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Tells about the rise of La Familia in 2006 and its expansion into nearby states. Discusses U.S.-Mexico relations and the drug trade. Writer visits a drug-rehabilitation center in Zamora. Describes acts of kidnapping and extortion perpetrated by La Familia.

Austin Was Hub For La Familia Drug Gang.

AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN/
Austin, Texas served as a national shipping hub for the violent Mexican crime gang La Familia. Federal and state authorities detailed the largest crackdown so far against a Mexican drug cartel. The crackdown code-named Project Coronado, took nearly four years and resulted in more than 1,186 arrests in 35 cities in 19 states.

The Body Count Grows Near Acapulco In Mexico's Guerrero State.

LATIMES/
The mutilated bodies of nine people were found in Guerrero.
The bodies were beheaded, hacked to pieces and left in 18 black plastic bags in the bed of a pickup in the town of Tlapehuala. Three others were found dead near Acapulco. Notes left with the bodies indicated the murders were done by the "La Familia" drug gang.

Mexico Boosts Michoacan Forces By... 5,500!

From the LAHT.