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Tuesday, April 24, 2012  Federal officials have unsealed the indictment of Mexican drug boss Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as "El Chapo," leader of the Sinaloa cartel and one of the world's richest men.

Friday, February 17, 2012  President Felipe Calderon on Thursday unveiled a 'No More Weapons!' billboard made with crushed firearms and placed near the U.S. border.

Friday, November 12, 2010  Two housewives have been named police chiefs of Mexican towns near the U.S. border that have been plagued by violence unleashed by Mexico's powerful drug gangs.

Tuesday, November 02, 2010  Mexican and U.S. authorities are probing the killings of four U.S. citizens who were shot in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend.

Monday, August 30, 2010  For the first time in its history, the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez is cancelling its traditional Sept. 15 celebration of Mexico's Independence from Spain.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010  A deadly shootout is caught on tape between police and suspected drug traffickers in Juarez, Mexico.

Friday, June 11, 2010  The FBI has opened a civil rights probe as part of the investigation into the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican boy by a Border Patrol agent on border with Ciudad Juarez.

Friday, May 21, 2010  A routine police inspection of a vehicle in violence-torn Ciudad Juarez led to the arrest of two murder suspects.

Friday, April 09, 2010  The Associated Press reports Mexico's most powerful kingpin now controls coveted drug trafficking routes through Ciudad Juarez.

Friday, April 02, 2010  The University of Texas at Austin, citing the raging violence in northern Mexico, is ordering its foreign exchange students in Monterrey to return home.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010  Several congressmen from the American side of the border met with Mexico’s ambassador to the United States to discuss recent border violence.

Monday, March 15, 2010  Texas Gov. Rick Perry is urging a stronger federal presence along the border following the deaths of two American consulate workers in Juarez.

Wednesday, March 03, 2010  The American Consulate in Nuevo Laredo remains open for business following a massive battle nears the border city’s zoo.

Thursday, February 26, 2009  Mexico will deploy extra troops and federal police to the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009  New signs have cropped up around the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.