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Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A McAllen man is behind bars for smuggling meth but claims members of drug cartel beat him and forced him to do it.

Monday, October 22, 2012  In cities and towns across Mexico, a nearly six-year offensive against drug cartels has been accompanied by a surge in common crime: assaults and robberies that grab no headlines but make life miserable for ordinary citizens.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  La Michoacana on 902 West Harrison in Harlingen kicks the Food Patrol out after questioning insect and rodent contamination inside the meat market.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  A viral web story forced a woman known as the "fajita bandit" to surrender to Weslaco police.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  A Willacy County restaurant scores the most demerits this week with 28, making it a low performer on Food 4 Thought.

Friday, June 01, 2012  Police in southern Mexico say assailants have burned another delivery truck of a PepsiCo-owned Mexican snack company, hours after a drug cartel claimed responsibility for last week's arson attacks against the company.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  A Weslaco restaurant uses the Food Patrol’s message, “keep it clean,” to help motivate staff.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011  The Mexican army says it has captured a key figure in the cult-like Knights Templar drug cartel that is sowing violence in western Mexico.

Wednesday, August 03, 2011  A mobile taco stand, outside the City of Edinburg, was shutdown by order of the Hidalgo County health department.

Thursday, March 10, 2011  Banners hung in western Mexico are announcing a previously unknown armed gang calling itself the "Knights Templar."

Thursday, January 06, 2011  Authorities have arrested the leader of a drug trafficking and money laundering ring known as "Los Michoacanos" south of the border in Manzanillo.

Saturday, December 11, 2010  Mexico's General Attorneys office offered their legal services to the families of a woman and a baby killed in the fighting in the state of Michoacan.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010  Authorities say a letter allegedly signed by organized-crime leaders offers to dissolve a major Mexican drug cartel if the government promises to protect citizens in the western state where it's based.

Tuesday, July 06, 2010  A reporter has been killed in a western Mexican town plagued by drug gang violence -- the sixth journalist reported slain in the country this year.

Monday, June 14, 2010  Mexican federal police say 10 of their officers have been killed in an attack near a high school in western Mexico.