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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Mexican authorities say at least seven bodies have been found in clandestine graves in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, where two drug cartels have been fighting a turf war for more than three years.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Mexican federal police say they have seized more than nine tons of marijuana, 370 pounds of crystal meth and a large cache of weapons in Reynosa.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  A Mexican official says police have pulled 14 bodies from a well and that 12 of them have been identified as members of a musical band kidnapped by gunmen in northern Mexico last week.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A state forensic official says at least eight bodies have been pulled from a well in northern Mexico near the site where 20 people went missing late last week, including 16 members of a Colombian-style band.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  Two Mexican men are behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after they used cloned debit Banamex cards to clean out ATM across the Rio Grande Valley.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A man accused of making death threats against Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Treviño has turned himself in.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Mexican authorities have confirmed that there were no survivors in a plane crash where singer Jenni Rivera and six others were aboard.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  The death toll has now climbed to 30 people in a deadly explosion at a gas plant south of the border in Reynosa.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Mexican President Felipe Calderon says emergency workers' quick reaction to a pipeline fire that killed 26 workers prevented a "real catastrophe," by controlling the fire before it reached the massive tanks of a neighboring gas processing plant.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Authorities are working to contain a large fire following a deadly explosion that claimed 26 lives at a plant south of the border in Reynosa.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012  More than two tons of marijuana are off the streets after authorities found it hidden inside a shipment of fruit south of the border in Reynosa.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  Gunmen threw grenades at the El Mañana newspaper in Nuevo Laredo and also attacked two buildings belonging to the El Norte newspaper in Monterrey.

Friday, June 29, 2012  Visitors to Nuevo Progreso and other destinations of the border will not be able to buy liquor, beer or wine this weekend.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012  It's no secret, living across the border can be extremely dangerous. Kidnappings, beheadings, grenade blasts, you name it. For those traveling from Mexico to the U.S. it can be deadly. So is border violence hurting the Rio Grande Valley's economy?

Monday, May 21, 2012  The Mexican army says leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, and then hung banners around the country denying responsibility.