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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.

Monday, April 15, 2013 

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.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  Two men from Nuevo Leon are behind bars in the Rio Grande Valley after they allegedly tried to smuggle $4.5 million dollars worth of cocaine into the United States.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A Zetas leader and eight others are behind bars after soldiers were able to arrest them without firing a single shot.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012  A Gulf Cartel leader is behind bars after being arrested in a town almost halfway between Reynosa and Monterrey.

Friday, August 17, 2012  Mexican drug cartels are turning to a new and lucrative source of income south of the border.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Four alleged associates of the Gulf Cartel are behind bars following a shootout south of the border in Nuevo Leon.

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.

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.

Thursday, March 29, 2012  A YouTube video of a ‘super’ tornado on the highway to Monterrey has gone viral.