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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.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  Authorities have confirmed that a teen was shot in the leg after being caught in the crossfire of a gun battle south of the border in Reynosa.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Two drug cartel gunmen are dead Following a shootout south of the border in Nuevo Laredo.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Two gunwomen are among the dead in a gun battle that claimed five lives south of the border in Reynosa.

Saturday, March 16, 2013  Authorities are investigating the murders of two men whose bodies were found in a vacant lot south of the border in Ciudad Victoria.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A night of terror ended with an elderly woman, a child and two adults killed in the crossfire in a series of deadly shootouts in Nuevo Laredo.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013  Authorities are on a alert following a jail break south of the border in Miguel Aleman, a city just across the border from Roma.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Authorities say the police chief of the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo is missing while authorities found the bodies of his brothers near Monterrey.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Authorities are investigating a grenade attack that left a police vehicle and property damaged south of the border in Ciudad Victoria.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Authorities are confirming that four out of 132 escaped inmates from a prison in Piedras Negras are dead while another nine have been captured.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Several prisoners who escaped from a jail in Piedras Negras are back in custody after being arrested in Nuevo Laredo.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  Authorities are investigating the murders of three Tamaulipas State Police officials are their bodies were found inside a car in Nuevo Laredo.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Authorities say 132 inmates have escaped from a jail in Piedras Negras, sparking a search by federal police and soldiers in an area close to the U.S. border.

Friday, August 24, 2012  Four people are behind bars after being accused of kidnapping and murdering a university official south of the border in Ciudad Victoria.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012  A suspected gunman is dead following a shootout with Mexican soldiers south of the border in Matamoros.