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Friday, January 11, 2013  Three men are behind bars south of the border after authorities caught them with more than three tons of marijuana.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  Mexico's new President Enrique Peña-Nieto says the army and navy will continue to fight drug cartels in Mexico while a new security strategy is determined and the troops can return to their bases.

Monday, October 29, 2012  Two men are behind bars after authorities raid a stash house in Altamira where marines found 14 Central American immigrants being held against their will.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Authorities have exhumed the body of a relative of a feared drug-cartel leader in order to conduct DNA testsand quiet doubts that Zetas head Heriberto Lazcano was slain earlier this month.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutors says authorities are seeking permits to exhume the remains of the parents of deceased drug lord Heriberto Lazcano, to obtain material for DNA testing.

Friday, October 12, 2012  An autopsy carried out on the body of slain Zetas drug cartel leader Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano shows he died of six gunshot wounds, including two to the head.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The Mexican navy says a team of marines had no idea that they had killed the leader of the country's most-feared drug cartel in a gunfight that erupted when they tried to search a group of suspicious men outside a baseball stadium.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Many here in the Rio Grande Valley are skeptical that the death of Zetas supreme leader Heriberto Lazcano-Lazcano will have a big impact on border security and the drug war.

Tuesday, October 09, 2012  Authorities are confirming a that the Zetas supreme leader was killed in a gun battle in Coahuila but that his body was stolen from a funeral home.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Authorities are waiting on final autopsy results to determine if one of two gunmen killed in Coahuila on Sunday is the Zetas supreme leader.

Monday, October 01, 2012  Mexican navy personnel say they have found a radio communications network operated by a drug cartel, complete with a 300-foot transmission tower.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Normally, we just see drug cartel leaders presented before cameras after their arrest but this time video of the actual soldiers storming into the alleged cartel leaders home.

Thursday, September 27, 2012  Authorities are confirming a split inside the Zetas drug cartel following the arrest of a top leader who had gone rogue and allied his faction with the rival Gulf Cartel.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Some 35 state police officers are behind bars south of the border where authorities are accusing them of working for the Zetas drug cartel.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  New details are emerging about the arrests of the Gulf Cartel’s supreme leader and 10 other men.