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Los Zetas vs CDG battleground spreads to Piedras Negras.

“The bloody battles between Los Zetas and the Cartel del Golfo (CDG) for control of the Tamaulipas plazas in la Frontera Chica (Reynosa, Miguel Aleman, Camargo and Guerrero) and Nuevo Laredo are now spreading west to the Piedras Negras, Coahuila area.

All these cities and towns face the Rio Grande and South Texas and together with the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso plaza are major conduits for the trafficking of drugs and humans north into the Mid-Western and East Coast areas of the U.S..”

http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2010/08/los-zetas-vs-cdg-battleground-spreads.html

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Mexican Candidate for Governor Is Assassinated

“Forensic experts inspected the site where the candidate for governor in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was assassinated, in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico.” - EFE, via European Pressphoto Agency

“MEXICO CITY — A popular candidate for governor who had made increased security his prime campaign pledge was killed along with at least four others Monday morning in a brazen attack, rattling a nation already alarmed by surging drug violence.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/29/world/americas/29mexico.html

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