Joaquin NewsLocal news for Joaquin, TX continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Mexican drug capital turns into perfect setting for narco novelists- May 30, 2008 The setting is this steamy western city, long known as the narco capital of Mexico.http://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/mexican-drug-capital-turns-into-perfect-setti... Funeral Arrangements Set for Two Educators Killed in Mexico- May 28, 2008 The bodies of two educators killed in a van crash in Mexico have arrived back in Beaumont, and Broussard's Mortuary has confirmed funeral arrangements for the pair.http://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/funeral-arrangements-set-for-two-educators-ki... Law enforcement warned not to visit Ju rez, 11 bodies found- May 26, 2008 A family watches Army soldiers pass through their neighborhood during an anti-drug operation in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, May 13, 2008.http://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/law-enforcement-warned-not-to-visit-ju-rez-11... Mexican gang killings persist, exceed last year's tally- May 24, 2008 At least 19 bodies turned up near the Texas border and deep inside the country Friday as Mexico's attorney general said the tally of gangland killings was nearly 50 percent higher than last year.http://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/mexican-gang-killings-persist-exceed-last-yea... Shifts in cartel alliances fuel shootouts in Mexico- May 21, 2008 RESOURCES A TOWN SEIZED There are no police anymore in Villa Ahumada. Even the mayor has fled.http://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/shifts-in-cartel-alliances-fuel-shootouts-in-... Military presence expands; 3 more killed in Ju rez- May 13, 2008 "Most of the targets are individual members of organizations and cops that worked for them. I think people underestimate that" Mexican military operations will expand in response to a wave of violence in Juarez and the Mexican state of Chihuahua that an expert described as unprecedented and part of a narcotics war being waged across ... via El Paso Timeshttp://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/military-presence-expands-3-more-killed-in-ju... Ciudad Juarez police chief gunned down by assassins- May 11, 2008 "It's a war between the cartels and against the state" RESOURCES REPUTED DRUG LORD'S SON KILLED Gunmen killed the son of one of Mexico's reputedly most-powerful drug lords in the northern city of Culiacan, a government official said Saturday. via Houston Chroniclehttp://www.topix.net/city/joaquin-tx/2008/05/ciudad-juarez-police-chief-gunned-down-by-ass... |