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El Imparcial is reporting that Puerto Penasco’s chief of police was gunned down last night along with his bodyguard.

Police chief Erick Landagaray Macías took six AK-47 rounds and his bodyguard another seven. Both men survived and were taken to a hospital in Hermosillo. It’s the third or fourth shooting in that area since last week; there have also been gun battles up the highway in Sonoyta.

Last month, the government of Sonora grew testy with the State Department who had published a warning that armed men were running fake checkpoints on the highway from Sonoyta to Rocky Point. The state government and the American business community in Rocky Point, in their typical fashion, claimed the warnings were not true.

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I like this one for the care the narquitos took in camouflaging their load. This bust comes out of the U.S. Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector last month; not too far from the New Mexico/Texas line. note the Texas plates on the truck.

Gracias, mi compa, for passing these along.

It’s a bit of a moot point, since the driver was arrested on smuggling charges, but you have to appreciate the level of detail. And, la migra, too, I suppose, for spotting the load in this never-ending game.

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These incidents, first in Michoacán, then Guerrero, now Acapulco, seem to have La Barbie, Edgar Valdez’s signature all over them, yes?

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Is a founder of the Juarez Cartel now in talks with the Sinaloa Federation to take over Ciudad Juarez? It’s a chisme that’s come across my desk recently, and if true, opens the way for some fascinating negotiations for the border city.

Gilberto Greñas Ontiveros was released from Jalisco’s Puente Grande prison in 2007 and since that time, hasn’t been the least bit shy in making his new-found freedom known to the world.

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Border law enforcement sources continue to insist that the Mexican Navy has Nacho Coronel in custody. What I’m told is that SEMAR is trying to extract his Army connections and that’s why the detention is being quelled in the press, a point that is admittedly vague but all I have for now. Simply put, they haven’t admitted to it yet.

I’m also being told that his arrest is connected to former PAN presidential candidate Diego Fernández de Cevallos’ kidnapping. The disappearance was reported May 15, Thursday. De Cevallos’ truck was found Friday night in the state of Querétaro.

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