The judge said Mexico’s constitution prohibits double jeopardy and thus prevents extraditing a citizen for trial in another country on charges they already faced at home.

Members of Congress want to see whether White Gun, like Fast and Furious, lost track of firearms that ended up with Mexican drug trafficking criminals.

Another singer was shot to death in Mexico, joining a long list of famous musicians killed because of  his music that tell stories about the lifestyle of drug traffickers, genre known as “corridos,” prosecutors said of the Narco Corridos singer Diego Rivas who was murdered at his home in Sinaloa , on Mexico’s Pacific coast.

Conflicting Reports on whether the same helicopter that killed the head of the Interior had President Calderon on it’s travel log later that day , since President Felipe Calderon was scheduled to fly to La Paz, Baja California.

Today The United States acknowledged that two thirds (approximately 64,000) of the over 94,000 guns recovered in Mexico over the past five years have origins from the armories of that country and have become the main gun source for the drug cartels.

Mexican police track down the Iphone belonging to flight attendant that was found murdered in his hotel room. A Mexico city prosecutor says a 20-year-old man with a previous criminal record for robbery is being detained in connection with the murder of a Phoenix-based U.S. Airways flight attendant.

The chairman of the Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives, Darrell Issa reported that 200 Mexicans deaths were because the ATF purposely let weapons enter Mexico. “We are talking about  people killed on both sides of the border. An estimated 200 Mexicans were killed by weapons that our government , our government, allowed to pass, “Issa said in an interview with CNN.

The Secretary of State and Public Safety said that 980 policemen were discharged after not passing a lie detector test along with other security tests. Veracruz • Mexican authorities on Tuesday announced the dismissal of nearly a thousand police in hopes to eradicate the corruption generated by the devastating violence in the state of Veracruz. So far just 27% of the six thousand troops from the Veracruz police force have been tested.

Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas (15/OCT/2011) .- A quarrel recorded this morning in the Matamoros prison ends leaving 20 inmates dead and 12 more injured, reported the Ministry of Public Security of the State. Police said the brawl occurred when two inmates began fighting, the other inmates joining after , culminating with the reported death toll. 

High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under the ATF’s Fast and Furious program in Phoenix ended up in a home belonging to the purported top Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose organization was terrorizing that city with the worst violence in the Mexican drug wars. – LaTimes

The governor of Nuevo León, Rodrigo Medina, released the identity of five alleged perpetrators of the attack Casino Royale on Thursday (where 52 people died), who apparently belong to the criminal organization called “Los Zetas.”

At least two alleged participants in the attack last Thursday against the Casino Royale, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon were captured. independent sources confirmed the capture of suspected criminals without revealing their names, although unofficially sources say these are members of the criminal group “Los Zetas“. The PGR has maintained the leading role in the investigations.

The Mexico Chapter of Amnesty International condemned the attack against a casino in Monterrey, which left at least 52 people and urged the authorities to bring to justice the perpetrators of “this dramatic tragedy.” In a statement issued Friday, AI indicates that federal and state authorities should thoroughly investigate all elements of this crime committed yesterday.

The Interior Minister, Francisco Blake Mora said the presence of foreign elements are in Mexico in-order to work in international cooperation in security maintained in accordance with the constitutional and international treaties. After appearing before lawmakers, along with Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Patricia Espinosa, and the technical secretary of the National Security Council, Alejandro Poire, said the presence of these foreign elements in security has allowed for a more effective fight against international crime groups [...]

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) granted immunity in 2004 to the leaders of the Sinaloa cartel, Joaquin “El Chapo Guzman,” and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, in exchange for information about rival Drug Cartels, according to new testimony from Jesus Vicente Zambada Niebla.

Fernando Franco, and venture partners of “Grupo Infra”, lost most of their investment because supposedly the broker at Citigroup Rodrigo Curiel, invested their resources without their consent in transactions involving equity securities and exchange.

The Mexican government demanded that the authorities of the Border Patrol conduct a thorough investigation to determine all the facts in the killing of another Mexican citizen on the U.S-Mexican Border.

Marcelo Ebrard, current president of the Conago reports that the arrests were for theft of car, passenger and cargo transport, as well as kidnapping and sale of stolen auto parts. During the first day of the implementation of the Operational Conago-1 there were 294 arrests “relevant” to the security operation, with the recovery of 195 stolen vehicles and the performance of 38 arrest warrants at the national level, said the government chief, Marcelo Ebrard.

The program was planned and organized by all state governments, involved 310,000 troops from the state police and the Federal Investigation Authorities. From the first minutes of Monday started the Operating Against Crime , known as ” Conago-1 “, involving the police and prosecutors of the 31 states and the Federal District.