Paris Patton, 23, Notorious Mpls. gang member pleads guilty to drive-by shooting | StarTribune.com

60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Minneapolis and St. Paul, 2nd: Including Cambridge, St. Michael, and Northfield (60 Hikes - Menasha Ridge)Notorious Mpls. gang member pleads guilty to drive-by shooting | StarTribune.com: "One of north Minneapolis' most notorious gang members pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault in a drive-by shooting in February that left one victim paralyzed from the neck down.
Paris Patton, 23, pleaded guilty to first- and second-degree assault and is expected to get more than 12 years in prison. He had been charged with attempted murder for allegedly firing a gun into a car carrying a group of people on Feb. 7. Patton, a member of the 19 Dipset gang, entered the plea before Hennepin County District Judge Robert Small.
Minneapolis Police Inspector Mike Martin, who leads the city's North Side precinct, said Patton is 'one of our most problematic, high-profile gang members. ... He's the type of person that always seems to be around murders.'"

Kidnap gang jailed | International | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain

Euro Weekly News | Kidnap gang jailed | International | News | The Largest English Language Newspapers in Spain: "final member of a violent kidnap gang who lured their victims with the promise of work before imprisoning them and demanding ransom payments was today sentenced for his role in a string of kidnap and blackmail offences. Min Yang pleaded guilty on 26 November and was today sentenced to eight years in prison, bring the total sentencing for the gang to 52 years and two months. The five-strong gang - all of whom are Chinese nationals - seized six of their compatriots in London and Luton, Bedfordshire, between July 2007 and March 2009, subjecting them to terrifying ordeals in which they were tied up and beaten.
In each instance the captors demanded money, often tens of thousands of pounds, in order to secure the hostage's release, and petrified relatives in China were sometimes contacted and ordered to pay up or see their loved one killed.
The gang, all originally from Fujian province in south-east China, were eventually caught when Metropolitan Police officers located two of their strongholds.
Following their arrests, between March and December 2009, Guo Ping Chen, Guo Chen, Bing Cheng and Guo Hai Chen pleaded guilty and were sentenced on 23 June 2010 at the Old Bailey."

Elite cops track Boston’s most wanted fugitives - BostonHerald.com

Elite cops track Boston’s most wanted fugitives - BostonHerald.com: "These Hub cops have tracked down and slapped cuffs on the city’s most notorious fugitives, including the Craigslist Killer and Edward Corliss, the man accused of killing Jamaica Plain clerk Surendra Dangol. Their latest collars? The two men charged in the Mattapan massacre.
“I would like criminals to know if you commit a crime, the police are going to be looking for you,” said Sgt. Detective Brian Albert. “It doesn’t matter if you go out of the city, out of the state or out of the country. You’re better off turning yourself in to face the music.”
Albert commands the Fugitive Apprehension Team, a 12-member joint squad of Boston cops and U.S. Marshals that has been to at least 14 states, as well as Trinidad and Canada, in pursuit of wanted men and women, using some of the most advanced technology available to capture suspects on the run for murder, rapes and shootings in Boston. The team was formed in 2007, handpicked by Albert largely from BPD’s gang unit."

suspicious blaze at the Twisted Soul Tattoo Shop on 7th Avenue

Gang warfare has landed a disabled woman in hospital with severe burns after her home was apparently set on fire, according to Prince George RCMP, who are linking the blaze to a suspicious fire at a tattoo shop one day earlier.

A 60-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair had to be rescued when firefighters discovered her home fully engulfed in flames shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

She is now in critical condition with severe burns at a Vancouver Hospital.

Mounties in the northern city say the injured woman is related to a known gang member, who is currently in jail. The prisoner was formerly a tenant at the burnt home, located in the 4000-block of Foster Road.

Just a day earlier, firefighters were called to a suspicious blaze at the Twisted Soul Tattoo Shop on 7th Avenue -- an establishment that just happens to be operated by the same incarcerated gang member.

"We believe the suspicious fire at the Twisted Soul Tattoo Shop and this fire are somehow connected. This is an unsettling example of how innocent people are affected by organized crime as the violence they inflict on each other also affects the entire community," RCMP Const. Lesley Smith said in a release.

"It is not uncommon for a rival gang to inflict harm on their opponent by targeting a friend or family member."

Investigators are calling both fires suspicious.

Police haven't released the targeted man's gang affiliation, but say three gangs have taken hold in the city, including the Game Tight Soldiers, the Independent Soldiers and the Renegades, a motorcycle gang associated with the Hells Angels.

A fourth gang is believed to be trying to infiltrate the scene.

Prince George has seen an increase in gang activity and violence in recent years. Last month, it was rated as the most dangerous city in the county by Maclean's magazine, and RCMP blamed gang violence for the ranking.

Experts believe that a crackdown on the Hells Angels have left a vacuum in the local drug trade, and the remaining gangs are battling to fill the void.

Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos, who served as governor of the tiny state of Colima until November 2009, was gunned down by three men

Organised crime in Mexico: Yet another victim | The Economist: "Jesús Silverio Cavazos Ceballos, who served as governor of the tiny state of Colima until November 2009, was gunned down by three men outside his home yesterday morning. So far the killers, who arrived in a Jeep that had been reported stolen in the state of Querétaro, have not been found, nor a motive established."

Teen raped by gang of knife-wielding women - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Teen raped by gang of knife-wielding women - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "Police in a remote part of Papua New Guinea are warning men to be on the lookout after a group of knife-wielding women allegedly raped a teenage boy.
The 17-year-old victim had just left his high school in Mendi in the Southern Highlands last Friday when he was confronted by a group of women armed with knives.
The National newspaper reports there were at least 10 assailants and they forced the teenager to lie down and took turns to rape him.
Four women sexually assaulted the youth before passersby disturbed them."

Los Aztecas drug gang Arrests over American's death in Mexico

Arrests over American's death in Mexico: "Two brothers who are members of the Los Aztecas drug gang have been arrested here over the killing of a US consulate official in March, police say.
Reynaldo Diaz and Jose Guadalupe Diaz had been leaders of a local cell of the Aztecas, officials said on Friday.
The cartel in Ciudad Juarez was blamed for the almost simultaneous assaults in March in which Lesley Enriquez and her husband, both Americans, were killed, as was a Mexican man who was married to another consulate staffer.
Advertisement: Story continues below Four other suspects have been arrested in the case, including one who was extradited to the US in September.
Ciudad Juarez is considered the most violent city in Mexico, due to the ongoing power struggles between rival cartels seeking drug smuggling routes into the United States."

11 members of the drug cartel los Zetas are dead

Authorities are reporting that 11 members of the drug cartel los Zetas are dead and two more are behind bars following an intense battle on the Mexican side of Falcon Lake.

Mexico's Ministry of National Defense (SEDENA) reported that the gun battle took place on the Mexican side of Falcon Dam in Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Wednesday afternoon.

SEDENA officials reported that soldiers were patrolling the area around 4 p.m. Wednesday when they investigated a tip about armed men downtown off Boulevard Miguel Hidalgo.

Soldiers arrived to the building when then came under fire.

Refugees flee gangs in Mexican town, but still live in fear | World | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Refugees flee gangs in Mexican town, but still live in fear | World | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "The Zetas began attacking Mier just hours after the killing by Mexican marines last Friday of Gulf Cartel boss Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas-Guillen, known everywhere as Tony Tormenta, or Tony Storm. Officials on both sides of the border have warned that Tony Tormenta's demise is all but certain to unleash havoc as rivals fight to replace him."

Drug gang leaders held following Garda 'super raid' - The Irish Times - Tue, Nov 09, 2010

Drug gang leaders held following Garda 'super raid' - The Irish Times - Tue, Nov 09, 2010: ", the gang leader, Christy Griffin (41), originally from Canon Lillis Avenue, Dublin, was accused of raping a young woman repeatedly from the time she was a child. Griffin has since been convicted of rape and is serving a life sentence.
Many of his associates stood by him while others believed Griffin’s accuser and formed a faction opposed to Griffin. A volatile and dangerous gangland feud ensued involving not only five murders, but numerous non-fatal shootings and pipe bomb and grenade attacks.
The Garda raids yesterday targeted the gang feuding with Griffin’s grouping.
“Operation Chisel”, which has been under way for 10 months, is centred on gathering information with a view to securing prosecutions under new anti-gangland legislation introduced last year. These laws made it an offence to lead or participate in a crime gang.
As well as the Dublin raids, searches took place in the other four counties because the gang has members living there or is supplying drugs to smaller gangs in those areas.
According to Garda sources, the target gang has forged close links with arguably the two biggest crime gangs in Ireland: the McCarthy-Dundon gang in Limerick; and the gang in Finglas, Dublin, once led by murdered criminal Eamon Dunne.
Yesterday’s operation was co-ordinated from Pearse Street Garda station by Chief Supt Pat Leahy, under Assistant Commissioner Mick Feehan, who is in charge of policing in Dublin, and Deputy Commissioner Martin Callinan, who is in charge of all operations across the force."

Halloween slaying of boy, 5, highlights changes in South Los Angeles gang crime

The Canadian Press: Halloween slaying of boy, 5, highlights changes in South Los Angeles gang crime: "Arms flexed in a muscleman pose, Aaron Shannon Jr. was getting ready for a Halloween party while his grandfather snapped photos of him in a Spiderman costume.
Suddenly, the click of the camera lens was replaced by the pop, pop of gunfire and the 5-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed.
The Oct. 31 attack — blamed on misdirected gunfire from suspected Crips gang members raiding Bloods turf — harkened back to the carnage of the 1980s and early '90s when brazen young men patrolled the streets of the area once called South Central and gave little thought to living or dying.
Then, Aaron's death likely would have flared the Crips-Blood rivalry even further and been followed by a retaliation shooting, then another and so on.
'In the old days, this would have been a massive bloodbath,' said Guillermo Cespedes, head of the city's gang reduction program. 'An incident like this, even a couple of years ago, would have created many more days of violence.'"

Latin American Herald Tribune - 15 Kidnappers in Mexican Border City Could Get Life in Prison

Latin American Herald Tribune - 15 Kidnappers in Mexican Border City Could Get Life in Prison: "group of 15 kidnappers arrested in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s murder capital, could be the first people convicted and sentenced to life in prison for the crime, the Chihuahua state Attorney General’s Office said.

The kidnapping ring, which had operated for nearly six months, was dismantled by the army, the AG’s office said.

Six men between the ages of 18 and 21, along with two minors, are among the suspects in the kidnapping of an 18-year-old businessman who was set free last Wednesday, the AG’s office said."

gangs which have been there for a long time include the Crips and the Bloods from California.

The gangs which have been there for a long time include the Crips and the Bloods from California. The origins of the Crips and Bloods can be traced to the late 1960′s, and the gang culture is a very deep rooted trait in the west coast area that many families have three to four generations of gangsters residing in the same residence areas where their origins sparked off. L.A. has gangs like any other city in the world but their number is between 800 and 1000 (one of the largest in the world) , with members from ranging between astonishing numbers of 120,000 to 220,000 . These numbers have been a serious debate over the past years, and depending on what set of criteria is being followed to decide who is and is not a gang member. The figures could be considerably higher.
One of the famous Little Rock Blood gangs, the Highland Court Crew, has been their in various forms of organizations since 1984. Graffiti and other activities by them were became a major mark in round about 1987. Most of the other major area gangs were formed pretty later on in the late 80′s and early 90′s with the greatest gang growth year being 1990. Almost all of these gangs are affiliated with the four major gangs. Those are: 1) Crips; 2) Bloods; 3) Folk Nation; and 4) People Nation. The Crips and Bloods are Los Angeles oriented while the Folk Nation and People Nation are Chicago oriented. The Black Gangster Disciples (a sub-group of the Hoovers) appears to be the largest denomination with the Bloods being the second largest. Some believe the Disciples and Crips are aligning on the streets as well as in the prisons, as are the Bloods and Vice-Lords.
During the time they serve in prison, these youngsters are exposed to the world of real life gangsters who have truly experienced the hard-core gang violence. Then once they get back put on the streets these new comers go with more “knowledge” than ever could have been gained on the streets. When they are in prison, many gain rank or “juice” within their gang because they went to the “joint”. While most kids on the streets are good kids, as long as society continues in the direction in which we are currently drifting, all kids must be considered at risk.

Buses transporting women from work were ambushed Friday resulting in the deaths of five women.

Buses transporting women from work were ambushed Friday resulting in the deaths of five women. The attack took place in Ciudad Juarez.

A convoy of 20 police travelling in SUVs was ambushed shortly after in Jalisco in western Jalisco state. At least nine Mexican police officers were shot dead in that attack.

At least 5 people were injured when attacked by people throwing grenades in a suburb of Guadelajara, the state capital of Jalisco.

Two of the wounded were toddlers.

Separately 6 youths were gunned down in Mexico City on Thursday night. The boys were standing outside a shop when attacked by unknown gunmen.

Earlier this week fourteen teenagers were shot dead at a birthday party in Ciudad Juarez in Chihuahua state, near the U.S., while 13 rehablitating addicts were killed in an attack on a rehabilitation centre in Tijuana.

Two days ago 15 people were shot dead at a car wash in Tepic in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit.

An estimated 7,000 people have died violent deaths in 2010, a response to the Mexican government's stepped-up efforts to combat the drug cartels.

Donal MacIntyre 'attacked by Chelsea football hooligans he exposed' in undercover TV report | Mail Online

Donal MacIntyre 'attacked by Chelsea football hooligans he exposed' in undercover TV report | Mail Online: "Undercover reporter Donal MacIntyre and his wife were viciously attacked by a father and daughter in a bar brawl after drinkers turned on him for helping to convict Chelsea football hooligans, a court heard yesterday.The TV journalist had visited the bar with wife Ameera De La Rose - who was suffering a brain tumour - when other drinkers noticed him.They started to berate him for his part in a conviction of Jason Mariner - a football hooligan who was exposed in his programme 'MacIntyre Undercover'.
It was alleged that one of the drinkers, James Wild, attacked MacIntyre to seek revenge for Mariner's conviction and in a scuffle outside the venue, also struck De La Rose, bruising her arms.
Wild's 25-year-old daughter Caley is charged with assaulting MacIntyre in the scuffle on June 17, 2009.MacIntyre said the attack was linked to the prosecution of the notorious Chelsea Headhunters gang."

Donal MacIntyre's wife tells court gang 'attacked him like a pack of wolves' | Mail Online

Donal MacIntyre's wife tells court gang 'attacked him like a pack of wolves' | Mail Online: "wife of investigative journalist Donal MacIntyre broke down in tears as she told a court how a gang of thugs set upon him like 'a pack of wolves' in a brutal vengeance attack.Giving evidence yesterday against a father and daughter accused of being the ringleaders of the assault, in which she too was injured, Ameera McIntyre, 32, said: 'The men who attacked my husband were going to kill him.'James Wild, 47, and his 23-year-old daughter Caley, 25, are facing separate charges for the alleged assault, said to have been in revenge for a 1999 documentary by Mr McIntyre on the Chelsea Headhunters hooligan 'firm', which resulted in the jailing of thug Jason Marriner for six years"

The Canadian Press: 2 alleged leaders of Mexican student gang shot to death in tourist zone of Oaxaca

The Canadian Press: 2 alleged leaders of Mexican student gang shot to death in tourist zone of Oaxaca: "Two alleged leaders of a university student gang were shot to death Friday by gunmen on a motorcycle in the tourist zone of Mexico's colonial city of Oaxaca.
The killings occurred in front of the former convent of Santo Domingo, a popular tourist attraction in downtown Oaxaca.
The men's bodies lay on a sidewalk in front of the colonial-era building for some time after the attack. The gunmen fled and have not been identified.
Unidentified assailants wounded another prominent member of the gang Friday, but did not kill him.
The gang was accused of attacking anti-government protesters in 2006.
Oaxaca has largely been spared drug violence plaguing much of Mexico, but suffered anti-government political unrest in 2006.
And in the northern city of Chihuahua, unidentified assailants killed four employees of a bar, state prosecutors' spokesman Fidel Banuelos said.
The bar, located at the centre, was about to open for business for the first time."

You don’t get much sleep with a lumpy, loaded sawed-off shotgun under your pillow.

Nevertheless, that’s where Niagara police found the double-barreled weapon when they raided a crack house in a Queenston Street apartment in St. Catharines Thursday.

Police had heard there might be a weapon inside the house before they executed a search warrant and also found ammunition for it as well as some crack cocaine and marijuana.

“The firearm was located in the bedroom stuffed under a pillow and appeared to be in working condition,” a police spokesman said, adding members of the St. Catharines Street Crime Unit had begun receiving information a week ago about a man living on Queenston Street selling crack cocaine. Further information suggested that this male was in possession of a firearm.

A 23-year-old St. Catharines man faces drug possession and trafficking charges as well as charges of possession of a prohibited firearm, careless storage of a firearm and proceeds of crime.

Major clubs like the Hell's Angels, Bandidos, Finks and Black Uhlans are expected to swallow smaller clubs.

SENIOR Gold Coast police are bracing for a new wave of bikie 'super clubs' as membership soars and major gangs move to take over smaller clubs.

An internal police email from a high-ranking officer leaked to the Gold Coast Bulletin reveals police have pinpointed these 'super clubs' as a serious threat.

Major clubs like the Hell's Angels, Bandidos, Finks and Black Uhlans are expected to swallow smaller clubs.

Some members of the Nomads have already swapped colours to the much larger Hell's Angels in anticipation of a potential takeover.

The email also said some members of the Commancheros and Lone Wolf gangs in Sydney had joined forces in drug manufacture and identity theft schemes

Police reconstruct moment man was shot in health club car park « Deadline Press & Picture Agency#comment-9730

Police reconstruct moment man was shot in health club car park « Deadline Press & Picture Agency#comment-9730: "POLICE have reconstructed the moment when a man was shot outside a health club in Edinburgh last week in a bid to jog gym-goers memories.
Robert Kelbie, 27, a property developer, was shot and wounded outside Bannatyne’s Health Club in Newcraighall during one of its busiest periods as he walked through the car park.
Last night – exactly one week on from the attack – officers from the Lothian and Borders force stopped drivers in the car park, hoping to trace the owner of silver or grey Vauxhall Vectra."

Fighting crime in the West from the frontline - Crime - News - Brimbank Leader

Fighting crime in the West from the frontline - Crime - News - Brimbank Leader: "GANGLAND killings, high profile murders and suspicious deaths - former homicide detective Charlie Bezzina has investigated them all.
And now, with the publication of his new book The Job-Fighting Crime from the Frontline, readers can gain an insight into how police strive to solve crime and provide answers for the victims’ families.
Sunshine resident Bezzina, who spent 37 years on the force including 17 years in the homicide squad and now runs his own handyman business, said the main purpose of the book was to show the community the reality of a murder investigation.
“I find the community are ... very believing of what they see on TV,” Bezzina said"

Norteño gang members ,Sunnyvale police seek suspects in 2007 killings

Sunnyvale police seek suspects in 2007 killings: "Rolando Mendoza, 27, of San Jose was stabbed to death in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 499 N. Fair Oaks Ave. the night of April 26, 2007. He was killed by Norteño gang members upset that a fellow Norteño had been assaulted, police said.
Witnesses told police that three men in a Honda had driven into the parking lot and that the driver had gotten out of the car, yelled an epithet deriding the Sureño gang and stabbed Mendoza in the chest with a folding knife.
Investigators identified three men as suspects. Two are in custody and are set to go to trial next month on murder and other charges: Victor Knox-Martinez, 23, of San Jose, who allegedly stabbed Mendoza, and Gabriel Gubatan, 24, of Pacifica."

Mexican Police Force Quits En Masse After Attack

Borderland Beat: Mexican Police Force Quits En Masse After Attack: "entire police force of a rural community in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon resigned after their headquarters was attacked with assault rifles and grenades, the town’s mayor said Tuesday.

Santos Salinas Garza made the announcement after a meeting with the 14 officers working in Los Ramones, a municipality of some 6,000 people 60 kilometers (37 miles) east of Monterrey, the state capital."

Quebec police are remaining tight-lipped about the reported stabbing of one of Canada's most notorious criminals.

Quebec police are remaining tight-lipped about the reported stabbing of one of Canada's most notorious criminals.

Officers are confirming that four inmates were involved in an altercation at the Sainte Anne des Plaines Penitentiary Saturday afternoon.

But they are not confirming reports that Maurice "Mom" Boucher, the former head of the Hells Angels in Montreal, was hurt in the incident.

Surete du Quebec Sgt. Gregory Gomez del Prado said two prisoners received minor injuries in the altercation.

"One of them refused to go to the hospital, and the other one was transferred to the hospital in Laval," he said.

"We're investigating, of course, to try to determine what happened."

He said the incident will be reviewed by the Crown prosecutor to determine if charges will be laid.

Boucher is currently serving three life sentences at the prison.

Salinas gang member faces life in prison after conviction in shooting | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian

Salinas gang member faces life in prison after conviction in shooting | thecalifornian.com | The Salinas Californian: "Gerardo Pineda Gomez, 32, of Salinas, was convicted late Wednesday of two counts of attempted murder, assault with a firearm, attempted solicitation of murder, witness intimidation and attempted solicitation of perjury.The conviction stems from a September 2007 incident, where Gomez and a friend used their Cadillac to block another car into a driveway in Salinas; Gomez then ordered his friend to shoot at the two men inside. One man was struck in the leg and side. The second man wasn't hit."

Northwest Herald | Gang members arrested in warrant sweep

Northwest Herald | Gang members arrested in warrant sweep: "U.S. Marshals Service, arrested three members of the Latin Kings on Thursday, the sheriff’s office said in a news release.
Omar Manriquez-Cazares, 21, of Woodstock, Gilberto Cazares, 20, of Woodstock, and Gregorio Pena, 26, of Harvard, were arrested during a warrant sweep. All three men have been documented to be members of the Latin Kings Street Gang, the sheriff’s office said.
After a six-month investigation, Omar Manriquez-Cazares and Gilberto Cazares were charged with unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of controlled substance. Omar Manriquez-Cazares’ bond was set at $50,000, and Gilberto Cazares bond was set at $80,000."

Mom Boucher stabbed in prison brawl: reports

Mom Boucher stabbed in prison brawl: reports: "high-ranking member of the Hells Angels currently serving three life sentences in a Montreal-area jail was reportedly one of two men stabbed within the facility on Saturday.
Various media outlets are reporting that Maurice (Mom) Boucher received only minor injuries in the altercation in the Ste. Anne des Plaines detention centre.
Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Claude Ross confirmed the SQ responded to reports of an incident in the facility, where Boucher has been held for the past eight years, at around 3:15 p.m. There were four men involved in the altercation, Ross said, and two were injured. When the SQ arrived to escort them to hospital, they refused, leading investigators to conclude their wounds were not severe.
Investigators were still on the scene Saturday night meeting with all four men, Ross said. He could not confirm if Boucher was involved in the incident.
Boucher, the former leader of the Hells Angels' Montreal chapter, was convicted in 2002 of ordering the deaths of prison guards in an attempt to intimidate Quebec justice officials.
He survived a previous attack involving a makeshift knife in the prison's common room later that same year. Boucher was only slightly injured, but his attacker was stabbed 21 times by five other inmates who rushed to Boucher's aid."

James Ross, 26, was tortured in a villa on the Algarve for 13 days after being lured to Portugal by agang kidnap ordeal in Portugal - The Daily Record

Scot has ear, fingers & toes chopped off during drug gang kidnap ordeal in Portugal - The Daily Record: "SCOT had an ear, two fingers and three toes chopped off during a horrific kidnap ordeal over an alleged £10,000 drug debt.
James Ross, 26, was tortured in a villa on the Algarve for 13 days after being lured to Portugal by a gang of Brits.
Dad-of-two Ross, from Wick, Caithness, was found bleeding in the street in the village of Alfontes, near Loule, by Carlos Pereira.
Carlos said: 'He came staggering towards me, asking me to stop, waving his arms in the air.
'He had no left ear and was missing two fingers on his left hand, a toe from one foot and two from the other. He also had a leg wound.'
Ross told him he had been involved in a road accident.
Mr Pereira said: 'He was very white. He said, 'Please, please, telephone'. I decided to put him in my van and drove him to a square, near a cafe, and called the police.'
Alerted Northern Constabulary had ranked Ross as a 'high risk' missing person and alerted the UK Serious Organised Crime Agency and Portuguese cops.
Ross's sister Gayle last night said the family did not wish to comment, adding: 'We actually don't know anything. The police have never been in contact with us so I don't want to say any more.'
A Portuguese newspaper claimed Ross owed fellow Brit John Maclean £10,000 over a cannabis deal."

Local official and son slain by gunmen in violence-ridden Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez | Washington Examiner

Local official and son slain by gunmen in violence-ridden Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez | Washington Examiner: "Gunmen in the drug violence-ridden border city of Ciudad Juarez have killed a local official and his son, Mexican officials said Sunday.
Rito Grado Serrano was regional president of the community of El Porvenir outside Ciudad Juarez but lived with his family in Ciudad Juarez — one of the cities hardest hit by Mexico's drug war.
Authorities say Grado and his son Rigoberto were slain by unidentified gunmen Saturday night at their house in the city across the border from El Paso, Texas. The motive was unknown, but drug gangs have increasingly targeted government officials who do not cooperate with them."

David Hartley: Mexican Drug Cartel Murder of American Jet-Skiing with Wife May All Have been a Mere”Misunderstanding”

VDARE.com: Blog Articles » David Hartley: Mexican Drug Cartel Murder of American Jet-Skiing with Wife May All Have been a Mere”Misunderstanding”: "Los Zetas drug cartel destroyed her husband’s body the same day they murdered him.
David Hartley is the American who was jet-skiing with his wife, Tiffany, on September 30 on Falcon Lake, which straddles the U.S.-Mexican border. The Hartleys had gone to the lake “to photograph a historic, half-submerged church.” Three speedboats of drug cartel “pirates” began firing on the couple and, according to Mrs. Hartley, shot her husband four times, including twice in the back of the head, killing him. I say, according to Mrs. Hartley, because her husband’s body has yet to be found.
Some anonymous Internet commenters argued initially that Mrs. Hartley had murdered her husband, and used narcoterror as a cover story."