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Female Gang Members On Love And Motherhood

Posted 03.06.2012

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The following is an excerpt from "Jumped In" by Jorja Leap [Beacon Press, $26.96] No one believes I’m in a gang. My mama don’t believe I’m i...

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'Mata Zetas' Drug Gang Kills Dozens More

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.07.2011

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MEXICO CITY — A relatively new drug gang is responsible for killing at least 67 people whose bodies were found over the course of a couple of we...

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Drug Cartels Compete In Mexico

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.07.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- Masked gunmen dump the bodies of 35 slaying victims during rush hour as terrified motorists watch and tweet friends to avoid the avenue...

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Inside New York's Heroin 'Mills'

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 11.05.2011

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NEW YORK -- In many ways, the reputed drug dealers on Grandview Place were good neighbors. Their two-story, red-brick home in the New York City subur...

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HBO Actress Will Plead Guilty To Drug Conspiracy

AP | By SARAH BRUMFIELD | Posted 10.08.2011

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BALTIMORE -- An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's "The Wire" pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught...

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Hundreds Arrested In 'Project Southern Tempest' Drug Bust

Wendell Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Law enforcement agencies arrested nearly 700 gang members and associates from December through February during an anti-drug ...

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4 Severed Human Heads Found In Guatemalan Capital

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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GUATEMALA CITY — Four decapitated heads were found in prominent areas of the capital Thursday in what police said were likely revenge killings i...

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Acapulco Killings: 13 Killed In Drug Gang Violence As Spring Break Tourists Arrive

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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ACAPULCO, Mexico -- At least 13 people have been killed in a Mexican Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Guerrero state police say th...

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Glock Around The Clock... Twitter, Guns and Gambling Tarnish US Image

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

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With NBA commissioner David Stern suspending Gilbert Arenas, the media has forgotten that this party got started thanks to Twitter.

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Mexico Prison Break: Suspected Drug Gang Breaks Free 59 Prisoners

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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Suspected members of a Mexican drug cartel disguised as federal police entered a state prison in the northern state of Zacatecas on Saturday and freed...

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US Tricked By Afghan Drug Lord To Take Out Rival

Spiegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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A "high-ranking" member of al-Qaida was seized during a recent US mission in Afghanistan which left five people dead. But the Americans were set up: T...

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Clinton: Mexico Violence Fueled By America's 'Insatiable' Demand For Drugs

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday pledged to stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Mexico in its violent str...

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Mexico Drug Gangs Buy Public Support

Los Angeles Times | Tracy Wilkinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Monterrey, Mexico -- The small houses of the Independencia neighborhood climb a hill that rises from the bone-dry Santa Catarina riverb...

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Mexican Drug Cartels Load Up On US Bullets

GlobalPost | Todd Bensman | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAREDO, Texas -- For evidence of the booming bullet business along the U.S.-Mexico border, look no further than the case of Carlos Alberto Osorio Ca...

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Ciudad Juarez: Mexican Troops Enter City Embroiled In Drug Gang War

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 1,500 Mexican troops have moved into a city on the US border being fought over by rival drug gangs. Soldiers moved into Ciudad Juarez to try...

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Tijuana: Gangsters Spill Blood, Spread Fear (VIDEO)

Worldfocus | Posted 05.25.2011

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During the last year, more than 6,000 people have been murdered in Mexico's drug wars, more than 700 of them in Tijuana alone. Teodoro Eduardo Garc...

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Mexico's Drug Wars Reach Cancun

Los Angeles Times | Ken Ellingwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Cancun, Mexico -- The suspect cruised around in an SUV that had been reported stolen. He toted corrido music glorifying drug smugglers ...

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Ciudad Juarez Gets Up To 5,000 More Troops To Control Violence

Los Angeles Times | Ken Ellingwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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Reporting from Mexico City -- Amid growing alarm over drug violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, the Mexican government will deploy as many as 5,000 more...

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Mexican Drug Gangs Terrorize Town, Police Force

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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VILLA AHUMADA, Mexico — For people caught inside Mexico's drug corridors, life is about keeping your head down and watching your back, especiall...

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Mexican Drug Gang Fights Leave 21 Dead

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gun battles between suspected drug gang members and troops have left 21 dead in northern Mexico, police say. The violence started when gunmen drove i...

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US Will Give $400 Million To Mexico To Fight Drug Gangs

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the first stage of the multi-year Merida Initiative, the U.S. is providing $400 million to Mexico and $65 million to Central America to fight drug ...

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