Mexican Drug Cartel

Colo. Soldiers Arrested In Mexican Drug Cartel Murder Plot

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA | Posted 03.27.2012

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EL PASO, Texas -- Two men with Army ties – including an active-duty sergeant – sought to work with a Mexican drug cartel in a murder-for-h...

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The 'Queen Of The Pacific' Eludes Extradition Again

AP | By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 01.15.2012

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MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican federal judge on Thursday rejected a second attempt to extradite an alleged drug trafficker to the U.S., nearly exhausting ye...

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Mexican Drug War: U.S. Accused Of Laundering Drug Cartel Money

The Huffington Post | Gabriel Lerner | Posted 12.06.2011

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In the beginning there was Fast and Furious, a botched operation carried by the Phoenix office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosi...

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Feds: Mexican Drug Cartel Kingpin Plotted Attack Against U.S.

AP | By KAREN HAWKINS | Posted 01.12.2012

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CHICAGO -- The leaders of a powerful Mexican cartel, frustrated that U.S. law enforcement was interfering with their lucrative drug business, plotted ...

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Feds Deny Making Immunity Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Kingpin

AP | Posted 11.10.2011

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CHICAGO -- U.S. prosecutors on Friday asked a judge not to throw out drug trafficking conspiracy charges against a top lieutenant in one of Mexico's l...

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U.S. Man Arrested For Smuggling Grenades To Mexican Drug Cartel

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 11.06.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Police have arrested a U.S. man for smuggling American grenade parts into Mexico for use by the Sinaloa cartel, and a U.S. officia...

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Mexico Drug War's Deadliest 2010 Attacks (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Wednesday's horrific car wash attack in Tepic, Mexico left 15 people dead. The tragedy was yet another in the increasingly bloody war against the cou...

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4 Decapitated Bodies Hung From Bridge By Mexican Drug Gang

AP | OSWALD ALONSO | Posted 05.25.2011

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CUERNAVACA, Mexico — The decapitated bodies of four men were hung from a bridge Sunday in this central Mexican city besieged by fighting between...

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Police Officers Arrested In Murder Of Mexican Mayor

AP | MARK WALSH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTERREY, Mexico — Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country's escalating drug...

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Jesus Vincente Zambada-Niebla Pleads Not Guilty: Alleged Mexican Cartel Leader Denies Charges

AP | MIKE ROBINSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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CHICAGO — A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to...

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US Drug Raids: Police Arrest More Than 300 Involved In Mexican Drug Cartel

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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OKLAHOMA CITY — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that d...

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Carlos Beltran Levya Captured: Mexico Announces Arrest Of Alleged Drug Lord

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican police have captured alleged drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva, just two weeks after his even more powerful brother was kille...

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Drug War: Mexico Military FInds One Of Counry's Largest Meth Labs

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 05.25.2011

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BADIRAGUATO, Mexico — The Mexican Navy gave reporters a firsthand look Tuesday at what they described as one of the largest methamphetamine labs...

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The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvonne R. Davis

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

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You Don't Agree

Diane Dimond | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Dimond

It's time again to let some of you get a turn to sound off about what I write in this space. Every week I examine some crime and justice related to...

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Mexican Drug Violence Spills Over Into US

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States. U.S. authorities are reporting a...

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