Mexico Drug Gangs

Deadliest Days Of Mexican Drug War

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 05.13.2012

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-- Some notable incidents of mass violence Mexico's drug war over past year: _ May 13: Mutilated bodies of 49 people dumped on highway in northern M...

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HORROR: 4 Youth Hacked To Pieces

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.09.2012

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MEXICO CITY — The slayings of four youths whose bodies were cut to pieces and left in plastic bags has horrified the central Mexico city of Cuer...

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16 Bodies Found In Northern Mexico Graves

AP | Posted 03.08.2012

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MONTERREY, Mexico -- Mexican authorities found 16 bodies in three clandestine graves on the outskirts of Monterrey, an industrial city that has seen a...

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Mexican Drug Dealer Arrested

AP | Posted 11.15.2011

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials say they have arrested a drug dealer who controlled smuggling routes and ran a campaign of murder and intimidation fo...

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'El Cris,' Alleged Drug Gang Leader Arrested

AP | Posted 12.18.2011

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VERACRUZ, Mexico — Nearly 1,000 police officers were fired to weed out corruption from the violence-ravaged Gulf coast state of Veracruz, Mexica...

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Mexico: Drug Gang Kills 32

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 weeks ...

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Gunmen Ruin Mexican Independence Day Festivities

AP | Posted 11.16.2011

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MORELIA, Mexico -- Authorities in a small town in western Mexico canceled Thursday night's "El Grito" festivities ushering in Independence Day after 4...

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Mexico Drug Gangs Suspected Of Kidnapping Parents Of 25 Kids

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — An official says that there is evidence that the parents of 25 children found abandoned in a northern Mexican border city were kid...

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Calderon: Mexico Drug Gangs Seeking To Replace Government

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that Mexico's cartels in many cases have moved beyond drugs as their main money-earner an...

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Mexican Drug Cartels Join Forces To Destroy Rival Gang

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Three Mexican cartels have joined forces to destroy a gang of hit men that has grown into a feared drug trafficking outfit with re...

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Mexico Drug War Beheadings Follow Al Qaeda Playbook

McClatchy | Tim Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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CUERNAVACA, Mexico -- The preferred form of cruelty by drug cartel henchmen is to capture enemies and behead them, a once-shocking act that has now be...

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Mexico Drug War Causes Crisis Of Confidence

TIME | Ioan Grillo | Posted 05.25.2011

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The no-nonsense government ads flash onto prime-time Mexican TV between soccer games and steamy soap operas. Bullet-filled corpses are shown sprawled ...

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Pseudoephedrine Crackdown Forces Mexican Meth Cartels To Go Back To Basics

AP | DAVID W. KOOP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican cartels are increasingly going "old school" to keep supplying America with methamphetamine despite an ingredient squeeze. ...

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Mexico Anti-Drug Aid Delayed Due To Human Rights Criticism

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., blocked the release of a favorable State Department report on Mexico's human rights record, The Washingt...

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Cartel Warfare: How Mexico Lost Ciudad Juárez PART 2

Federico Manfredi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federico Manfredi

Ciudad Juárez acquired the dubious reputation of wild border town during the Prohibition years, and has long been a major transshipment point for drugs entering the United States, but bloody struggles among rival cartels here are a relatively new phenomenon that stems from recent domestic and international developments.

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Cartel Warfare: How Mexico Lost Ciudad Juárez: PART 1

Federico Manfredi | Posted 05.25.2011

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Federico Manfredi

When I asked him whether he was referring to the agents of the Sinaloa Cartel, who are allegedly attempting to take over the city from the Juárez Cartel, he became nervous and defensive: "Why do you ask me if you already know?"

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Mexico Drug War: Reporter Forced To Flee From Army, "The Biggest Cartel Of All"

Mother Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is a man driving fast down a dirt road leading to the border. A rooster tail of dust marks his passage. He is very frightened and his 15-year-ol...

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Mexico Drug War: Cartels Lure US Teens As Killers

New York Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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When he was finally caught, Rosalio Reta told detectives here that he had felt a thrill each time he killed. It was like being Superman or James Bond,...

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Mexico: 10,000 Central American Migrants Kidnapped In 6 Months, Study Says

AP | eec-ms | Posted 05.25.2011

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MEXICO CITY — A survey by Mexico's National Human Rights Commission shows that thousands of mainly Central American migrants crossing the countr...

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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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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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