Drug Cartel

Hyper-Violent Drug Cartel Blamed For Leaving Dozens Of Mutilated Bodies In Town Square

AP | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: El Loco, Cadereyta, Video, Drug War, Los Zetas, Drug Cartel, Mexico, Daniel Jesus Elizondo Ramirez, Mexico Zetas, Mexico Army, Mexico Zetas Drug Cartel, World News

MEXICO CITY -- The army charged Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in ...

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You Might Not Want To Go Here For Spring Break

AP | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: College Students, Spring Break, Drug Cartel, Safety, Traveling Tips, Mexico, Dps, Travel, Vacations, Students, Traveling Abroad, Cancun, Students Traveling, Travel Abroad, College News, Colleges, College News

AUSTIN, Texas -- A law enforcement agency in Texas has raised safety concerns and advised students on spring break to avoid Mexico. The Department of...

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Suspected Drug Cartel Member Reportedly Confesses To Killing At Least 75 People

AP | PORFIRIO IBARRA | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Mexico Drug War, Drug War, Los Zetas, Drug Violence, Enrique Elizondo Flores, Drug Cartel, Cerralvo, Mexico, Zetas Drug Cartel, Enrique Elizondo Flores Capture, Video, World News

MONTERREY, Mexico — Police in northern Mexico have captured an alleged member of the Zetas drug gang who confessed to killing at least 75 people...

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Drug Cartel Wreaks Havoc In Guatemala

AP | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Otto Perez Molina, Drug War, Drug Cartel, Mexico, Guatemala, Zetas, Guatemala Mexico, Video, World News

MEXICO CITY -- Guatemala's newly inaugurated president says Mexico's Zetas drug cartel sought to take over the drug trade in Guatemala by co-opting or...

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Mexican Drug Cartels Build Own National Radio System

AP | By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Mexico Drug War, Drug Cartel Communications, Drug Cartels Radio, Drug Cartel Radio, Drug War, Los Zetas, Drug Cartel, Mexico, Zetas, Los Zetas Radio, Video, World News

MEXICO CITY -- When convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming. ...

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Drug Cartel Approves Of Mexican Band's Songs About Them

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Video, Mexico Drug Cartel, Drug Cartel, Manuel Torres, Drug Cartel Songs, Movimiento Alterado, Drug Cartel Ballads, Music, Sinaloa Cartel, Culture News

By GALIA GARCIA-PALAFOX, The Associated Press NAUCALPAN, Mexico — Trumpets and trombones blast across a rodeo ring where women in miniskirts danc...

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Anonymous vs. Zetas: Hackers Taking On The Drug Cartel

HuffingtonPost.com | Gabriel Lerner | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Video, Latino Politics, Anonymous, Drug Cartel, Mexico, Veracruz Drug Violence, Zetas, Veracruz Violence, Kidnap, Veracruz, Anonymous vs Zetas, Anonymous Zetas, Zetas Anonymous, Hackers Zetas, Anonymous Hackers, Anonymous and Zetas, Latino Voices News

At first sight it looked like the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator. "Zetas Kidnap 'Anonymous' Member, Video Threatens To Expose Drug Cartel," said the...

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Drug Cartels Compete In Mexico

AP | By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Drug Gangs, Drug War, Mexico Gangs, Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug Cartels, Gang Violence, Acapulco, Mexigo, Drug Cartel Violence, World News

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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Cartels Poised For One-On-One Battle To Control Drug Markets

AP | By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Felipe Calderon, Mexico Drug War, Drug War, Cartels, Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug Cartels, Mexico, Veracruz, World News

VERACRUZ, Mexico -- Five years after President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against Mexico's five main drug cartels, the nation is now domina...

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Mexico Horror: Gunmen Dump 35 Bodies During Rush Hour

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 11.21.2011

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VERACRUZ, Mexico — A gang known to be aligned with Mexico's most-wanted drug lord appears to be making a violent challenge to the dominant Zetas...

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PHOTOS: Drug Kingpin's Exotic Animals Crowd Mexican Zoo

AP | By MANUEL VALDES | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Zoos, World Wildlife Fund, Drug Cartel, Mexico Zoo, Zambada, Drug Cartel Zoo, Mexico, Animals, Zoo Animals, Sinaloa Cartel, World News

By MANUEL VALDES, Associated Press TOLUCA, Mexico -- For years, three tiny squirrel monkeys led a life of luxury on a 16-acre ranch surrounded by e...

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40 Dead In Attack On Casino Royale

AP | PORFIRIO IBARRA RAMIREZ | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: Gambling, Video, Gamblers, Casino Royale, Monterrey, Gunmen, Terror, Maria Navarro, Drug Cartel, Casino, Mexico, Mexico Casino, Robbery, Calderon, World News

MONTERREY, Mexico — Two dozen gunmen burst into a casino in northern Mexico on Thursday, doused it with gasoline and started a fire that trapped...

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Latin American Drug Traffickers May Be Using Submarines

AP | By NILS ELZENGA | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: Drug Submarine, Drug Trafficking, Drug Cartel, United Nations, Narco Subs, Drugs, Submarine, Cocaine, World News

DAKAR, Senegal -- Latin American cocaine traffickers may be using submarines to move the Europe-bound drugs across the Atlantic Ocean, a top official ...

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Mexican Standoff

Dan Rather | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Marijuana, Drug Cartel, Narco-Trafficking, Mexico, Felipe Calderón, Drug War, Vicente Fox, Sinaloa Cartel, Marijuana Legalization, World News

According to former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castañeda, legalizing "drugs in general, and marijuana in particular" would significantly diminish the bloodshed plaguing Mexico.

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Colombia Drug Gangs Overtake Villages

GlobalPost | Nadja Drost | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cordoba, Colombia, Colombia Villages, Drug Trafficking, Drug War, Drug Cartel, Drug Violence, World News

MONTELIBANO, Colombia -- On a November morning, several drug runners sat down at a bar in the quiet hamlet of El Palmar. They had told the bar's owner...

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Drug Education: Mexican Cartel King On Teacher's Payroll

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Drug Cartels, Drug War, Drug Cartel, Mexico, Mexican Drug Lords, Mexican Drug War, Drug Lord, World News

MEXICO CITY — An alleged drug cartel leader appears on the Mexican government's 2010 teacher payroll as part of the staff of an elementary schoo...

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Police Nab Drug-Smuggling Pigeon

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drug Use, Marijuana, Cocaine, Illegal Drugs, Drug Smuggling, Carrier Pigeon, Colombia, Drug Cartel, Illegal Drug Use, World News

Call it a case of high-flying criminal ingenuity: Colombia police captured a carrier pigeon trying to fly into a Bucarmanga jail with marijuana and co...

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Meet El Chapo, The 'Most Powerful Drug Trafficker In The World'

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON and MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sinaloa State, El Chapo Guzman, El Chapo Escape, El Chapo, Mexico Drug War, Drug Cartel, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, Mexico Drug Cartels, Marijuana, World News

MEXICO CITY — In the 10 years since he escaped from a high security federal prison in a laundry truck, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has transformed...

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Colombian Drug Cartel's Parrot 'Arrested' For Alerting Traffickers (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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A parrot in the Colombian city of Barranquilla has been "arrested" for allegedly tipping off members of a local drug cartel during a police raid. Au...

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Legalize Marijuana to Stop the Drug Cartels

Gary Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico-Marijuana, Mexican Drug Cartels, Marijuana Legalization, Mexican Drug War, Legalize Marijuana, Marijuana, Drug Cartel, Politics News

What is it going to take to convince the federal government that current drug policies are not working? By denying reality and not regulating and taxing marijuana, we are fueling a war that we are clearly losing.

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Police Officers Arrested In Murder Of Mexican Mayor

AP | MARK WALSH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexican Drug War, Santiago, Mexican Drug Cartel, The Zetas, Drug War, Mexico, Mexican Mayor Killed, Kidnapped Mexican Mayor, Edelmiro Cavazos, Drug Cartel, Mexican Mayor, World News

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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Mexico President Calls For Debate On Legalization Of Drugs

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico, Felipe Calderon, Marijuana Legalization, Mexico Drug War, Drug Legalization, Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug Cartels, World News

With the body count from drug-related murders hitting 28,000 in his country, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is now joining calls for a debate on th...

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Mexican City Bordering Texas Paralyzed By Gunbattles

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Texas, Mexico Drug War 2010, Nuevo Laredo, Drug War, Drug Cartel, Mexico Drug War History, Mexico Drug War Violence, Mexico, World News

MEXICO CITY — Eight suspected drug gang gunmen died in a battle with Mexican soldiers in the remote mountains of northern Chihuahua state, the f...

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Mexican Gang Leader Nabbed In US Consulate Killings

AP | MORGAN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mexico Drug Cartel, Mexico Gang Warfare, Mexico City, Mexico Drug War, Drug Cartel, Jesus Ernesto Chavez, Mexican Drug Gang, Mexican Drug Violence, World News

MEXICO CITY — The drug-cartel enforcer told an unsettling story: A woman who worked in the Mexican border's biggest U.S. consulate had helped a ...

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Updating Incorporation Transparency Laws

Raymond Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Project Coronado, Chicago Parking Meter LLC, Limited Liability Corporation, Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Act, Incorporation Laws, La Familia, Senate Bill 569, Drug Enforcement Agency, Drug Cartel, S. 569, War on Drugs, Dea, Politics News

It is time to update our anachronistic and unsafe laws of incorporation and strike back at criminals that for too long have been able to use our financial system for their game to our own detriment.

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