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Pseudoephedrine Crackdown Forces Mexican Meth Cartels To Go Back To Basics

AP | DAVID W. KOOP | Posted 12.14.2009 | World

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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 09.05.2009 | World

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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 08.21.2009 | World

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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 08.17.2009 | World

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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 08.07.2009 | World

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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 07.24.2009 | World

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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 07.17.2009 | World

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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 04.25.2009 | World

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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 04.13.2009 | World

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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 04.05.2009 | World

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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 04.04.2009 | World

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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 03.30.2009 | World

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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 03.20.2009 | World

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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 Soldiers Kill Pregnant Woman As She Seeks Help

Telegraph | Last Updated: 9:52PM GMT 12 Dec 2008 | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

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Soldiers shot dead a pregnant woman in northern Mexico as her vehicle, carrying a passenger wounded in a shooting, approached a roadblock where she so...

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