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Mexico Drug War

7 Mexican Police Officers Killed In Tijuana Clash

AP | ELLIOT SPAGAT | Posted 05.29.2009 | World

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TIJUANA, Mexico — Seven police officers were assassinated in about an hour's time in what authorities said Tuesday was a coordinated effort that...

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Nature Versus Narco

Wallace J Nichols | Posted 05.27.2009 | Green

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The production, processing and trafficking of narcotics are slowly and quietly wreaking havoc on nature and undermining environmental conservation from Colombia to British Columbia.

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National Guard Troops Could Be Sent To Mexico Border To Fight Drug War

Washington Post | Mary Beth Sheridan, Spencer S. Hsu and Steve Fainaru | Posted 05.25.2009 | World

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The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 m...

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Tijuana: Body Found On Fire, Head Wrapped In Packing Tape

AP | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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TIJUANA, Mexico — Police found a body in flames dumped along a main thoroughfare on the outskirts of this violent northern border city, authorit...

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Mexican Police Arrest 44 At Drug Raid During Family Baptism

Times Online | Graham Keeley | Posted 05.21.2009 | World

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Mexican federal police arrested 44 alleged members of the drugs cartel at a family baptism in Morelia, capital of the western state of Michoacan....

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Obama, Calderon Pledge To Fight Drug War

AP | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon are pledging to work together on challenges confronting both countrie...

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Obama In Mexico: Drug Violence To Top List Of Issues (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

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President Obama travels to Mexico Thursday morning as the first stop in his Latin America trip, after which he will join other regional leaders in Tri...

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Obama To Offer Mexico Solidarity In Drug War

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

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MEXICO CITY — Confronting a security threat on the America's doorstep, President Barack Obama arrived Thursday in Mexico for a swift diplomatic ...

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Mexican Drug War: 10 Shocking Facts

GlobalPost | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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In anticipation of President Obama's trip south this week -- first to Mexico on Thursday and then to the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tob...

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Drug Lord Guide: Mexico's 4 Most Notorious Gangsters

GlobalPost | Posted 05.09.2009 | World

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Despite an army crackdown and vicious turf battles that have led to the capture or killings of thousands of Mexico's drug traffickers, the most notori...

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Washington Post Launches Series On Mexico's Drug War

The Huffington Post | Catherine Lyons | Posted 05.03.2009 | World

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The Washington Post has launched a year-long series -- "Mexico at War" -- that will take a closer look into the Mexican drug war and offer snapshots o...

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Anderson Cooper To Report Live From US-Mexico Border

Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

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For the first time in years, Mexico is making headlines in the United States for something other than immigration. The raging drug wars have captured ...

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Mexico Offers $2 Million For Top Drug Lords

AP | ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico's government on Monday offered up to $2 million each for information leading to the arrest of 24 top drug lords in a public...

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Obama Readies Major Anti-Drug Effort On Mexican Border

Washington Post | Spencer S. Hsu and Mary Beth Sheridan | Posted 04.22.2009 | Politics

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President Obama is finalizing plans to move federal agents, equipment and other resources to the border with Mexico to support Mexican President Felip...

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U.S. Actions In Mexico Can Lead To Casualties

GlobalPost | Todd Bensman | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

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NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico -- All is quiet now on Coahuila Street. But traces of the violence that destroyed the lives of two American brothers with busin...

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Obama To Visit Mexico

AFP | Posted 04.18.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY (AFP) -- US President Barack Obama will visit Mexico on April 16 and 17, a spokesman for Mexico's president said on Wednesday....

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Hillary Clinton and the Drug Cartel Violence in Mexico

Aldo Civico | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

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What the Mexican citizens need are positive encounters with the state. This is the meaning of promoting a Culture of Lawfulness.

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El Chapo, Mexican Drug Lord, Makes Forbes' Billionaire List

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — Who says crime doesn't pay? A suspected drug lord who is Mexico's most-wanted fugitive made the Forbes list of billionaires on Wed...

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State Department Gone Wild (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.13.2009 | World

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The good folks at the United States consulate in Merida have created a helpful, rock music-filled Spring Break video for the Cancun-bound. The messag...

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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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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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Mexico: Juarez Police No Match For The Outlaws

New York Times | MARC LACEY | Posted 04.01.2009 | World

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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- Mayor José Reyes Ferriz is supposed to be the one to hire and fire the police chief in this gritty border city that is at t...

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Mexico President Denies Country A 'Failed State'

AP | TRACI CARL | Posted 03.29.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon hopes to quell Mexico's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears th...

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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 Drug Gang Fights Leave 21 Dead

BBC | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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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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