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Gunmen Open Fire On AA Meeting In Mexico, Killing 1

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO | Posted 11.10.2009 | Home

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MEXICO CITY -- Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wo...

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Make Guacamole, Not War

Jim Benning | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

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Michoacan -- once a sleepy, humble, unselfconscious Mexican haven -- is now center stage in Mexico's drug war.

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90 Percent of Mexican Crime Guns Come From U.S., Says GAO

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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So much for NRA chief Wayne LaPierre's oft-repeated claim that Mexican gun traffickers don't bother to "trifle with paperwork at U.S. gun stores."

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Mexico Prison Break: 53 Walk Out While Guards Do Nothing

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 06.21.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — Security camera footage shows that guards at a Mexican prison nonchalantly stood by as 53 dangerous inmates walked out _ and didn'...

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Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, Suspected Mexican Zeta Gang Leader, Arrested

AP | ISTRA PACHECO | Posted 05.31.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico's 24 most-wanted drug traff...

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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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Sorry NRA -- Mexican Gun Traffickers Buy American

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | World

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Why are "Mexican drug lords who make Forbes magazine's list of billionaires" shopping for guns in the U.S.A.? Because they know a bargain when they see one.

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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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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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Mexican Critics Accuse US Embassy Of Stealing A City Street

AP | Posted 04.24.2009 | World

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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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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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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: 5 Human Heads Found In Coolers

AP | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

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GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Five human heads have been found inside coolers along a highway in western Mexico. Jalisco state Public Safety Secretary ...

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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 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 Cartels' Turf War May Be Spreading To Arizona

International Herald Tribune | Randal C. Archibold | Posted 03.27.2009 | World

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PHOENIX: The raging drug war among cartels in Mexico and their push to expand operations in the United States has led to a wave of kidnappings, shooti...

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Mexican Gunmen Vow To Kill One Officer Every 48 Hours

AP | JULIE WATSON | Posted 03.23.2009 | World

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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Ciudad Juarez's police chief stepped down Friday after criminal gangs made a chilling demand: Resign or we will kill mor...

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Mexico On Path To Becoming Bigger Security Threat Than Iraq

AP | TRACI CARL | Posted 02.18.2009 | World

MEXICO CITY — Indiscriminate kidnappings. Nearly daily beheadings. Gangs that mock and kill government agents. This isn't Iraq or Pakistan. It'...

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Mexico: Death Penalty Gaining Support

GlobalPost.com | Marion Lloyd | Posted 02.14.2009 | World

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MEXICO CITY -- The street peddler's face darkened when asked how the Mexican government should deal with the rash of kidnappings and drug slayings t...

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Laura Zuniga, Mexican Beauty Queen, Jailed, Stripped Of Title

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 01.28.2009 | World

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican beauty queen detained on suspicion of drug and weapons violations has been stripped of her crown in the Hispanoamerican ...

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Laura Zuniga: Mexican Beauty Queen Arrested In Gun-Filled Truck

AP | By ARTURO PEREZ | Posted 01.23.2009 | World

GUADALAJARA, Mexico -- A reigning Mexican beauty queen from the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa was arrested with suspected gang members in a truck fill...

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Mexico's Drug Wars Have Killed 7,000 In 2 Years

The Independent | Evan Williams | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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Enrique Gonzalez was having breakfast at a roadside cafe when a man got out of a car, walked up behind him and shot him in the back with an AK-47 auto...

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