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6 Killed in Acapulco Shootout
 6 Killed in Acapulco Shootout 
Apr 15, 2010 2:51 AM CDT

6 Killed in Acapulco Shootout

Police battle drug hit men in center of resort

(Newser) - Six people were killed yesterday after a gun battle broke out between police and suspected drug cartel assassins in the heart of Acapulco's tourist district. The shootout—in broad daylight along a hotel-lined boulevard—didn't kill any tourists, official say. The victims included a mother and her 8-year-old daughter, who...

Michelle Obama Will Visit Mexico Alone

First lady to shore up ties with Mexico in first solo trip

(Newser) - MIchelle Obama will leave next week for Mexico, her first solo international visit as first lady. Obama will dine with the Felipe Calderon and Margarita Zavala in a prelude to the state dinner President Obama will host for the Mexican president and first lady in May. The first lady plans...

Drug Gunmen Attack 2 Mexican Army Bases

 Drug Gunmen Attack 
 2 Mexican Army Bases 
18 killed
Apr 1, 2010 5:00 AM CDT

Drug Gunmen Attack 2 Mexican Army Bases

Dozens attempt to blockade soldiers in garrisons

(Newser) - Dozens of gunmen yesterday mounted rare and apparently coordinated attacks on two army garrisons in northern Mexico, touching off firefights that killed 18 attackers. The attempts to blockade soldiers inside their bases appeared to mark a serious escalation in Mexico's drug war. Cartel gunmen attacked in unit-size forces armed with...

Mexico Nabs 'King of Heroin'
 Mexico Nabs 'King of Heroin' 
Mar 25, 2010 4:23 PM CDT

Mexico Nabs 'King of Heroin'

'Don Pepe' shipped 440 pounds to US every month, say cops

(Newser) - Federal police have arrested Mexico's so-called "King of Heroin," a powerful drug trafficker allegedly responsible for running hundreds of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year, authorities said today. Jose Antonio Medina, nicknamed "Don Pepe," was arrested in the western state of Michoacan yesterday.

If California Legalizes Marijuana...
If California Legalizes Marijuana...
behind the ballot
Mar 25, 2010 8:35 AM CDT

If California Legalizes Marijuana...

...you'll be able to carry an ounce, grow 25 square feet of it

(Newser) - California's ballot initiative to be considered this November would legalize use and sale of marijuana—but exactly how much pot are we talking? If the initiative passes, adults over 21 will be allowed to possess up to an ounce for personal use, and each residence would be able to grow...

Hooded Gunmen Kill 13 at Mexican Ranch

Drug violence toll tops 15,000 in 2 years

(Newser) - Hooded gunmen stormed a southern Mexico ranch last night and shot dead the owner, his three sons, four others and five police officers who battled the attackers. Investigators believe the tragedy was linked to drug cartels. The shootings follow the death of 19 people in Tamulipas county in the last...

US Agents to Embed With Mexican Drug Police

Obama administration willing to work more closely with Mexico

(Newser) - The US has hatched a plan to embed American intelligence agents in Mexican police units for the first time, in an effort to hunt down drug cartel leaders. In the past, the US has hesitated to share intelligence with Mexican police, viewing them as largely corrupt and incompetent. To avoid...

Mexico Mulls Twitter Clampdown

'Twitteros' avoid drunk-driving checkpoints, feared to aid drug gangs

(Newser) - There's a new public enemy in Mexico: los Twitteros. Twitter users who warn one another about roadside drunk-driving checkpoints have so angered authorities that the Mexican government is considering restricting and monitoring social networking sites. But in a country in the grips of a violent battle against drug cartels, the...

Mexico Tallies 69 Murders in Single Day

Mexicans live in fear of grotesque killings

(Newser) - Mexico kicked off 2010 with a grim record: On Saturday the violence-plagued country tallied 69 murders in a single day. As drug cartels stepped up retaliation against the government's war on trafficking, Saturday's count included 26 murders in the border city of Ciudad Juarez and 13 in Mexico City. Murders...

Drug Moles Infiltrate Border Patrol

Hiring rush making it easier for cartels to corrupt agency

(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has been stepping up its efforts to recruit agents and so have the Mexican cartels. Investigators say the traffickers, faced with tightened, high-tech security along the border, are trying to corrupt border agents any way they can and to plant their own people in jobs. The...

That Line of Cocaine Is Killing the Rainforest: UK Cops
That Line of Cocaine Is Killing the Rainforest: UK Cops
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Dec 16, 2009 10:04 PM CST

That Line of Cocaine Is Killing the Rainforest: UK Cops

Law partners with Greenpeace in campaign aimed at greens

(Newser) - Cops the world over are looking for reasons to stop you from snorting cocaine, but a new campaign in the UK takes a new angle: It’s killing the rainforests. London’s Metropolitan Police—with the government’s backing—has teamed up with Greenpeace on this one, the Times reports,...

Mexican Mayor Trumpets Foe's Death—Before Body Found

Faces tough questions in drug lord's slaying

(Newser) - Monterrey-area mayor Mauricio Fernandez is facing some tough questions after announcing the death of his drug baron nemesis hours before the body was found and days before it was identified. "Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico City,...

Mexican Gangs Move Into US Indian Land

Drug cartels take advantage of overworked cops

(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs have been rapidly expanding their marijuana-growing operations in the US in recent years, especially on Indian reservations. The gangs take advantage of underfunded tribal police departments, large tracts of unused land, and overlapping jurisdictions to set up grows on reservations from California to South Dakota, authorities say....

300 Arrested in Drug Raids Across US

Feds crack down on violent Mexican cartel specializing in meth

(Newser) - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the US, federal officials today announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel. La Familia has earned a reputation for dominating the methamphetamine trade and for using...

US-Grown Mom n' Pop Pot Burns Mexican Cartels

Economic forces more potent than law enforcement

(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are facing an opponent more formidable than law enforcement: competition. The long-growing illicit US pot industry has gotten a shot in the arm from the new rules surrounding medical marijuana, the Washington Post reports. Whereas once Mexican and Colombian groups produced nearly all the pot consumed in...

17 Massacred at Mexican Rehab Clinic

(Newser) - Hooded gunmen killed 17 people after storming a Mexican drug and alcohol rehab center in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, Sky News reports. The men, believed to be hitmen from a drug cartel, forced the patients to line up in a corrider before gunning them down. Gangs have targeted rehab clinics in...

Mexican Drug Informants Import Violence to US

Intra-cartel murder shocks El Paso; feds gave trafficker visa

(Newser) - The Obama administration and state governments are spending billions to keep Mexico's escalating drug war from spilling over the border. But the feds fighting trafficking have also relied on Mexican cartel members for intelligence—and that, says the Washington Post, has unleashed gangland-style violence in American cities. Drug kingpins living...

Mexican Drug Cartels Turn Into Mafias

(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels have evolved into mafia empires, charging protection fees to businesses and providing social services and jobs where government cannot, the AP reports. Behind it lurks the threat of violence or kidnapping, which drug lords carry out with near impunity. "Today, the traffickers have big companies, education,...

Obama Defends Mexico's Drug War

Cartels are the biggest violators of human rights, president says

(Newser) - President Obama expressed his support for Mexico’s war on drug cartels after today's North American summit, the New York Times reports. Obama defended Felipe Calderón—who some criticize for not holding the Mexican army accountable for reported human rights abuses against the drug traders—saying that the ruthless...

Mexican Cops Busted in 12 Federal Agent Murders

(Newser) - Ten Mexican police officers have been arrested in the torture-murder of a dozen federal agents whose mangled corpses were found along a highway in the western state of Michoacan, reports the BBC. Local police are believed to regularly take payoffs from drug traffickers. Some 5,000 heavily armed troops have...

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