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January 9, 2012
latino.foxnews: Mexican Cartels Using Children to Smuggle Drugs into U.S.
from latino.foxnews.com :: Tagged cartels, children
December 7, 2011
npr.org: Migrants Say They’re Unwilling Mules For Cartels
from npr.org :: Tagged cartels
October 26, 2011
The Mexican army has stationed an entire battalion in a northern border town abandoned by most of its residents late last year amid a brutal turf war between the Gulf and Los Zetas drug cartels – Ciudad Mier.
from laht.com :: Tagged cartels, Mexico
September 15, 2011
Nuevo Laredo: Bodies hanging from bridge in Mexico are warning to social media users – 2 gruesomely killed for posting denouncements of drug cartel activities on a social network.
from cnn.com :: Tagged cartels, crime, drug violence, Mexico, Nuevo Laredo, social media
August 9, 2011
U.S. Widens Role in Battle Against Mexican Drug Cartels
from nytimes.com :: Tagged cartels, drug war, Mexico
July 9, 2011
As high-ranking U.S. officials made a visit the southern border, the FBI warned that Mexican gangs are using unwitting civilians to smuggle drugs into the U.S., by planting them in the cars of people who cross the frontier on a daily basis.
from insightcrime.org :: Tagged border, cartels, drug war, Mexico
June 21, 2011
Ciudad Juarez is all our futures. This is the inevitable war of capitalism gone mad – Mexico’s drug cartels are actually pioneers of the global economy in their business logic and modus operandi
from guardian.co.uk :: Tagged cartels, Ciudad Juarez, economy, Mexico
June 16, 2011
Congressional Report Slams ATF’s ‘Fast And Furious’ Operation – a U.S. sting operation let firearms “walk” across the border into Mexico and track them to powerful drug cartels, risked innocent lives and generated more violence in the neighboring country
from laht.com :: Tagged border, cartels, congress, Mexico, report, violence
May 24, 2011
How Drug Cartels Move Cash Across The U.S.-Mexico Border
from kpbs.org :: Tagged border, cartels, Mexico
May 5, 2011
The state of Chihuahua’s Congress banned Tuesday the genre of music known commonly as “narco corridos,” musical ballads about drug dealings and cartels, after lawmakers passed a bill aimed to stop “endorsing and exacerbating organized crime actions through music.” – Mexico
from elpasotimes.com :: Tagged cartels, Chihuahua, corridos, crime
May 1, 2011
Mexican children illegally crossing the border alone remain vulnerable to drug cartels, gangs and other dangers because a 2-year-old law designed to protect them is not being executed well – The law, the Trafficking Victims Protection and Reauthorization Act of 2008
from cbsnews.com :: Tagged border, cartels, children, gangs, Mexico
April 29, 2011
When they come together in Washington for a summit on Friday, it will have been more than a year since U.S. and Mexican officials reviewed progress and ongoing problems in the so-called Merida Initiative. The United States is giving Mexico $1.5 billion in security and economic assistance to combat violent drug cartels and root out corruption across the border.
from nationaljournal.com :: Tagged border, cartels, corruption, Merida Initiative, Mexico, summit
April 27, 2011
Obama’s Mexicogate? – A secret operation (Fast and Furious) to run guns across the border to Mexican drug cartels — overseen by U.S. government agents — threatens to become a major scandal for the Obama administration.
from cipamericas.org :: Tagged Barack Obama, border, cartels, government, Mexico
April 19, 2011
‘More will die’: Mexico drug wars claim U.S. lives – Concerns grow as more Americans get caught in brutal gang violence
from msnbc.msn.com :: Tagged cartels, crime, drug war, Mexico, violence
April 12, 2011
Pentagon: Central America ‘deadliest’ non-war zone in the world – Thousands die each year in a struggle between the US ‘War on Drugs’ and the drug cartels, who are financed and armed by American narcotics consumers, Pentagon officials testified last week.
from csmonitor.com :: Tagged cartels, Central America, drug war
March 8, 2011
Why did Mexican organized crime grow so out of control? – A look at the market conditions that have allowed the cartels and drug trade to thrive
from borderlandbeat.com :: Tagged cartels, crime, Mexico
December 20, 2010
Mexican drug cartels find youths to be easy prey – Faced with a poor education system and dismal job prospects, boys and girls as young as 11 are lured into acting as mules, peddlers, lookouts — even executioners — for drug cartels offering easy money.
from chicagotribune.com :: Tagged cartels, Mexico
Guatemalan government declares state of siege in northern province to fend off drug gang
from cnn.com :: Tagged cartels, drug war, Guatemala
December 9, 2010
An alleged drug cartel leader appears on the Mexican government’s 2010 teacher payroll as part of the staff of an elementary school in a rural town
from washingtonpost.com :: Tagged cartels, teacher
December 7, 2010
In a Washington Times Op/Ed, Texas Governor Rick Perry has vowed to fight back against border violence stemming from the ongoing war between Mexican authorities and rival drug cartels.
from thecypresstimes.com :: Tagged border, cartels, Rick Perry, Texas, violence
December 3, 2010
Video: In Colorado, Authorities Battle Mexican Drug Cartels’ Business Plans
from pbs.org :: Tagged cartels, Colorado, video
Mexican army detains 14-year-old suspected drug cartel killer
from chicagotribune.com :: Tagged cartels, children, Mexico
December 1, 2010
AP IMPACT: Big crackdowns on Mexican drug cartels had little, if any, effect on drug trade
from chicagotribune.com :: Tagged cartels, drug war, Mexico, trade
November 28, 2010
Drug violence in Mexico has impact in Chicago – Juarez residents come to Chicago and tell harrowing tales of death, extortion and fear as government and drug cartels battle
from chicagotribune.com :: Tagged cartels, Chicago, drug violence, Illinois, Mexico
Crossing the Border: Mexico’s Drug Cartels Expand Recruitment of Americans
from laht.com :: Tagged cartels, Mexico
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