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October 8, 2008 2:25:10 AM CDT


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  • May 2008
    • Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      (Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are running a campaign of warnings and death threats to police who won’t join them, the AP reports. Banners across roads, hit lists, and messages on cops' two-way radios work to intimidate “those who still don’t believe” in the cartels’ power. Four top Mexican police officials, including the acting federal police chief, have been killed this month. More »

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      Mexico   police   Felipe Calderon   drug cartel   death threats   Ciudad Juarez

  • April 2008
    • Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      (Newser) - Bloody drug wars are ravaging the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez—across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas—despite desperate attempts at control by the government. After 210 lives were claimed by the battles between cartels in the first three months of 2008, President Felipe Calderon sent over 2,000 soldiers to the area in late March, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Mexico   drug cartels   Ciudad Juarez

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