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  • July 2008

    • Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      newser  |  Economist  |  Jul 13, 08 5:42 AM CDT

      Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      What would you do with a few million in drug money? Last year, state and federal authorities seized about $2 billion from Mexican smugglers. The feds have to put any seized money into a dedicated fund, but the rules are looser for states. In Texas and Georgia, for example, sheriffs and district attorneys get to keep any seized loot for their departments. The Economist takes a look at the issue and the sometimes iffy purchases that result. More »

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      Texas  • crime  • police  • War on Drugs  • drug cartel  • drug war  • drug cartels

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War

      newser  |  BBC  |  May 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT

      Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War

      A third key police officer was assassinated yesterday in the intensifying war between Mexican officials and drug cartels, the BBC reports. The deputy police chief of the border town of Juarez was killed when gunmen peppered his car with bullets as he left home. The head of Mexico's anti-kidnap unit was killed Friday, and the chief of police operations against drug trafficking was shot dead the day before. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • police  • organized crime  • drug cartels

    • Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      The official leading Mexico's anti-drug efforts was gunned down early this morning, the Los Angeles Times , shot eight times after arriving at his Mexico City home from work. Mexican outlets reported that the so-called Sinaloa cartel is behind the death of Edgar Millan Gomez, 42; he's the third high-ranking federal law-enforcement official shot in the capital in the past week. More »

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      Mexico  • assassination  • drug cartels  • Sinaloa drug cartel

    • Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      newser  |  Economist  |  May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling  • drug cartels  • submarine

  • April 2008

    • Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 16, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      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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