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October 12, 2008 1:42:55 PM CDT


Stories related to: Sinaloa drug cartel

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  • June 2008
    • In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      (Newser) - When Mexican authorities seize a cache of weapons from a drug-cartel hitman, their first call is long distance: to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Because, Portfolio reports, chances are any gun used in Mexico’s noxious drug war—which has left close to 10,000 dead since 2001—was made in the US and smuggled through the leaky border. More »

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      United States   Mexico   drug trafficking   drug war   border control   ATF   Sinaloa drug cartel

  • May 2008
    • Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      (Newser) - 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

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