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NEWS ABOUT: drug cartels

drug cartels stories: 4 news summaries

(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,... More »

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Mexico • organized crime • kidnapping • drug trafficking • extortion • Mafia • drug cartels

 Obama Defends 
 Mexico's Drug War 

Cartels are the biggest violators of human rights, president says

Aug 10, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Barack Obama • human rights • Mexico • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • drug cartel • Obama administration • President Obama • drug cartels

(Newser) - More than 1000 mourners yesterday honored two American Mormons who were tortured and murdered in retaliation for helping Mexican authorities nab drug gangsters, reports Reuters. Gunmen broke into Benjamin LeBaron's home in northern Mexico earlier this week, tortured him in front of his family and shot him dead along with... More »

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torture • Mexico • murder • Mormon • Mormonism • drug cartels • Benjamin LeBaron

(Newser) - The Mexican Navy seized more than a ton of cocaine packed inside the bodies of frozen sharks on a freighter off the Yucatan coast headed for America, reports the BBC. The booty was pinpointed using dogs and x-ray machines, officials said. Drug fighters warned that powerful cartels are using increasingly... More »

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crime • Mexico • cocaine • shark • drug dealing • drug smuggling • drug cartels • Mexican Navy

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