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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Mexican drug war stories: 92 news summaries

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More Than 2 Dozen Killed
in Mexican Drug Violence

Body of newspaper editor found as violence continues

Oct 11, 08 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs battling over drug routes to the US show no signs of easing up on the mayhem, the Los Angeles Times reports. In a spasm of violence over the last 2 days, gunmen raked patrons of a bar in Chihuahua and killed 11; a newspaper publisher was shot to... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • Tijuana • drug cartel • gunman

 Mexican Boutique 
 Sells Bulletproof Duds 

Specialty boutique sells protective shirts, jackets to anxious customers

Oct 6, 08 3:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - As drug-related violence skyrockets in Mexico, anxious shoppers are buying bulletproof shirts and jackets for protection, the New York Times reports. A boutique in Mexico City sells only bulletproof garments, including leather jackets, polo shirts, windbreakers, and even tuxedo shirts. Who's willing to pay up to $7,000 for such... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Mexican drug war • Hugo Chávez • bulletproof

DEA Nabs 175 Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects

Nationwide initiative a key step in border drug war, authorities say

Sep 18, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - US officials arrested 175 suspected Mexican drug traffickers this week in raids in a dozen states, the LA Times reports. Prosecutors believe the suspects are part of the violent Gulf cartel, considered to be a driving force in Mexico’s escalating drug wars. The raids were part of a 15-month... More »

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War on Drugs • Atlanta • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Bill Maher Grid

Drug Crime Looms Over
Everyday Life in Mexico

People alter habits to guard against risk of violence

Aug 31, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - The effects of the wave of violent drug crime in Mexico--one paper puts this year’s related deaths at 2,682--have seeped into everyday life in the once-pacific country, the New York Times reports. “You have to be more careful with everything these days,” says a watchdog. Some... More »

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Mexico • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

 Thousands Protest
 Mexico Violence

Tide of kidnappings and murders linked to drug gangs and corrupt cops

Aug 31, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of protesters marched in various Mexican cities yesterday, demanding the government crack down on the nation's mounting crime. Mexico has been rocked by kidnappings and murders connected to drug-trafficking gangs and corrupt police, with an estimated 12,000 drug-related deaths so far this year, reports the Los Angeles Times.... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • kidnapping • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • protests • violence • Mexican drug war

(Newser) - As drug violence soars in Mexico, casualties are spreading to the Yucatan peninsula, a major tourist destination and spring break hot spot. Twelve decapitated bodies were found near the popular ruins of Chichen Itza this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. That's because a government crackdown has heightened “a... More »

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military • Mexico • police • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • violence • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Yucatan Peninsula • Bill Maher Grid

Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

Smuggling's a cinch
as officials look to immigration, drugs

Aug 10, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of powerful automatic weapons used by drug cartels in Mexico have been traced back to US shops, and little is being done to curb the guns’ flow southward, the Los Angeles Times reports. More than 90% of guns taken at the border and picked up after clashes come from... More »

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Mexico • border control • weapon • Mexican drug war • smuggler • drug cartel

Mexican Cartels Growing Pot in US National Park

Plants worth hundreds of millions thriving
amid Sequoias

Aug 9, 08 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of marijuana in the thick of California’s Sequoia National Forest, CNN reports. Hours on foot from the nearest road, pot gardens flourish with as many as 10,000 plants, irrigation systems created by daming mountain creeks, and their... More »

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California • drugs • Mexico • marijuana • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Bill Maher • Sequoia National Forest

'For Hire: Pro Hitman'—Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

Murder posts up as drug war accelerates

Jul 13, 08 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican authorities are investigating a slew of online ads offering the services of a professional killer. The ads may be fake, but police are taking no chances. A recent outbreak of hitmen amidst a raging drug war has contributed to the more than 1,400 murders in Mexico this year,... More »

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Internet • Mexico • Mexican drug war • hitman • online ads

 Where Does
 All That Seized
 Money Go? 

Asset forfeiture: an ugly side of the drug war

Jul 13, 08 5:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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War on Drugs • Texas • crime • police • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • asset forfeiture

 Mexican Troops
 Accused in Drug War Deaths 

Military responsible for deaths of 13 unarmed citizens

Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexicans increasingly accuse state troops of beating and murdering innocents on their mission to curb violent drug cartels, Time reports. Since the state assigned 25,000 soldiers to fight drug-runners 2 years ago, troops have killed at least 13 unarmed people—while traffickers have added 1,800 more to the... More »

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Congress • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • civilian casualties • drug trafficking • drug dealing • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • drug dealer • civilians

 Fed Agents Gunned Down
at Mexico City Restaurant

Officials were involved in drug fight

Jun 27, 08 4:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a brazen display of Mexican drug cartel violence, two federal agents were shot dead in broad daylight as they dined in a Mexico City restaurant yesterday, CNN reports. The shooter then sped off in a black car. One victim was the nation's second-highest-ranking federal police officer and was in... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

GLOSSIES

 In Mexico's Drug War,
 US Guns Fire Shots 

Lax gun control and leaky border towns allow a brisk barter trade

Jun 22, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Mexico • border control • United States • ATF • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Sinaloa drug cartel • gunrunning

 Mexico's Secret Drug Museum 

Museum for the military tells the story of Mexico's drug war

Jun 21, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City's least-known museum may be one of its most interesting, Newsweek reports. The city's Narcotics Museum chronicles drug use in Mexico from the days of the Aztecs to the ruthless heroin-smuggling narcotraficantes of today. Exhibits include bling and heavy weaponry confiscated from drug lords. A visit is essential training... More »

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drugs • Mexico City • Mexico • museum • Mexican drug war • counternarcotics

Under Violent Seige, Tijuana's Elite Flee

Kidnappings rampant as drug cartel lashes out over crackdown

Jun 8, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - As drug-fueled violence skyrockets in Tijuana, the upper-class is fleeing the city, with more than 1,000 wealthy families migrating to the US, reports the LA Times. The Mexican city is now second to Baghdad in kidnappings and many American real estate agents describe clients who arrive missing fingers or... More »

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immigration • drugs • wealth • crime • kidnapping • Mexican drug war • Tijuana • border crossing

Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

500 deaths in May make pessimists of  majority of Mexicans

Jun 2, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A majority of Mexicans say violent drug gangs are thrashing President Felipe Calderon's government after nearly 500 people were slain in May—the highest number of killings since Calderon took office in December 2006, reports Reuters. Some 53% of Mexicans believe the gangs are beating the federal forces, while only... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Mexican drug war

 7 Cops Cut Down
 in Mexican Drug Battle 

Latest victims in Mexico's spiraling drug violence

May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence... More »

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Mexico • cocaine • Felipe Calderon • murder • Mexican drug war • methamphetamine • drug cartel • Culiacan • federal police • Gen. Jose Antonio Guzman

Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

Cartels post death threats, hit lists to threaten police

May 19, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Mexico • police • Felipe Calderon • death threats • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Ciudad Juarez

 Third Top Cop
 Executed in
 Mexico Drug War 

'We have to take back our streets,' prez pleads

May 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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drugs • Mexico • organized crime • police • Mexican drug war • drug cartel

 Mexico's Top Drug Cop
 Assassinated 

Cartel reportedly behind early-morning killing of Edgar Millan Gomez

May 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(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... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • assassination • drug cartel • Edgar Millan Gomez • Sinaloa drug cartel

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