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  • September 2008

    • 12 Bodies Dumped Near Tijuana School

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 30, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      12 Bodies Dumped Near Tijuana School

      (Newser) - A dozen bodies were found piled up near an elementary school in a working-class Tijuana neighborhood yesterday, signaling a rare instance of the city's rampant drug war spilling over into a residential area. Police found a bag full of severed tongues nearby and a message indicating the violence was between rival cartel groups, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • drugs  • drug cartel  • Tijuana  • Arellano Felix Organization

    • DEA Nabs 175 Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 18, 08 8:31 AM CDT

      DEA Nabs 175 Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects

      (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 DEA investigation that has netted 507 arrests and the seizure of more than $60 million. More »

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      Mexico  • Atlanta  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • War on Drugs  • Drug Enforcement Administration

  • August 2008

    • Drug Crime Looms Over Everyday Life in Mexico

      New York Times  |  Aug 31, 08 1:38 PM CDT

      Drug Crime Looms Over Everyday Life in Mexico

      (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 are thinking twice about going to local restaurants, while others take measures like bulletproofing their cars. More »

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      Mexico  • drug trafficking  • drug cartel  • drug war

    • Mexican Drug Wars Spread to Touristy Yucatan

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 30, 08 12:38 PM CDT

      Mexican Drug Wars Spread to Touristy Yucatan

      (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 kind of civil war among drug cartels,” said a drug-trafficking expert. And that violence is spilling over from the usual frontlines along the US border. More »

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      Mexico  • police  • military  • violence  • drug trafficking  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • drug war  • Yucatan Peninsula

    • Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

      Los Angeles Times  |  Aug 10, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

      (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 the US; last year, 2,455 traced weapons originated here. More »

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      Mexico  • weapon  • drug cartel  • border control  • smuggling

    • Mexican Cartels Growing Pot in US National Park

      CNN  |  Aug 9, 08 7:14 AM CDT

      Mexican Cartels Growing Pot in US National Park

      (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 own armed guards. Pot production has intensified in the area as border control has made it harder to smuggle marijuana into the country from Mexico, says a drug enforcement agent. More »

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      California  • Mexico  • drugs  • marijuana  • drug cartel  • Sequoia National Forest

  • July 2008

    • Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      Economist  |  Jul 13, 08 5:42 AM CDT

      Where Does All That Seized Money Go?

      (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 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  • drug cartel  • War on Drugs  • drug war  • drug cartels

  • June 2008
  • May 2008

    • 7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      CNN  |  May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT

      7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      (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 since the beginning of the year, reports CNN. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • cocaine  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • methamphetamine

    • Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

      CNN  |  May 20, 08 4:40 AM CDT

      Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

      (Newser) - The bodies of four people apparently killed execution-style, including at least one American, were found in the popular Mexico tourist state of Baja California, reports CNN. The decomposing remains were found just 20 miles south of the US border. Two of the victims were in a car with California plates. Police believe the killings may be linked to a series of recent drug-related crimes that claimed 40 lives over the weekend. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • drug trafficking  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel

    • Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      Associated Press  |  May 19, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      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

    • Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

      AFP  |  May 5, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

      (Newser) - Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at le