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drug cartel stories: 94 news summaries

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Mexican Mayor Trumpets Foe's Death—Before
Body Found

Faces tough questions in drug lord's slaying

Nov 5, 09 3:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Monterrey-area mayor Mauricio Fernandez is facing some tough questions after announcing the death of his drug baron nemesis hours before the body was found and days before it was identified. "Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico City,... More »

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Mexico • mayor • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • extrajudicial killings

 Mexican Gangs Move 
 Into US Indian Land 

Drug cartels take advantage of overworked cops

Nov 5, 09 2:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexican drug gangs have been rapidly expanding their marijuana-growing operations in the US in recent years, especially on Indian reservations. The gangs take advantage of underfunded tribal police departments, large tracts of unused land, and overlapping jurisdictions to set up grows on reservations from California to South Dakota, authorities say.... More »

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marijuana • drug cartel • Native American • tribes • drug traffickers • reservation • Mexican drug cartel

300 Arrested
in Drug Raids Across US

Feds crack down on violent Mexican cartel specializing in meth

Oct 22, 09 4:10 PM CDT
(AP) - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the US, federal officials today announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at the newest and most violent cartel. La Familia has earned a reputation for dominating the methamphetamine trade and for using... More »

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Mexico • drug trafficking • methamphetamine • drug cartel • Eric Holder • narcotics • Mexican drug cartel • La Familia

 US-Grown 
 Mom n' Pop Pot 
 Burns Mexican Cartels 

Economic forces more potent than law enforcement

Oct 7, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are facing an opponent more formidable than law enforcement: competition. The long-growing illicit US pot industry has gotten a shot in the arm from the new rules surrounding medical marijuana, the Washington Post reports. Whereas once Mexican and Colombian groups produced nearly all the pot consumed... More »

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War on Drugs • medical marijuana • marijuana • drug cartel • marijuana distribution • Mexican drug cartel

(Newser) - Hooded gunmen killed 17 people after storming a Mexican drug and alcohol rehab center in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, Sky News reports. The men, believed to be hitmen from a drug cartel, forced the patients to line up in a corrider before gunning them down. Gangs have targeted rehab clinics in... More »

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Mexico • rehabilitation center • massacre • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • shooting • Mexican drug cartel

Mexican Drug Informants Import Violence to US

Intra-cartel murder shocks El Paso; feds gave trafficker visa

Aug 27, 09 5:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration and state governments are spending billions to keep Mexico's escalating drug war from spilling over the border. But the feds fighting trafficking have also relied on Mexican cartel members for intelligence—and that, says the Washington Post, has unleashed gangland-style violence in American cities. Drug kingpins living... More »

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Texas • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • El Paso • drug cartel • drug traffickers • Mexican drug cartel

 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) - Ten Mexican police officers have been arrested in the torture-murder of a dozen federal agents whose mangled corpses were found along a highway in the western state of Michoacan, reports the BBC. Local police are believed to regularly take payoffs from drug traffickers. Some 5,000 heavily armed troops have... More »

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Mexico • murder • drug cartel • drug trade • Michoacan

8th Bust Made in Murder of Fla. Pair; Cartel Link Surfaces

Eighth arrest in slaying of Byrd and Melanie Billings

Jul 16, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - An eighth arrest was made yesterday in the killing of a Florida couple with 16 kids, the Pensacola News Journal reports. Pamela Long Wiggins, 47, has been charged as an accessory to the crime. She has been linked to two other suspects—she rents an apartment to the man described... More »

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Florida • FBI • murder • parents • arrest • drug cartel • home invasion • Byrd Billings • Melanie Billings • Pamela Wiggins

Dozen Mangled Mexican Bodies Were Feds

Agents tortured, killed
in revenge for drug trafficker's arrest

Jul 15, 09 5:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twelve people tortured, murdered, and dumped along a highway  in the Mexican state of Michoacan Monday were Mexican federal agents, the AP reports. The off-duty agents—11 men and one woman—were caught in an ambush by members of a drug cartel, officials said. The murders are believed to be... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Michoacan • drug traffickers

(Newser) - The bodies of 11 men and a woman were found by the side of a remote highway in Mexico's Michoacan state yesterday, Reuters reports. The victims had been tortured before being executed, police said. Officials believe the killings are linked to an ongoing feud for control of the state between... More »

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torture • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Michoacan

Drug Gunmen Attack Mexican Police Bases

Five dead as violence spikes in western state after recent arrests

Jul 12, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gunmen attacked federal police bases in at least six Mexican cities, killing three police officers and two soldiers, the BBC reports. The burst of violence follows arrests and gun battles on Friday in Morelia, where 40 men armed with assault rifles and grenades carried out the raid on the police... More »

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Mexico • violence • Mexican drug war • attack • drug cartel • Michoacan • gunmen

 Mexican Army Slammed 
 for Drug War Torture 

US holds up aid until Mexico can 'pass' human rights investigation

Jul 9, 09 3:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A growing body of evidence points to widespread human rights abuses by the Mexican military in its battle against drug cartels, the Washington Post reports. Human rights groups say the army has responded to the traffickers' brutal tactics with equal brutality, carrying out deadly campaigns of "disappearances," forced... More »

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torture • human rights • Mexico • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • drug cartel • human rights abuse • drug traffickers

 Mexican Cartels 
 Lure US Teens to Kill 

Boys as young as 13 become smugglers, assassins

Jun 23, 09 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The powerful cartels that control the drug trade in Mexico increasingly have help north of the border—in the form of American teenagers, some as young as 13, who work as smugglers and assassins. The New York Times profiles one boy, who was recruited by the Gulf Cartel to kill... More »

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Texas • crime • Mexico • murder • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Laredo, Texas • drug smuggling

  Massive Drug Tunnel
  Found Under Mexico Border

Elaborate smuggling tunnel to Arizona has electricity, ventilation system

Jun 12, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has uncovered one of the biggest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels under the Mexican border it has ever seen, CNN reports. The 83-foot tunnel to Arizona from Nogales, Mexico, was still under construction when it was found after a tipoff from somebody who heard construction sounds.... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • drug cartel • tunnel • Nogales • smuggling • drug smuggling

 As Ariz. Housing Heads South, 
 Kidnappers Move In 

Failing housing market leaves homes abandoned for kidnappers to use

Jun 10, 09 6:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gangs of kidnappers preying on illegal Mexicans immigrants or drug rivals are turning Phoenix into the kidnap capital of the US, reports the Wall Street Journal. In one raid, 30 shivering, half-naked smuggled immigrants were discovered in an abandoned home. They had been shaken down for thousands of dollars.... More »

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illegal immigrant • crime • Arizona • housing market • kidnapping • Phoenix • drug cartel • kidnapper • smuggling • Mexican

 17 Dead in Acapulco Shootout 

Violence further damages resort's tourism industry

Jun 7, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fierce, 2-hour gun battle between drug agents and Mexican authorities in Acapulco has left 15 gunmen and 2 soldiers dead, the BBC reports. After receiving a tip, troops ambushed a house in the resort town last night, as gunmen hurled grenades and crashed their cars trying to flee. Upon... More »

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Mexico • tourism • violence • drug cartel • gunmen

11 Mutilated Bodies Found
in Arizona Van in Mexico

Bodies left with threatening messages from drug cartels

Jun 5, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police have found the shot and mutilated bodies of 11 men in a stolen van with Arizona plates near the US border, Reuters reports. The arms and legs of most of the bodies had been hacked off. Threatening messages believed to be from a drug cartel were left with... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

 Mexican Heroin 
 Seeps Into 
 Rural US 

Mexican cartels push the drug into the heartland

May 31, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the battle between drug cartels and law enforcement rages in Mexico, traffickers are gaining footholds in America's Heartland. Ohio saw heroin-related deaths spread into 18 new counties between 2004 and 2007, just one indication that dealers aren't limited to big cities. "It's like going to pick up beer,... More »

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drugs • illegal immigrant • Mexico • heroin • drug cartel • drug dealer • heartland

Mexican Drug Sweep
Snares 10 Mayors

Officials provided 'protection net' to deadly drug cartel

May 27, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten mayors and several police chiefs were busted in a major drug raid yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state. The public officials provided a "protection net" for the deadly Michoacan Family drug cartel, said law enforcement authorities. The cartel is linked to the murder of 7 people and wounding of... More »

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drugs • Mexico • corruption • mayor • drug cartel • federal police • public corruption • narcotics

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