"A small town mayor kidnapped last weekend in the Mexican Gulf coast state of Veracruz was found dead Thursday, authorities said." Source: Kidnapped Mexican mayor found dead | Fox News Latino …
Drug Cartel Rivals Behead Zetas on Camera
"In the latest example of Mexico's warring drug cartels taunting each other with gruesome on-line videos, footage posted on a popular cartel-tracking blog shows members of the Gulf cartel …
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Macau’s Ng Man-sun Is Beaten in His Own Casino
"A senior figure in Macau’s gambling industry was severely beaten by six men in a restaurant at his own casino, the highest-profile case of violence in the city’s booming gambling business since …
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3 policemen shot to death at Mexico City airport
"Drug trafficking suspects opened fire in a crowded food court at Mexico City's international airport on Monday, killing three federal policemen who were on an anti-narcotics mission as panicked …
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Mexican Drug Cartels Join Forces with Italian Mafia to Supply Cocaine to Europe
"The Sicilian port city of Palermo has for centuries been an entry point for goods – both legal and illegal – coming into Europe. Home to the notorious Sicilian Mafia, Italian officials recently …
Uruguay legalizes marijuana to fight crime
"Uruguay's government has opted for the 'regulated and controled legalization' of marijuana in the South American country as a crime-fighting measure and pledged to lobby against the current global …
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In Mexico, State Seeks to Ban Narco-Messages
"The governor of Sinaloa state, west Mexico, is trying to outlaw the posting of 'narcomantas,' public banners hung by drug gangs to threaten enemies or improve their image, in an initiative that seems …
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Mexican crime reporter killed in Veracruz state
"Authorities in Mexico's Gulf coast state of Veracruz say gunmen kidnapped and killed a reporter for the local edition of the national newspaper Milenio, the fifth such killing in the state in 1 1/2 …
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Mexico drug gang ‘used US horse racing as front’
"US officials say they have dismantled a major money-laundering ring used by Mexico's Zetas drug gang to funnel drug proceeds through American horse racing." (Source: BBC News - Mexico drug gang …
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Zeta Cartel Strikes in Sinaloa: Seven Dismembered Bodies Found
"Mexican police have found seven dismembered bodies in a Pacific Coast state where the country’s most-wanted man is battling its most aggressive drug cartel. " (Source: Borderland Beat: Zeta Cartel …
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