When Barack Obama takes office on Jan. 20, his foreign policy will almost certainly be consumed by the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet Obama would do well to pay equal attention to a third …
Criminal Netwarriors in Mexico’s Drug Wars
Mexico is imploding in a series of interlocking ‘criminal insurgencies’ culminating in a virtual civil war. Kidnappings, assassinations, beheadings, shoot-outs: Mexico is gripped by combat between …
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Mexico drug gangs 'top US threat'
Mexican drug traffickers pose the biggest organized crime threat to the US, a justice department report says. Most of the cocaine available in the US is smuggled via the US-Mexican border, while …
Gunbattle kills 10 in northern Mexico state
A shootout between rival gangs killed 10 people in the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa, home of the powerful cartel of the same name, Mexican police said Thursday. The gunbattle occurred in front of a …
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Corruption hurting Mexico's fight against crime, Calderon says
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday said his government was making strides against corruption but warned that graft remained a threat to the nation's efforts against crime. Calderon, …
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Mexico: US Aid Unlikely to Stem Cartel Violence
Highlights: - United States releases first stage of US$400 billion aid package to Mexico - Aid provides support through technical gear, training programs - While funding will provide Mexican …
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Mexico gang killings more than double in 2008
Organized-crime slayings in Mexico more than doubled in the first 11 months of 2008, as powerful drug cartels fought increasingly bloody battles for control of trafficking routes and territory, the …
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Thirteen killed in Mexico 'drug state'
The bodies of 13 people have been found on a dirt road in Mexico's Sinaloa state, home to one of the country's most violent drug cartels. The victims' hands were bound and all had been shot. Most …
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Some in Mexico want the death penalty reinstated
Anger and frustration over rampant killings and kidnappings have ignited an improbable debate here over legalizing the death penalty, a punishment that has been effectively banned in Mexico for nearly …
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Prosecutor slain in violent Mexico border city
The No. 2 federal prosecutor in a violent Mexican border city near Texas has been shot dead. Jesus Martin Huerta is one of the highest ranking government officials killed in drug-fueled violence …
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