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Mexico Senate OKs Bill To Legalize Drug Possesion

"Mexico's Senate approved a bill on Tuesday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of narcotics for personal use, in order to free resources to fight violent drug cartels. The bill, proposed by conservative President Felipe Calderon, would make it legal to carry up to 5...

Hezbollah Using Mexican Drug Routes Into U.S.

This does not sound like good news for the United States. Hopefully President Obama and his administration will be able to stop Hezbollah before their network becomes as powerful as the Mexican drug cartels."Hezbollah is using the same southern narcotics routes that Mexican...

US Boosts Mexico Border Security

The White House is to boost security on the US-Mexico border in an attempt to quell surging drug-related violence and combat drug cartels. " The plan calls for boosting the number of agents from the US departments of justice, treasury and homeland security for border...

RCMP link B.C. gang violence to Mexican drug wars

Canadian police officials have said this week that increased gang-related shootings in the Vancouver area are directly linked to the competing Mexican drug cartels.  This week B.C. police were successful in making several arrests, including that of a leader of the UN...

Mexico. The Deplorable and Deathly Silence.

Mexico is dying as I write, and as you read, these words. And the International Community is almost nowhere to be seen. What are the United States and Europe doing about it? Why is the rest of South America...

DEA to end medical marijuana raids

" Attorney General Eric Holder’s statement this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration would end its raids on state-approved marijuana dispensaries. Federal raids on medical marijuana distributors...

Further food price rises hit Greek consumers hard

While the rest of the economy may be in freefall many of the large national and multi-national companies that dominate the Greek food and drinks industry have raised the price of a range of basic goods far in...

Mexico: Headless Bodies of 12 Men Found

MEXICO - Authorities have found the decapitated bodies of 12 men in the southern state of Guerrero, a major tourist destination which includes the city of Acapulco.  All bodies have not yet been identified, but a number of them are soldiers. "Nine bodies were found on a...

Mexico's "Most Powerful Drug Baron" Arrested, Suspected of Cocaine Traffickin...

EDUARDO Areillano-Felix, suspected by police of being a prominent leader of one of the most powerful drug cartels in the world, has been arrested, it has been revealed, after a shoot out in Tijuana.  He is...

Colombia drug lord extradited to US

"  Brazil has extradited one of the most powerful leaders of Colombia's cocaine cartels to the United States, where he is wanted on racketeering and drug charges. Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia was flown before dawn on Friday from a prison in Mato Grosso do Sul state and...

Mexican Hitmen Offer Services Online

"Between listings offering gas fitters and modelling agencies, a post reads: "Gun for Hire - $6,000. Professional. International. Discretion guaranteed". Another reads: "former soldier with 10 years experience in...

Mexico probes online 'hitmen ads'

"Mexican police are investigating a number of classified ads on the internet which purport to be from hitmen offering the services. The ads can be found alongside ones for private tuition or domestic help. In one of them, a person describing himself as an ex-military killer...

Mexican police commander killed

Another policeman has been shot dead in Mexico City - adding yet another casualty to the long line of law enforcement officials that have been murdered in the past few weeks.The victim in this case was a federal...

E-mail warns of bloody weekend in Mexican border city

"CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) -- The streets of Ciudad Juarez are empty after police became aware of an e-mail warning that this weekend will be "the bloodiest" in the Mexican border city....

The U.S.-Mexico Pipeline

BorderReporter.com A quietly released narco-intelligence report shows some hard truths about the U.S.-Mexico border. Now, I’m starting to think we should dump the noun “border.”  Border implies...

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