Mexico Update

Colombian General: Mexico's Drug Wars 'Will Intensify'
World Politics Review - USA
During the height of Colombia's drug wars in the 1980's and 1990's, drug cartels (notably the infamous Cali and Medellin cartels) permeated well into the ...
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US preparing integrated plan on Mexico drug war
Reuters - USA
Webb) By David Morgan WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) - The US government is working on an integrated plan to address Mexico's escalating war with drug ...
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Mexico's drug barons and police locked in an increasingly violent ...
Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom
His anti-drug tsar, Noe Ramirez Madujano, was recently found to have accepted $450000 in cartel bribes and he is just one more entry in a dizzying list of ...
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US Lawmakers Consider Steps to Curb Mexican Drug Cartel Threat
Voice of America - USA
By Deborah Tate
Members of the US Congress are concerned that Mexican drug cartels pose a significant threat to the United States. They are considering new ...
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Experts Say Mexican Organized Crime a Threat to US Citizens
Washington Post - United States
"Mexican drug cartels . . . pose a direct threat to Americans," said Senate Majority Whip Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the subcommittee chairman, ...
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Gun Advocates Ready for Battle on Federal Assault Weapons Ban
FOXNews - USA
Holder revealed his intention to reinstate the ban last month while announcing more than 700 arrests in connection with a crackdown on Mexican drug cartels ...
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