Juarez’s Children: Drugs, Death, and Fear
Over the past two and a half years, more than 5,000 people (an average of more than five a day) have been killed in an intensifying drug war that has reached deep into children's lives.
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Mexican Drug War Crimes Go Live on the Internet
In the midst of the brutal drug trafficking war encroaching on their lives, thousands of Mexicans every morning check social network websites to see if they will encounter any unpleasant surprises on the way to work or school.
Mexico Gov’t Rejects Call for Truce in Drug War
Mexico's government has scoffed at the idea of a truce in the country's raging drug war as a Ciudad Juarez newspaper pleaded with drug cartels after one of its photographers was slain.
Mexico’s Drug War Goes Online
Mexico’s bloody drug war is spilling out online.
Marijuana Activists Stage Mexico City Smoke-Out To Protest Prohibition
With the nation in the throws of a violent drug war, over 200 people gathered in a central Mexico City park Sunday to smoke marijuana and demand it be legalized, an AFP reporter witnessed.
U.S. May Drastically Boost Funding to Aid Mexico’s War on Drug Gangs
The Obama administration is considering a substantial spending increase on the Mexican drug war, the latest sign of its growing concern about the rampant violence incited by narcotics cartels in Mexico.
California’s Prop 19, on Legalizing Marijuana, Could End Mexico’s Drug War
The legalization of marijuana in California may offer Mexico an exit from its costly and violent war on drugs.
Legalize Marijuana to Stop the Drug Cartels
Former governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson says marijuana prohibition is just like alcohol prohibition: Get rid of the bad drug policies and get rid of today's Al Capones.
New Colombian President Joins Call for Drug Legalization Debate
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said in a Mexico City radio interview Wednesday that he supported Mexican President Felipe Calderon's call for a debate on drug legalization.
A War on Drugs? No, This is a War on the Mexican People
29,000 dead, human rights leaders murdered, the constitution violated – the price of President Calderón's popularity bid.
