Mexico: More Than 12,000 Dead in Drug Wars This Year
More than 12,000 people have died this year in Mexico's drug war and the number could be higher, officials said.
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Mexican Female Police Chief Shot Dead
A Mexican woman police chief who vowed to take on drug cartels has been shot dead after only two months in the job.
Prop 19 Would Help Defuse Mexico’s Drug War
Passage of California's Proposition 19, which aims to legalize recreational marijuana, could help ease the spiralling violence of Mexico's drug war.
20-year-old Woman Becomes Top Cop in Violent Mexican Municipality
Some headlines are hailing her as the bravest woman in Mexico. Marisol Valles Garcia, all of 20 years old, says she's just tired of everyone being afraid.
Mexico’s Plague of Police Corruption
Despite millions in U.S. aid, forces continue to be outgunned, overwhelmed — and often purchased outright — by gangsters.
U.S. Officials Confirm Drug Cartels Thwarted Jet Skier Search
A Texas border sheriff on Thursday said he was calling directly on Zeta operatives to simply produce the body of a missing U.S. citizen believed shot and killed last week by drug gangs on Falcon Lake reservoir.
Mexico: US Wavers in Drug War With California Pot Vote
President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana represents hypocrisy in U.S. drug policy for encouraging consumption while at the same time demanding that Mexico and other countries crack down on drug trafficking.
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.
Mexico’s Drug War Goes Online
Mexico’s bloody drug war is spilling out online.
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.
