Mexicans Wonder Why Drug War Doesn't Rate in Presidential Debate
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.....except for the men from Sinaloa.Originally Posted by AdamG
“[S]omething in his tone now reminded her of his explanations of asymmetric warfare, a topic in which he had a keen and abiding interest. She remembered him telling her how terrorism was almost exclusively about branding, but only slightly less so about the psychology of lotteries…” - Zero History, William Gibson
Mexicans Wonder Why Drug War Doesn't Rate in Presidential Debate
Mexicans Wonder Why Drug War Doesn't Rate in Presidential Debate
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Mexico’s Drug Lords Ramp Up Their Arsenals with RPGs
Mexico’s Drug Lords Ramp Up Their Arsenals with RPGs
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Tracking the Steady Rise of Beheadings in Mexico
Tracking the Steady Rise of Beheadings in Mexico
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Harvard Tracks Mexican Drug Gangs via Google
Harvard Tracks Mexican Drug Gangs via Google
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As Madonna said in her movie, "NEXT!"
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/worl...r-ramirez.htmlMEXICO CITY -- A drug capo described by Mexican officials as "one of the most important lieutenants" for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the fugitive leader of the Sinaloa cartel, has been captured, the Defense Ministry announced Sunday.
Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez, known as "The Doll," was taken into custody Thursday by military officials and federal prosecutors in the state of Mexico, outside the capital, according to a news release [link in Spanish]. Salazar is the alleged leader of a cell within the Sinaloa cartel known as "The Salazars" and is wanted in both the U.S. and Mexico on drug trafficking charges.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democ...viewfromMexicoAMERICAN elections are watched closely in Mexico, which sends most of its exports and about a tenth of its citizens north of the border. But Tuesday’s presidential contest is not the only poll that’s sparking interest south of the Rio Grande. On the same day, voters in Colorado, Oregon and Washington will vote on whether to legalise marijuana—not just for medical use, but for fun and profit. Polls suggest that the initiatives have a decent chance of passing in Washington and Colorado (Oregon is a longer shot).
The impact on Mexico could be profound. Between 40% and 70% of American pot is reckoned to be grown in Mexico. According to a recent study (in Spanish) by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), a think-tank in Mexico City, the American marijuana business brings in about $2 billion a year to Mexico’s drug traffickers. That makes it almost as important to their business as the cocaine trade, which is worth about $2.4 billion.
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14 of them, and they couldn't take out three guys? Awesome.
Almost as awesome as breaking this news at the dead end of a news cycle.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...hicle/1695385/5:10PM EST November 9. 2012 - The Mexican government on Friday charged 14 federal police officers with trying to kill two CIA agents and a Mexican marine during an August ambush of an armored U.S. Embassy vehicle.
The off-duty officers, in private vehicles, attacked the agents' marked SUV with AK-47 assault rifles as they drove with a Mexican navy captain to a military training camp south of the capital, the Associated Press says. The Toyota Land Cruiser, bearing diplomatic license plates, was riddled with 152 bullets, wounding the two Americans.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...962_story.htmlMembers of Mexico’s most powerful cartel are selling a record amount of heroin and methamphetamine from Little Village, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration. From there, the drugs are moving onto the streets of south and west Chicago, where they are sold in assembly-line fashion in mostly African American neighborhoods.
“Chicago, with 100,000 gang members to put the dope on the street, is a logistical winner for the Sinaloa cartel,” Jack Riley, the DEA’s special agent in charge of the Chicago field division, said after a tour through Little Village. “We have to operate now as if we’re on the Mexican border.”
It’s not just Chicago. Increasingly, as drug cartels have amassed more control and influence in Mexico, they have extended their reach deeper into the United States, establishing inroads across the Midwest and Southeast, according to American counternarcotics officials. An extensive distribution network supplies regions across the country, relying largely on regional hubs like this city, with ready markets off busy interstate highways.
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Defiant former Mexican mayor killed
http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/27/world/...-mayor-killed/
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...=lifestyleMolt(Reuters) - A leftist Mexican lawmaker on Thursday presented a bill to legalize the production, sale and use of marijuana, adding to a growing chorus of Latin American politicians who are rejecting the prohibitionist policies of the United States.
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012...paign=PreviousThe Mexican military is trying to dismantle an extensive network of radio antennas built and operated by the notorious Zeta drug cartel. But the authorities haven’t had much luck shutting Radio Zeta down. Not only is much of the equipment super-easy to replace. But the cartel has also apparently found some unwilling — and alarming — assistance by kidnapping and enslaving technicians to help build it.
At least 36 engineers and technicians have been kidnapped in the past four years, according to a report from Mexican news site Animal Politico, with an English translation published by organized-crime monitoring group InSight. Worse, none of the engineers have been held for ransom — they’ve just disappeared. Among them include at least one IBM employee and several communications technicians from a firm owned by Mexico’s largest construction company. “The fact that skilled workers have been disappearing in these areas is no accident,” Felipe Gonzalez, head of Mexico’s Senate Security Committee, told the website.
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Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012
Mexico Drug Policy and Security Review 2012
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The Benefits of a Paramilitary Force in Mexico
The Benefits of a Paramilitary Force in Mexico
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The Birth of American Operational Art: Winfield Scott’s Mexico City Campaign during t
The Birth of American Operational Art: Winfield Scott’s Mexico City Campaign during the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848
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Police on the Run in Mexico
Police on the Run in Mexico
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"At this stage there is no official explanation for the explosion, our correspondent says."
But DEFINITELY not a criminal act. Honest. This is a country with a rule of law after all, not some failed state in the middle of a low-grade civil war. Honest.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-21288214At least 14 people have died after an explosion rocked the headquarters of state oil company Pemex in Mexico City, officials say.
More than 80 were injured in the blast, Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio Chong said.
Emergency services are searching for people trapped in the rubble, the BBC's Will Grant reports from the scene.
Last September, 30 people died in an explosion at a Pemex gas plant in northern Mexico.
"We have 13 dead at the scene and one more at the hospital," the interior minister told reporters.
"There are more than 80 wounded and we continue to look for survivors in the debris."
The 54-floor Pemex Executive Tower, which houses hundreds of employees, is located in a busy commercial area of Mexico City.
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Patron Saints of the Mexican Drug Underworld Training Course
Patron Saints of the Mexican Drug Underworld Training Course
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Spread of Vigilantes Sparks Debate in Mexico
Spread of Vigilantes Sparks Debate in Mexico
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Cyberwar in the Underworld: Anonymous versus Los Zetas in Mexico
Cyberwar in the Underworld: Anonymous versus Los Zetas in Mexico
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A Mexico Border Shootout Reveals Effort to Cover Up Violence
A Mexico Border Shootout Reveals Effort to Cover Up Violence
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Criminal Cartels and Rule of Law in Mexico
Criminal Cartels and Rule of Law in Mexico
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