Drug Cartels

Americans are too afraid to visit bloody Juarez

Americans are too afraid to visit bloody Juarez October 15, 2008 - Mexican officials are trying to persuade Americans to visit Ciudad Juarez, touting the city in a new billboard campaign as a "land of encounters." More than...

whats up with this dry spell?

i haven't been trying to read up on mexican schwag supply/demand, but for the past few weeks, the austin area's been pretty dry except for north-of-the-border-grown-dro. a 'reliable source' says that it's due to mexican cartels...

Assailants attack U.S. consulate in Mexico

Additional police guarded the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey on Monday as investigators analyzed a security video in search of assailants who shot at the building and threw a grenade that failed to explode.

U.S. Consulate in Mexico guarded after attack

Additional police guarded the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey on Monday as investigators analyzed a security video in search of assailants who shot at the building and threw a grenade that failed to explode.

Seven killed in Tijuana drug cartel war

People who read this also read ... TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Seven people were killed and three others wounded in the latest round of Tijuana, Mexico, drug cartel violence, officials said. Two men dining at a Tijuana...

Mexican drug cartels set up shop in Atlanta

Mexican drug cartels set up shop in Atlanta ‘New Southwest border’ attracts narcotics trade By BILL TORPY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sunday, October 12, 2008 When U.S. law enforcement officials last month busted a Mexican...

U.S. backs civilian projects to fight drugs in Colombia

Two decades ago, the sprawling ranch near the Colombian town of Puerto Triunfo was the nerve center of Pablo Escobar's drug cartel, the place where he entertained corrupt politicians at his private zoo and plotted to...

Marijuana Growing Operations Hurting US National Parks

Mexican cartels are using America’s national forests to grow marijuana, creating “some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness” in the country, the Associated Press reported. Ron Pugh, an agent with the Forest Service,...

WITNESS - Life in Mexico's deadliest drug war city

Ignacio Alvarado, 40, is a freelance investigative reporter and Reuters contributor in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez where he was born and now lives with his wife and two children. He has been a journalist...

Illegal marijuana growing pollutes U.S. national parks

Use of heavy chemical on illegal marijuana crops damages U.S. national park Efforts to eradicate marijuana farms don't go towards cleaning up environment 159 grow sites found in Sequoia National Park in last 10 years...

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