Mexican Drug Cartels

McMinn County (TN): Seized bus becomes police command center

freerepublic.com
12-Nov-2008
        

ATHENS, Tenn. — A tour bus has been given to the McMinn County Sheriff’s Department to use as a command post, thanks to a Mexican drug cartel whose nervous driver couldn’t keep the vehicle straight on Interstate 75. The 1986...

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bbc.co.uk: Mr Calderon, left, and Mr Uribe in Mexico City bbc.co.uk

Colombia hails Mexico's drug war

bbc.co.uk
11-Nov-2008 14 related
        

The presidents of Colombia and Mexico have agreed to intensify joint efforts to combat powerful cartels that control the flow of drugs in both countries. Alvaro Uribe praised his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon for his...

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Mexico violence overtakes fiction: Fuentes (AFP)

yahoo.com
11-Nov-2008
        

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - "We want to be writers but they turn us into prophets," said Mexican author Carlos Fuentes, one of the Spanish-speaking world's best-known living novelists, whose latest book explores Mexico's growing violence.

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Calderón's Cabinet pick vows to fight cartel violence

signonsandiego.com
11-Nov-2008
        

MEXICO CITY – An attorney who has defended bankers and businessmen in some of Mexico's highest- profile cases rose to the powerful post of interior minister yesterday after a plane crash killed the government's No. 2 leader.

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Mexico stock exchange says drug war scaring off IPOs (at Reuters)

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11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

MONTERREY, Mexico, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Companies in Mexico are scrapping plans to float shares on the stock exchange for fear of raising their profile amid a brutal drug war and a surge in kidnappings, the bourse president said...

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From Drug War To Real War

classicalvalues.com
11-Nov-2008
        

Yes. The War On Drugs has turned into a shooting war. In fact it has been a shooting war for quite some time in Afghanistan. So how is that working out? Not well. Here is a bit from 2007 explaining...

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The Nefarious Capone Has The Goods On The Last SHIELD Screener Sent To Critics!!

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11-Nov-2008 1 related
        

I am – Hercules!! Mara tells Shane that Corrine is working with Claudette to bring Shane in. Where to we pick up? Mara and Claudette arrange a money drop of $100,000 using Corrine as bait to draw Vic out. Keep in mind that Vic...

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voanews.com: Alleged Sinaloa drug cartel members are presented to the press after their arrests in Mexico City, 22 Oct., 2008. voanews.com

Mexican president names new interior secretary

bostonherald.com
10-Nov-2008 25 related
        

By Associated Press Monday, November 10, 2008 - Added 2m ago MEXICO CITY - An attorney who helped reform Mexico’s electoral laws rose to the powerful post of interior secretary Monday after a mysterious plane crash killed the...

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Terrorists Could Use Oil as a Weapon

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10-Nov-2008 706 related
        

CBNNews.com - The global oil cartel OPEC, which controls some 40 percent of the world's oil exports, decided last month to cut its production by 1.5 million barrels a day. That could drive oil prices back up, leaving OPEC...

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Mexico Captures its 'Man with the Golden Gun'

codewolf.com
09-Nov-2008
        

Mexico Captures its 'Man with the Golden Gun' - Jaime "The Hummer" Gonzales, the alleged leader of the country's most feared drug cartel death squad, was snatched in a raid near the US border, Mexican police said. They also...

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