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Mexican Drug War

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Mexico Drug War Update

The Mexican border town of Matamoros was a virtual war scene Tuesday, and that's just one low-light in another week of unrelenting prohibition-related violence south of the border.
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Cash and guns Mexico_15.jpg

Mexico Drug War Update

More cartel drug busts, more dead bodies, no apparent impact on the flow of drugs north and cash south.
uphill climb for reform this year
uphill climb for reform this year

Drug Policy Prospects on Capitol Hill This Year [FEATURE]

Between now and the seating of a new Congress after the 2012 elections, drug reform is going to be a tough slog on Capitol Hill. But that doesn't mean reformers are going away, or that there aren't battles to be fought and won.
All those drug busts don't seem to make any difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All those drug busts don't seem to make any difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

The Mexican president gave his annual state of the union speech last week, but that had no impact on the killing.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Along with the usual carnage and corruption, suspected Zetas killed 52 casino goers in a gasoline/fire attack, teachers skipped school following extortion threats, authorities bust a Sinaloa Cartel "cell" in Utah, and one cartel has put up "wanted" posters targeting leaders of another cartel and offered rewards for them.
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Plan Merida Focus to Shift to Border Region [FEATURE]

The University of Texas-El Paso Border Security Conference saw a shift announced in Plan Merida priorities and a lot of happy talk about defeating the cartels, but little discussion of ending the drug war.
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

CIA agents and US mercenaries stationed at a military base in northern Mexico are helping fight the drug cartels. And the killing continues...
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)
All the drug busts in Mexico don't seem to make a difference. (image via Wikimedia)

Mexico Drug War Update

You know things are messed up when the federal police are shooting at the head of the Ciudad Juarez police. Oh, and 216 more people were killed there in the drug wars last month.