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As Prohibition-Created Drug Trafficking Organizations Continue Stronghold, Female Mexican Police Chief Taken Near Christmas Still Missing

Localização: 
Guadalupe, OAX
Mexico
Relatives feared for her safety and urged Police Chief Erica Gandara to keep a low profile. But she refused, posing with her rifle for newspaper interviews. Then, at 6 a.m. on December 23, 10 drug trafficking organization gunmen pulled up to her residence, dragged her out of the house and set the home on fire. She has not been seen or heard from since.
Publication/Source: 
Fox News (US)
URL: 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/08/americas-war-female-mexican-chief-police-missing-christmas/

Top Army Official Suggests U.S. Troops Might Be Sent to Mexico to Fight Drug Prohibition War

Undersecretary of the Army Joseph Westphal, the second-highest ranking civilian official in the U.S. Army, described the situation in Mexico created by drug prohibition as an insurgency and fretted over a scenario in which armed U.S. soldiers could be called to the border and/or into Mexico. Westphal is the most senior U.S. official to publicly compare Mexico’s drug cartels to an insurgency since Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a similar assessment last September. Westfall — who said he was expressing a personal opinion, but one he had shared with the White House — said he didn’t want to ever see a situation in which "armed and fighting" American soldiers are sent to combat an insurgency "on our border, in violation of our Constitution, or to have to send them across the border."
Publication/Source: 
The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
URL: 
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51207681-76/mexico-westphal-drug-insurgency.html.csp

17 Killed in Mexico Drug Prohibition Violence This Weekend

Localização: 
Mexico
At least 17 people -- including three young students -- were killed due to drug prohibition violence in northern Mexico this weekend.
Publication/Source: 
Agence France-Presse (France)
URL: 
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jJTsCr7PgSlzVUtNRiwAgRTA558Q?docId=CNG.53c07fe961abc34cc2f173062bc55b35.da1

Mexico's Drug Prohibition War: US Warns About Night Driving in Guadalajara

Localização: 
Guadalajara, JAL
Mexico
Officials are warning U.S. citizens not to drive at night in parts of the western Mexican city of Guadalajara after suspected drug trafficking organizations burned vehicles and blocked streets there.
Publication/Source: 
The Washington Post (DC)
URL: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/04/AR2011020403869.html

Napolitano Is Too Late...Drug Trafficking Organizations Issued Their Own Warning Months Ago (Opinion)

Localização: 
Mexico
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano issued her now famous warning to drug trafficking organizations, saying: "Don't even think about bringing your violence and tactics across this border. You will be met by an overwhelming response." Dave Gibson opines that prohibition-created drug trafficking organizations have already been bringing their tactics across the border. For instance, seven months ago, Nogales, Arizona Police Chief Jeff Kirkham announced that his department had been warned by a Mexican drug traffickers that his officers would be targeted for murder if they carry out another off-duty drug bust. Chief Kirkham said, "The warning was...that the officers, if they are off duty, are to look the other way and ignore any drug trafficking loads that are coming across the border, otherwise they will be targeted."
Publication/Source: 
Examiner.com (CO)
URL: 
http://www.examiner.com/drug-cartel-in-national/napolitano-is-too-late-drug-cartels-issued-their-own-warning-months-ago

Police Chief, Guards Killed in Mexican Border City

Localização: 
Nuevo Laredo, TAM
Mexico
A retired army general who took over a month ago as police chief of the drug prohibition violence-wracked Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo has been shot to death along with two of his bodyguards.
Publication/Source: 
CTV Television Network (Canada)
URL: 
http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20110203/mexico-border-city-110203/

America's Third War: Fears Emerge That Mexican Drug Violence Could Spill Into U.S.

A series of high-profile murders of U.S. citizens along the border with Mexico has raised fears about drug prohibition violence spilling over into the United States.
Publication/Source: 
Fox News (US)
URL: 
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/03/americas-war-fears-emerge-mexican-drug-violence-spill/

Sheriff: Drug Trafficking Organization Showdown in Arizona Desert Imminent

Localização: 
AZ
United States
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said that a showdown with drug trafficking organizations is just around the corner. "We're going out to directly meet these cartels. We're saying this is coming through our county and we've had enough," he said. The sheriff has recently purchased 130 new semi-automatic rifles and night vision goggles. In Pinal County, they're holding an offensive position to counter the members of drug trafficking organizations and the bandits looking to steal drugs in the desert.
Publication/Source: 
KSAZ (AZ)
URL: 
http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/news/immigration/babeu-cartel-showdown-imminent-2-2-2011

Drug Prohibition Gang Gunbattles, Street Blockades in Mexico's Second-Largest City

Localização: 
Guadalajara, JAL
Mexico
Suspected drug trafficking organization gunmen hurled grenades, burned vehicles and blocked streets in a rapid series of attacks in Mexico's second-largest city. The seven attacks within two hours appear to have been coordinated. A policeman and two transportation workers were injured in the attacks.
Publication/Source: 
WBAY (WI)
URL: 
http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=13955054

LPGA Cancels Tournament in Mexico Over Drug Prohibition Violence Fears

Localização: 
Morelia, MIC
Mexico
The LPGA has canceled the $1.3 million Tres Marias Championship in Mexico due to concerns over drug prohibition violence.
Publication/Source: 
Fox News (US)
URL: 
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2011/02/02/lpga-cancels-tournament-mexico-drug-violence-fears/

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