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Mexico Drug War Update

There has been no holiday break in Mexico's prohibition-related mayhem, but it's now looking like 2011's death toll is going to be down from last year.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Mexican human rights activists have filed a complaint in the Hague against President Calderon for human rights violations committed by Mexican security forces, also mentioning crimes committed by drug cartels. That and the killings and arrests continue, with no apparent impact on the flow of drugs north.
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Mexico Drug War Update

The ugliness continues unabated in Mexico, and another blogger has joined the ranks of the murdered.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Somebody attacked Mexican army troops in Monterrey with a car last week, and that's just the tip of the iceberg in the ongoing wave of prohibition-related violence in Mexico.
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Cash and guns Mexico_19.jpg

Mexico Drug War Update

Mexican President Calderon admitted this week that the state of Veracruz had been left to the cartels. Meanwhile, the killing continues without let up.
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Cash and guns Mexico_18.jpg

Mexico Drug War Update

The Zeta-Killers continue to stay busy in Veracruz, and mass killings continue across the land.
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Cash and guns Mexico_17.jpg

Mexico Drug War Update

Mexican authorities capture more high-ranking cartel figures, but that doesn't seem to change anything. The killing continues unabated.
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Cash and guns Mexico_16.jpg

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.