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Plaza de Armas, Praxedis G. Guerrero
Plaza de Armas, Praxedis G. Guerrero

Mexico Drug War Update

Another bloody week in Ciudad Juarez and another rough week for Mexican police.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Mexican police seized 134 tons of marijuana Tuesday. They were still burning it as we went to press. Meanwhile, the violence south of the border continues unabated.
Ciudad Juarez
Ciudad Juarez

Mexico Drug War Update

Some 288 people were killed in prohibition-related violence in Ciudad Juarez last month, and the pace is continuing this month.
Pres. Calderon, whose crackdown helped spark the multi-year wave of violence
Pres. Calderon, whose crackdown helped spark the multi-year wave of violence

Mexico Drug War Update

Two mayors were among the dead in Mexico's prohibition-related violence this past week. That makes five this year.
Sergio "El Grande" Villarreal
Sergio "El Grande" Villarreal

Mexico Drug War Update

25 people were murdered across Ciudad Juarez last Thursday, the bloodiest single-day total in the city's history. Meanwhile the body count in Mexico's drug war in 2010 approaches the 8,000 mark.
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Mexico Drug War Update

The big news in Mexico this week was the capture of "La Barbie," a major figure in the drug wars. Will it make any difference?

Ending the War on Drugs

Australian barrister and former political adviser Greg Barns opines on why drug prohibition is bad for Australia and calls for an end to the drug war.
municipal building, San Fernando, Tamaulipas
municipal building, San Fernando, Tamaulipas

Mexico Drug War Update

The discovery of the bodies of 72 people, probably Central American immigrants, on a farm not far from the US border, is the latest gruesome "top that" moment in Mexico's unending prohibition-related violence.