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Mexico Targets Cell Phones in Anti-Crime Bid

By Jennifer MartinezApr 13th 2010 – 7:44PM
AP

AP

(April 13) -- Having failed to stymie the murderous influence of drug traffickers by bolstering the police force, scrutinizing bank movements or even deploying federal troops, the Mexican government this week is trying to get at them through their cell phones. A controversial law requiring all Mexicans to register their...

Mexican Widows Fed Up by Constant Violence

By Emily SchmallMar 31st 2010 – 5:16PM
Getty Images

Getty Images

CIUDAD JUAREZ (March 31) -- Norma Ramos learned from the evening news in August that her ex-husband had been slain in front of his home in this rough, drug-ridden city across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. She immediately began to worry about her 18-year-old son. "I told him I didn't want him to claim the body," she...

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