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3 Colombian Teens on Facebook 'Hit List' Killed

(Aug. 24) -- A status update nobody wants to see: Three Colombian teenagers have been killed after their names appeared, along with 97 others, on a multipart "hit list" posted on Facebook, according to multiple international reports. Even more frightening, police don't know who is responsible for the killings and the list...

224 California National Guard Troops Headed to Border

(Aug. 18) -- California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced today that the first batch of California National Guard troops, 224 strong, will be headed to the California-Mexico border on Sept. 1. They will work with border patrol agents to combat illegal immigration and drug, weapons and human trafficking. "Our soldiers...

Mexico Targets Cell Phones in Anti-Crime Bid

(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

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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04/11/12 âProminent persons in drug trade' Source: Visayan Daily Star - Philippines Intelligence Officer 3 Cerilo Baluma Jr., Chief of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-6 Plans and Operations, confirmed yesterday that there are indeed prominent personalities in Bacolod City and in Negros Occidental who are involved in the illegal drug trade.
06/23/11 Politicians, journalists off CBI radar in Goa drug... Source: Sify Panaji, June 23 (IANS) Politicians and journalists are off the radar of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has taken charge of Goa's drug nexus probe, an official said Thursday.
06/21/11 Wikipedia: Illegal drug trade Source: Nairobi The illegal drug trade is a global black market , dedicated to cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of those substances which are subject to drug prohibition laws.
04/05/11 Granger's idea of a judicial inquiry into the drug... Source: Stabroek News - Guyana David Granger calls for a judicial inquiry into all aspects of the drug trade.