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Report: Texas Biggest Gun Source for Mexican Drug War

(Dec. 13) -- More guns in Mexico's bloody drug wars can be traced to Texas than to any other state, according to The Washington Post. The newspaper found that Texas is the leading source of guns that end up in the hands of violent Mexican cartels, and that the city of Houston -- which alone has 300 gun retailers -- is the...

Mexican Police Chief, 20, Advocates All-Female Patrols

(Oct. 26) -- Amid a wave of bloodshed in Mexico's northern borderlands, there's a new cop in town. Marisol Valles Garcia, a 20-year-old college student studying criminology, beat 20 other contenders to become police chief of Praxedis, a rural community across the border from Fort Hancock, Texas, that has been rocked by...

As Mexico Celebrates Bicentennial, Drug War Claims the Headlines

(Sept. 13) -- Mexico's bicentennial celebrations this week will be overshadowed by the ongoing drug war and its rampant violence. In some of the most violent regions of the country, Independence Day festivities have been canceled or dramatically altered for public safety. And though there has been some recent good news in...

The Case for Legalizing Drugs in Mexico Depends on America's Drug Policy

(Aug. 30) -- For years, American activists have called for drug legalization (en tout, or even just softer drugs like marijuana), arguing that such a step would help reduce violent crime associated with the drug trade, lower policing and prison costs, and, if drugs were taxed, bring in much-needed dollars to states and the...

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...

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05/30/12 Drug Warrior and Pro-Drone Congressman Silvestres... Source: Naked Capitalism Matt Stoller is a fellow at the Roosevelt Institute.
05/04/12 Kathleen Wells, J.D.: Author and Legal Scholar,... Source: The Huffington Post Author and legal scholar, Michelle Alexander, has written a powerful and highly acclaimed, well-researched book titled, "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness."
04/09/12 Summit of the Americas may by a turning point in the... Source: The How-To Travel Guru - CBS News (CBS News) President Richard Nixon first declared a "war on drugs" in 1971, kicking off an aggressive law-and-order approach to combating drug consumption internationally that has had numerous negative affects.