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Mexico's Alleged Drug Queen Gets Botox Treatment in Prison

Prison officials in Mexico are in hot water today as authorities investigate how an alleged drug cartel "queen" was able to receive Botox treatments from behind bars. Sandra Avila Beltran, the so-called "Queen of the Pacific," is accused of operating as a senior member of the powerful Sinaloa cartel and has been jailed...

Mexican Border City Hits 3,000 Dead in Drug War

MEXICO CITY (Dec. 14) -- This year's death toll in drug-related violence in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, the hardest hit by Mexico's drug war, rose to 3,000 Tuesday after two men were shot dead on a street, authorities said. Ciudad Juarez has seen its homicide rate rise to one of the highest in the world after...

Ecstasy Makes a Comeback, Via Canada

(Oct. 4) -- Ecstasy was so hot in the 1990s. And now the rave-favorite drug is making a major comeback, as Canadian purveyors ship loads of the euphoria-enhancing substance across the U.S. border. One a drug that circulated in baggies via small dealers, ecstasy is now being packed up by the box-load and driven into the...

Illicit Drug Use Hits Highest Levels in a Decade

(Sept. 16) -- Illicit drug use spiked to 9 percent among Americans last year, according to a new national survey that blames the increase on "eroding attitudes" about the potential hazards. The growing popularity of marijuana was chiefly responsible for the rise, along with Ecstasy and methamphetamines. Drug use is now...

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...

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Cartel Drops Thousands Of Aerial Leaflets Slamming Governor

The governor of the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa says drug traffickers apparently used an airplane to drop thousands of leaflets accusing him of taking orders from drug lord Joaquin Guzman.

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Mexico: Zetas Drug Cartel Ordered Killing Of 49

The army charged Monday that the top leaders of the hyper-violent Zetas drug cartel ordered underlings to leave 49 mutilated bodies in a northern Mexico town square, then had banners hung around the country denying responsibility in an effort to have their enemies blamed for the massacre.

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James Corley, Notorious 1980s Drug Dealer Nicknamed 'The Ghost,' Arrested By NYPD

A notorious drug dealer who got his start during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and was so good at hiding his whereabouts that he was known as "the ghost" has been arrested along with dozens of others on new charges, police and prosecutors said Thursday.

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Two Journalists Slain In East Mexico

At least two news photographers were found slain in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Thursday, less than a week after the killing in the state of a reporter for an investigative newsmagazine, officials and colleagues said.

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06/02/12 Mexico suspends, probes judges of key drug cases Source: NBC - WETM 18 - Elmira NY Mexican court authorities have suspended two judges while investigators look into possible irregularities.
06/02/12 PepsiCo's Mexico snack subsidiary attacked again Source: News and Tribune - Jefferson City MO Assailants in western Mexico burned another delivery truck of a PepsiCo-owned Mexican snack company, shortly after a drug cartel claimed responsibility for last week's arson attacks against the company, police said Friday.
06/01/12 Their stability is our stability Source: The Arizona Republic - Phoenix AZ All good reasons for the United States to pay attention to the Mexican presidential election July 1.
06/01/12 Out of towners caught buying, selling heroin Source: The Somerville News - Somerville MA Last Friday members of the Somerville Police Department Drug Control Unit Detectives conducted an investigation concerning illegal drug activity that was allegedly occurring on Elm St. The investigators' attention was drawn to a woman who was sitting on the steps of a church located at the corner of Elm and Russell Streets.
05/31/12 Swedish armed-robbery fugitive captured in Pattaya... Source: Pattaya Mail Bo Peter Soderback, 40, and Wannapa Singprakon, 25, his girlfriend were apprehended by Children and Women Rights Protection and Anti-Human Trafficking Region 2 police at the X5 Apartments on Third Road May 21.

Background on illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade is a global black market, dedicated to cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and sale of drugs, which are subject to drug prohibition laws.

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