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14 Decapitated Men Among 27 Slain in Mexican Resort of Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico -- The bodies of 15 men, all but one of them headless, were found on a street outside a shopping center in Acapulco on Saturday as police reported 27 people slain in the Pacific resort in less than a day. The decapitated victims, all of whom appeared to be in their 20s, were discovered in an area not...

Mexico Auctions Off 'Narco-Bling' at Annual Sale of Confiscated Goods

(Nov. 19) -- Ever wanted to buy a watch bedazzled with custom jeweled skulls, but didn't know where to look? Today, Mexican authorities are wrapping up an open auction of watches just like that and other pieces of confiscated "narco-bling" -- the unofficial name for the luxury goods taken from drug gang leaders -- as part...

Mexican Pirates Attack US Couple on Falcon Lake; Husband Missing, Feared Dead

(Oct. 1) -- Mexican pirates operating on Falcon Lake, which is shared by the United States and Mexico, on Thursday shot an American tourist who had crossed the border on a Jet Ski. Tiffany Hartley, 29, said her husband, David Michael Hartley, 30, was shot in the back of the head as they tried to escape an ambush on the...

Marijuana 'Megafarms' Busted in Ohio; Ties to Mexican Drug Cartels Suspected

(Sept. 22) -- Authorities in Ohio destroyed two marijuana farms outside of Columbus and arrested 11 Mexicans in connection with the operation on Monday. The farms, which were about 90 miles apart, held a total of 2,500 plants with a street value of approximately $5 million, the state attorney general's office...

Clinton Says Mexico's Drug Cartels Becoming an Insurgency

(Sept. 9) -- Is Mexico becoming the new Colombia? Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated it is heading in that direction when she said Wednesday that Mexico's drug cartels are blossoming into an insurgency, a shift in American position that indicates the drug wars may be getting worse. "We face an...

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02/20/11 Medical marijuana barely dents Mexican drug trade Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA Domestic pot production and the proliferation of medical dispensaries have affected California's previously strong appetite for Mexican marijuana but have had minimal impact on Mexican traffickers' marijuana revenues.
09/02/10 Tiny planes for Mexican drug trade Source: 24.com Mexican drug traffickers are using new means to ship their narcotics to the lucrative US market; ultra-light aircraft that can fly across the border, in a bid to go undetected.