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Expert: Mexican Drug Cartels Infesting US, Even Our National Parks

Lost in the rhetoric about illegal immigration are new reports that Mexican drug cartels have moved into the United States, gaining a major foothold here that may be the start of a permanent expansion onto this side of the border. They're even growing marijuana in our national parks, one expert says. Mexico's cartel...

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 Arrests US Boy Alleged to Be Drug Cartel Hit Man

(Dec. 3) -- A 14-year-old boy suspected of being a paid assassin for Mexican drug smugglers and taking part in beheadings was arrested as he tried to flee to his native California, media reports said. The boy -- who allegedly says he has worked for the South Pacific drug cartel since he was 11 years old -- was arrested...

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...

Threatened Mexican Journalist Gets US Asylum

(Sept. 22) -- A Mexican journalist threatened by drug gangs said the United States has granted him political asylum, in the first of what could be more such moves by Washington to address an increasingly violent campaign to silence the Mexican media. Jorge Luis Aguirre, editor of Ciudad Juarez-based online newspaper La...