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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...

Mexican Authorities Find Six More Bodies in Border Pits

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican investigators found a clandestine grave with six bodies in Tamaulipas state, bringing to 122 the number of bodies found in pits in a region near the U.S. border that is wracked by battling drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Tamaulipas state Interior Secretary Morelos Canseco said...

Dozens of Bodies Found in Mexican Border State

MEXICO CITY -- Fifty-nine bodies were found buried Wednesday in a series of pits in the northern Mexico state of Tamaulipas, near the site where suspected drug gang members massacred 72 migrants last summer, officials said. Security forces investigating reports that a passenger bus had been hijacked in the area conducted...

Gunmen Kill 5 at Mexican Border Bar

MEXICO CITY - Gunmen shot up a bar and then threw in fire bombs, killing three men and two women in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, an official said Saturday. The deaths came a day after a shooting attack on another bar in the city caused 10 deaths. A motive had not been determined and it was unclear if the...

Obama, Calderon Commit to Stopping Drug Violence

WASHINGTON -- Seeking to repair damaged relations, President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon agreed Thursday to deepen their cooperation in combating drug violence and declared a breakthrough in efforts to end a long-standing dispute over cross-border trucking. During a joint news conference at the...

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Drug Cartel Suspected Of First Attack On Transnational Company

A drug cartel lieutenant has been detained in a series of firebombing attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo.

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Drug Cartel Launches Brutal Attack Near U.S. Border

Suspected drug cartel gunmen opened fire on a hotel being used as a police barracks then attacked it with a car bomb Thursday, wounding eight officers less than 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) from the U.S. border, Mexican officials said.

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US Confiscates Property of Mexican Ex Gov Allegedly Paid for with Cartel Cash

U.S. authorities are trying to confiscate a nearly half-a-million dollar condominium and a 46-acre property in Texas allegedly purchased with drug money by a former governor of a Mexican state bordering Texas.

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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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8 Drug cartel suspects arrested in Mexico

Mexican army soldiers detained eight purported members of the Gulf drug cartel during an operation in the small northeastern town of China, the Defense Secretariat 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.
06/01/12 Violent Mexican Cartel Targets Pepsico Chip Maker Source: Antiwar.com Government officials pledged Friday to use all their powers to stop criminal organizations from attacking businesses here â especially large transnational corporations -- after assailants burned another delivery truck belonging to a PepsiCo snack food company.
05/28/12 Drug Cartel Suspected Of First Attack On Transnational... Source: The Huffington Post - Business A drug cartel lieutenant has been detained in a series of firebombing attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo.
05/25/12 Drug Cartel Launches Brutal Attack Near U.S. Border Source: The Huffington Post Suspected drug cartel gunmen opened fire on a hotel being used as a police barracks then attacked it with a car bomb Thursday, wounding eight officers less than 4 miles (6.5 kilometers) from the U.S. border, Mexican officials said.
05/21/12 Mexico: Zetas Drug Cartel Ordered Killing Of 49 Source: The Huffington Post 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.