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Drug Cartel Suspected Of First Attack On Transnational Company

By AP May 28th 2012 - 07:26PM

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

By AP May 25th 2012 - 05:32AM

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

By Guinness Records, Mexico's Favorite Pastime May 23rd 2012 - 10:26AM

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

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 21st 2012 - 06:43PM

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

May 18th 2012 - 12:03PM

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.

mexican drug war News From the Web

  • 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 — 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.

Background on mexican drug war

The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict between rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control, and Mexican government forces.

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