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Police: Captured Gang Boss Ordered Mexico Killings

(Nov. 29) -- Mexican police say a suspected leader of the Aztecas street gang has been captured and has confessed to ordering most of the killings in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, including the deadly ambush of a pregnant U.S. consulate worker and her husband last March. Alleged Aztecas boss Arturo Gallegos...

Mayor's Death Caps Another Bloody Week of Mexican Drug Violence

(Sept. 24) -- Mexican authorities say the mayor of a northern Mexico town was gunned down Thursday, making him the second mayor to be killed this month. Prisciliano Rodriguez, mayor of Doctor Gonzalez, a town about 30 miles east of Monterrey, was shot while driving to his ranch, MSNBC reports. A person who was with...

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...

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...

Report: 90 Percent of Drug War Guns Originate in US

(Sept. 7) -- A bloody, drug-fueled war is being waged just across the border in Mexico and a report out Tuesday finds that 90 percent of the guns traced from Mexican crime scenes since 2006 have originated in the United States. The report was released by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, a group of more than 500 mayors from...