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Drug czar visits Tulare pot site New program will raid marijuana gardens of Mexican drug cartels.

freerepublic.com     6 hrs ago          

The nation's drug czar chopped down marijuana plants growing deep inside the Sequoia National Forest in Tulare County on Tuesday. John Walters.... came to California to bring attention to a new locally coordinated, but partly...                    

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bbc.co.uk: 12 tonne haul of marijuana seized by the authorities bbc.co.uk

In the shadow of the cartels

bbc.co.uk     12 hrs ago          

Emilio San Pedro travels to Tijuana to profile a community under pressure from one of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels. Nearly 1500 people have been killed so far this year in Mexico in violence related to the country's...                    

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7 linked to Gulf Cartel plead guilty to drug charges

chron.com     Aug 5, 2008   2 related          

LAREDO — Seven men accused of being members of the Gulf Cartel pleaded guilty to drug and money laundering charges in federal court on Monday. Roberto Camacho, 22, and Gustavo Fabian Chapa, 22, pleaded guilty to possession with...                    

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msn.com: BORDER VIOLENCE-- Drug addicts, on right, Sergio Panduro and .... (chris looking for name) seeking treatment describe their additions. They are living at a drug treatment facility in Agua Prieta, Mexico. (Pat Shannahan/ The Arizona Republic) msn.com

Drug abuse soars in Mexico

msn.com     Aug 4, 2008   9 related          

Carlos Antonio Lopez started using crack at age 11 to kill the pain of his mother's death. "I started with marijuana, but after a while it didn't fill me up anymore," he says. "Then I started on crack. You get obsessed, you...                    

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Supporting Mexico's fight against drugs

csmonitor.com     Aug 5, 2008          

A Christian Science perspective on daily life. from the August 5, 2008 edition Mexican President Felipe Calderón has made battling drug cartels a cornerstone of his presidency, sending 25,000 soldiers and police across his...                    

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DEA Digging Into Al Qaeda Drug Links

cbsnews.com     Aug 5, 2008          

Experts Say Link Between Drugs And Terror Is Strengthening. "Nothing generates money like drugs...it is the most lucrative illicit commodity that's trafficked,” Michael Braun, the Chief of Operations for the US Drug Enforcement...                    

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Top Mexican crime fighters resign

tmcnet.com     Aug 4, 2008          

By Gerardo Tena. Mexico City, Aug 4 (EFE).- Two key figures in Mexico's battle against organized crime left the Attorney General's Office within days of each other amid rising violence that has claimed more than 2,600 lives...                    

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In Mexico, women take growing role in the drug trade

baltimoresun.com     Aug 3, 2008          

Their numbers rise, along with violence She remembers the moment her ambitions and fortunes as a smuggler grew. It was on a routine job, sneaking in booze, cigarettes and Argentinian wine. But as she ran across the shallow Rio...                    

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Mexicans losing their taste for songs about drug lords

montereyherald.com     Aug 3, 2008          

TIJUANA, Mexico — The alcohol is flowing at La Cantina when Calor Nortena kicks out the accordion jams for an homage to gangster Arturo Villarreal, who rose from drug cartel protege to crime boss in a six-year reign of mayhem...                    

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Mexico nabs big drug dealer

prairiepundit.blogspot.com     Aug 2, 2008   1 related          

Washington Post:An alleged Colombian drug kingpin who escaped from prison in 2001 and is believed to be the main cocaine supplier to a violent drug gang in the Mexican state of Sinaloa has been captured here, federal police...                    

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