Drug Cartels

Rehab? No, no, no (if you're in Mexico)

foreignpolicy.com     Aug 15, 2008          

The drug wars in Mexico have sunk to a new low.Yesterday, a gang of hooded gunmen shot eight patients to death and wounded six others at a rehab center in Ciudad Juárez in what looks like part of a drug-gang feud in the...                    

When…

freerepublic.com     Aug 16, 2008   1 related          

When: The Islamists obtain a nuclear weapon, they will use it against the United States or one of our allies. When: Our politicians shamelessly finish selling-out to get the Hispanic-American vote, the Mexican Army and its drug...                    

Drug lord accused of running cartel from jail moved to secret location

khou.com     Aug 14, 2008   2 related          

05:24 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 By Jeff McShan / 11 News Feds: Drug lord running empire from jail HOUSTON -- A Mexican national accused of leading one of the biggest and most violent drug cartels in the world, will...                    

Joe Carnahan Finds His New Pablo

cinematical.com     Aug 15, 2008   3 related          

Filed under: Drama, CastingThe tale of the battling Pablo Escobar flicks is still going strong, but despite the bad news that Javier Bardem has officially dropped out of Joe Carnahan's Killing Pablo, all is not lost for his...                    

TOP: Mexico: The Merida Initiative discussed - La Plaza - Los Angeles Times

drugpolicycentral.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Already corrupt law enforcement agencies The Merida Initiative is both too little and too much b itb s too little aid to have any appreciable impact on the flow of illegal drugs to the U.S. market and the power of the Mexican...                    

Mr. Beaks Makes The Most Of Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER

aintitcool.com     Aug 14, 2008          

Ben Stiller's TROPIC THUNDER is a film that does not believe in "murdering your darlings". By easing up on the vitriol, Stiller has blown a golden opportunity to craft the most vicious Hollywood broadside since THE PLAYER (at...                    

6 Mexico agents accused of tipping off drug lords

journalgazette.net     Aug 14, 2008          

MEXICO CITY – Six federal agents have been arrested on suspicion of passing information to a group of powerful drug lords, a spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said Wednesday. The infiltration of drug gangs into the...                    

Official: Mexico nabs 6 drug snitches in AG office

iht.com     Aug 14, 2008   35 related          

Six federal agents have been arrested on suspicion of passing information to a group of powerful drug lords, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said Wednesday. The agents worked for the anti-drug-trafficking...                    

Mexico anti-drug officials worked for cartel: government

reuters.com     Aug 14, 2008   3 related          

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Six members of a government crime-fighting unit have been arrested on suspicion of working for a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most-wanted man, the attorney general's office said on Wednesday                    

$30 million pot grow uncovered in Chelan County

komoradio.com     Aug 13, 2008   3 related          

More than 15,000 marijuana plants were found about a half mile deep in the woods near the small town of Merritt. The grow was hard to see by air and even harder by foot in the area covered with down slopes three times as steep...