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Friday, October 10, 2008
5 officers gunned down in Mexico
World |
October 10, 2008
Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by men who lobbed grenades and fired more than 800 bullets, officials said Thursday. Read more
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Imperial Valley drug ring arrests
California | Local |
October 9, 2008
Federal authorities Wednesday announced indictments against the alleged leaders of six drug distribution rings charged with transporting cocaine and methamphetamine for one of Mexico’s largest drug cartels. Read more
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Killing of mayor sends a message
World |
October 8, 2008
Until he was gunned down over the weekend, Salvador Vergara Cruz was a man of some influence with a promising future in his political party. Read more
Monday, October 6, 2008
A Tijuana blood bath
World |
October 6, 2008
The birthplace of one of Mexico’s most infamous drug cartels looks more and more like its graveyard. Read more
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Nine more bodies found in Tijuana
World |
October 5, 2008
Police said Saturday that they had found nine more bodies dumped in this border city, where 49 people were killed last week in violence related to the drug trade. Read more
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Agents seize Nicholas’ jet in drug case
Business |
October 4, 2008
Federal agents have seized a private jet belonging to Broadcom co-founder Henry T. Nicholas III, claiming it was used to carry drugs. Read more
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Calderon in a corner on drug battle
World |
October 1, 2008
Stretched thin in an uphill battle against drug gangs, the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon faces increasingly stark options at a pivotal moment. Read more
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Violence strikes close to home
World |
September 30, 2008
Leonor Merino said she was shocked enough Monday to find that what she thought was a pile of rags was a dozen bodies. Read more
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Suspect tells of holding a grenade
World |
September 28, 2008
Slumped at an interrogation table, a gang member accused of participating in an attack that killed eight people at an Independence Day celebration described calmly how he was eager to get rid of the grenade he tossed into a crowded plaza. Read more
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Missing south of the border, but his past comes to light
California | Local |
September 27, 2008
Daniel not come home. Read more
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Mexico border tunnel suspects charged
World |
September 17, 2008
Eight men arrested on suspicion of constructing a drug tunnel have been formally charged with racketeering and smuggling, Mexican state and federal authorities say. Read more
Monday, September 15, 2008
Top Mexico cop aims for reform
World |
September 15, 2008
Federal police in the northern state of Coahuila had seven drug suspects in hand last week when they met a caravan of gun-toting men apparently intent on freeing the arrestees. Read more
Sunday, September 14, 2008
24 bodies found near Mexico City
World |
September 14, 2008
Gagged and bound, the bodies were dumped on a grassy roadside littered with trash. Read more
Sunday, September 7, 2008
it got him killed.
California | Local |
September 7, 2008
Tecate, Mexico
Adrug-sniffing dog pulled the U.S. Border Patrol agent to a rusty cargo container in the storage yard just north of the Mexican border. Read more
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Drug-trade mayhem crisscrosses nation
World |
August 30, 2008
The sickening discovery this week of 11 headless bodies heaped like broken dolls near the colonial city of Merida underscored a bitter lesson for Mexico: The battle to control the multibillion-dollar drug trade knows no boundaries. Read more
Friday, August 29, 2008
12 decapitated bodies are found in Mexico
World |
August 29, 2008
In a sign of the spreading violence in Mexico, 11 decapitated bodies were found late Thursday near the colonial city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula, officials said. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Suspected Israeli mobsters to be extradited on charges of trafficking Ecstasy
California | Local |
August 26, 2008
Suspected Israeli mobsters employed members of the Vineland Boyz, a San Fernando Valley gang, to distribute tens of thousands of Ecstasy pills throughout Los Angeles, provide security and gun down an Encino man who allegedly tried to steal a drug shipment from them, according to a federal indictment unsealed Sunday. Read more
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Reputed drug lord gets wish – he’s extradited to U.S.
World |
August 23, 2008
A former Colombian drug kingpin who had plastic surgery to conceal his identity and lived luxuriously in Brazil before being arrested here last year was extradited Friday to the United States, Brazilian and U.S. authorities said. Read more
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Drug war costs, risks sent to U.S.
National |
August 17, 2008
Lorenzo de la Torre Torres was on the cusp of death. Read more
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Mexico violence claims 6 more police officers
World |
August 13, 2008
A deputy police chief and a second commander in western Michoacan state were slain, authorities said Tuesday, in the latest outbreaks of violence that has killed at least half a dozen officers across Mexico in the last two days. Read more
