nytimes.com - 12/5/2008
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Mexico’s violent drug war is finding its way into the seeming sanctuary of the nation’s hospitals. >
northjersey.com - 12/7/2008
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NEWARK â As the economic crisis worsens, the
money that Mexicans living in the United States send...
home to their families continues to decline â reaching record lows over the summer. But the Mexican government has long known that the day would come ...
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As money sent home drops, Mexico reaches out
dallasnews.com - 12/1/2008
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n's 2nd year ends with fresh turmoil in
Mexico 12:00 AM CST on Monday, December 1, 2008...
By LAURENCE ILIFF / The Dallas Morning News liliff@dallasnews.com / The Dallas Morning News Alfredo Corchado in Ciudad Ju rez and The Associated Press contributed ...
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Calderón's 2nd year ends with fresh turmoil in ...
news.sky.com - 12/1/2008
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9:35am UK, Monday December 01, 2008 Nine headless
bodies have been found after a wave of drug-related...
violence in Mexico. Revolucion avenue in Tijuana Revolucion avenue in Tijuana, a city hit by drugs violence The heads of the victims, all men, were ...
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Mexico Drug Violence: Nine Headless Bodies Found In ...
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Newspaper Roundup for Dec. 5, 2008
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Home News National CNSNews.com Newspaper Roundup for Dec. 5, 2008 Friday, December 05, 2008 By newspaper roundup Fox News: Lego-Style Islamic Terrorist Figurine Sparks Outrage Boston Globe: Mexico sending illegal Cuban migrants home Fox News: Easy-to-Use 'Palm Pistol' Aimed at Elderly, Disabled Washington Post: Report Links State Gun Laws To Rates of Slayings, Trafficking Washington Times: Court to weigh question about Obama citizenship Unlikely decision could deny him presidency NY Times: Hospitals Now a Theater in Mexico s Drug War Jerusalem Post: UN Mideast envoy slams settler ...
75 Years Since Repeal Of Prohibition
Daily Kos —
Seventy-five years ago (December 5, 1933, to be exact) the United States of America repealed its ban on alcoholic beverages. But even though you won't find a soul alive who thinks the repeal was a bad idea, we continue to live day after day with the disastrous consequences of a drug policy that is as misguided as was prohibition. On Friday, the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Ethan Nadelman, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance. Nadelman wrote: Consider the consequences of drug prohibition today: 500,000 people incarcerated in U.S. prisons and jails for nonviolent ...
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MIG: Mexico Travel Alert
travel.state.gov 12/16/2008 — U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Bureau of Consular Affairs This information is current as of today, Mexico October 14, 2008 This Travel Alert updates security information for U.S. citizens traveling and living in Mexico. It replaces the Travel Alert for ...
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fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com 1/9/2009 — This provides a very brief look at two excellent reports about Mexico. Excerpts from each appear below.
“Mexico Security Memo - Year-end Wrap-up“, Stratfor, 5 January 2008 — Subscription only.
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Mexico: The Third War
stratfor.com 2/19/2009 — Mexico has pretty much always been a rough-and-tumble place. In recent years, however, the security environment has deteriorated rapidly, and parts of the country have become incredibly violent. It is now common to see military weaponry such as ...
Mexican Drug Violence Spills Over Into US
huffingtonpost.com 2/11/2009 — Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States.
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State of War
foreignpolicy.com 2/17/2009 — hat I remember most about my return to Mexico last year are the narcomantas . At least that s what everyone called them: drug banners. Perhaps a dozen feet long and several feet high, they were hung in parks and plazas around Monterrey. Their messages ...
State of War
foreignpolicy.com 2/21/2009 — hat I remember most about my return to Mexico last year are the narcomantas . At least that s what everyone called them: drug banners. Perhaps a dozen feet long and several feet high, they were hung in parks and plazas around Monterrey. Their messages ...
Mexico now extraditing drug suspects to U.S.
sfgate.com 1/25/2009 — Calderon's administration has handed over more than 150 criminal suspects since coming to power in December 2006. The extradition rate is double what it was before Calderon took office. And it represents a radical policy change from a decade ago, ...
Is Mexico heading south?
shadow.foreignpolicy.com 1/28/2009 — By Christian Brose For too long, Mexico's intensifying war against narcogangs has gone largely unnoticed in U.S. debate. At last, that's changing. For starters, there was the Joint Forces Command report late last year warning that Mexico, like ...
U.S. to blame for much of Mexico violence: Clinton
reuters.com 3/25/2009 — MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - An "insatiable" appetite in the United States for illegal drugs is to blame for much of the violence ripping through Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Clinton acknowledged the U.S. role in ...
Transition: Richardson at Commerce —
First Read 12/3/2008
The Washington Post writes up today’s expected announcement of Bill Richardson as Commerce secretary. “The job will add to an already lengthy Washington résumé for Richardson that includes stints as secretary of energy and U.S. ambassador to the ...
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