stratfor.com - 2/19/2009
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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 fragmentation grenades and assault rifles used ...
abcnews.go.com - 2/25/2009
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abcnews.go.com —
Attorney General Eric Holder issued a blunt warning
today to Mexican drug cartels that he said pose...
a national security threat: "These cartels will be destroyed." The warning came as the attorney general and acting Drug Enforcement Administration ...
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Holder Vows 'Cartels Will Be Destroyed'
foreignpolicy.com - 2/17/2009
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foreignpolicy.com —
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 ...
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State of War
dcexaminer.com - 2/20/2009
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Examiner Editorial Special Report:Card Check co-sponsors favor secret
ballot for Mexico, but not for U.S. workers By...
Kevin Mooney Editorial Staff Writer | 2/20/09 5:44 AM Democrats leading the charge in 2009 for legislation that critics say will ...
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Mexico: The Third War
AmericanTruckersAtWar —
By Fred Burton and Scott Stewart - from Stratfor.com 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 fragmentation grenades and assault rifles used almost daily in attacks. In fact, just last week we noted ...
Drug War Tragedy in Mexico
Antiwar.com Original —
... , and not just into border towns. Phoenix, Ariz., 185 miles north of the border, has become the kidnapping-for-ransom capital of the United States, with 368 cases reported to police last year for a crime that it notoriously underreported because of fear. Not all these kidnappings are drug-war-related, of course, but the rash of crime began with drug-war crimes. ...
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