AZ Sheriff Says Showdown With Drug Cartel Right Around the Corner

He's not talking in figurative terms, he means an actual physical showdown in the desert, a gun battle if the drug runners don't surrender.

Source: http://nation.foxnews.com

U.S College Students Gunned in Mexico

"Our hearts are heavy today with the news of the deaths of UTEP students Manuel Acosta and Eder Diaz..."

Mexico: Bleeding to Death

Another 72 corpses found in a new mass grave. Feuding cartels blamed for displays of mutilated bodies.....

Mexico Drug Wars Spill Across U.S. Border

The drug violence that has left nearly 4,000 people dead this year in Mexico is spreading deep into the United States, leaving a trail of slayings, kidnappings and other crimes in at least 195 cities as far afield as Atlanta, Boston, Seattle and Honolulu, according to federal authorities...

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Source: la times

Mexico Cartels Bring Drug Wars and Death To the U.S.

Oscar Reynoso was found by police in a home in suburban Atlanta. Authorities say cartel members had chained and tortured Reynoso over a $300,000 drug debt.

Last month federal authorities in Atlanta announced indictments against 41 people they said were trafficking drugs and laundering money for Mexican cartels. Among those netted in Operation Pay Cut were a former deputy sheriff from Texas who was stopped on a Georgia highway with nearly $1 million in cash in his pickup.

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PBS Discussion: Drug Cartels


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