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..."

Mexican mayor shot dead

Mexican mayor shot dead: A mayor in a Mexican town was shot dead by gunmen, authorities said....

Top Mexican drug lord killed in clash with army

The death of Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel near the city of Guadalajara is the biggest strike yet against the Sinaloa cartel...

29 inmates killed in Mexico prison

At least 29 inmates were killed Monday as rival gangs clashed inside a prison in a cartel-plagued Mexican state, authorities said...

The FBI is on alert for the biggest Mob reunion of all time..

The FBI is on alert for the biggest Mob reunion of all time with six of the world’s most powerful Mafia bosses due to be paroled within months of each other..

All of them held key roles in New York’s five criminal “families” before being jailed for racketeering, extortion, conspiracy to murder and loan sharking. At least a dozen more underlings will also be freed this year..

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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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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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