Former Mexican President Urges Truce With Cartels, Amnesty
Former Mexican President Urges Truce With Cartels, Amnesty
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Gasoline Attack Kills 53 at Mexican Casino
Gunmen burst into a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, Thursday night, spraying the carpets with gasoline and setting it on fire. 53 were killed and the death toll is expect to rise. Drug cartels in Mexico's violence-plagued north often threaten business owners for...
Mexico Blocks US Extradition of ‘Drug Queen’
A Mexican "drug queen" acquitted of actual drug charges will not be extradited to the US, a Mexican federal court ruled today. Sandra Ávila Beltrán was cleared in December but held until the justice system could decide whether or not she would be sent to the US over a...
CIA, DEA, Contractors Operate Secretly Inside Mexico
Mexican law prohibits foreign armed forces to operate within the country without Congressional approval, but a new report claims that the United States has agents inside the country fighting in the "war on drugs," and is planning to send even more as private...
Texas Gov: US Should Consider Invading Mexico
Texas Gov: US Should Consider Invading Mexico | Focus on ‘border security,’ drugs behind call for troops
Pentagon Estimates Drug Cartels ‘On Par’ With Mexican Army
As the bloody drug war between the Mexican government and the assorted drug cartels along the US border continues to escalate, one US Defense Department official has revealed that the Pentagon estimates that the cartels have at their disposal over 100,000 troops,...
Gates: US Military Can Help Mexico in Drug War
In an interview today on NBC, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said that the US is in position to provide more help to the Mexican government to continue its fighting against drug cartels along the two nations' border. Gates declared the drug war "a serious problem,"...
US Military Warns of Sudden Collapse of Mexico
America's Joint Forces Command issued their annual "Joint Operating Environment" report, which projects future wars and other potential global threats. This year, the report pointed to two nations which may undergo a "rapid and sudden collapse." One, unsurprisingly,...
