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Mexico's Ex Security Chief Convicted In US For Protecting El Chapo
Genaro Garcia Luna, once in charge of Mexico's battle to root out illegal narcotics and vanquish drug kingpins, was convicted for secretly providing years of protection to "El Chapo" and the Sinaloa cartel.
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Race For Mexico's "Cocaine Of The Sea" Pushes 2 Species Toward Extinction
Half a world away, off the coast of Mexico, poachers battling each other for this "cocaine of the sea" are using drug cartel-like tactics to get it -- pushing two species toward extinction and leaving ordinary fishermen fighting to survive.
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Hidden Tunnel Used By El Chapo As Marines Opened Fire To Get Him
A mirror inside a closet concealed the last tunnel that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman used to flee as marines battled his henchmen before his recapture.
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Gun Battles Rock Mexican Border City
Gunfights erupted in broad daylight Friday in a Mexican city across the US border plagued by drug cartel violence and several vehicles, including a school bus, were set on fire.
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15 Mexican Police Killed in Gang Ambush
Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war.
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Shootouts claim 14 lives in northern Mexican border city
At least 14 people were killed in a series of shootouts in the northern Mexican border city of Reynosa on Tuesday as gunmen battled police in a region racked by violence between warring drug gangs.
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Ten killed in battles between armed groups in Mexico: reports
Ten people were reported killed in clashes on Sunday between armed groups in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, which is plagued by battles between rival drug gangs.
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Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with in a scene befitting the hit movie "Miss Bala," or "Miss Bullet," about Mexico's not uncommon ties between narcos and beautiful pageant contestants.
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Mexico says it killed top Zetas drug lord but body snatched
Mexico says it has killed Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang and the most powerful kingpin to fall in a six-year battle against cartels, but in a surreal twist his body was snatched from a funeral home by armed men.
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Mexico's top Cabinet secretary, 7 others die in helicopter crash
Mexico's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in the country's battle with drug cartels, died on Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderon said was probably an accident.
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28 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico
Fierce fighting among apparent rival drug gangs in western Mexico bloodied one highway with 28 dead, while in a nearby state more than 700 people huddled in shelters after fleeing villages that had become battlegrounds.The violence, which appeared to be unrelated, escalated Wednesday in the western states of Nayarit and Michoacan, where drug cartel...
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Mexico massacre: 72 bodies found piled in a room
Mexico's navy on Thursday released footage of the location where the bodies of 72 people were discovered on Tuesday in the northern state of Tamaulipas close to the US border.A wounded Ecuadorean survivor said the massacre had been carried out by a Mexican drugs cartel.The injured man escaped and stumbled to a highway checkpoint where he alerted ma...
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Mexico's Ex Security Chief Convicted In US For Protecting El Chapo
Genaro Garcia Luna, once in charge of Mexico's battle to root out illegal narcotics and vanquish drug kingpins, was convicted for secretly providing years of protection to "El Chapo" and the Sinaloa cartel.
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Race For Mexico's "Cocaine Of The Sea" Pushes 2 Species Toward Extinction
Half a world away, off the coast of Mexico, poachers battling each other for this "cocaine of the sea" are using drug cartel-like tactics to get it -- pushing two species toward extinction and leaving ordinary fishermen fighting to survive.
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Hidden Tunnel Used By El Chapo As Marines Opened Fire To Get Him
A mirror inside a closet concealed the last tunnel that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman used to flee as marines battled his henchmen before his recapture.
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Gun Battles Rock Mexican Border City
Gunfights erupted in broad daylight Friday in a Mexican city across the US border plagued by drug cartel violence and several vehicles, including a school bus, were set on fire.
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15 Mexican Police Killed in Gang Ambush
Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war.
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Shootouts claim 14 lives in northern Mexican border city
At least 14 people were killed in a series of shootouts in the northern Mexican border city of Reynosa on Tuesday as gunmen battled police in a region racked by violence between warring drug gangs.
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Ten killed in battles between armed groups in Mexico: reports
Ten people were reported killed in clashes on Sunday between armed groups in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, which is plagued by battles between rival drug gangs.
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Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
A 20-year-old state beauty queen died in a gun battle between soldiers and the alleged gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with in a scene befitting the hit movie "Miss Bala," or "Miss Bullet," about Mexico's not uncommon ties between narcos and beautiful pageant contestants.
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Mexico says it killed top Zetas drug lord but body snatched
Mexico says it has killed Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of the brutal Zetas drug gang and the most powerful kingpin to fall in a six-year battle against cartels, but in a surreal twist his body was snatched from a funeral home by armed men.
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Mexico's top Cabinet secretary, 7 others die in helicopter crash
Mexico's top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in the country's battle with drug cartels, died on Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderon said was probably an accident.
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28 dead, 700 flee as gang battles hit west Mexico
Fierce fighting among apparent rival drug gangs in western Mexico bloodied one highway with 28 dead, while in a nearby state more than 700 people huddled in shelters after fleeing villages that had become battlegrounds.The violence, which appeared to be unrelated, escalated Wednesday in the western states of Nayarit and Michoacan, where drug cartel...
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Mexico massacre: 72 bodies found piled in a room
Mexico's navy on Thursday released footage of the location where the bodies of 72 people were discovered on Tuesday in the northern state of Tamaulipas close to the US border.A wounded Ecuadorean survivor said the massacre had been carried out by a Mexican drugs cartel.The injured man escaped and stumbled to a highway checkpoint where he alerted ma...
