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Violence In Mexican Cartel Bastion Claims 150 Lives In A Month
A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.
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Hugs Or Bullets? Mexico Presidential Rivals Spar Over Ways To Curb Violence
Attack violent crime at its roots or go to war with powerful drug cartels? Mexican presidential candidates are offering contrasting strategies to deal with rampant insecurity.
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Mexico's "Weed Nuns" Launch Movement To Take Marijuana Back From Narcos
Due to the constant threat, the "sisters" have learned to be secretive in their business.
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Car With 10 Bodies Found Outside Mexico Town Hall Where Drug Cartels Feud
Ten bodies were found Thursday in a sports utility vehicle left outside a town hall in a northern Mexican state gripped by a turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said.
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Children Among 8 Dead In Mexico Gun Attack
At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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Trump Urges "War" On Mexico Cartels After Americans Killed In Ambush
President Donald Trump urged Mexico Tuesday to "wage war," with US help, on the drug cartels believed to have ambushed a group of American Mormons in northern Mexico, killing nine women and children.
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Mexico Gang War: 19 Bodies Found Hung from Bridge in Grisly Massacre
Nineteen bodies were found Thursday in a turf war between rival drug gangs in the Mexican city of Uruapan, some dismembered and others hanging from bridges, said the state prosecutor.
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In Mexico State Hit By Cartel Wars, Mass Grave With 166 Bodies Found
Mexican authorities discovered at least 166 bodies at a mass grave site in Veracruz state, prosecutors said Thursday, the latest horrifying find in a region hit by bloody drug cartel turf wars
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Five Severed Heads Found On Mexico Taxi
Mexican police found five severed heads on an abandoned taxi in the violent eastern state of Veracruz, authorities said Friday.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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Mexico Quietly Marks 10 Years Of Drug War
Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with murders rising again and the military eager to return to barracks.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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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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Norway Deports Mexican After Nobel Protest
An attorney for the Mexican student who briefly disturbed the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo last week says his client has been deported from Norway.
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Violence In Mexican Cartel Bastion Claims 150 Lives In A Month
A turf war broke out on September 9 between two factions of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's most violent and powerful drug trafficking organizations.
-
Hugs Or Bullets? Mexico Presidential Rivals Spar Over Ways To Curb Violence
Attack violent crime at its roots or go to war with powerful drug cartels? Mexican presidential candidates are offering contrasting strategies to deal with rampant insecurity.
-
Mexico's "Weed Nuns" Launch Movement To Take Marijuana Back From Narcos
Due to the constant threat, the "sisters" have learned to be secretive in their business.
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Car With 10 Bodies Found Outside Mexico Town Hall Where Drug Cartels Feud
Ten bodies were found Thursday in a sports utility vehicle left outside a town hall in a northern Mexican state gripped by a turf war between rival drug cartels, authorities said.
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Children Among 8 Dead In Mexico Gun Attack
At least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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Trump Urges "War" On Mexico Cartels After Americans Killed In Ambush
President Donald Trump urged Mexico Tuesday to "wage war," with US help, on the drug cartels believed to have ambushed a group of American Mormons in northern Mexico, killing nine women and children.
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Mexico Gang War: 19 Bodies Found Hung from Bridge in Grisly Massacre
Nineteen bodies were found Thursday in a turf war between rival drug gangs in the Mexican city of Uruapan, some dismembered and others hanging from bridges, said the state prosecutor.
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In Mexico State Hit By Cartel Wars, Mass Grave With 166 Bodies Found
Mexican authorities discovered at least 166 bodies at a mass grave site in Veracruz state, prosecutors said Thursday, the latest horrifying find in a region hit by bloody drug cartel turf wars
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Five Severed Heads Found On Mexico Taxi
Mexican police found five severed heads on an abandoned taxi in the violent eastern state of Veracruz, authorities said Friday.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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Mexico Quietly Marks 10 Years Of Drug War
Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with murders rising again and the military eager to return to barracks.
-
Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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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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Norway Deports Mexican After Nobel Protest
An attorney for the Mexican student who briefly disturbed the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo last week says his client has been deported from Norway.
