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| Police: 14 killed in Juarez attacks CNN Juarez, one of Mexico's most violent cities, shares a border with El Paso, Texas. The border city has become a symbol of the brutal realities of the nation's drug war, which has claimed about 43000 lives since President Felipe Calderon declared a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gun Law-Enforcement Operation Called 'Reckless' by Holder BusinessWeek 8 (Bloomberg) -- A US law enforcement operation to track guns shipped illegally to Mexico was “reckless” and the tactics used weren't approved by the Mexican government, Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers. Holder made the comments today in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| El Paso Is Tops Again On The Low-Crime Cities List Texas Tribune El Paso Mayor John Cook has touted his city's safety and railed against politicians and journalists who warn of spillover violence from Mexico and talk about sending military to the border. Sheriff Richard Wiles, the former police chief told The Texas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Leader of Zapata Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Organization Convicted 7thSpace Interactive (press release) In addition to being responsible for transporting drugs, he also admitted he used a residence on Falcon Lake to store the marijuana after it had been smuggled from Mexico into the United States. This marijuana would normally be ferried across the lake ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US, Canada Announce Trade, Security Deals The Lincoln Tribune The United States and Canada have announced deals to ease the flow of trade between them and improve security on their common border. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper met Wednesday at the White House. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rudy's Mexican Grill Celebrates Sixth Anniversary Patch.com "I serve food from seven regions in Mexico," said Garza, who grew up in south Texas. Within the last year, Garza added a full-service bar to Rudy's. "Everybody's talking about our new margarita menu," Garza said. "We offer 11 different margaritas, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| When it comes to Israel, why is the world silent? Chicago Tribune Not because of some natural disaster or a nuclear or chemical accident, because groups in Mexico have purchased and are firing thousands of deadly missiles at Texans across the border. Sometimes a school is hit, sometimes a grocery store, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| EDITORIAL: Colonia gas: New program applauded Middle East North Africa Financial Network A colonia is the Spanish word for colony, and usually describes rural settlements along the US-Mexico border. They are generally defined as clusters of poorly built homes with inadequate infrastructure. We still have some in El Paso. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Congressman Working on Legislation to Classify Cartels as Terrorists KRGV “They are in control of Mexico, and I think it's time to really start ramping up our efforts to go after them,” says McCaul. Two retired military generals offered the same recommendation earlier this year. The generals studied Texas border security and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| George Courtney McCarty Amarillo.com In 1953, he became the head basketball coach at Texas Western College, now UTEP, and won several Border Conference Championships. American players at a time when all-”white” college sports teams were common. Charles Brown was the first African-American ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UFC 140: Jones Vs. Machida Predictions & Analysis Camel Clutch Blog (blog) Walel “The Gazelle” Watson is an American fighter from El Paso, Texas. Watson is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Muay Thai fighter from the Team Hurricane Awesome Gym in San Diego California. Watson made his professional debut in Mexico and fought several of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Lead From Old US Batteries Sent to Mexico Raises Risks Gainesville Sun In Mexico, a truck from Texas was impounded in October after a border agent noticed it was dripping acid. It contained 1800 spent batteries. The truck's paperwork indicated that it was heading for a licensed recycler, but the driver told the police he ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Americans drive through Mexican border for Gas | TruckerSteve.ORG By admin Cardenas says that these drivers are here for a bargain, because when gas hit a record high north of the border in Mexico, gas is still cheap. Laredo, Texas, a gallon of regular was 0.95, but just across the river is over a dollar cheaper per ... TruckerSteve.ORG | ||
| Family Of Girl Who Predicted Her Own Death On Facebook Feared ... Before they met their tragic end, the family had moved to a rundown trailer near the Texas-Mexico border where her struggle to feed the children led her to the standoff in the welfare office over food stamps. PHOTOS: Most Notorious American ... Radar Online | ||
| Immigration falls as campaign border rhetoric soars By Julian Aguilar Julian Aguilar The Texas Tribune. Campaign rhetoric ... While presidential candidates talk about how to secure the U.S.-Mexico border, data reveals that their focus should be on other problems caused by illegal immigration. Apprehensions by ... All Headlines | TucsonSentinel.com |
| Wanted Breckenridge attorney who disappeared in 2007 arrested at US-Mexico border Denver Post Then Wednesday, Daniel arrived by bus from an unknown location in Mexico at the US border, where he walked into a pedestrian checkpoint. At about 11:40 am, he was asked for his passport at the San Ysidro port of entry, said Angelica De Cima, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Arrests on US-Mexico Border Hit Lowest Levels in Three Decades About - News & Issues By Dan Moffett, About.com Guide December 8, 2011 Federal authorities report that the number of illegal immigrants arrested along the US-Mexico border has fallen to its lowest level since the 1970s. US Border Patrol officials say they arrested 327577 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| X-ray found drugs hidden in nacho cheese cans, officials say Los Angeles Times Customs officials said their practice of X-raying suspicious products crossing the US-Mexico border helped them discover illegal drugs that smugglers hid in cans of jalapeno peppers and cheese sauce earlier this week. Officials said the case began when ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US Attorney General Faces Critics Mexico Gun Operation Voice of America Holder made clear Thursday that the controversial tactic known as "gun-walking", where US law enforcement officials allowed suspects to take guns across the border into Mexico in an effort to track and arrest top arms and drug traffickers, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US says anti-drug aid to Mexico is an alliance against crime Fox News Mexico City – US assistance to Mexico's battle against drug cartels "is not a handout" but rather an alliance against organized crime, Washington's envoy here said upon delivering a fourth Blackhawk helicopter as part of the Merida Initiative. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Counting the cost of Mexico's drug violence BBC News Others believe the government has been too narrow in its definitions and the total could be approaching 60000. Where do the cartels get their guns and their money from? And which Mexican states are the worst affected? See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Honduras' Impending Existential Threat Honduras Weekly Part of the explanation for the rise in killings and other forms of violence is the invasion of Honduras by foreign drug cartels, primarily from Mexico. Because of the Mexican government's declared war against cartels such as Sinaloa and the Zetas ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lopez Obrador promises different path for violence-torn Mexico Middle East North Africa Financial Network Mexico City, Dec 10, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who will make another run for the Mexican presidency in the July 2012 elections, promised to lift the country out of drug-war chaos and spur economic development by ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexican armored-car industry grows 10 pct in 2011 Fox News ... 10 millimeters (2/5 of an inch) thick and sheets of polyvinyl. Drug-related violence over the past five years in Mexico has left nearly 50000 dead and shootouts between drug cartel enforcers and security forces in public places have become commonplace. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Bolivian Government Reinforces Anti Drug Fight Prensa Latina Questioned by press reporters about a report of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which mentioned operations of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels in Bolivia, Garcia referred this Friday to the statements made by UN representative against ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran, Hezbollah Tentacles Reaching Latin America Christian Broadcasting Network US law enforcement officials fear Hezbollah is sharing some of those same techniques with Mexican drug cartels along America's southern border. Mexican authorities arrested a Hezbollah operative last year for attempting to establish a large network in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Prosecutor: Surveillance footage no help in solving case of heroin missing ... Chicago Tribune The heroin is tied to a drug case against Jose Zamago-Pena, accused of transporting drugs for a Mexican cartel using a semi with California plates. Zamago-Pena listened to a Spanish translator as Knick dropped his objection to releasing the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Commentary Michael Costello With Obama, it's see no evil Lewiston Morning Tribune (subscription) So now, the Obama administration has been exposed for laundering Mexican drug cartel profits. When will enough be enough? Combined with what we already knew about the administration's gun smuggling program, it's quite clear that this regime has ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Airline baggage ripe for rifling, and smuggling San Antonio Express When federal investigators announced they had broken up a cocaine-trafficking ring, the crime boss was not a member of a Mexican cartel or the Mafia. The ringleader was Victor Bourne, a low-wage baggage handler for American Airlines at Kennedy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gunwalker goes “legal” … again Hot Air In 2006, this same kind of rifle — tracked by serial number — is legally sold by a US manufacturer to the Mexican military. Three years later — it's found in a criminal stash in a region wracked by Mexican drug cartel violence. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Texas man sentenced for illegal gun buys Austin American-Statesman ... about 220 firearms at gun shows in San Antonio and Austin. Investigators say the 50-year-old was a straw purchaser, a person who buys guns for other individuals. So-called "straw purchases" are commonly used to get weapons to Mexico's drug cartels. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The peril of 'smart' politicians New York Post ... so smart — was elected along with big majorities in Congress and brought in his highly educated advisers, and the result is high unemployment and out-of-control debt . . . plus, for some reason, he sold guns to Mexican drug cartels. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deneen Borelli on "Fast and Furious" Scandal Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog (blog) ... Holder should “produce the documents or step down” with regard to the Department of Justice's missteps in the failed “Operation Fast and Furious” sting that allowed guns to be smuggled to Mexican drug cartels under the watch of the US government. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico Busts Drug Cartels' Private Phone Networks North Country Public Radio by Jason Beaubien Dec 9, 2011 (All Things Considered) — Mexico's military recently dismantled phone networks that drug cartels were using in northern Mexico to assist with their smuggling operations. A number of telecommunications workers have been ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GOP candidates hail NLRB's decision to drop Boeing suit msnbc.com Regardless, nothing is more inexcusable, more vile, more despicable than Obama, the President of the United States, his administration wantonly and capriciously selling 2500 assault rifles to drug cartels, animals responsible for thousands of murders, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| EDITORIAL: Let's make Christmas about peace Dallas Baptist Standard Brutality spawned by drug cartels has frightened visitors out of many regions of Mexico. Closer to home, daily news reports describe domestic abuse, shootings and road rage. This fall, our hearts broke as we learned how respected members of communities ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| State Troopers Getting More Firepower for River KRGV That's when smugglers will drive over the river bank to float their drugs back into Mexico. The troopers will join Border Patrol agents and game wardens. Those two agencies already have a heavy presence on the river and on Zapata County's Falcon Lake. See all stories on this topic » |
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| Mexico busts drug cartels' private phone networks | 89.3 KPCC By Jason Beaubien | NPR The Mexican military has recently broken up several secret telecommunications networks that were built and controlled by drug cartels so they could coordinate drug shipments, monitor their rivals and orchestrate attacks on the security forces. KPCC: Latest News | ||
| Virtual Mirage: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? By LL Particularly when they don't even attempt to track the weapons that they sold to Mexican drug cartels. The "Fast & Furious" scandal is getting messier and messier. New e-mails finally released late this past Friday reveal that the Department of ... Virtual Mirage | ||
| VIDEO: Who is winning Mexico's drugs war? | Odd Onion By admin VIDEO: Who is winning Mexico's drugs war? December 10, 2011. By admin. Five years ago, Mexico President Felipe Calderon launched a war on drug cartels. Since then at least 40000 people have been killed in drug-related crimes, ... Odd Onion | ||
| The Pajamahadin: Add Money Laundering To Eric Holder's Rap Sheet By Michael So now, the Obama administration has been exposed for laundering Mexican drug cartel profits. When will enough be enough? Combined with what we already knew about the administration's gun smuggling program, it's quite clear that this ... The Pajamahadin | ||
| M.E.Terrorists Plan U.S. Attack From Mexico | Ya Libnan | World ... By syh A segment is dedicated to the connection between Mexican drug cartels and the foiled plot to murder the Saudi ambassador in Washington D.C. a few months ago. One of the Iranians charged had been ordered by that country's Special ... Ya Libnan | ||
| Spooky Georgia Socialist-Democrat Blames Eric Holder's Fast and ... By Barry Secrest ... Eric Holder was testifying before the committee about Fast and Furious — a Justice Department program where Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents facilitated the sale of about 2000 guns to Mexican drug cartels. ... Conservative Refocus News | ||
| Obama Department Of Justice Personnel Ought To Be Impeached ... By Michael Eden Starting With Eric Holder. Barack Obama and Eric Holder have murdered more than 200 people – including a U.S. Border Patrol agent – by literally giving the Mexican drug cartels thousands of guns. Behavior by Department of Justice Officials ... Start Thinking Right | ||
| The Fast And Furious Fairies of Never-Never Land By Vanguard of Freedom ... of narco-terrorists against a severely unqualified, incompetent, naive, unprepared, improperly led, spineless Justice Department, which has been no match for a heavily financed, heavily armed, determined force of Mexican Drug Cartels. ... 2012 Campaign Trail Report | ||
| U.S. Sale of Legal Firearms Destined for Cartels Overshadows Fast ... By sakerfa (KurtNimmo) – A CBS report on December 6 reveals that the U.S. government has legally sold thousands of weapons to the Mexican government and the firearms have ended up in the hands of the country's violent drug cartels. ... Dprogram.net | ||
| Border Lines: Border Security is Food Security in Texas, & Public ... By Tom Barry Explaining why his department has taken on the border security issue, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples asserts “violent Mexican drug cartels are invading Texas farms and ranches, threatening the lives of our fellow citizens and ... Border Lines | ||
| Eric Holder Lied Again | RedState By littletboca (Diary) Today Holder admitted under oath that he hasn't handed over all requested documents; he also admitted many have and will be harmed from the guns that walked across our border into the hands of the Mexican drug cartel. But in a scramble ... littletboca's Diary | ||
| John Conyers | Operation Fast and Furious | Outrageous | The Daily ... By Michelle Fields Holder testified before the Judiciary Committee on Thursday about Fast and Furious, the program that facilitated the sale of thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels. (RELATED: Full coverage of Operation Fast and Furious). Conyers called ... The Daily Caller | ||
| Saturday, December 10, 2011 - GUN WATCH By jonjayray ... congressman is launching a new House committee investigation into the Fast and Furious gun trafficking sting operation that was designed to trace the route of U.S. weapons from U.S. gun dealers into the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Rep ... GUN WATCH |
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| War News Updates: President: Mexico's Drug Cartel War Is ... REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- President Felipe Calderon acknowledged Sunday that despite five years of battling drug cartels, criminals today pose "an ... warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/.../president-mexicos-drug-cart... | ||
| Cartel Tells Scary Stories About the Mexican Drug Cartels | Doug ... Cartel Tells Scary Stories About the Mexican Drug Cartels. November 29, 2011 in Book Reviews. Sylvia Longmire worked as a senior intelligence analyst for the ... dougcornelius.com/.../cartel-tells-scary-stories-about-the-mexi... | ||
| US Government Launders Drug Money for Mexican Cartels US Government Launders Drug Money for Mexican Cartels. Fast & Furious worked out so well, the Obama Misadministration is applying a similar strategy to the ... moonbattery.com/?p=5354 |
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| High Tide: From Blago Coverage To Suggestions From India's Lokpal Panel Wall Street Journal (blog) ... William Boyland Jr. Texas Sen. John Cornyn is questioning the use of an alleged sting operation in which US narcotics agents laundered drug proceeds for Mexican drug cartels in hopes of tracing the money up the organizations' chain of command. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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| Congress Probes DEA Drug Money Laundering Scheme The New American “It also appears as though these American agents, posing as smugglers, assisted Mexican drug cartels in their illicit and deadly drug trade,” Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigating ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico's Drug Lords: Too Big to Fail? InSight Crime There are individuals who cannot be easily and safely held in a Mexican prison. In summary, I am in favor of the government's strategy of targeting cartel leaders, and will rejoice the day in which they capture “Lazcano,” “Treviño,” “Mayo Zambada,” “La ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexican drug lord gets 18-plus years in US prison | The Republic The Republic AP SAN ANTONIO — A Mexican drug cartel kingpin who fought extradition to the US for eight years has been sentenced to 18 1/2 years in federal prison on drug and racketeering charges. Federal authorities in San Antonio said Thursday that Juan Jose ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bust topples alleged cocaine distribution organization; drug task force search ... Times-Standard According to the US Department of Justice National Drug Intelligence Center's 2011 National Drug Threat Assessment, there are seven Mexican drug cartels operating in the United States, including three -- the Sinaloa, Juarez and Tijuana cartels -- that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Calderón visits Mexican border town ravaged by cartel violence San Antonio Express The Zetas drug cartel, at war with the Gulf Cartel that spawned it, had control of the city, a choice location for staging drug shipments to a remote part of South Texas. Despite the eventual arrival of the Mexican military and a return to relative ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trucker sentenced in historic cash seizure Knoxville News Sentinel That co-defendant, Armando Guzman-Villegas, was captured on wire taps ordered up by authorities in California in conversations that definitively linked him to a California-based probe of a drug trafficking conspiracy between Mexican cartel members and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Three Arrested for Massacre in Western Mexico Latin American Herald Tribune GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Authorities in the western state of Jalisco announced the arrest of three drug cartel enforcers in connection with last month's slaughter of 26 people whose bodies were dumped in Mexico's second-most-populous city. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Violence Drives Exodus from Monterrey, Once Mexico's Business Capital Fox News Though not immune to drug crime, the capital has avoided Monterrey's main problems: various high-profile killings; narcobloqueos, traffic blockades orchestrated by cartel members; and anything comparable to the city's Casino Royale fire, which killed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Armed Societies, Another Tragedy for Women Inter Press Service IPS discussed the impact on women of the proliferation of small arms with experts from three countries with high levels of violence that have different causes: Mexico, which is overrun by drug cartels; Pakistan, a hotbed of political and religious ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Task Force busts suspected cocaine dealer Times-Standard Serving two search warrants simultaneously Wednesday night in Arcata, the task force seized approximately 13 ounces of cocaine authorities believe was imported into the United States by a Mexican drug cartel. Arrested at the two scenes were Hector ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Member of Mexican peace movement found dead, 2 others missing Fox News The strategy has led to headline-grabbing captures of cartel kingpins, but drug-related violence has skyrocketed and claimed nearly 50000 lives nationwide during Calderon's tenure, which began in December 2006. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Four dead as Mexico gunmen attack ambulance Wikinews ... the most significant locations in the Mexican Drug War, which was launched by Felipe Calderón, the current President of Mexico, in 2006. Since then, about thirty thousand deaths have been recorded as Calderón has proceeded against the drug cartels. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mexico's Calderon Talks up Narco Threat to Elections InSight Crime That's not to suggest that the organized crime won't play a role on July 1. In addition to the presidential contest, there are, after all, dozens of state and local elections that offer easier targets for Mexico's drug gangs. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pay no attention to the the jack-booted thugs breaking down your door Drug WarRant Wondering whether or not it may be wise to maintain your affiliation to any one of the estimated sixteen currently-active Mexican Drug Cartels? Then maybe you should consider the following information very carefully: As a gesture of good will vis-à-vis ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Selling the Drug War for $3 Billion? How the Pentagon Will Privatize an ... AlterNet Other contracts would include delivery of equipment and training to exchange information on drug trafficking activity. The Mexican government hasn't addressed thus far, the potential presence of private foreign firms teaching on how to patrol the many ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Money Carousel Kyiv Post Maslakov had unwittingly become head of Tormex Limited, a phantom company that investigators suspect laundered money on a global scale, including for Mexican drug cartels. It also actively worked with various Ukrainian businesses, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Violence tops results of Mexico's 5-yr drug war Defiance Crescent News (subscription) But some entire states were controlled by cartels, which benefited from a culture of corruption that dated back decades. Under Mexico's 71 years of single-party rule, traffickers moved drugs and controlled certain states, often making alliances and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Glenn Garvin: In war on drugs, dissent 'unpatriotic The Salinas Californian He did not let a drug smuggler go. He did not even sell guns to the Sinaloa Cartel. (Though, to be fair, that's apparently not a firing offense in the Obama administration.) All he did was express an opinion. ª Last month, former Arizona probation ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 14 dead in Juarez UPI.com ... has dropped since 2010, CNN reported, with the daily homicide rate falling from about eight a day in 2010 to six in 2011. About 43000 people have died throughout Mexico since President Felipe Calderon declared a crackdown on drug cartels in 2006. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trends in US Drug Use Council on Foreign Relations (blog) Just a fraction of these sales then can be linked back to international cartels. When policymakers debate thorny questions of drug use and international drug enforcement, it's wise to remember that cartels, though formidable, are hardly the only ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Too big to hide The Economist (blog) If the claims are true, they mark another example of Mexico's intelligence services' knack for nabbing big-name baddies. A key plank in the country's war on organised crime has been its taking out the heads of the various drug-trafficking “cartels”. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Holder's DOJ aided and abetted the commission of violent crimes against Americans Beaufort Observer The idea was to furnish guns to Mexican drug cartel members knowing that those guns would eventually show up on American streets by being involved in crimes committed here and in Mexico. The idiots at DOJ thought that they could then use the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ex-dictator Manuel Noriega to return to Panama Washington Post Noriega spent 20 years in a Miami prison on drug charges after the 1989 US invasion of Panama, and then was sent to France on charges that he had laundered $3 million for the Medellin cocaine cartel. France has cleared Noriega's return for Sunday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gunmen Attack Ambulance in Mexico, Kill 4 Latin American Herald Tribune ... Mexican states hardest hit by drug-related violence in recent years. Nearly 50000 people have died in the mayhem since President Felipe Calderon militarized the struggle against the nation's heavily armed, well-funded cartels shortly after taking ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| DEA agents laundered drug cartel cash for them « ACGR's "News ... By Harold DEA agents laundered drug cartel cash for them. December 9, 2011. Brasscheck TV. 12/9/2011. Source ….. Whenever you think it's bad, it's worse. The ATF sold guns to the Mexican drug cartels. U.S. Federal agents allowed the Sinaloa cartel ... ACGR's "News with Attitude" | ||
| The Obama regime greatly increased legal gun sales to Mexico ... By Steve Dennis According to this article, in 2006–under President Bush–the State Department sold almost 2500 non-military grade weapons to the Mexican military under the Direct Commercial Sales program and it was estimated that 26% of these weapons ... America's Watchtower | ||
| Congress Adds Money Laundering to Holder Crimes By Conservative Action Alerts Eric Holder actually admitted before Congress on Thursday that: “Over 40000 people in Mexico have died in the last five years due to the fight against the drug cartels.” Yet, under Holder's watch, the ATF delivered almost 2000 guns to the ... Conservative Action Alerts | ||
| BOB OWENS: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION MASSIVELY RELEASED ... By Ruth King In 2006, this same kind of rifle — tracked by serial number — is legally sold by a U.S. manufacturer to the Mexican military. Three years later — it's found in a criminal stash in a region wracked by Mexican drug cartel violence. That prompted a ... RUTHFULLY YOURS | ||
| I might sell a property to the Fresno meth importer By Matt Young My choice is to sell the property to the doctors that give county employees knee replacement every five years, or sell to the meth dealer. Doesn't matter. the county supervisor crooks will deliver the money straight to the Mexican drug cartels, ... Better Economics | ||
| An open letter to my Democratic Congressman on Operation Fast ... By Bob Federal agents acting under the color of law persuaded law-abiding gun dealers to sell firearms to suspected straw purchasers, citizens with clean criminal records purchasing weapons to smuggle to Mexican drug cartels. The operation was ... Bob Owens | ||
| Beers with Demo: Project Gunrunner/Operation Fast and Furious ... By Dean Also, you'd be pleased to know that Holder has admitted the the guns allowed to walk into the hands of Mexican drug cartels will stay there for quite some time. Attorney General Eric Holder suggested Thursday that weapons lost during the ... Beers with Demo | ||
| House Launches Second Corruption Investigation into Holder's ... By Lonely Conservative The latest charges implicate the DEA in providing money laundering services for the Mexican drug cartels. Several former agents have indicated that this practice has occurred since the Reagan administration. Those who support the program ... The Lonely Conservative | ||
| Issa confirms Fast and Furious purpose was US gun ban ... By Editor Darell Issa now confirms that this “Rahm Emanuel” crisis was created by Obama's DOJ so they could cite an increase in American guns used in Mexican drug cartel violence. It backfired. Weapons that the DOJ allowed to be smuggled to the ... USACTION NEWS | ||
| Project Gunrunner Part of Plan to Institute Gun Control By rc6960@live.com (Raven Clabough ) Project Gunrunner, which included Operation Fast and Furious, was a gun-walker scandal in which some 2000 weapons were transferred into the hands of the Mexican-based Sinaloa drug cartel and other criminal organizations and cartels. ... U.S. News | ||
| Congressman attempts to transfer Fast and Furious blame onto NRA ... By Matthew Boyle After asking Holder for the specific number of guns the Justice Department and ATF helped smuggle into the hands of drug cartels — to which Holder responded there were about 2000 — Johnson alleged that the “gun show loophole” was far worse. ... gun dealers, or let's say, how many weapons, how many assault rifles let's just say in a given year are sold to such individuals by unlicensed gun dealers at these gun shows and how many of those end up walking away to Mexico? ... The Daily Caller | ||
| US Attorney General Faces Critics Mexico Gun Operation | The ... By Cindy Saine More than 50 Republican lawmakers want Holder to resign over an operation in which U.S. law enforcement officers allowed suspects to walk off with weapons believed to be heading for the top levels of Mexican drug cartels. "Operation Fast ... The Lincoln Tribune | ||
| Montreal Underworld Figure Faces U.S. Charges - Friends of Ours By BitterQueen The hydroponically-grown pot flowing over the northern border from our Canadian friends is a much higher grade than the roadside weed distributed by the Mexican drug cartels on the southern front. Posted at 07:04 AM in Drug Trafficking, ... Friends of Ours | ||
| Attorney General Holder vows not to quit in gun sting case | The ... By Reuters The 2009-2010 sting, dubbed “Fast and Furious,” involved selling weapons to “straw buyers” and then tracking them as they made their way south of the border to violent Mexican drug cartels, with the goal of finding top cartel leaders. ... The Raw Story |
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| How Mexico's drug cartels profit from flow of guns across the border ... Cartels using US residents to buy guns legally and smuggle them across the border as Mexico pleads with Congress to act, reports Chris McGreal. www.guardian.co.uk/world/.../us-guns-mexico-drug-cartels | ||
| Latest drug tunnel, pot seizures may reflect rise of Sinaloa cartel ... The recent surge in massive shipments could be a sign that Mexico's most powerful organized crime group, the Sinaloa drug cartel, has increased its control of ... articles.latimes.com/2011/dec/.../la-me-border-tunnel-2011120... |
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