News from around the world regarding the Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico drug war
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"... cartels have now forged alliances with American street gangs, giving these drug cartels a deep reach into American life and through that alliance with our gangs that gives them control over most of the $300 to $500 billion American drug trade, the largest in the world. These cartels have become a global crime corporation with an international reach of illegal franchises spanning the world." Michael Webster, American Chronicle
08/26/08 Drug Cartels Threaten To Take-Over Mexico: Is The U.S. Next? Dave Gibson, American Chronicle
08/14/08 Escalating violence is a "perverse sign of success"; Kidnapping wave in Mexico linked to drug trade,
David Montero, Christian Science Monitor
07/14/08 Violence hitting Mexico's civilians: Recent attacks are a troubling sign innocents aren't off-limits
Houston Chronicle
06/14/08 Officers' killings, graft shake Mexico drug war; Gangs, cartels take advantage of undertrained, poorly paid police, Dudley Althaus, Houston Chronicle
06/09/08 Violent crime up in El Paso, Martin Bartlett, KVIA-ABC7
06/09/08 Feds take over emergency airwaves after interference, Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times
06/09/08 Cartels driven by desire for big payoff, Chris Roberts, El Paso Times
06/08/08 Bordering on Fear: Violence has El Paso on edge, Ramon Bracamontes, El Paso Times 06/08/08 U.S. lawmakers try to save Mexican drug fight plan, Gabriela Lopez, Reuters
06/06/08 Editorial: Congress must help Mexico fight gangs, San Antonio Express-News
06/03/08 Mexican Drug War Rages On, National Public Radio (NPR) The Bryant Project interview with El Paso Times reporter Ramon Bracamontes
06/04/08 Hitmen kill married police couple on Mexico border, Reuters
06/02/08 The Drug Wars in Mexico Won't Stop at the USA Border, Jerry Brewer, Mexidata.info
05/28/08 Cartel drug war spreads to cyberspace, Bruce Daniels, Albuquerque Journal Online Edition
05/28/08 Mexican Drug Cartels threaten the United States, Michael Webster, American Chronicle
05/28/08 Drug lords turn tables in Mexico with lists of wanted police chiefs, David Osborne, The Independent U.K.
05/28/08 Mexico says bloodshed shows progress vs drug cartels, Reuters
05/05/08 The Mexican drug cartels update, May 2008 - Michael Webster, Investigative reporter, Right Side News
04/24/08 Senior official says Zetas battling for Juarez, Louie Gilot and Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times
02/19/08 Juarez drug gang forms alliances to control border, Olga R. Rodriguez,
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