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A Mexican Militia, Battling Michoacan Drug Cartel, Has American Roots

allan12 years ago03 mins

By Joshua Partlow Washington Post Staff Writer LA ESTACION, Mexico — Jorge Rios, 11 rifle rounds and a silver cross decorating his black flak jacket, lost his job as a dishwasher in Tucson for driving without a license. Santos Ramos Vargas, at 43 the oldest of this gang, got deported from Menlo Park, Calif., when he…

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Weekend Series on Crime: The Kidnapping Tactics of the Mexican Cartel

allan12 years ago01 mins

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Mexican Drug Cartel Activity in U.S. Said to be Exaggerated in Widely Cited Federal Report

allan12 years ago12 years ago02 mins

By Scott Higham, Sari Horwitz and Steven Rich WASHINGTON –– When Sen. John McCain spoke during an Armed Services Committee hearing last year on security issues in the Western Hemisphere, he relayed a stark warning about the spread of Mexican drug cartels in the United States. “The cartels,” the Arizona Republican said, “now maintain a…

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America’s Drug Appetite Helps Make Honduras One of the Most Dangerous Places on the Globe

allan13 years ago13 years ago08 mins

Ross Parker was chief of the criminal division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit for 8 years and worked as an AUSA for 28 in that office. By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —  I spent last week in Honduras with a couple dozen friends under the watchful and protective eye of…

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America’s Drug Appetite Helps Make Honduras One of the Most Dangerous Places on the Globe

ross13 years ago08 mins

  By Ross Parker ticklethewire.com SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras —  I spent last week in Honduras with a couple dozen friends under the watchful and protective eye of a Honduran woman who has dedicated her life’s work to bettering the lives of the indigenous peasants of her country. Despite State Department warnings we felt safe and…

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Feds: Cartels Relying on Children to Smuggle Drugs

allan13 years ago13 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are alarmed at what appears to be an increase in cartels recruiting children and teenagers to smuggle drugs over the U.S. border, NBC 7 in San Diego reports. Federal agents said children as young as 12 are being used as drug mules. “It shocks me and saddens me that kids…

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DEA Leads Biggest Meth Bust in New York History

allan13 years ago12 years ago01 mins

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com  New York has had its share of big drug busts. But when it comes to methamphetamine, the state has never seen a bigger one than the 50 pounds seized from a boardinghouse in Westchester County, CBS New York reports. The DEA called it the biggest meth bust in New York State history….

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New York Times Editorial: Fast, Furious and Foolish

allan13 years ago13 years ago02 mins

By The New York Times Editorial Page The recklessness of federal officials in their harebrained scheme to assist in illegal gunrunning to Mexican drug cartels was laid bare in a scathing report by the Justice Department’s inspector general. Primary blame for the botched program — known as Operation Fast and Furious — was placed on…

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