Mexico's drug war
Uruguay Congress debates bill to regulate legal marijuana use
MONTEVIDEO - Legislators in Uruguay hotly debated on Wednesday a measure backed by leftist President Jose Mujica that would create a government body to control the cultivation and sale of marijuana and allow people to grow it at home or as part of smoking clubs.
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Mexican vice admiral ambushed, killed in drug war hot spot
MEXICO CITY - A Mexican vice admiral was killed on Sunday in an ambush on a rural road in the western state of Michoacan, where the president has sent military forces to regain control of areas dominated by waring drug gangs.
Gangs have won parts of troubled Mexican region: president
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has said that organized crime has gained the upper hand in a violent part of the country, in unusually frank comments about the difficulties his government is facing to subdue powerful drug cartels.
Obama says capture of cartel boss shows Mexico serious about drug fight
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that Mexico's capture of the leader of a notorious drug cartel provided reassurance that President Enrique Pena Nieto's commitment to fighting drug trafficking was solid.
Analysis: Drug kingpin's capture spurs hope Mexico can subdue violent cartels
MEXICO CITY - The dramatic capture of the boss of the Zetas drug cartel provides fresh evidence that Mexican authorities are starting to win their protracted fight against a gang that has done more than any other to stain the country's name with its brutality.
Mexico captures leader of brutal Zetas drug cartel
MEXICO CITY - The Mexican government said on Monday it captured the brutal leader of the Zetas drug cartel in an early-morning raid, marking the biggest victory for President Enrique Pena Nieto in his fight against gang violence. | Video
Latin American nations fuming over NSA spying allegations
BRASILIA - Irate Latin American nations are demanding explanations from the United States about new allegations that it spied on both allies and foes in the region with secret surveillance programs.
Mexican president says possible U.S. spying 'totally unacceptable'
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Wednesday that if allegations were proven that the United States had spied on its southern neighbor, it would be "totally unacceptable."
Remains of kidnapped journalist believed found in Honduras
TEGUCIGALPA - Honduran police said on Tuesday they believe a severed head and other body parts found in a region of the country ravaged by Mexican drug cartels belong to a popular television journalist kidnapped last month.
Latin American nations fuming over NSA spying allegations
BRASILIA - Irate Latin American nations are demanding explanations from the United States about new allegations that it spied on both allies and foes in the region with secret surveillance programs.
Drug warriors fail Ciudad Juarez
Official corruption at all levels has fanned violence in Ciudad Juarez, with local and federal police and soldiers complicit in, or actually committing, many crimes. Full Article
BATTLES ON U.S.-MEXICO BORDER
U.S. military unit hunts Mexico drug gangs
A specialized U.S. military task force is using battlefield technology to help federal police hunt drug traffickers slipping over the Mexico border in hard-to-detect ultralight aircraft. Full Article
HIGH-TECH WAR
Mexico drug gangs use high-tech tunnels
In the past five years, a crackdown on smugglers in Mexico and tighter U.S. border security above ground has led to an increase in the use, and the sophistication, of border tunnels. Full Article




