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3 teens now charged in Texas informant killing

Aug. 12, 2009
Three teenagers, including a U.S. Army soldier, are charged with capital murder for their roles in the contract killing of a Mexican drug cartel lieutenant who was also cooperating with U.S. authorities, police said Wednesday. Army Pfc. Michael Jackson...
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Mexican soldiers nab suspected drug lord

MEXICO CITY, May 22 (UPI) -- Mexican soldiers have apprehended a suspected drug lord who has a $1 million price on his head, federal authorities say.

Top drug cartel suspect arrested

MEXICO CITY, May 20 (UPI) -- A top Mexican drug cartel suspect was arrested with a dozen accomplices at an airport in northern Mexico, the country's military authorities said.

Mexico: Drug cartel head captured

MEXICO CITY, March 25 (UPI) -- Mexico has arrested a man suspected of being a major player in one of the country's largest drug cartels, authorities said.

U.S. arrests 755 from Mexican drug cartel

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- U.S. officials announced Wednesday they had arrested 755 suspects in a nationwide crackdown on a major Mexican drug cartel.

Alleged Mexican cartel leader arrested

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- An alleged leader in a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested and cash, weapons, cars and drugs seized, the Mexican military said.

Mexico: Former top drug official busted

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Mexico's former top anti-drug official has been accused of accepting nearly half a million dollars in bribes from drug cartel leaders.

Mexican drug cartel leader heading to U.S.

MEXICO CITY, June 25 (UPI) -- Mexico agreed Wednesday to extradite a leading drug kingpin to the United States where he faces trafficking charges, officials said.

Mexican drug cartel menaces police chiefs

WASHINGTON, May 15 (UPI) -- Drug cartel attacks against Mexican police have become so violent and common some Mexican police chiefs are said to be seeking asylum in the United States.

Mexico detains American cartel head

TIJUANA, Mexico, March 12 (UPI) -- Mexican police say they have arrested an American man believed to have taken over leadership of a major Mexican drug cartel.

Alleged cartel weapons found in Texas

LAREDO, Texas, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. authorities have confiscated a large weapons cache near the Mexican border allegedly belonging to Mexican drug cartels, El Universal reported Saturday.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic