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Mexico Plan Adds Police To Take On Drug Cartels

Jul. 11, 2008
MEXICO CITY, July 10 -- The Mexican government plans to nearly double the size of its federal police force in order to reduce the role of the military in combating drug trafficking, under a confidential anti-narcotics strategy that officials made available Thursday.
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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Journalists are increasingly among the casualties of the drug cartel wars in Mexico, with 28 killed and eight missing since 2000, a reporters' group says.

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LYON, France, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Interpol is sending a team of authorities to Mexico to investigate whether its communications system and databases are being used legitimately.

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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- The deadly drug gang turf wars that have claimed 4,000 lives so far this year in Mexico have spread to cities across the United States, officials say.

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MEXICO CITY, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Mexican authorities say they have struck twin blows against the country's violent drug gangs by seizing a huge weapons cache and arresting a key gang figure.

Reputed drug lord won't face extradition

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- It could be years before U.S. officials get a chance to try reputed Mexican drug lord Eduardo Arellano Felix for breaking American laws, officials say.

Mexican anti-drug officials arrested

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Mexico says it is cleaning house in its attorney general's office after five anti-drug officials were arrested for secretly working with drug cartels.
Rice goes to Mexico to discuss drug wars

Rice goes to Mexico to discuss drug wars

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Improved cross-border cooperation in drug wars topped discussions between U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her counterpart in Mexico.

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TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Five more bodies were found in Tijuana, Mexico, last weekend, adding to the growing death toll from a drug gang war raging in the border city, officials said.

Mexico drug slayings show cartel's woes

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- The slayings of 57 gang members in Tijuana, Mexico, in recent weeks is a sign of the breakup of the city's Arellano Felix drug organization, authorities say.

Drug trade makes Mexicans want to leave

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 22 (UPI) -- More than a third of residents have thought about leaving Mexico because of the drug cartels, a survey released Monday indicates.

Mexican cartels growing pot in U.S.

CHICAGO, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Mexican drug cartels, finding it harder to smuggle in marijuana, are growing more of their crops in the United States, officials say.

Court upholds Mexico City abortion law

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Mexican Supreme Court has upheld a law permitting abortion in Mexico City, El Universal newspaper reported online Thursday.

Mexico battles drug addiction

MEXICO CITY, July 28 (UPI) -- Health officials report drug addiction is a growing problem in Mexico since the government's crackdown on cartels and stepped-up U.S. border enforcement.

Mexico: Federal police commander killed

MEXICO CITY, June 26 (UPI) -- A top police commander was killed in Mexican City Thursday, the latest in a series of police killings amid a federal effort to clamp down on drug gangs.

New accord aims to stop gun smuggling

DALLAS, June 11 (UPI) -- Customs officials from the United States and Mexico unveiled a plan to stem the cross-border flow of weapons that end up in the hands of Mexican drug dealers.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors. UPI/Kevin Dietsch