Mexico eyes treatment, not jail, for drug users

Oct. 2, 2008

Mexican President Felipe Calderon has an offer for drug users: Go into rehab, stay out of jail. Calderon sent lawmakers an initiative Thursday that would give people caught with less than 2 grams of marijuana, half a gram of cocaine, 40 milligrams of...

Calderon claims progress in drug war

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he has made progress in weeding out corrupt police officers in his ongoing war against violent drug traffickers.

Journalists targeted in Mexico gang wars

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.

Mexico: Top law official arrested on drugs

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Mexico's top law officer working with Interpol was arrested Tuesday in an investigation into alleged ties to Mexican officials and drug trafficking.

Gov't minister among 8 dead in plane crash

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 5 (UPI) -- Eight people, including Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino, were confirmed dead in a Mexico City Learjet 25 crash, President Felipe Calderon said.

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.

Deadly grenades hit Mexican celebration

MORELIA, Mexico, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- People mourned in Morelia, Mexico, Tuesday, the day after seven people died when hand grenades went off in a plaza during Independence Day festivities.

Mexicans rally in streets against crime

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to Mexican streets to demand government action in the face of the nation's growing crime wave, rally organizers say.

More decapitations in Mexico drug violence

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 29 (UPI) -- Eleven decapitated bodies showing signs of torture have been discovered on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula near the city of Merida, authorities said.

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.

U.N. secretary-general to address AIDS

NEW YORK, July 23 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says combating AIDS will be a top priority on his first official visit to Mexico, scheduled to begin Aug. 3.

Calderon ends four-day China trip

BEIJING, July 12 (UPI) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon ended his four-day trip to China on Saturday.

Six Mexican cops ambushed, slain

CULICAN, Mexico, June 28 (UPI) -- Analysts say the slayings of six Mexican police officers shows the government to be weak in the face of an escalating drug war.

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.

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.

Seven Mexican police killed in shootout

CULIACAN, Mexico, May 27 (UPI) -- A shootout between Mexican federal police and drug cartel suspects Tuesday left seven officers and one gunman dead, police said.