Terms Set For Anti-Drug Aid From U.S., Mexico Says

Oct. 5, 2007

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4 -- Mexico's top diplomat for North America announced Thursday that the United States and Mexico have come to terms on a proposed $1 billion, two-year aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking.

Mexico gets U.S. drug money

MEXICO CITY, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. government has provided Mexico nearly half of a $400 million aid package for its southern neighbor's ongoing battle against drug traffickers.

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: 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.

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.

Officers undergo drug detection training

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Turkmen security authorities completed a training program Tuesday aimed at countering illicit drug traffic in Central Asia.

Drug gang weapons cache seized

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.

Violence in Mexico claims 14 lives

TIJUANA, Mexico, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Mexican authorities said 14 people were killed in a single day in the city of Tijuana as part of an escalating war among rival criminal groups.

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.

Suspected Mexican drug lord captured

TIJUANA, Mexico, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Eduardo Arellano Felix, thought to be an instrumental cog in Mexico's notorious Arellano Felix drug cartel, has been arrested in Mexico, authorities say.

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.

Drug trade called greatest security threat

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- A top U.N. official speaking in Mexico Thursday called the violent transnational drug trade the greatest threat to the Americas.

Lawmakers call for Mexico death penalty

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Mexican lawmakers, responding to public anger at a wave of kidnappings and drug killings, say they are considering reinstating the death penalty.

Canada ousts admitted Mexican drug-runner

TORONTO, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A confessed Mexican cocaine and marijuana drug-runner was denied Canadian status as a refugee because of his admission to U.S. border violations.