Saturday, August 22, 2009

Mexico Drug Cartel War -- News Updates August 22, 2009


Mexican Drug Cartels Find a New Home in California State Parks -- Time Magazine

The damage they do to society is well-known, but drug traffickers, it turns out, also aren't the most environmentally-minded campers. Law enforcement officials say that a wildfire now raging in Santa Barbara's Los Padres National park, burning more than 136 square miles, was sparked by a cooking fire started by the hirelings of a Mexican drug cartel which was growing thousands of marijuana plants in the remote canyons.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Mexico eases drug possession law -- BBC
Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession -- New York Times
Mexico travel alert from U.S. State Department -- L.A. Times
Mexico goes after mother of cartel leader -- McClatchy News
Mexico goes after mother of cartel leader -- Christian Science Monitor
Mexico violence is actually down, the numbers show -- L.A. Times
Politician's slaying highlights depth of Mexico's violence -- CNN
U.S. indicts 43 in probe of warring Mexican drug cartels -- Chicago Tribune
Hunger on the rise in Mexico as recession bites -- Reuters

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