Thursday, August 27, 2009

Mexico's Drug Cartel War -- News Updates August 27, 2009


Mexico: rival gang murders make Ciudad Juarez world's murder capital (France 24 Report)

Mayhem Crosses The Border With Informers -- Washington Post

EL PASO -- José Daniel González was living the sweet life in America. He bought the $365,000 two-story Mediterranean with the tile roof and swimming pool. He started a trucking company, was raising a family. But on a Friday night in May, he was executed in his front yard -- eight shots, tight pattern, close range.

According to police detectives, González knew the man who ordered his killing. He also knew the man who stood on his lawn and watched him die. These things are often personal, especially among high-level drug traffickers.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Mexico's new drug use law worries US police -- AP
Latin America Weighs Less Punitive Path to Curb Drug Use -- New York Times
Mexico quietly decriminalizes drug use -- Christian Science Monitor
U.S. brings Mexican drug wars to U.S. -- UPI
Drug traffic earns $91b a year -- Straits Time
Gunmen kill 13 in 24 hours in Mexican border city -- Sydney Morning Herald
Ciudad Juarez, deadliest city in the world: watchdog -- Times of Internet/AFP
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update -- Stop The Drug War
Mexico's Change in Drug Policy -- American Chronicle editorial

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