Friday, December 18, 2009

Latin America's Growing Drug Wars

A picture stands atop General Julian Aristides Gonzalez's casket during his funeral in Tegucigalpa on Dec. 9, 2009, after hit men on a motorbike shot Gonzalez dead. Orlando Sierra / AFP / Getty

Behind The Murder Of Honduras' Drug Czar -- Time Magazine

The assassins came for Honduras' antidrug czar moments after he dropped his daughter off at school. His car was still in front of the schoolhouse when the two men drove up on a motorcycle and fired 11 bullets into Julian Aristides Gonzalez's body. His devastated wife rushed to the scene and kissed the corpse of the 57-year-old former general. He had been planning to retire within two months and move his family to Canada.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Wars

Mexican drug lord: Why Arturo Beltran Levya's death matters -- Christian Science Monitor
Mexican security forces kill drug lord -- Financial Times
Top Mexico drug boss killed in gun battle -- The Independent
Mexico drug war raids endanger, scare residents -- Reuters
US Drug War Crackdown Misses the Money -- ABC News
Violent Drug War Continues in Mexico -- Voice Of America
Drug war surges in Tijuana: 24 dead in 2 days -- Sign On San Diego
A timeline of arrests, deaths of Mexican druglords -- AP

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