Mexico's Drug War Escalates In Killings Across The Country

U.S. Consular Aide And Husband Killed In Mexico -- L.A. Times

LA UNIÓN, Mexico — Gunmen believed to be linked to drug traffickers shot an American consulate worker and her husband to death in the violence-racked border town of Ciudad Juárez over the weekend, leaving their newborn baby wailing in the back seat of their car, the authorities said Sunday. They also killed the husband of another consular employee and wounded his two young children.

The shootings appeared to be the first deadly attacks on American officials and their families by Mexico’s powerful drug organizations. They came during a particularly bloody weekend when nearly 50 people were killed around the country in drug-gang violence, including attacks in Acapulco as American college students began arriving for spring break.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel War

Three with links to U.S. Consulate in Juarez are slain -- Washington Post
3 with ties to US consulate killed in Mexican city -- AP
U.S. consulate employee slain in drug-ridden Mexican city -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
Violence Kills Three People Associated with US Consul in Mexico -- Voice of America
Mexican drugs gangs blamed for killing of US consular staff -- The Independent
Mexico killings: Gunmen kill 3 with ties to US consulate -- Christian Science Monitor
Clinton, Obama mourn U.S. employees murdered in Mexico -- Politico

Violence In Mexico Stretches To U.S. -- Wall Street Journal
Acapulco hit by running battles between drug cartels -- The Telegraph
17 killed as Acapulco tourist idyll shattered by growing drug violence -- Times Online
Mexico: Guerrero narco-violence breaks grisly record -- World War 4 Report
New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift -- AP

Fearing Drug Cartels, Reporters in Mexico Retreat -- New York Times
Press group: 8 reporters kidnapped in Mexican city -- Business Week/AP
Drug gang hushes killings with news blackout -- MSNBC

Red Cross is latest victim of Mexican drug war -- AP
Mexico hikes salaries for soldiers fighting drug war -- CNBC
Mexican bishops criticize drug war strategy -- AP
Report: Marijuana cultivation in Mexico rises -- CNN