Friday, August 20, 2010

Mexico Drug Cartel War -- News Updates August 20, 2010

Soldiers stand guard next to detainees Friday in Santiago, where they seized weapons including a rocket launcher, according to local media. Reuters

Mexico Under Siege -- Wall Street Journal

Business Heads Plead as Drug Gangs Terrorize Wealthy City.

MONTERREY, Mexico—A surge of drug violence in Mexico's business capital and richest city has prompted an outcry from business leaders who on Wednesday took out full-page ads asking President Felipe Calderón to send in more soldiers to stem the violence.

The growing violence in Monterrey, long one of Mexico's most modern and safe cities, is a sign that the country's war against drug gangs is spreading ever further from poorer battlegrounds along the border and into the country's wealthiest enclaves.

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More News On Mexico's Drug Cartel Wars

Police Held in Mexico Mayor's Death -- Wall Street Journal
Mexico arrests 6 police officers in mayor's slaying -- L.A. Times
Policemen arrested in connection to mayor murder -- Financial Times
Police arrested in northern Mexico mayor's killing -- AP
Police held over Mexican mayor Edelmiro Cavazos killing -- BBC
Kidnapped mayor 5th to die in Mexico's bloody drug wars -- AFP

Bloody Mexico drug war boosts U.S. gun shops, banks -- New York Daily News
Mexico: US 'irresponsible' on gun trade -- BBC
Calderon: Mexico should consider anonymous judges -- AP
Calderón Vows to Defeat Drug Lords -- Wall Street Journal
Corrupt, insecure prisons undermine Mexico drug war -- Reuters
President Calderon moves to legalize drugs in Mexico -- The Hill
Mexico Drug War Update -- Stop The Drug War
How Mexico’s drugs gangs threaten the state -- Financial Times

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