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Mexican marine, 3 gunmen killed in shootout (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Forensic officers walk toward the crime scene after a shootout between unknown gunmen and soldiers on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, late Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. According to the local media, at least five gunmen and a soldier were killed during the shootout. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Mexican marines battled suspected drug cartel gunmen whose allies erected at least a dozen roadblocks in the northeastern city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday. One marine and three…

Mexico captures man blamed in marine slaying (AP)

October 13th, 2010

A demonstrator wears a pig's head mask while kneeling in front of federal policemen during a protest against the visit of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Ciudad Juarez October 12, 2010. Calderon is under pressure to show results in his offensive against traffickers in Ciudad Juarez where he has deployed more than 7,500 soldiers and police, making the crackdown a central part of his war on drug cartels. REUTERS/Gael Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - Mexican soldiers on Tuesday captured an alleged gang leader suspected of organizing the massacre of a dead marine’s family days after a government raid killed a major drug…

Marines find 72 bodies in northern Mexico (AP)

August 25th, 2010

Federal policemen and explosive experts work at the site of a car bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez July 16, 2010. A Mexican drug cartel was responsible for a cell phone-detonated car bomb that killed four people in a city on the U.S. border, state security forces said. REUTERS/Alejandro BringasAP - Mexican marines found the dumped bodies of 72 people at a rural location in northern Mexico following a shootout with suspected drug cartel gunmen that left one marine…

Police capture drug lieutenant in northern Mexico (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Investigators work at a crime scene where Rosarito's State Police Commander Antonio Sanchez was shot outside his headquarters in Rosarito, Mexico, early Wednesday July 28, 2010. According to police at the scene, Sanchez was shot by unidentified gunmen late Tuesday and died later while receiving medical attention. Another agent was injured during the shooting. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - A suspected drug cartel lieutenant with a quarter-million-dollar reward on his head was captured in the border state of Chihuahua, where rival gangs are waging a bloody turf…

12 killed in shootout in Mexico border city (AP)

July 17th, 2010

The remains of a vehicle are cordoned off in a street in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday July 16, 2010. Mexican investigators ran forensic tests to determine whether drug gangs used a car bomb in an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers and wounded nine people on Thursday. A car bomb would mark an unprecedented escalation of Mexico's drug war and confirm long-standing fears that the cartels are turning to explosives in their fight against security forces. (AP Photo)AP - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico’s decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against federal police in a city…

Car bomb signals new dimension to Mexican drug war (AP)

July 16th, 2010

The remains of a vehicle are cordoned off in a street in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday July 16, 2010. Mexican investigators ran forensic tests to determine whether drug gangs used a car bomb in an attack on police patrol trucks that killed two officers and wounded nine people on Thursday. A car bomb would mark an unprecedented escalation of Mexico's drug war and confirm long-standing fears that the cartels are turning to explosives in their fight against security forces. (AP Photo)AP - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico’s decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against federal police in a city…

Mayor: car bomb used in attack on Mexican police (AP)

July 16th, 2010

Federal police agents secure the area after members of a drug gang rammed a car into two police patrol vehicles in retaliation for the arrest of a top gang leader in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Thursday, July 15, 2010. Two officers and an emergency medical technician were killed and a cameraman at the scene was injured. (AP Photo)AP - A drug cartel has used a car bomb for the first time in Mexico’s decades-long fight against traffickers, setting a deadly trap against federal police in a city…

Mexico arrest Cancun mayor on drug charges (AP)

May 26th, 2010

US Border Patrol agents watch over the border with Mexico with surveillance equipment on May 2, at Montezuma Pass, Arizona. US President Barack Obama will deploy up to 1,200 more troops to the border with Mexico and seek 500 million dollars in extra funds to battle drug trafficking, a US official said Tuesday.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)AP - Mexican federal police have arrested the mayor of the resort city of Cancun on drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime charges, the latest blow to 2010 state…

`Immediate’ US aid in drug war slow to help Mexico (AP)

May 21st, 2010

In this photo taken July 3, 2008, a Mexican federal police agent rappels down a helicopter during a sumulation of a police operation on the visit of Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. to the Federal Police headquarters in the Ixtapalapa section of Mexico City. The United States has spent fourteen percent of the $1.12 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make 'an immediate and important impact' on surging drug cartel violence, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - The United States has spent a fraction of the $1.1 billion it promised Mexico between 2008 and 2010 to make “an immediate and important impact” on surging drug…

Drug cartels target Mexican army in brazen attacks (AP)

April 1st, 2010

** CORRECTS DATE WHEN ATTACKS TOOK PLACE ** In this photo taken March 30, 2010, a soldier stands guard next to the body of a suspected hit man at the site of a firefight between gunmen and army soldiers on the outskirts of Monterrey, northern Mexico. Apparently coordinated attacks by dozens of gunmen took place last Tuesday targeting two army garrisons in northern Mexico. According to the army, 18 attackers were killed during the the firefights. (AP Photo/Claudio Cruz)AP - In an apparent ratcheting up of tactics in a long, bloody war, drug cartel gunmen made seven especially brazen assaults on Mexican soldiers in one day this week,…

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