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Lawmakers block Mexico’s crucial drug war reforms (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Soldiers stand in the rain during a raid on a house in a residential neighborhood in Cancun November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Gerardo GarciaReuters - Mexico’s divided Congress is unlikely to pass President Felipe Calderon’s pivotal plans to reform the police and combat money laundering, risking a major setback in the war against…

Colombia to extradite accused Venezuelan drug lord (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez speaks during his weekly broadcast 'Alo Presidente' at Miraflores Palace in Caracas November 14, 2010.  REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS) FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSReuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Tuesday, in a move bound to…

Mexicans fear turf war after drug kingpin’s death (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Mexican federal police present two suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and weapons confiscated during their capture at a news conference at the federal police center in Mexico City October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mexican Federal Police/HandoutReuters - For Mexicans living in the battleground between two of the country’s biggest drug gangs, the threat of even worse violence is rising as the Zetas try to grab…

Accused drug kingpin will go to Venezuela: Chavez (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a major drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela to face justice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday on…

Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

President Barack Obama voiced support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday in the wake of an operation in which a leader of one of Mexico's biggest drug cartels was killed in a shootout with soldiers.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Hitmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Navy marines walk behind an armored pick-up truck during a gunfight with alleged cartel members in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, Friday Nov. 5, 2010.  During the operation, Mexican marines killed reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, alias 'Tony Tormenta,' or 'Tony the Storm,' according to the Mexican navy.  (AP Photo/El Bravo de Matamoros)Reuters - Rival hitmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Mexico kills top drug lord at U.S. border (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Reuters - Mexican marines killed drug baron Ezequiel “Tony Tormenta” Cardenas in a ferocious gunfight at the U.S. border on Friday, a fleeting victory for President Felipe Calderon that is…

Six Americans killed in Mexico’s drug war city (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - Gunmen have killed six U.S. citizens in separate attacks since Saturday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, the U.S. consulate said on Thursday, as Mexico struggles…

Mass grave of drug war victims found in Mexico: report (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Forensic workers stand next to the remains of a body after finding a mass grave in Tuncingo on the outskirts of Acapulco November 3, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Mexican authorities near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco discovered a hidden mass grave filled with what they believed to be victims of the country’s drug war, local…

U.S. border cops find massive Mexico drug tunnel (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

Reuters - U.S. border police have found a sophisticated smuggler’s tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California with Mexico and believed to have been used by drug…