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Mexico’s largest pot bust likely hit Sinaloa gang (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Soldiers and police officers escort detainees after a presentation for the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. On a conjoined operation with the army, local and state police seized 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana Monday, by far the biggest drug bust in the country in recent years. Eleven suspects were detained. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Mexico’s largest-ever seizure of marijuana packaged for sale is even bigger than the original estimate of 105 tons and probably belonged to the country’s most powerful drug-trafficking cartel,…

Nigeria: Feared gang leader believed dead, again (AP)

August 25th, 2010

A scramble of power cables in Oshodi district of Lagos, Nigeria's largest city, in 2003. Electricity workers in Nigeria on Wednesday launched an indefinite strike over wages, a day ahead of a major speech by President Goodluck Jonathan on reforming the ailing power sector.(AFP/File/Pius Otomi Ekpei)AP - Police believe unknown gunmen killed a Nigerian gang leader accused of helping rig the 2007 election in the nation’s oil-rich and violence-wracked southern delta, authorities said Wednesday, though…

Mexico: Zetas gang ordered killing of mayor (AP)

August 24th, 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 - The Zetas drug gang ordered the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico because he had disciplined police officers secretly working with the cartel, authorities said Tuesday.


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Mexican police free reporters nabbed by drug gang (AP)

July 31st, 2010

AP - Federal police rescued two kidnapped cameramen in northern Mexico on Saturday after five days in the custody of a drug gang.

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Mexico: Gang leader says US consulate infiltrated (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Jesus Ernesto Chavez, known as 'El Camello' stands as he is guarded by federal police officers during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, Friday, July 2, 2010. According to the federal police Chavez ordered the March 13 attack that killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - A U.S. investigation into the killing of a consulate worker in northern Mexico has found no evidence that she was involved in illegal activity.


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Mexico nabs gang leader in US consulate killings (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Jesus Ernesto Chavez, known as 'El Camello' stands as he is guarded by federal police officers during a presentation to the press, in Mexico City, Friday, July 2, 2010. According to the federal police Chavez ordered the March 13 attack that killed a U.S. consulate employee and her husband as they drove in the violent border city. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - A top drug gang enforcer says he ordered the killing of a U.S. consulate worker because she helped provide visas to a rival gang in the border city…

Mexico nabs gang leader in US consulate killing (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

Map locates Sonora state in Mexico, where a deadly gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border occurred.AP - Mexican federal police say they have arrested a drug gang leader who ordered the killing of three people tied to the U.S. consulate in the border city of…

21 killed in Mexican gang shootout near US border (AP)

July 2nd, 2010

File picture shows a Mexican police helicopter patrol. A clash between suspected members of rival drug gangs left 21 people dead on Thursday in a rural area of the Mexican state of Sonora, very close to the US border, Mexican justice officials said.(AFP/File/Jesus Alcazar)AP - A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said.


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Jamaican gang leader arrives to face NY charges (AP)

June 24th, 2010

In this photo obtained by the Associated Press on June 23, 2010, Jamaican alleged drug gang leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is fitted with a helmet and a bullet-proof vest moments after his arrest at an undisclosed location. Coke, who eluded a bloody police offensive in his slum stronghold last month, was arrested Tuesday June 22, 2010 by authorities outside Jamaica's capital, according to high ranking police officials.(AP Photo)AP - Following bloodshed over his capture, Jamaican gang leader Christopher “Dudus” Coke arrived in New York under tight security on Thursday to face charges he flooded the East Coast…

Jamaican gang leader departs for US in extradition (AP)

June 24th, 2010

In this photo obtained by the Associated Press on June 23, 2010, Jamaican alleged drug gang leader Christopher 'Dudus' Coke is fitted with a helmet and a bullet-proof vest moments after his arrest at an undisclosed location. Coke, who eluded a bloody police offensive in his slum stronghold last month, was arrested Tuesday June 22, 2010 by authorities outside Jamaica's capital, according to high ranking police officials.(AP Photo)AP - The scion of a Jamaican gang family was flown to New York on Thursday after agreeing to his extradition, saying it was in his nation’s best interests after…

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