Mexico Drug Wars
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Mexico's "Weed Nuns" Launch Movement To Take Marijuana Back From Narcos
Due to the constant threat, the "sisters" have learned to be secretive in their business.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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Mexico Quietly Marks 10 Years Of Drug War
Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with murders rising again and the military eager to return to barracks.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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15 Mexican Police Killed in Gang Ambush
Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war.
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8 bodies found inside car in northern Mexico
Police found eight decomposing bodies on Friday inside a car abandoned by a waterpark in northern Mexico, a day after authorities in a neighbouring state located a sports utility vehicle with 14 bodies stuffed inside.
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Fourteen abandoned bodies found in eastern Mexico: Officials
The dismembered bodies of at least 14 people were found in an abandoned pickup truck in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the scene of a violent drug turf war, authorities said.
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At least 40 killed in Mexico drug war
Fighting among the Zetas gang and other vicious drug cartels led to the deaths of more than 40 people whose bodies were found in three Mexican cities over a 24-hour span, a government official said on Saturday.At least 20 people were killed and five injured when gunmen opened fire in a bar late on Friday in the northern city of Monterrey, where the...
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Police chief decapitated in northern Mexico town
The decapitated body of the police chief of a northern Mexico town and the body of his brother were found inside the chief's patrol truck on Friday, authorities said.
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Drug war: Mexican cops found cut in pieces
The pre-dawn discovery of two bodies cut into pieces and shoved into two black bags brought a tragic end on Monday to a search for two missing police officers in the southern state of Guerrero.
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Mexico's "Weed Nuns" Launch Movement To Take Marijuana Back From Narcos
Due to the constant threat, the "sisters" have learned to be secretive in their business.
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Guns, Grenades, Bodies: Drug Cartel Shootout Kills 19 In Mexico
A shootout between suspected drug cartel hitmen has killed 19 people in the northern Mexico state of Chihuahua, the state government said on Saturday, in one of the country's worst outbreaks of gang violence this year.
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The Once-Glamorous Resort City Acapulco Is Now Mexico's Murder Capital
From the crescent bay and swaying palms, the taxi drivers of Acapulco need just 10 minutes to reach this other, plundered world.
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Mexico Quietly Marks 10 Years Of Drug War
Ten years after Mexican troops were unleashed against drug cartels, the country will mark the anniversary without fanfare on Sunday, with murders rising again and the military eager to return to barracks.
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Shootout Between Federal Forces and Hitmen in Mexico Kills 43
Government security forces killed 42 suspected drug cartel henchmen and suffered one fatality in a firefight in western Mexico on Friday, an official said, one of the bloodiest shootouts in a decade of gang violence wracking the country.
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15 Mexican Police Killed in Gang Ambush
Fifteen police officers were killed in a gang ambush in western Mexico, an official said Tuesday, marking the deadliest day in recent years for security forces battling the drug war.
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8 bodies found inside car in northern Mexico
Police found eight decomposing bodies on Friday inside a car abandoned by a waterpark in northern Mexico, a day after authorities in a neighbouring state located a sports utility vehicle with 14 bodies stuffed inside.
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Fourteen abandoned bodies found in eastern Mexico: Officials
The dismembered bodies of at least 14 people were found in an abandoned pickup truck in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the scene of a violent drug turf war, authorities said.
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At least 40 killed in Mexico drug war
Fighting among the Zetas gang and other vicious drug cartels led to the deaths of more than 40 people whose bodies were found in three Mexican cities over a 24-hour span, a government official said on Saturday.At least 20 people were killed and five injured when gunmen opened fire in a bar late on Friday in the northern city of Monterrey, where the...
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Police chief decapitated in northern Mexico town
The decapitated body of the police chief of a northern Mexico town and the body of his brother were found inside the chief's patrol truck on Friday, authorities said.
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Drug war: Mexican cops found cut in pieces
The pre-dawn discovery of two bodies cut into pieces and shoved into two black bags brought a tragic end on Monday to a search for two missing police officers in the southern state of Guerrero.
