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Mexican women increasingly become active members or victims of drug cartels. full story
Mexico City prosecutors say corpse of Hector 'Black' Saldaña not discovered until three hours after Mauricio Fernandez declared him dead. full story
Stiff competition from thousands of mom-and-pop marijuana farmers in the United States threatens the bottom line for powerful Mexican drug organizations in a way that decades of arrests and seizures have not, according to law enforcement officials and pot growers in the United States and Mexico. full story
CANNABIS CULTURE – Is marijuana decriminalization a step in the right direction or a crafty trick to widen the net of the Drug Warriors? full story
Legalizing marijuana in the United States would weaken Mexico's powerful drug cartels, panelists at a War on Drugs conference said Tuesday. full story
The recently approved new "drug" law in Mexico is not a step toward decriminalization, but rather toward mandatory sentencing, says Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castaneda. full story
Amid a growing Latin American backlash against the US-sponsored 'war on drugs', some South American states are preparing to decriminalize drugs. full story- This one is hard to believe: The US Forest Service issued a warning last week to beware of campers in national forests who eat tortillas, play Spanish music, and drink 'Tecate' beer because they might be armed and dangerous marijuana growers. full story
- This is the third Latin American country to see the light this year. Brazil was first, followed by Mexico and now Argentina. full story
Attitude shift with Mexico's choice to decriminalize pot, but only legalization will end the violence of drug cartels. full story
Mexico decriminalized small amounts of marijuana, cocaine and heroin on Friday — a move that prosecutors say makes sense even in the midst of the government's grueling battle against drug traffickers. full story- For years, the ridiculous War On Drugs in Mexico has been creating and feeding an out-of-control monster, but until now I didn't realize just how large that monster really is. full story
Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Sunday that Canada will train Mexican police officers to assist Mexico in its brutal war against rival drug cartels. full story
A key US senator has delayed the release of a report needed to free some $100m to help Mexico battle drug gangs, citing human rights concerns. full story- Very interesting column about two young men who have been subjected to the risk of kidnapping in Mexico because the parents are law enforcement. full story
As the bloodshed in Mexico reaches unprecedented levels, the US Government says increasing violence is an indication they are winning the Drug War. full story- The Mexican Army is using torturous tactics to fight the War on Drugs, and guess who's training them? full story
Suspected drug hitmen attacked a candidate for Mexico's Congress and killed two of his aides, days before the July 5 mid-term election. full story
President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday the future of Mexican democracy is at stake in the government's fight against official corruption and organized crime, and he criticized politicians who he said want to return to the era when gangs were tolerated. full story
Mexican drug cartels recruit young men from both countries and operate their smuggling and murder-for-hire rings on both sides of the border. full story
President Calderon is set to sign the law, but some fear that letting off users caught with limited amounts of drugs will increase drug use and encourage 'drug tourists' from the U.S. full story
The savage drug war in Mexico. Crumbling state budgets. Weariness with current drug policy. The election of a president who said, "Yes — I inhaled." full story
As if the global economic downturn wasn’t enough, some countries are finding their tourism industries battered by negative portrayals that paint them as being contaminated, unsavory or just plain dangerous. full story
Soldiers and federal agents detained 29 police officers in northern Mexico on Monday for alleged ties to drug traffickers. full story
Vancouver task force struggles with fallout of crackdown on cartels. full story
