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The Mexican Drug War has been raging for years and despite military intervention to quell the violence sparked by the drug cartels, the battles have torn many regions apart. Now, government officials in Mexico have to also contend with civilian vigilantes known as “self-defense” groups who have declared war on the violent Knights Templar cartel […]

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An Arizona mom held in a Mexican jail under suspicion of drug smuggling was freed from custody Thursday (May 30). Yanira Maldonado was held for over a week.

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Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz), has died due to injuries suffered in a reported robbery. Developing reports say that Shabazz died Thursday (May 9) morning after allegedly being thrown from a rooftop in Mexico.

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The fight between police and violent drug cartels in Mexico has turned the country into a bloody war zone. An abducted troupe of musicians was the latest to suffer at the hands of criminals after their bodies were found in a well over the weekend and on Monday. 

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Samantha Kurdilla is not a smart woman.  The 22-year-old of Pennsylvania, was busted alongside her companion, James Perry, for smuggling drugs over the U.S. Mexico-border last week, and implicated herself in a damaging text message bragging about the whole thing.

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Mexico enjoys the distinction of having one of the world’s most vibrant economies and is a favored tourist destination by many, with millions of international visits per year. However, the country has become infamous for less favorable reasons lately. Mexico has been ravaged by violence due to the ongoing Mexican Drug War, which was sparked […]

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Hours after she was pronounced dead, a baby in Mexico was found breathing. The 17 year old mother Dafne Marisol, had delivered her daughter prematurely. When Hernandez’s daughter was born, she weighed only 1.3 pounds and soon after, doctors could no longer hear a pulse and declared her dead. She was left in a mortuary […]

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Two Americans and a third man with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico were killed Saturday in broad daylight after drug gang hit men ambushed their vehicles in a drive by shooting. The Americans were killed while their child sat uninjured in a car seat in Ciudad Juarez. A third person, a Mexican man, […]

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A Mexican border city was the site for tragedy as 13 students were killed when armed men barged into a party and attacked the unsuspecting victims. These killings in Ciudad Juarez have risen the death toll to 24 people that have been killed in Mexico as a result of violence since Saturday.  The violence has […]

The “War on Drugs” continues to rage into yet another decade, with drug czars reigning supreme over those that do not have enough support, will, or authority to do anything about their violent antics. In an increasingly bloody affair, Mexican President Felipe Calderón  is making good on his promise to increase the military presence of […]