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Despite the fact that Mexico is faced with the War on Drugs that has seen an increase in deaths to about 30,000 in the past four years, Mexico City has prevailed as one of Mexico’s safest places. Statistics have proven that both the crime and kidnapping rates have declined in Mexico City; this has happened [...]

Despite President Calderon’s efforts to end this war on drugs, the drug traffickers are inventing new ways to transport their illegal products across borders, continuously undermining the authority of the government. The United States and Mexican police recently discovered a tunnel used to smuggle drugs across the California-Mexico border. Police seized about 25 tonnes (equivalent [...]

A recent murder of a Mexican police chief on the Mexican-American border highlights the increasing violence of the drug cartels as they are vying for control of the border. Mexican police chief, Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, was found decapitated after invading cartel territory while investigating the murder of a US citizen on a lake at [...]

In Mexico, the media has taken actions into their own hands, trying to negotiate with the drug cartels because the government is unable to protect its citizens and more specifically the journalists. From the violence of the Mexican drug cartels infiltrating Ciudad Juarez claiming it Mexico’s bloodiest city. The murder of young photographer Santiago by [...]

Edgar “Barbie” Valdez has confessed to his involvement in drug trafficking. Valdez was arrested Monday, facing several drug trafficking charges of distributing thousands of kilograms of cocaine both in the United States and Mexico. Valdez claims to know Mexico’s top cartel bosses and admits to have protected a man suspected of shooting a Paraguayan international [...]

PRI appears to have won most of the 12 governorships up for grabs during Mexico’s elections yesterday (July 4, 2010). Does this represent a come back for the once dominant political party? We’ll have to wait to see the complete results of the elections. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/world/americas/06mexico.html?hp

President Calderon is in DC this week meeting with President Obama on the current state of the Mexican drug war. NPR is doing a series of stories on this issue. Check ‘em out here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126890838

The recent murder of 15 teenagers in Ciudad Juarez has brought Mexico to a point of decision in its war against drugs. President Calderon has pledged to invest millions into the city which saw more than 2,600 people murdered in 2009 alone. He conceded that simply putting more military personnel into the city has not [...]

A violent rivalry-based fight broke out in a Mexican prison this week, and at least 23 inmates were killed. This bloody outbreak took place in Durango, a northern state that witnesses a lot of drug related violence as it is the battleground for two competing cartels: the group led by Joaquin Guzman, the most powerful [...]

Mexican drug lord ‘El Teo’ captured “Teodoro “El Teo” Garcia Simental, one of Mexico’s most-wanted drug lords, has been captured on the northwestern Baja California peninsula,” Recently, Mexico achieved another victory in their war against drug cartels. Teodoro “El Teo” Garcia Simental was arrested along with his brother, “El torito.” Garcia was considered one of [...]