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World News tagged with drug cartels

'Family Values' of Mexico Drug Gang
World  (tags: Mexico, drugs, gangs, drug cartels, violence, corruption, crime, death )

Dee
- 24 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
They decapitate, torture, and extort. Then they pray, and donate to charity. The "Familia" cartel is perhaps the most extreme example of the paradoxical enemy which Mexico faces as it tries to defeat organised crime.
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Ciudad Juarez Mayor Asks Army to Stay Longer
World  (tags: government, Mexico, US troops, drug cartels, violence, conflict, death, crime, corruption )

Dee
- 83 days ago - cnn.com
(CNN) -- The mayor of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, is asking Mexican federal authorities not to pull military units out of the region for at least another six months.
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Hitmen Kill 17 in Mexico Clinic on U.S. Border
World  (tags: government, Mexico, Mexican clinic, drug cartels, hitmen, violence, crime, death, conflict )

Dee
- 84 days ago - news.yahoo.com
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - About a dozen hooded gunmen burst into a Mexican rehabilitation clinic near the U.S. border on Wednesday, lining up patients before killing 17 of them.
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Drug Killings Soar as Obama Heads to Mexico Summit
World  (tags: government, Mexico, US, drug cartels, gangs, crime, corruption, death, murder, violence, conflict )

Dee
- 111 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gangs are killing rivals in record numbers in a major setback for the government, which will seek more support from U.S. President Barack Obama when he visits the country this weekend.
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Los Zetas Called Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel
World  (tags: government, US, Mexico, drug cartels, crime, corruption, violence, death, drugs, weapons, murder, violence )

Dee
- 111 days ago - cnn.com
VERACRUZ, Mexico (CNN) -- The dead always tell a story. And in Mexico that story is the fight for the right to meet U.S. demand for illegal drugs -- a war becoming more violent and ruthless, mostly because of one group.
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'Key Mexico Drug Trafficker' Held
World  (tags: government, Mexico, crime, drug cartels, violence, Meth houses, corruption )

Dee
- 113 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Mexican authorities say they have arrested a key figure in one of the country's most violent drugs cartels. Miguel Beraza is known as 'the truck'
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"Barbie": Brutal Mexican Cartel Hit Man
World  (tags: Government, Mexico, drug cartels, crime, criminals, Nicknames, violence, murder, death )

Dee
- 124 days ago - cbsnews.com
Drug Traffickers Hiding Identities by Adopting Nicknames, Including "Smurf" and "Bunny Commander" Edgar Valdez Villarreal is believed to be the chief hit man for one of Mexico's most brutal drug cartels. His nickname? "Barbie."
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Mexican Drug Cartel Suspect Opens Up About Operations
World  (tags: Government, Mexico City, drug cartels, criminals, violence, crime, conflict, corruption, drugs, murder, death )

Dee
- 125 days ago - cnn.com
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Suspected drug cartel leaders in Mexico don't often answer reporters' questions, although one did call a radio station a few days ago to offer the government a deal.
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Mexico Floods President's Home State With Police
World  (tags: Mexico, government, conflict, corruption, crime, fear, death, Drug Cartels, retaliation, murder, protection, violence )

Dee
- 131 days ago - cnn.com
MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- In response to a spate of attacks allegedly by a drug cartel, Mexico more than tripled the number of federal police officers patrolling the state of Michoacan, a government spokeswoman said.
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