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Mexico police killed in ambushes
«Gunmen ambush and shoot dead seven Mexican police officers in two separate drug-related attacks in the west of the country», the BBC says. by Jesús Villaseca Pérez. [...]
The fall of a Mexican drug lord
The life cycle of a Mexican drug lord. Read the article from the BBC about Heriberto Lazcano, the leader of Los Zetas – one of the Mexico’s most feared and brutal drugs gangs – who was [...]
Drug trafficking and violence remain major concerns
A new study from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has highlighted the challenges facing the Guatemalan government as it seeks to combat drug-trafficking and high levels of associated violence in the country, the [...]
Fake Mexican TV vans conceal $7m
«Police in Nicaragua find $7m hidden in vans seized after the arrest of 18 people posing as journalists from Mexican television», the BBC reports. Mexican drug-trafficking cartels are known to smuggle drugs and huge sums of [...]
Top Colombian drug lord arrested
«Colombian police arrest one of the country’s main drug lords, Erikson Vargas who is also known as Sebastian, at a ranch in Medellin», the BBC reports. Vargas was head of an criminal organisation called the «Office [...]
US ‘on side of Mexican reporters’
According to US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, «the US is ‘deeply worried’ by attacks on Mexican journalists», the BBC reports. Organized crime is targeting Mexican reporters in an attempt to intimidate and limit coverage, [...]
HSBC was used by ‘drug kingpins’
«HSBC provided a conduit for «drug kingpins and rogue nations», according to a US Senate committee investigating money laundering claims at the bank», the BBC says. Suspicious funds from countries including Mexico, Iran and Syria had [...]
Fant mexicanske smuglertunneler
«Amerikanske myndigheter og den mexicanske hæren har avdekket to nye smuglertunneler mellom Mexico og USA, og mener de blir stadig mer avanserte», skriver NRK. Totalt 156 tunneler er blitt oppdaget siden 1990. by DVIDSHUB [...]
VIDEO: Mexican drug cartels’ ‘splashdown’
«Texan police are launching new boats equipped with machine guns, in a bid to stop the Mexican drug cartels’ latest escape tactic – a «splashdown»", the BBC says. [...]
Mexico: case of ex-governor and narcos reads like crime thriller
«The political watchers are calling it the Yarrington Affair, and it is beginning to read just like a Robert Ludlum thriller, alive with conspiracy theories and hidden motives. There are drug cartels, luxury condos and the [...]
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