The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had offered a reward of up to $5 million for Cardenas’ capture and is believed to have provided intelligence to Mexican authorities
Dallas 'comfort zone' for Mexican gun smugglers - Dallas Morning News
Mexican gun smugglers are obtaining guns in Dallas, arming the drug war
The Hispanic connection - WaPo
Woman’s links to Mexican drug cartel a saga of corruption on U.S. side of border
Drug cartel massacres 72 migrants because they refused to work as assassins - MSNBC
Ecuadorian who survived says Zetas gang offered them $2,000 a month
Letter from Arizona: "Killing Pablo" and the "2015 Solution"
Our state is under social and economic pressure, emanating from far-off places but landing in the center of our lives. We face two aggressive problems, both advancing: the drug cartels in Mexico, and the tax cartel in Washington, D.C.
Mexican drug cartel targeting Sheriff Joe Arpaio - KSAZ
Recording offers $1 million for his head and is being viewed as a credible threat towards the anti-illegal immigration figure
$1.7 billion worth of pot seized - AP
Nearly 100 people have been arrested in an ongoing sweep of marijuana-growing operations that has netted over a billions dollars worth of weed
Border wars weekly: Rounding up the news - The DC
A weekly review of major news surrounding the U.S. and Mexican border
Inside Mexico's drug war, Americans allege abuse - WSJ
As the death toll rises, so have complaints about the military’s tactics in trying to break the drug cartels’ stranglehold on Mexican society
Border wars weekly: Rounding up the news - TheDC
A weekly review of major news surrounding the US and Mexican border
Five things you did know about the Mexican drug war - Global Post
s, drugs, gangsters. The news out of Mexico has been a steady stream of violence since President Felipe Calderon began his war on the drug cartels. Several hundred Mexicans have died in the last few weeks alone — adding to the toll of nearly 23,000 drug-related deaths since 2006.
Alleged attack on border dam thwarted - Houston Chronicle
American police, federal agents and disaster officials secretly scrambled last month to stop a Mexican drug cartel from blowing up a dam along the Texas border sent
Calderon’s misguided criticisms
Rather than using his visit to Washington as a forum for criticizing his host country, President Calderon would have been better served emphasizing his understanding of the frustrations consuming the American people