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‘Elaborate’ Drug Tunnel Found Between US / Mexico Border
Authorities have found a massive underground drug smuggling tunnel snaking through the U.S.-Mexican border, and law officers are marveling over its sophistication.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border between the United States and Mexico on March 14, 2009.
A border patrol vehicle drives along the border between the United States and Mexico on March 14, [...]
Historic Anti-Smoking Vote To Give FDA New Power
Congress struck the government’s strongest anti-smoking blow in decades Thursday with a Senate vote to give regulators new power to limit nicotine in cigarettes, drastically curtail ads and ban candied tobacco products aimed at young people.
Cigarette foes say the changes could cut into the 400,000 deaths every year caused by smoking and reduce the $100 [...]
Obama Lacks Key Leaders in Drug Cartel Crackdown
The Obama administration has unveiled a broad new strategy to fight violent Mexican drug cartels on the border. It only lacks the presidential choices to run the top U.S. agencies battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns.
The White House has yet to nominate anyone to lead the Drug Enforcement Administration, or the Customs and Border [...]
Kerry’s Panel Follows the Money in Probes From Iran to Mexico
John Kerry has never run for sheriff. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he is starting to act like one, and the world is his jurisdiction.
The Massachusetts Democrat is wielding his gavel with an investigative zeal, and plans to take on Iran’s nuclear program, gun-running on the Mexican border, terrorism, narcotics and human [...]
Mexican Drug War – Increases Activity On U. S. Soil
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, a 54-year-old drug cartel leader whose nickname means “Shorty,” is the most wanted man in Mexico. He’s also one of the most wanted men in the United States.
For five years, the State Department has kept a $5 million bounty on his head, calling Guzman a threat to U.S. security.
Guzman, who [...]
Study: Teens Smoke Pot to Cope With Stress, Health Problems
Many adolescents who smoke marijuana aren’t trying to get high, but are instead using pot as a way to cope with their mental and physical health problems, Canadian researchers report.
Furthermore, teens who smoke pot to relieve their depression, anxiety, grief or stress, or help them sleep better or concentrate, often say they do so because [...]
Drug Smugglers From Mexico Move Into Sleepy New Mexico Town
COLUMBUS, N.M. – This dusty little border town with almost no visible means of support has been seeing something of a boom in the past year: Brand-new Lincoln Navigators and Cadillac Escalades with flashy wheel rims are parked just off the bleak main drag. Homes are selling quickly, sometimes for cash.
The source of this sudden [...]
U.S. Contingency Plan Would Deploy National Guard Troops Along Mexican Border
The Pentagon and Homeland Security Department are developing contingency plans to send National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border under a $350 million initiative that would expand the U.S. military’s role in the drug war, according to Obama administration officials.
The circumstances under which the troops could be deployed have not been determined, the officials said. [...]
U. S. ‘Home Invasions’ Up As Criminals Seek Money & Drugs
When the heavy battering started to buckle the front door of her new home in Tucson, Maria remained frozen to the spot with fear.
As her family scattered to hide in the bedrooms, bathroom and kitchen, masked men toting guns and dressed in flack jackets stormed into the living room shouting “Police! Everyone on the floor!”
Her [...]
Mexico’s Bloody War: Mass Graves Yield Bodies Of Gang Hits
By Karl Penhaul Special to CNN
Editor’s note: Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld, the corrupt officials who support them and the cops trying to halt the violence. This is the last of three exclusive reports. The first focused on the violent rules gangs live by and the second [...]
