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Ciudad Juarez

Type: City

Name: Ciudad Juarez

First Reported 10 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 Documents

Seven arrested in El Paso drug cartel murder-kidnapping (AFP)

CHICAGO (AFP) Seven people have been arrested in the El Paso, Texas kidnapping of a drug cartel member who was taken across the border and murdered in Mexico, officials said Friday.The arrests came as federal and state agents swept across the El Paso ... [Published 9 hours ago by Yahoo! News]

Entities: El Paso (Texas, United States), Drug Cartel, Ciudad Juarez

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated 10 hours ago - 16 Documents

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Heat on Mexican gangs in hunt for triple killers

THEY carry US passports and large-calibre weapons, and confuse the authorities by using a coded language that blends English, Spanish and the Aztecs' ancient tongue of Nahuatl.The threat of prison is no big fear for members of the Barrio Azteca street ... [Published 15 hours ago by Melbourne Age]

Entities: Ciudad Juarez, El Paso (Texas, United States), Mexico, Federal Bureau of Investigation

First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 Documents

Why are we smiling again?

Quick quiz: These happy kids are smiling because…A) They all got dates to the prom with cute, well-mannered boysB) They are confident that healthcare reform will pass soonC) Their high school is burning down behind themD) Two tons of marijuana, heroin ... [Published 17 hours ago by Reuters]

Entities: Heroin (Diacetylmorphine), Cocaine, Short Ton, Ciudad Juarez

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated 19 hours ago - 2 Documents

Statement by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual during his visit to the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juarez

News & Information Job Opportunities ... [Published 19 hours ago by US Embassy Mexico: Mexico City]

Entities: Carlos Pascual, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated 13 hours ago - 2 Documents

Barack Obama

Obama plans state dinner for Calderon

Washington - United States President Barack Obama will host Mexican President Felipe Calderon for a state dinner in May, in recognition of their 'deep ties and strong relationship', the White House said on Thursday.The second state dinner of Obama's presidency ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by IOL]

Entities: Barack Obama, Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, Guadalajara (Mexico)

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Calgarians still happy to head to Mexico

The Canadian government is issuing a warning to travelers heading to Mexico.It urges a high degree of caution because of the high level of drug-related crime.In border towns like Ciudad Juarez, thousands have died and many more have been wounded.Despite ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by CFCN Plus]

Entities: Mexico, Puerto Vallarta (Mexico), Ciudad Juarez

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Hillary Clinton

Drug menace: Hillary heads for Mexico

Washington DC: At a time of heightened concern over drugs-related bloodshed in Mexico some of it affecting American citizens Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has announced plans to hold discussions with authorities there next week.The talks come close ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by The Hindu]

Entities: Mexico, Hillary Clinton, US Department of Homeland Security

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Mexico Tourism Suffers as Gangs Rain on Spring Break (Update1)

(Updates to add Corderos comment in seventh paragraph.) March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican tourism revenue may decline for a second year as violent clashes between drug gangs and a weak U.S. job market threaten to spoil its spring break party.Cancun and ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by BusinessWeek]

Entities: Mexico, Cancun, Tourism, Acapulco

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Calderon seeks shared responsibility in drug war

(ChinaPost.com.tw) - President Felipe Calderon called Tuesday for shared U.S. responsibility in the fight against Mexico's drug gangs, after U.S. consulate-linked killings in Ciudad Juarez. ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by China Post]

Entities: Drug War, Ciudad Juarez, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 2 Documents

Border city relives nightmare of violence

tate police unload packages of seized marijuana in Nuevo Laredo, where clashes have erupted between northeastern Mexico's two most powerful drug-trafficking rings. (Raul Llamas / AFP/ / January 8, 2010) Related By Ken EllingwoodMarch 18, 2010 E-mail ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Los Angeles Times]

Entities: Nuevo Laredo, Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa (Mexico), Reynosa, Mexico

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 5 Documents

Mexico Says U.S. Should Help Fight Drug Violence

Picture of the consulate of the United States in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on March 15, after an American employee of the consulate, her husband and the husband of a Mexican consular employee were killed during the weekend. Faced with a brazen challenge ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Epoch Times]

Entities: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, United States

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Janet Napolitano halts funding for virtual border fence (The Christian Science Monitor)

Los Angeles In May 2006, President George W. Bush touted the SBInet project as “the most technologically advanced border security initiative in American history.” The proposed "virtual border fence" along the US-Mexican border was to be a string of towers ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Yahoo! News]

Entities: US Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, Border Patrol, Catherine Wilson

Quotes

...Soldiers carried out raids Thursday in the cities of El Carmen, Sabinas, Vallecillo and Paras. "The organized crime groups have tried through different means and methods to turn the roads of the metropolitan Monterrey area upside down, looking to form blockades with civilian vehicles to prevent support troops going to the areas where these actions are taking place" Trevino said at a news conference Thursday

Criminals halt Mexico troop movements [CNN - 8 hours ago]

..."If you look at the crime figures for El Paso you will find that there's been very little spillover violence," Simmons told AFP. "We're considered to be one of the safest cities in the United States." While El Paso is a major drug trafficking corridor, most of those drugs simply pass through the border town and the cross-border cartels rarely settle...

Seven arrested in El Paso drug cartel murder-kidnapping (AFP) [Yahoo! News - 9 hours ago]

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Mexico envoy doubts 'spillover violence’ [Houston Chronicle - 25 mins ago]
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Mexico can no longer be ignored [Foreign Policy Magazine - 10 hours ago]
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Drug criminals block roads in Mexico [CNN - 10 hours ago]
The Week in Immigration News [The Washington Independent - 11 hours ago]
Morning Brief: Netanyahu puts in a call to Clin... [Foreign Policy Magazine - 13 hours ago]
Heat on Mexican gangs in hunt for triple killers [Melbourne Age - 15 hours ago]
Why are we smiling again? [Reuters - 17 hours ago]
U.S. investigates Mexico killings [CNN - 17 hours ago]
VIP Group to Visit Mexico Over Violence [Military.com - 17 hours ago]
Statement by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos P... [US Embassy Mexico: Mexico City - 19 hours ago]
FBI Vows Justice in Mexican Slayings [Catholic Online - 21 hours ago]
Drug Gangs Sink Mexico Tourism [BusinessWeek - 23 hours ago]
US raid over Mexico killings [Al Jazeera - Mar 19 2010]
Scores of U.S. agents investigate Mexican consu... [Yahoo! News - Mar 19 2010]
U.S. launches probe of killings in Mexico [CNN - Mar 19 2010]
In search for killers in Mexico, focus on a cro... [SiliconValley.com - Mar 19 2010]
Statement by US Amb. to Mexico Carlos Pascual d... [US Embassy Mexico: Mexico City - Mar 19 2010]
Statement by US Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pas... [US Embassy Mexico: Mexico City - Mar 19 2010]
Obama plans state dinner for Calderon [IOL - Mar 19 2010]
U.S., Mexico will review drug war plans [Houston Chronicle - Mar 19 2010]
U.S. probes killings in Mexico [CNN - Mar 19 2010]
Scores of U.S. agents investigate Mexican consu... [Yahoo! News - Mar 18 2010]
Scores of U.S. agents investigate Mexican consu... [Miami Herald - Mar 18 2010]
Authorities in El Paso Arrest Seven in Connecti... [Street Insider - Mar 18 2010]
Calgarians still happy to head to Mexico [CFCN Plus - Mar 18 2010]

Blogs

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U.S. Markets Week Ahead [WSJ.com: MarketBeat - 6 hours ago] The House is poised to vote on President Barack Obamas historic health-care overhaul Sunday as Democrats confidence builds that they will have sufficient support ...
Morning Brief: Netanyahu puts in a call to Clin... [FP Passport - 15 hours ago] Netanyahu puts in a call to Clinton as "quartet" meets Top news: In an effort to smooth over a growing rift in U.S.-Israeli relations, Prime Minister ...
Why are we smiling again? [Oddly Enough - 17 hours ago] Quick quiz: These happy kids are smiling because… A) They all got dates to the prom with cute, well-mannered boys B) They are confident that healthcare reform ...
EDITORIAL: U.S. Consulate Deaths are No More Tr... [The Moderate Voice - 23 hours ago] With Mexico’s cataclysmic drug war rapidly bleeding into the United States, this editorial from Mexico’s La Jornada warns people to prepare for extensive U.S. ...
Morning Brief: Irish cardinal apologizes as pop... [FP Passport - Mar 17 2010] Irish cardinal apologizes as pope promises to address abuse scandal Top news: Cardinal Sean Brady, the head of Ireland's Catholic Church apologized in ...

Audio/Video

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FBI probes consulate slayings as drug-related d... [France 24 English - YouTube - Mar 16 2010]
US alert over Mexico killings [Al Jazeera - YouTube - Mar 16 2010]
Americans murdered in Mexico [Reuters - YouTube - Mar 14 2010]
Americans murdered in Mexico [Reuters Video: Top News - Mar 14 2010]
Reporting on the frontline of Mexico's drug war [Al Jazeera - YouTube - Feb 18 2010]