Drug Cartel

Type: Keyphrase

Name: Drug Cartel

First Reported 21 mins ago - Updated 15 mins ago - 2 Documents

Reports: Mexican drug lord targeted in raid

MEXICO CITY Several Mexican news organizations are reporting that a top drug cartel leader has been either been killed or arrested.The reports named Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel as the suspected trafficker targeted in a raid by soldiers near the western city ... [Published 15 mins ago by Tacoma News Tribune]

Entities: DRUG LORD, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Guadalajara (Mexico), Drug Cartel, Mexico City

First Reported 5 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 6 Documents

Gil Kerlikowske

1.7 BILLION Dollar Pot Bust In Central California

FRESNO, Calif. — Federal and state agents have arrested nearly 100 people in a sweep of marijuana-growing operations that's netted more than $1.7 billion worth of pot in California's Sierra Nevada range. Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims says several ... [Published 3 hours ago by The Huffington Post | Full News Feed]

Entities: Fresno (California, United States), Gil Kerlikowske, Tulare (California, United States), Office of National Drug Control Policy

First Reported 22 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 7 Documents

Mexico: Top drug operative held

A top lieutenant in a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in northern Mexico, federal police said in a statement Wednesday.Rogelio Segovia Hernandez, who heads the armed wing of the Juarez cartel, was arrested in Chihuahua on Tuesday.A reward of about ... [Published 6 hours ago by CNN]

Entities: Mexico, Juárez Cartel, Ciudad Juarez, Arrests, Drug Cartel

First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 2 Documents

FARC

Colombia's neglected success story - By Tom Ricks

Here's a report frommy friend and CNAS colleague BobKillebrew , who has been hanging out in Colombia. It sounds like the wecould learn a thing or two from the Colombian government.By Col. RobertKillebrew (U.S. Army, ret.)Best Defense Bogotabureau chi ... [Published 8 hours ago by Foreign Policy Magazine]

Entities: FARC, Colombia, Military/Armed Forces, Tom Ricks

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

Steny Hoyer

Crack-Powder Sentencing Disparity Reformed By Congress (Huffington Post)

Congress addressed a historic wrong on Wednesday afternoon, replacing it instead with a slightly lesser wrong, when the House voted to reduce the disparity in the sentencing of people caught with crack cocaine versus powder cocaine.To be charged with ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Yahoo! News]

Entities: Steny Hoyer, Cocaine, Sentencing, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

First Reported 11 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 4 Documents

Mexican Police Find 8 Severed Heads

Police in the Mexican state of Durango find eight severed heads as drug cartel violence continues. ... [Published 9 hours ago by Indy Channel]

Entities: Drug Cartel

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 Documents

Felipe Calderón Hinojosa

8 Severed Human Heads Found Dumped Near Mexican City

(RTTNews) - Police in the northern Mexican city of Durango have found eight severed human heads dumped at four locations along main roads on the outskirts of the city, the local prosecutor's office said on Wednesday.According to the prosecutor's office, ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Quote.com France]

Entities: Drug Cartel, Torreon, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Smuggling, Pairing

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 2 Documents

Violence moves south with drug cartels

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Drug cartel violence in Mexico is quickly spilling south into Central America and is threatening to destabilize fragile countries already rife with crime and corruption, according to the United Nations, U.S. officials and regional ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Bend Bulletin]

Entities: Drug Cartel, El Salvador, Homicide

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 1 Documents

Fatal Pot Farm Raid Underscores Battle Between Drug

FATAL POT FARM RAID UNDERSCORES BATTLE BETWEEN DRUG CARTELS AND LAW ENFORCEMENTA fatal shooting by sheriff's deputies at a marijuana farm in the eastern hills of Santa Clara County marked what could be the latest encounter between authorities and a proliferation ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Media Awareness Project]

Entities: Santa Clara (California, United States), Agriculture, Drug Cartel

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 1 Documents

Bodies missing after 8 heads found in pairs on Durango roadside

The bodies had not yet been located, but the victims appeared to have been between 25 and 30 years old, officials said.Durango has been the scene of brutal turf battles between drug gangs. Prosecutors said over the weekend that officials at a Durango ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Houston Chronicle]

Entities: Pairing, Puebla (Puebla, Mexico), Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, Drug Cartel

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 1 Documents

Mexican Drug Cartels operating in the U.S. through street gangs

Many street gangs in the larger cities are now directly connected to the Mexican Drug Cartels (MDC’s). They smuggle drugs and humans into the U.S. via known and un-known smuggling corridors throughout the Southwestern United States.... ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Examiner.com]

Entities: Drug Cartel, United States, Smuggling

First Reported Jul 28 2010 - Updated Jul 28 2010 - 2 Documents

Four Mexican Journalists Missing, Feared Kidnapped [Kidnapped]

Four Mexican journalists, missing since Monday, are thought to be held by drug cartels in northern Mexico. More » ... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Gawker]

Entities: Kidnapping, Drug Cartel, Mexico

Quotes

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EFE News Briefs for Thursday, July 29 [Poten & Partners - 21 mins ago]

"They continue their criminal conduct during their off-season with other illegal drug and violent activities in our local communities" she said

US seizes marijuana worth $1.7bn [BBC - 1 hour ago]

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Reports: Mexican drug lord targeted in raid [Published 15 mins ago by Tacoma News Tribune]
EFE News Briefs for Thursday, July 29 [Published 21 mins ago by Poten & Partners]
Reports: Mexican drug lord targeted in raid [Published 21 mins ago by Journal-News]
Mexican army kills top drug lord: media [Published 24 mins ago by Public Interactive]
US seizes marijuana worth $1.7bn [Published 1 hour ago by BBC]
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$1.7B worth of pot seized in Central Calif sweep [Published 3 hours ago by KTIV]
Agents seize $1.7B worth of marijuana in sweep ... [Published 3 hours ago by Winnipeg Free Press]
1.7 BILLION Dollar Pot Bust In Central California [Published 3 hours ago by The Huffington Post \| Full News Feed]
Agents seize $1.7B worth of marijuana in sweep ... [Published 3 hours ago by Winnipeg Free Press]
Three Cops, Woman Gunned Down in Guatemala [Published 4 hours ago by Latin American Herald Tribune]
1.7 BILLION Dollar Pot Bust In Central California [Published 4 hours ago by Huffington Post]
Sweep Nets $1.7B In Pot, 97 Arrests [Published 5 hours ago by KCRA.com]
Mexico police find 51 in mass grave near Monterrey [Published 5 hours ago by IBTmes AU]
Sierra Marijuana Sweep Nets $1.7 Billion In Pot [Published 5 hours ago by BayInsider]
$1.7B worth of pot seized in Central Calif sweep [Published 5 hours ago by Seattle Post Intelligencer]
Longmont to weigh medical pot options [Published 6 hours ago by Longmont Daily Times-Call]
Mexico: Top drug operative held [Published 6 hours ago by CNN]
Maybe itj's time to surrender in the war on dru... [Published 6 hours ago by Palm Springs Desert Sun]
Guatemala tries Zeta suspects [Published 6 hours ago by Kenya Broadcasting Corporation]
House Approves $708 Million In Border Security ... [Published 8 hours ago by RTTNews.com]
Colombia's neglected success story - By Tom Ricks [Published 8 hours ago by Foreign Policy Magazine]
In Flag, some feel vindicated [Published 9 hours ago by Arizona Daily Sun]
Mexican Police Find 8 Severed Heads [Published 9 hours ago by Indy Channel]
Mexican Police Find 8 Severed Heads [Published 10 hours ago by ClickOnDetroit.com]
75 arrested in Brazilian crackdown on drug traf... [Published 10 hours ago by CHINAdaily]
President not carrying out his duties [Published 10 hours ago by Worcester Telegram & Gazette]
Pelosi Statement on House Passage of the Emerge... [Published 10 hours ago by PR Newswire]
Mexican Police Find 8 Severed Heads [Published 10 hours ago by TurnTo23.com]

Blogs

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Colombia's neglected success story - By Tom Ricks [Published 13 hours ago by The Best Defense] p>Here's a report frommy friend and CNAS colleague Bob Killebrew , who has been hanging out in Colombia. It sounds like the wecould learn a thing or two from the Colombian government. By Col. RobertKillebrew (U.S. Army, ret.)Best Defense Bogotabureau ...
POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: Thursday, July 29, 2010 [Published 15 hours ago by CNN Political Ticker] img src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/08/22/art.capitol.dome.cnn.jpg" border="0" alt="ALT TEXT" width="292" height="219" />/div> The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and ...
Has the time come to replace the federal govern... [Published Jul 28 2010 by RenewAmerica columns] (Sher Zieve) - After Clinton appointed Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that -- for all intents and purposes -- Arizona does not have the right to protect itself or its citizens from invading drug cartels and the illegal foreign hordes that are bleeding ...
Four Mexican Journalists Missing, Feared Kidnap... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Gawker] Four Mexican journalists, missing since Monday, are thought to be held by drug cartels in northern Mexico. More » ...
Four Mexican Journalists Missing, Feared Kidnap... [Published Jul 28 2010 by Gawker] Four Mexican journalists, missing since Monday, are thought to be held by drug cartels in northern Mexico. More » ...

Audio/Video

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Human heads discovered in drug war [Published 14 hours ago by CNN.com - Video]
Herger Resolution Calls on Government to Develo... [Published Jul 21 2010 by Rep. Wally Herger - YouTube Channel]
Mexico shooting leaves party-goers dead [Published Jul 19 2010 by ITN News - YouTube]
Three dead in Mexico in drug cartel attack [Published Jul 16 2010 by ITN News - YouTube]
Riz Khan - Mexican organised crime [Published Jul 10 2010 by Al Jazeera - YouTube]

Press Releases

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Drug Rehab And Alcohol Rehab In Phoenix Arizona [Published Jul 13 2010 by 1888PressRelease]
Survey on Legalization of Medical Marijuana Bri... [Published Jul 08 2010 by Pressbox.co.uk]
U.S. prosperity on the neck of the entire world... [Published Jul 06 2010 by MediaSyndicate]
Read full article: 'U.S. prosperity on the neck... [Published Jul 06 2010 by MediaSyndicate]
New MLS System Installed for Southern Baja Will... [Published Jun 18 2010 by PRWeb]