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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Drug-related Crimes</title>
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		<title>Judge tosses lawsuit filed by mother whose toddler was killed in LA police shootout</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Solvej Schou</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A judge abruptly dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the mother of a 19-month-old girl who died when her father used her as a human shield during a furious gun battle with police.

The mother, Lorena Lopez, argued that SWAT officers should have used different tactics during the 2005 gunbattle that left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ATF worries about Mexican cartel grenades coming into America</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacques Billeaud</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX — It was a scenario U.S. law enforcement had long feared: A fragmentation grenade from Mexico&#8217;s bloody drug war tossed into a public place.

Only the grenade thrower&#8217;s bumbling prevented bloodshed in a south Texas bar — he neglected to pull a second safety clasp. But the act was proof that one of the deadliest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican authorities arrest suspect accused of moving half ton of meth into US each month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 01:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Police raided a church service in western Mexico and arrested a man known as &#8220;The Truck&#8221; who is suspected of moving a half ton of crystal methamphetamine into the United States each month, federal officials said Monday.

Authorities detained Miguel Angel Beraza and another suspect after surrounding a church in Apatzingan in drug-plagued [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 arrested in California arms trafficking bust denied bail, 1 claims links to Mexico cartel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A judge refused to grant bail for four men arrested Friday for their roles in an alleged arms trafficking ring, with one man claiming he is a member of a notorious Mexican drug cartel, federal authorities said.

Edgardo Prado Casteneda, Vicente Garcia, Scott Blanks and Victor Velasquez will be arraigned in upcoming weeks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 arrested in California gun ring bust; 1 claims to belong to Mexican drug cartel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Four people were arrested and charged Friday for their roles in a suspected gun ring that sold assault rifles and other high-powered weapons, with one man claiming he is a member of a notorious Mexican drug cartel, authorities said.

Edgardo Prado Casteneda, Vicente Garcia, Scott Blanks and Victor Velasquez were arrested by federal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italy&#8217;s health officials allow use of abortion drug RU-486 in hospitals, drawing Vatican ire</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/italys-health-officials-allow-use-of-abortion-drug-ru-486-in-hospitals-drawing-vatican-ire-126865/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ROME — Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribing the pill and for women who use it.

The pill is already available in a number of other European countries. Its approval by Italy&#8217;s drug regulation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drug offenders could fall through cracks in Calif. budget, getting neither treatment nor jail</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/drug-offenders-could-fall-through-cracks-in-calif-budget-getting-neither-treatment-nor-jail-126073/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:43:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of California drug offenders could end up without treatment or jail time because of a clash between the state&#8217;s new budget and an initiative approved by voters nine years ago.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators slashed funding for drug programs to help close a $26.3 billion deficit this week.
Money for treatment programs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California budget could leave drug offenders without treatment or jail time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Thousands of California drug offenders could end up without treatment or jail time because of a clash between the state&#8217;s new budget and an initiative voters approved nine years ago.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislators slashed funding for drug programs to help close a $26 billion deficit this week.
Proposition 36 had diverted 36,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate panel examines increased gang activity in Indian communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Thomas</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — American Indian communities are being overwhelmed by gang violence and drug trafficking, tribal leaders told lawmakers Thursday, appealing for help with problems more commonly found in big cities.

Tribal law enforcement officials, testifying before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, described severely undermanned police departments that must patrol reservations the size of small states, allowing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feds seize heroin worth $17 million, indict 21 in Mexico, California drug ring</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Thompson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities say federal drug agents have broken up a narcotics ring responsible for importing heroin valued at $17.5 million into California from Mexico.

Acting U.S. Attorney Lawrence Brown said Thursday federal and local agents discovered 200 kilograms of heroin and $670,000 in cash during an 18-month investigation.
The drug ring is suspected of smuggling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ga. woman arrested and charged after police find pound of meth worth $13,000 in her bra</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:28:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CROSSVILLE, Ala. — A 37-year-old Georgia woman was arrested and charged with padding her bra with methamphetamine. DeKalb County, Ala., Sheriff Jimmy Harris said the woman was arrested Tuesday and charged with trafficking in controlled substances.

Harris said authorities pulled the woman over for a traffic violation and searched her car. During a pat down, an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gang kills Mexican police officer and his family in attack on home near Gulf</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miguel Angel Hernandez</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VERACRUZ, Mexico — Gunmen shot up and torched the home of a Mexican police commander Wednesday, killing the officer, his wife and his four children, including a 6-year-old boy.

The interior of the house in the Gulf coast city of Veracruz was completely burned, and its facade was riddled with bullet holes. Inside, police found the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authorities target property of Jackson doctor for second time in week in ongoing investigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/authorities-target-property-of-jackson-doctor-for-second-time-in-week-in-ongoing-investigation-123735/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — For the second time in less than a week, authorities have targeted the property of Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal doctor in their investigation into whether he committed manslaughter by administering a powerful anesthetic to help the pop singer sleep.

Federal agents on Tuesday searched Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s home and office in Las Vegas. Last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chavez recalls ambassador over Colombia&#8217;s report that rebels had weapons sold to Venezuela</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/chavez-recalls-ambassador-over-colombias-report-that-rebels-had-weapons-sold-to-venezuela-123591/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Toothaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez recalled his ambassador from Bogota on Tuesday and threatened to halt Colombian imports after the neighboring country said anti-tank weapons found in a rebel arms cache came from Venezuela.

Chavez also said he would sever diplomatic ties completely and seize control of Colombian-owned businesses &#8220;if there&#8217;s one more accusation against [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agents search Las Vegas home, office of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor in manslaughter investigation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/agents-search-las-vegas-home-office-of-michael-jacksons-doctor-in-manslaughter-investigation-123503/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Federal agents searched the home and office of Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal physician Tuesday in a widening investigation of whether administering a powerful anesthetic as a sleep aid was so reckless that it constitutes manslaughter.

Such charges against a doctor for the death of a patient are extremely rare. Authorities would have to show [...]]]></description>
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		<title>States desperate for cash eye cuts at prisons, worrying some</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Suhr</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ST. LOUIS — Tony Ferranto worries as he walks his patrol at maximum-security Menard Correctional Center in Illinois.

Only 150 officers stand watch these days over more than 3,500 inmates — about 700 more than capacity. Each guard covers eight inmates when they are corralled into the cafeteria, twice as many as a few years ago. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal agents search Las Vegas home, office of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor in manslaughter probe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-agents-search-las-vegas-home-office-of-michael-jacksons-doctor-in-manslaughter-probe-123154/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Authorities searched the sprawling Las Vegas home and medical office of Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal doctor Tuesday, seeking documents as part of a manslaughter investigation into the singer&#8217;s death.

Los Angeles police and federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents entered Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s home in a gated community while others across town searched Murray&#8217;s medical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal agents search Las Vegas home of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor in manslaughter probe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-agents-search-las-vegas-home-of-michael-jacksons-doctor-in-manslaughter-probe-123137/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Oskar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LAS VEGAS — Federal authorities searched the Las Vegas home of Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal doctor Tuesday and arrived at his medical office as part of a manslaughter investigation into the singer&#8217;s death.

Several Drug Enforcement Administration agents entered Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s sprawling home in a gated community, accompanied by uniformed Las Vegas police. A DEA agent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Law enforcement official: Jackson doc told investigators he&#8217;d administered anesthetic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/law-enforcement-official-jackson-doc-told-investigators-hed-administered-anesthetic-123135/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — A law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation into Michael Jackson&#8217;s death says the singer&#8217;s doctor told investigators he administered the powerful anesthetic that authorities believe killed the pop star.

The official, who requested anonymity because the probe is ongoing, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Dr. Conrad Murray said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP source: Jackson&#8217;s home chaotic, doc gave drug that authorities believe killed pop star</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-source-jacksons-home-chaotic-doc-gave-drug-that-authorities-believe-killed-pop-star-122603/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — Michael Jackson&#8217;s personal doctor gave him a powerful anesthetic through an intravenous drip to help him sleep, and authorities believe the drug caused the pop singer&#8217;s death, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, said Jackson regularly received the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico plans to test special drug courts in north, drawing praise from visiting US drug czar</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico announced a pilot program Monday to have special courts handle cases involving addicted offenders who commit crimes while under the influence of drugs.

The idea was praised by visiting U.S. drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, who noted &#8220;drug courts&#8221; can sentence people to rehabilitation programs instead of prison.
&#8220;Successful programs like drug courts, which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SF Zoo tiger attack victim arrested after traffic stop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN JOSE, Calif. — A San Jose man attacked by a tiger at the San Francisco Zoo has been arrested on suspicion of cocaine possession and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Authorities say 24-year-old Kulbir Dhaliwal was taken into custody Wednesday after the vehicle he was a passenger in was pulled over by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Officals say Juarez lieutenant killed on US soil was informant working for feds</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-officals-say-juarez-lieutenant-killed-on-us-soil-was-informant-working-for-feds-122298/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia A. Caldwell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EL PASO, Texas — The eight bullets that leveled Jose Daniel Gonzalez Galeana outside his home just doors from the city&#8217;s police chief were fired at close range and left little doubt about their message.

Gonzalez, a Juarez cartel lieutenant shot on his quiet El Paso cul-de-sac this spring, was working for U.S. officials as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Feud between rival drug gangs led to Baltimore cookout shooting that wounded 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE — Baltimore Police Commissioner Frederick Bealefeld says a feud between rival drug gangs led to a shooting at a backyard cookout that left 12 people wounded Sunday night.

In all, 16 people were shot in four incidents in poverty-stricken east Baltimore over a period of about three hours. Bealefeld says at least one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US military increases attacks on Afghan drug syndicate as new US-NATO policy takes hold</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Straziuso</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KABUL — U.S. Marines and Afghan forces have found and destroyed hundreds of tons of poppy seeds, opium and heroin in southern Afghanistan this month in raids that a top American official said show the new U.S. counter narcotics strategy in Afghanistan is working.

U.S. and NATO troops are attacking drug warehouses in Afghanistan for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican police detain 11 suspected La Familia cartel members at meth lab</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexican police say they have captured 11 suspected members of the La Familia cartel and seized a methamphetamine lab in the western state of Michoacan.

The Public Safety Department says federal police detected the lab allegedly operated by La Familia after a strong chemical smell was reported in a rural area of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tougher measures taken along US-Canada border as marijuana and ecstasy smuggling surge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Crary</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. — The world&#8217;s longest undefended border. It&#8217;s a catchy yet increasingly imprecise term for the U.S.-Canada frontier, as authorities on both sides ratchet up efforts to curb bustling traffic in illegal drugs and guns.

The U.S. Border Patrol has tripled the number of agents along the 5,500-mile border in recent years, with hundreds more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mystery substance sickens La. cops investigating possible narcotics in truck; 18 quarantined</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Foster</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KENNER, La. — A mystery substance found in a truck that authorities believe was hauling narcotics has sickened numerous law enforcement officers in Louisiana, and at least 18 have been quarantined as a precaution.

Roberto Bryan Jr., a spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, says 18 DEA agents, Louisiana State Police troopers and Jefferson Parish Sheriff&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agents seize $1.2 billion worth of marijuana in 10-day sweep in California&#8217;s Sierra Nevada</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FRESNO, Calif. — Federal and state agents have arrested 83 people for growing more than $1.2 billion worth of marijuana in an ongoing crackdown on illegal pot gardens in California&#8217;s Sierra Nevada range.

Local officials said several Mexican marijuana-growing cartels helped set up the grow sites scattered throughout rocky mountainsides of eastern Fresno County, and warned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio police find clandestine drug gang &#8216;clinics&#8217; that treated traffickers wounded in shootouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bradley Brooks</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio drug traffickers are operating makeshift medical clinics in the slums they control so wounded gang members don&#8217;t have to risk arrest by seeking treatment at hospitals, police said Thursday.

&#8220;It&#8217;s the first time we&#8217;ve found clinics like this,&#8221; a civil police spokesman said Thursday. &#8220;We can&#8217;t say how long they&#8217;ve been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a name? Mexican drug traffickers sport flashy, sometimes goofy, nicknames</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Stevenson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Edgar Valdez Villarreal is believed to be the chief hit man for one of Mexico&#8217;s most brutal drug cartels. His nickname? &#8220;Barbie.&#8221;

That&#8217;s right, the American fashion doll. Because the U.S.-born Valdez has blond, blue-eyed good looks.
In Mexico&#8217;s cutthroat drug underworld, &#8220;Barbie&#8221; shares the stage with such fearsome characters as &#8220;Bunny Commander&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LA police, DEA raid Michael Jackson doctor&#8217;s clinic in Houston</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Los Angeles police and federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor Wednesday, while investigators in California sought more information from him.

The police and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were going through Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s clinic in north Houston, Los Angeles Police Detective Dan Myers said.
Houston police surrounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican authorities arrest 4 men accused of slaying 12 federal agents in drug-plagued state</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-authorities-arrest-4-men-accused-of-slaying-12-federal-agents-in-drug-plagued-state-117511/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Police have captured four men accused of slaying 12 federal agents and dumping their bloodied bodies along a highway in President Felipe Calderon&#8217;s home state of Michoacan, federal authorities said Wednesday.

The head of the Federal Police&#8217;s anti-drug unit, Ramon Pequeno, said the suspects belong to the La Familia drug cartel.
The federal officers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal drug agents raid Michael Jackson doctor&#8217;s clinic in Houston</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Los Angeles police and federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor Wednesday, even as investigators in California sought more information from him.

The police and agents from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were searching Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s clinic in north Houston, Los Angeles Police Detective Dan Myers said.
Houston police surrounded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: DEA raids Jackson doctor&#8217;s Houston clinic</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-dea-raids-jackson-doctors-houston-clinic-117475/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas Watkins</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HOUSTON — Federal drug agents searched the Houston clinic of Michael Jackson&#8217;s doctor Wednesday, according to a news report, even as investigators in California sought more information from the man.

KTRK-TV reported that officials with the Drug Enforcement Administration were at Dr. Conrad Murray&#8217;s clinic in north Houston. Video showed two Houston police officers guarding the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP sources: US mulls payoffs to wean Afghan farmers off poppy crop</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 08:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne Gearan</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering whether to pay off Afghan farmers to stop them from growing heroin poppies on contract for the Taliban, senior officials said Tuesday.

Paying farmers not to plant poppy would essentially supplant U.S. cash for the fees paid up front by the Taliban to its contract farmers. The idea seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela: US claim that drug trafficking on rise another blow to normalizing relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/venezuela-us-claim-that-drug-trafficking-on-rise-another-blow-to-normalizing-relations-116550/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:50:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — President Hugo Chavez&#8217;s government criticized a U.S. congressional report on drug trafficking in Venezuela, saying Tuesday that relations cannot be normalized as long as Washington keeps passing judgment on the nation&#8217;s internal affairs.

The Foreign Ministry condemned Monday&#8217;s report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office, which said corruption in Venezuela&#8217;s government and military [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: From Andes to Argentina, Mexican drug cartels expand, operate in 47 countries</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-from-andes-to-argentina-mexican-drug-cartels-expand-operate-in-47-countries-116316/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose &#8220;Juancho&#8221; Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, dozens of attackers ambushed his entourage with grenades and assault rifles, killing Leon and 10 others in a brazen demonstration of power.

Mexican drug traffickers are branching out as never before — spreading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Witness claims DC mother accused of killing daughters let kids, ages 3 and 4, smoke marijuana</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A witness in the trial of a woman accused of killing her four daughters says the parents allowed two of the girls to smoke marijuana at the ages of 3 and 4.

LaShawn Ragland, a friend of Banita Jacks&#8217; boyfriend, testified in Jacks&#8217; murder trial on Monday.
Ragland told prosecutors that she once observed Jacks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado health board nixes change to medical marijuana use</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Colleen Slevin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Colorado&#8217;s state health board has rejected a move to limit suppliers of medical marijuana to helping only five patients at a time.

The board voted 6-3 Monday night, after several hours of testimony, to defeat the proposal by the state health department. People in the audience of about 100 cheered.
The board adopted other recommended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexican police arrest alleged drug trafficker carrying drugs, jewelry and $3.6M in cash</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexican-police-arrest-alleged-drug-trafficker-carrying-drugs-jewelry-and-36m-in-cash-115455/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TIJUANA, Mexico — Mexican soldiers have arrested a suspected drug trafficker in the border city of Tijuana who was carrying jewelry, narcotics and $3.6 million in cash.

The Defense Department says Luis Ibarra belongs to a cell in charge of making and trafficking methamphetamine for alleged drug kingpin Teodoro Garcia Simental. Ibarra was detained Saturday.
Garcia Simental [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US congressional report charges corruption in Venezuela allows drug trafficking to flourish</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-congressional-report-charges-corruption-in-venezuela-allows-drug-trafficking-to-flourish-115363/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian James</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — A U.S. congressional report on drug trafficking in Venezuela charges that corruption within the government and military has led to a permissive environment that allows smuggling to flourish.

The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office, released Monday, details U.S. officials&#8217; concerns that Venezuela has extended a &#8220;lifeline&#8221; to Colombian rebels and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US files new charges in drug war, offers $50M in rewards for capture of Mexican cartel leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 06:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Department of State offered up to $50 million Monday for information leading to the arrests of 10 top Mexican drug suspects accused of key roles in a violent organization estimated to have sold more than $1 billion worth of drugs in the United States.

U.S. Attorney Benton J. Campbell said the reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US files new charges _ and offers rewards _ for Mexican cartel leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/us-files-new-charges-_-and-offers-rewards-_-for-mexican-cartel-leaders-115043/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The US government has filed new charges against top Mexican drug suspects and offered a total of $50 million in rewards for their capture.

The Justice Department says an updated indictment made public Monday in Washington adds the names of three alleged lieutenants of the Mexican drug cartel called &#8220;The Company&#8221; and its offshoot, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico detains 10 police officers in federal agents&#8217; killings, charges ex-mayor with drug ties</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-detains-10-police-officers-in-federal-agents-killings-charges-ex-mayor-with-drug-ties-114369/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexican investigators have detained 10 police officers in the torture and killings of 12 federal agents whose bodies were found dumped along a highway in western Michoacan state.

The federal Attorney General&#8217;s Office says a judge ordered the officers from the town of Arteaga held pending an investigation on suspicion of involvement in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California sprouts marijuana &#8216;green rush&#8217; amid calls for legalization, taxation</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/california-sprouts-marijuana-green-rush-amid-calls-for-legalization-taxation-113718/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcus Wohlsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — A drug deal plays out, California-style:

A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased Smart Car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspects the bag to ensure that everything he ordered over the phone is there.
An eighth-ounce of organic marijuana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Far from Mexico, investigators fight major cocaine operation in the heartland</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Todd Richmond</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WATERTOWN, Wis. — In this Midwestern town 1,500 miles from Mexico, in a place that proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of kindergarten, Coco the cocaine kingpin flourished.

Coco came to the United States illegally, and used layers of family members and henchmen to build an operation that saturated southeastern Wisconsin with cocaine until authorities moved in. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico pours federal police, army into western state after 20 killed in cartel attacks</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexico-pours-federal-police-army-into-western-state-after-20-killed-in-cartel-attacks-112263/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>E. Eduardo Castillo</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MEXICO CITY — Mexico on Thursday ordered 5,500 federal police, soldiers and navy personnel to move into a gang-plagued western state following a cartel&#8217;s slaying of 20 officers and troops in one of the boldest revenge attacks ever mounted against the government.

Amid the violence, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated Thursday that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombia extradites to US rebel jailer of 3 Americans, Betancourt</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/colombia-extradites-to-us-rebel-jailer-of-3-americans-betancourt-112060/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cesar Garcia</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BOGOTA — Colombian authorities extradited to the United States on Thursday a rebel &#8220;jailer&#8221; captured in last year&#8217;s storybook rescue of three U.S. military contractors and ex-presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt.

Gerardo Aguilar, alias &#8220;Cesar,&#8221; faces drug-trafficking charges, kidnapping and other charges on an indictment in Washington, D.C. federal court.
The diminutive and bespectacled 50-year-old Aguilar, handcuffed and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Woman warned not to disturb &#8216;alligator&#8217; instead finds marijuana lab in Pa. home</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-woman-warned-not-to-disturb-alligator-instead-finds-marijuana-lab-in-pa-home-111942/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 04:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DARBY, Pa. — Police said a woman defied a warning not to venture onto the second floor of a Philadelphia-area house because an alligator was kept there, and uncovered an operating marijuana lab. She tipped police, who searched the house in Darby, just west of Philadelphia.

Police Chief Robert Smythe said Wednesday the officers found heat [...]]]></description>
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