Gunmen kill 3 Acapulco officers; authorities probe link to weekend gunbattle that left 17 deadACAPULCO, Mexico — Gunmen launched grenades and opened fire in near simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing three officers in violence that broke out less than 48 hours after a gunbattle in the resort left 17 dead. Gunmen kill 2 Acapulco officers, wound 2 others; link to weekend gunbattle probedACAPULCO, Mexico — Attackers used grenades and guns in near-simultaneous attacks on two police stations in Acapulco Monday, killing two officers and wounding two others in the Pacific coast resort city plagued by drug violence. Mexico captures drug cartel suspect wanted in US for smuggling $2 million in cocaine profitsMEXICO CITY — Mexican police have captured a woman wanted in the United States for allegedly smuggling $2 million in cocaine-trafficking profits for a powerful drug cartel. Shootout kills 16 gunmen, 2 soldiers in Acapulco; tourists cower in hotelsACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Outlaws holed up in a hillside mansion fought heavily armed Mexican soldiers with a rain of gunfire and grenades that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby. Mexican military official: Shootout kills 15 gunmen, 1 soldier in AcapulcoACAPULCO, Mexico — It was a shootout straight from Hollywood in the former playground of its biggest stars: Masked and heavily armed Mexican soldiers battled outlaws holed up in a cliffside mansion in a four-hour shootout that had tourists cowering in hotels nearby. US plan to fight Mexican drug cartels on border lacks leaders at key law enforcement agenciesWASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s new strategy to help fight Mexican drug cartels is getting under way without presidential picks to run the U.S. agencies in charge of battling drugs, border smuggling and illegal guns. Obama administration still missing key leaders in drug cartel crackdownWASHINGTON — 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. Prosecutor: Grenades, ammunition seized from Mexican traffickers belong to Guatemalan armyGUATEMALA CITY — Thousands of bullets and grenades that were part of a Mexican drug cartel’s weapons cache belong to the Guatemalan army, Guatemala’s anti-drug prosecutor said Thursday. El Paso police say man shot there last month was member of powerful Juarez drug cartelEL PASO, Texas — Police in El Paso, Texas, say a Mexican man shot to death last month in front of a house was a midlevel official in the Juarez drug cartel. Mexico captures top cartel suspect; 21 more police detained for alleged drug trafficking tiesMEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers captured a drug cartel suspect accused of helping procure the largest illegal weapons cache found in the country, authorities said Tuesday. Mexico: Most-wanted drug lord’s power in Sinaloa cartel waningMEXICO CITY — Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord has an increasingly less-powerful role in his cartel, the country’s Attorney General said Friday. Naples crime bosses turn to family to survive crackdownROME — Italy has launched a full-throttled assault on the Naples mob, carrying out a flurry of raids and making dozens of arrests over the past month. But like an octopus regrowing its arms, the Camorra has shown a knack for replacing lost leaders and soldiering on. Former Mexican President Vicente Fox encouraged about US cooperation in drug warKENNESAW, Ga. — Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Tuesday he is encouraged that the Obama administration accepts some U.S. responsibility for drug violence ravaging Mexico, but he is not yet persuaded it will lead to concrete U.S. actions. Mexico arrests 25 Tijuana police officers, 2 civilians on accusations of working for cartelTIJUANA, Mexico — Mexico arrested 25 Tijuana police officers and two civilians on organized crime charges for alleged drug gang ties, the federal attorney general’s office said Friday. AP IMPACT: Mexico holds huge stash of seized weapons, but it makes tracing weapons painstakingMEXICO CITY — Deep inside a heavily guarded military warehouse, the evidence of Mexico’s war on drug cartels is stacked two stories high: tens of thousands of seized weapons, from handguns and rifles to AK-47s, some with gun sights carved into the shape of a rooster or a horse’s head. Mayor of crime-ridden Mexican border city says army to stay permanently to fight cartelsNEW YORK — The mayor of one of Mexico’s most troubled border towns said Tuesday he expects to keep army troops in place to fight drug violence even after a revamped police department resumes its duties. Former sheriff of Texas border county pleads guilty to drug trafficking chargeMcALLEN, Texas — A former south Texas sheriff pleaded guilty Friday to a drug trafficking charge for sharing law enforcement information with a Mexican drug ring. Mexico detains 12 federal investigators for allegedly helping hit men kill 8 officersMEXICO CITY — Mexican authorities have detained 12 federal police investigators accused of leaking information to hit men who ambushed and killed eight officers in a failed attempt to free a high-level drug cartel member, the Mexican Attorney General’s Office said Thursday. Mexican police arrest Zeta gang leader, 1 of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers.MEXICO CITY — Mexican police on Wednesday arrested suspected Zeta gang leader Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, one of Mexico’s 24 most-wanted drug traffickers. 17 arrested in Curacao on suspicion of drug trafficking with links to HezbollahWILLEMSTAD, Curacao — Seventeen people were arrested in Curacao for alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring with connections to Hezbollah, police in the Dutch Caribbean island said Wednesday. ATF sends 100 agents to Houston to help stop flow of guns to Mexican cartelsHOUSTON — One-hundred federal agents and other personnel have been deployed to Houston in an effort to stop the flow of firearms to Mexican drug cartels from one of the major sources of guns seized south of the border, officials announced Tuesday. Miami judge sentences Colombian drug baron to 30 years for overseeing cartel’s financesMIAMI — A Colombian who was one of the top financial managers and supervised money-laundering for a cocaine cartel accused of smuggling $10 billion in drugs into the U.S. was sentenced Tuesday to 30 years in federal prison. The roots of Mexican city’s violence: collapsing drug cartel, government on the war pathTIJUANA, Mexico — In Mexico’s drug war, Tijuana tells the story of a government that says it’s winning, even as the battle gets bloodier. Gunmen kill police chief in Mexican city across border from TexasPIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — Gunmen on Saturday killed the police chief of a town across the border from Texas — less than three weeks after he took over the local force with the aim of purging alleged corruption. Six police officers are being questioned in the attack. Italy’s Mafia thrives in global meltdown, gobbling everything from gas stations to trattoriasNAPLES, Italy — While businesses around the world are hunkering down for survival, the Italian mob is living a golden moment. Mexican president proposes expanding army’s power in drug-plagued areasMEXICO CITY — A bill that would let Mexico declare temporary states of emergency and expand the army’s power in a bloody fight against powerful drug gangs drew immediate fire Thursday from human rights activists who say soldiers should not be doing the job of police. Mexico steps up patrols after 2 soldiers killed in drug hotspotMEXICO CITY — The army said Wednesday it has stepped up patrols in a remote, mountainous drug hotspot in northern Mexico, after gunmen killed two army lieutenants in the region. |
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