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Mexican Cartel Gunmen Arrested in Guatemala

Latin American Herald Tribune — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:11:17 +0000

Three suspected employees of Mexico’s Los Zetas drug cartel were arrested in the eastern province of Zacapa after a gunfight with security forces, the Guatemalan interior minister said Thursday.

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Mexican Generals Jailed Pending Probe

Latin American Herald Tribune — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:08:38 +0000

Two Mexican army generals suspected of possible links to drug cartels will be held for 40 days pending further investigation, a judge ordered Thursday.

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Fast And Furious: Why Eric Holder Will Lose The Legal Fight

Ken Klukowski — Fri, 18 May 2012 13:00:17 +0000

Federal courts could soon decide a fight between Congress and Attorney General Eric Holder on the Operation Fast and Furious gun-running scandal. If Republicans persevere, this is a battle that Holder should lose in what would be a humiliating defeat for President Barack Obama.

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More narcobanners, hang the Zetas in Nuevo Leon

El Blog del Narco | Mundonarco.com | Sin censura — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:19:00 +0000

Monterrey— Luego que ayer presuntos miembros de Los Zetas colocaran narcomantas en Zacatecas y San Luis Potosí para deslindarse de los 49 torsos hallados en Cadereyta, esta madrugada fueron encontrados mensajes similares en distintos puntos del áre...

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CBP Seizes Cocaine Hidden in Refrigerated Container at Red Hook Terminal

CBP.gov: Local News Releases — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:28:11 +0000

New York, N.Y. - U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers from the Port of New York/New Jersey discovered cocaine hidden within a refrigerated container at the Brooklyn terminal.On May 7, CBP officers from the Port of NY/NJ conducted an inspection ...

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D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Firefights

CHARLIE SAVAGE and THOM SHANKER — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:42 +0000

Honduras is a growing focus of American counternarcotics efforts aimed at the drug cartels that have increasingly sought to use its ungoverned spaces.

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Photos: Firefighters fear Gladiator Fire could still hit Crown King

Jared Dillingham and Catherine Holland — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:12:31 +0000

The Gladiator Fire is still burning out of control in the Bradshaw Mountains north of Phoenix. Firefighters have managed to get 5 percent containment in the area border Crown King. Another community meeting is slated for this evening at Mayer High.

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Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties

Michael O'Boyle and Miguel Gutierrez — Thu, 17 May 2012 14:09:25 +0000

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Investigators are questioning Mexico's former deputy defense minister and a top army general for suspected links to organized crime, in the highest level scandal to hit the military in the five-year-old drug war.

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Alleged Mexican Mafia member arrested in Spring Break attack

MADELINE BUCKLEY/The Brownsville Herald — Thu, 17 May 2012 13:00:00 +0000

An alleged Mexican Mafia member wanted in the March 17 stabbing on South Padre Island was arrested Tuesday in south San Antonio, the Department of Public Safety announced today.
San Antonio police and DPS arrested Felix Velasquez Jr., 30, after he...
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Authorities refuse to acknowledge “Los Zetas” of slaughter in Cadereyta

El Blog del Narco | Mundonarco.com | Sin censura — Thu, 17 May 2012 02:01:00 +0000

La autoridad estatal negó que se haya acusado al grupo delictivo los Zetas de la muerte de 49 personas, cuyos torsos fueron hallados el domingo en Cadereyta.El vocero de Seguridad, Jorge Domene, aseguró que sólo se informó que en el lugar se había...

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