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Judge in Mexico Says Alleged Drug Czar Has No Cartel Ties
April 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A judge has thrown out the charges against Noe Ramirez Mandujano, who was accused of being on the payroll of a cartel while serving as Mexico's drug czar in the Calderon administration, judicial officials said. continue reading »
Drug-related Violence Leads to 19 Deaths in Mexico
April 11, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least 19 people died in drug-related violence in the western Mexican state of Michoacan and the southern state of Guerrero, officials and community leaders said. continue reading »
Mexico Inaugurates Memorial to 70,000 Victims of Drug-War
April 5, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A memorial to the more than 70,000 people killed in drug-war violence in Mexico since December 2006 was inaugurated Friday in Mexico City. continue reading »
Peace Activist Javier Sicilia Wants Bicentennial Monument Dedicated to Victims of Violence
April 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An online campaign launched by human rights activists seeks to turn Mexico's Bicentennial Monument into a memorial to victims of violence, organizers said. continue reading »
Mexican Family of 5 Killed in Sinaloa
April 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least five people, all members of the same family, were gunned down outside the Mexican Pacific port city of Mazatlan, police and prosecutors said. continue reading »
Bill Clinton Joins World Leaders In Declaring Drug War Failure
December 12, 2012 | by ThinkProgress | HS News Network
Former President Bill Clinton and a number of other world leaders are declaring the “War on Drugs” a failure in a new documentary about the remarkable violence, illegal activity and mass incarceration caused by worldwide drug prohibition. continue reading »
Mexicans Protest Final Hours of Calderon’s Term with Embroidered Scarves
December 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Activists will display hundreds of scarves embroidered with blood-colored thread at a memorial here this weekend, a protest that calls attention to the tens of thousands of drug-related deaths during departing Mexican President Felipe Calderon's six-year term. continue reading »
Mexican Newspaper: 60,000 Have Died in President Calderon’s Drug War
November 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Organized crime-related violence has claimed 57,449 lives in Mexico during the presidency of Felipe Calderon, whose six-year term ends on Dec. 1, according to a tally published Thursday by the Milenio daily. continue reading »
Nobel Prize Winner Jody Williams Stands With Mexico’s “Caravan for Peace”
September 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity demanded an end to the drug war in the capital of the nation that launched the war. After setting off from AFL-CIO headquarters where the nation's largest federation of unions saluted its efforts, the caravan planted itself in front of the White House, then proceeded to Freedom Plaza. continue reading »
Venezuela Captures Drug-Smuggling Plane With Help of Drones
September 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Venezuelan authorities captured a drug-smuggling plane after the aircraft was spotted by one of the drones the Andean nation is developing in partnership with Iran, President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday. continue reading »
Venezuela, Bolivia Dispute Drug Trafficking Accusations Made by the U.S.
September 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The governments of both Venezuela and Bolivia rejected Saturday the accusations made against them by the White House in its latest memo regarding the war on drugs, and said the U.S. was chiefly responsible for this scourge. continue reading »
‘Caravan for Peace’ Arrives in Washington D.C., Traveling 6,000 Miles from Mexico
September 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Caravan for Peace arrived in Washington, the last stop on its tour of the United States, during which families of the victims of violence on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border have marked "an end and a beginning" with their condemnation of the war on drugs. continue reading »
What Does Juarez’s Lower Murder Rate Really Mean?
August 22, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
For too long, the mere mention of Juarez elicited comments about murder and an overall lack of safety, but things in the murderous Mexican city may finally be changing. According to El Diario continue reading »
Calderon Says Peña Nieto Will Continue Anti-Drug Strategy in Mexico
July 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview published Sunday by Spain's El Pais newspaper that he was convinced that his anti-drug strategy and reforms would be continued by Enrique Peña Nieto, of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, who won the July 1 presidential election. continue reading »
Mexico’s War on Drugs Looking For Greater International Cooperation
June 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico wants to expand international cooperation in the war on drugs to create "new strategies and lines of action," Mexican Deputy Attorney General for Judicial and International Affairs Alejandro Ramos told Efe. continue reading »
Victims of Mexico’s Drug War Prepare “Caravan for Peace” for U.S. Tour
June 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Javier Sicilia and Mexico’s Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity have announced they will lead a caravan across the U.S. this summer to call an end to the ongoing drug war. continue reading »
Like the Failed ATF “Fast and Furious”, the DEA is Trying to Track Money They’ve Given to Cartels
January 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to the New York Times, while attempting to track money that was believed to be making it into the hands of drug cartels, the U.S. government was actually laundering and smuggling money from and for the drug organizations. continue reading »
Honduras Extradites Reputed Guatemalan Drug Lord to the US
December 15, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Honduras on Thursday turned over to U.S. authorities a reputed drug kingpin from Guatemala who was arrested here in May. continue reading »
U.S. Anti-Drug Aid to Mexico is Part of “Shared Responsibility for the War on Drugs”
December 9, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. assistance to Mexico's battle against drug cartels "is not a handout" but rather an alliance against organized crime, Washington's envoy here said upon delivering a fourth Blackhawk helicopter as part of the Merida Initiative. continue reading »
Bolivian Narcos Dig Up Dead Narco Mule to Extract Cocaine Cargo
November 22, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 55 year old man who had died in May got dug up recently, his insides dissected and spilled on the ground as narcos exhumed his body to retrieve the cocaine cargo in his belly. continue reading »
