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Houston Chronicle story on use of informants
HOUSTON — To cops and the courts, they are confidential informants and cooperating co-conspirators. In the streets, they are snitches and rats. They make deals to avoid prosecution or do less time,...
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STRATFOR: Meth in Mexico: A Turning Point in the Drug War?
Mexican authorities announced Feb. 8 the largest seizure of methamphetamine in Mexican history — and possibly the largest ever anywhere — on a ranch outside of Guadalajara. The total haul was 15 tons...
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Cracking the Mexican Cartels—NYTimes op-ed
Does anyone believe this? What about the YEARS of testimony from victims of violence and extortion in Ciudad Juarez, that the Federal Police are the perpetrators? What evidence is there that this...
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Mexico’s Plan to Create a Paramilitary Force–Stratfor
Based on what I know about Mexico and other Latin American countries that have used paramilitary forces, if this plan gets enacted, we will see even more extra-judicial killings and the level of...
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Two Mexican generals detained for alleged drug gang ties–Reuters; more…
Note this from the Mexican article that is not included in the Reuters piece: ___________ Information from investigations carried out by DEA inside the US revealed that some Mexican army and marines...
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Risking Life for Truth
Published in The New York Review of Books, Alma Guillermoprieto, writes about the real heroes of Mexico who seek the truth: Let us say that you are a Mexican reporter working for peanuts at a local...
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