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American Deaths Escalate Mexico’s Drug War

Tuesday March 16th |
Source: Southern California Public Radio
8:35 a.m. | Jamie Tarabay | National Public Radio

Analysts say the deaths of Americans in Juarez last weekend may put more pressure on the Obama administration to act. The U.S. already gives hundreds [...]

U.S. indicts Colombian drug kingpins' relatives

MIAMI
Thu Feb 25, 2010 6:27pm EST

MIAMI (Reuters) – Authorities indicted six associates of Colombia’s Cali drug cartel on Thursday on charges they failed to disclose the assets of two jailed kingpins as set out in a sentencing agreement.

The Department of [...]

Peru receives 8 used light attack planes from South Korea

One of the eight combat planes Cessna A37B donated by South Korea to Peru

February 5, 2010 by Andean Air Mail & PERUVIAN TIMES

Defense Minister Rafael Rey announced Thursday that South Korea donated eight used light attack aircrafts to Peru, which will be used for training air force pilots and conducting border surveillance [...]

Captured: drug-smuggling submarine built in garden shed

Spanish man faces 13-year sentence over homemade submersible built to carry cocaine.

Giles Tremlett in Madrid
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 16 December 2009 18.12 GMT

A submarine designed to smuggle cocaine on to a Spanish beach was at the centre of a court case today [...]

Mexico Takes Down a Drug Lord. But Will It Make Any Difference?

By Ioan Grillo / Mexico City Friday, Dec. 18, 2009
Source: Time

Ski-masked marines invited photographers into the shrapnel-ridden apartment to snap photos of the corpse late into Wednesday night. The graphic images of the bullet-ridden 51-year-old man, clothes hanging off and [...]

US gives Mexico 5 helicopters to aid drug war

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO / Associated Press Writer
Posted: 12/16/2009 09:42:26 AM MST
Source: El Paso Times

MEXICO CITY — U.S. officials delivered five helicopters to Mexico on Tuesday to help the country in its fight against drug cartels.

The aircraft are part [...]

Peru army plans arms purchase, tests Chinese tanks

Military Parade 08December2009 – Lima:

MBT-2000 tanks show up @ 3:41

© 2009 The Associated Press
Dec. 8, 2009, 10:51PM
Source: Houston Chronicle

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s military is close to a deal to buy tanks from China, the defense minister said Tuesday.
Rafael Rey told [...]

Submarine Headed To U.S. Seized With 10 Tons Of Cocaine Off Guatemalan Coast

October 23, 2009 12:58 p.m. EST
Source: All Headline News
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN Editor

Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala (AHN) – The war on drugs nabbed itself a rather unusual yet valuable prize this week. The air force of Guatemala and the U.S. [...]

Drug raids targeting Mexican cartel nab 300-plus

By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON — In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., federal officials on Thursday announced the arrests of more than 300 people in raids across the country aimed at [...]

Rio gangs shoot down police chopper, 2 cops dead

posted 10/17/09 4:28 pm

Associated Press
Source: News 8 Channel

RIO DE JANEIRO – Drug traffickers shot down a police helicopter and killed two officers in a burst of drug-based violence just two weeks after the city won the 2016 Olympic games. Three [...]