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DEA chief: Mexico cartels’ reach affects the world:
The Associated Press, 4/5/2011
Countries around the world are concerned about the increasingly global reach of Mexican drug cartels, the head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said Tuesday.
The United States is particularly worried about the spread of Los Zetas, a vicious Mexican gang blamed [...]
At least three people who allegedly worked for a Mexican drug cartel face charges of plotting to buy a Stinger Missile, anti-tank rockets and other military firepower, according to federal court papers unsealed Friday in Phoenix.
“The object of the conspiracy was to obtain and possess military grade weaponry, and then to export that [...]
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico has resigned after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderon over the handling of the war against Mexico’s powerful drug gangs. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that she and President Barack Obama had accepted Ambassador Carlos Pascual’s resignation “with great reluctance.”
The announcement came as [...]
U.S. Drones Fight Mexican Drug Trade:
Stepping up its involvement in Mexico’s drug war, the Obama administration has begun sending drones deep into Mexican territory to gather intelligence that helps locate major traffickers and follow their networks, according to American and [...]
676 arrested, tons of drugs seized in U.S. bust of Mexican cartels: “U.S. law enforcement seized thousands of pounds of drugs and arrested hundreds of people in a synchronized bust targeting Mexican drug cartels and their associates, federal authorities said Friday.“
(Via CNN.com – Crime.)
I appeared briefly today on Fox News Channel’s program, The Fox Report with Shepard Smith. The interview focused on the violence in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. My comments attributed much of the violence to battles between the cartels for control of key terrain that allows for the distribution of drugs into the United [...]
U.S. prosecutors rattle, but don’t break, Mexican cartels: “More Mexican drug lords are getting stiff prison terms, but they’re quickly replaced. Using drug and racketeering statutes and extradition agreements, federal prosecutors are sending a steady parade of Mexican drug lords into U.S. prisons. Although that is having a chilling effect on the smuggling cartels, [...]
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Greg McNeal is a professor and national security specialist focusing on the institutions and challenges associated with global security, with substantive expertise in national security law and policy, transnational crime, global policy studies, and international affairs.
He teaches at Pepperdine University's School of Law and School of Public Policy.Recent Posts
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