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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Firearms, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Lawyers, Organized Crime
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Cartel-controlled border towns present big challenge in Congress' quest for immigration reform
Associated PressMATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer...Tags: Police Arrests, Religion and Belief, International Law, Blackmail and Extortion, Christianity
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Thermo Fisher sued over sale of Mexico plant used by drug cartel
ReutersMay 11 (Reuters) - Opengate Capital Group LLC filed a lawsuit on Friday alleging that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold it a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug cartel was operating there. The private equity...Tags: Career and Workplace, Organized Crime, Litigation, Trials, Mexico
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Lawsuit says Thermo Fisher deliberately concealed information -WSJ
ReutersMay 10 (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed on Friday alleged that laboratory equipment maker Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc sold a Mexican plant last year without revealing that a drug cartel was operating sthere, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Reynosa,...Tags: Organized Crime, Trials, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Car-dealership owner sentenced to prison in Gulf Cartel case
An Apopka car-dealership owner accused of laundering marijuana sale proceeds to the Gulf Cartel was sentenced to roughly three years in federal prison Wednesday. Joel Torres, owner of JM2 Auto Sales, was suspected of helping the Gulf Cartel establish...
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Horse track money laundering trial begins in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - A multimillion-dollar horse racing and breeding operation run from an Oklahoma ranch was actually a front for a notorious Mexican cartel to launder millions of dollars in drug money, prosecutors alleged at the beginning of a trial for...Tags: Blackmail and Extortion, Court Preliminary, Lawyers, Justice System, Los Zetas Cartel
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Deportees to Mexico's Tamaulipas preyed upon by gangs
MATAMOROS, MEXICO — They stuck together, walking slowly on busted sidewalks, approaching corners warily. They hurried past smoky taco stands and fleabag hotels. Nobody strayed.
Deported from Southern California the night before, the 20 men had...Tags: Religion and Belief, Criminals, Car Safety Tips and Advice, International Law, Civil Rights
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Two PRI politicians killed within days in Mexico
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Two politicians from the soon-to-be-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, have been slain within two days of each other, sending a chilling reminder of the violent Mexico that awaits the new administration. One of the killings,... -
6 Mexico police slain in 2 attacks
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Six Mexican police have been assassinated in two separate incidents in the drug-battleground states of Durango and Tamaulipas, government officials reported Thursday.... -
Suspected top Gulf cartel leader captured in Mexico
World NowMexican authorities announce the capture of the alleged top leader of the Gulf cartel, a potentially crippling blow to the drug-trafficking network that once dominated much of northern and southern Mexico but has recently lost ground to the vicious... -
A reputed top leader of Gulf Cartel is captured in Mexico
World NowMexico's U.S.-backed naval special forces have captured a man believed to be one of the two top leaders of the Gulf Cartel, a drug-trafficking organization that once dominated the northeast border region but has recently weathered devastating battle... -
Quebec separatist party riding wave of voter dissatisfaction
World NowGlobal Focus: When the separatist Parti Quebecois burst on the political scene 40 years ago, financial institutions and global corporate headquarters fled Montreal for neighboring Ontario in fear of the economic disaster predicted if Quebec were to secede...
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