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  Mexican drug lord arrested

  January 13, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – A Mexican drug cartel kingpin accused of dissolving victims in barrels of lye and waging a terror campaign that turned Tijuana into one of Mexico’s most dangerous …

• U.S. lags on aid in Mexico’s drug battle

  December 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – The United States has spent a fraction of the money pledged – just $24 million of $1.3 billion appropriated – to help Mexico in its bloody three-year-old … 1

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  Sophisticated pot fields a growing problem in Washington

  October 18, 2009 in City on Page A1 Some of the most innovative farming techniques in the Northwest are being applied to a cash crop that isn’t wheat, apples or grapes. It’s a low-tech but high-stakes, high-risk venture … 18

• Escalating drug violence leaves 30 dead in Juarez

  September 17, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – A rash of multiple slayings rocked the border region of Ciudad Juarez this week, killing at least 30 people in what analysts describe as the late stages …

• Mexico allows possession of drugs for ‘personal use’

  August 21, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 MEXICO CITY – Mexico enacted a controversial law Thursday decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and other drugs while encouraging free government treatment for drug dependency. The …

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  Acapulco shootout leaves 18 dead

  June 8, 2009 in City on Page A7 MEXICO CITY – As if Mexican tourism needed more bad news, a weekend shootout left 18 gunmen and soldiers dead in Acapulco, the iconic if faded beach resort that recently …

• Mexico drug wars creating new set of asylum-seekers

  June 8, 2009 in City on Page A1 MEXICO CITY – Mexican immigration to the United States has been almost entirely an economic issue for the past few decades. Politicians have fine-tuned their positions around what to do …

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  U.S. border crossings report high passport compliance

  June 2, 2009 in City on Page A9 BLAINE, Wash. – On the day that stricter identification rules went into effect for U.S. citizens returning from Canada and Mexico, traffic slogged as usual through the state’s largest border …

• Mexican officials arrested for alleged ties to drug war

  May 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – Mexican security forces swept into President Felipe Calderon’s home state of Michoacan on Tuesday and arrested 27 government officials, the largest operation to target politicians in Mexico’s …

• Convoy attack leaves eight dead in Mexico

  April 20, 2009 in City on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – In the latest of a series of brazen, drug-related attacks, gunmen ambushed a prisoner transfer convoy in western Mexico, killing eight officers in a failed attempt to …

• Obama slaps sanctions on Mexican cartels

  April 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – President Obama on Wednesday ratcheted up efforts to curb the flow of drugs and guns across the border, imposing financial sanctions against three of the most violent Mexican …

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  Clinton slams U.S. drug policies

  March 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Mexico on Wednesday with a stark mea culpa, saying that decades of U.S. anti-narcotics policies had been a failure …

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  U.S. ramps up help in Mexico drug war

  March 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Obama administration promised Tuesday to help Mexico fight its drug war by cutting off the cartels’ supply of guns and profits, while resisting the Texas governor’s call …

• U.S. steps up fight against drug cartels

  March 22, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Obama is finalizing plans to move federal agents, equipment and other resources to the border with Mexico to support Mexican President Felipe Calderon’s campaign against violent drug …

• Stimulus to finance ‘virtual fence’

  March 11, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The Homeland Security Department is accelerating plans to build a costly and long-troubled “virtual fence” of sensors and cameras along the U.S.-Mexican border, aided by $100 million from …

• In brief: Diplomat accused of conspiracy

  March 10, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 President Evo Morales on Monday ordered a U.S. diplomat to leave Bolivia for allegedly conspiring with opposition groups, further straining tense relations six months after he expelled the American ambassador. …

• Mexico boosts security near airports

  March 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – More than 800 federal and local police have been assigned to improve security in and around Mexico City’s international airport after a series of armed robberies against …

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  Spring break alert issued for Mexico

  February 27, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 PHOENIX – The U.S. State Department and universities around the country are warning college students headed for Mexico for some spring-break partying of a surge in drug-related murder and mayhem …

• Hundreds arrested in cartel probe

  February 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced Wednesday that authorities have arrested more than 730 people across the country in a 21-month investigation targeting Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel and its infiltration …

• Fewer Mexicans leaving to seek jobs

  February 20, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 MEXICO CITY – Migration from Mexico, mainly to the United States, has fallen dramatically as fewer Mexicans leave their country to look for work abroad amid a global economic downturn, …

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  Protests block U.S.-Mexico border bridges

  February 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Hundreds of people blocked bridges to the United States in three border cities Tuesday, demanding the army leave in another challenge for the Mexican government as …

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  Smoochers break world record

  February 15, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 Mexico City puckered up to set a new record Saturday as nearly 40,000 people locked lips in the city center for the world’s largest group kiss. Carlos Martinez of Guinness …

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  Mexican chefs whip up two-ton cheesecake

  January 26, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A2 MEXICO CITY – Mexico has long been known for tacos and tequila – but cheesecake? Chef Miguel Angel Quezada says 55 cooks spent 60 hours making the world’s biggest cheesecake …

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  Mexicans return home for ‘troca’ fest

  December 30, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A3 JALPAN DE SERRA, Mexico – Organizers of central Mexico’s annual parade of tricked-out “trocas” say more migrants are returning to their homeland, and many are planning to stay for a …

• Anti-kidnapping expert abducted in Mexico

  December 16, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – A U.S. anti-kidnapping expert was abducted by gunmen in northern Mexico last week, a sign of just how bold this nation’s kidnapping gangs have become. U.S. security …