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On Wednesday the notorious Mexican drug trafficker Arturo Beltrán Leyva was killed during a shootout with troops in Cuernavaca. "Although President Felipe Calderón on Thursday called the operation 'a convincing blow' against the drug cartels," The New York Times reports , "his government also warned that drug-related violence might not abate and could even get worse." Take a few moments to digest that. The Mexican government is waging a ...

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Follow-up on the Ashley III Halsey story As a reminder, Halsey reported, as the main point of his story, that a government study said something which it clearly did not. This is not a he-said-he-said situation, or something that's open to interpretation. Either he was duped or he was lazy, but he clearly wrote something that was factually wrong, and then got angry when asked to correct it. It appears now that the Washington Post ...

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23 hours ago ago from RealClearWorld - The Compass Blog

Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltrán Leyva, known as the Boss of Bosses, was killed Wednesday night after a two-hour grenade and gun fight with Mexican Navy forces. The Financial Times calls it: one of the clearest victories for the government since it declared an all-out war against organised crime. Last year Beltrán Leyva, known as "El Barbas" and his brothers had broken up with Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, eader of the Federation (which combined ...

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3 Al-Qaida suspects charged in African drug case WASHINGTON (AP) -- Three accused al-Qaida associates have been arrested in Africa and brought to New York on charges they conspired to support terrorism by smuggling drugs bound for Europe, authorities said Friday. The arrests mark the first time U.S. authorities have captured and charged al-Qaida suspects in a drug trafficking plot in Africa, in a case officials say demonstrates the spread ...

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