Ariz. files appeal as sheriff launches new sweep

In Phoenix, hundreds of the law's opponents massed at a downtown jail, beating on the metal door and forcing sheriff's deputies to call for backup.

As guns go south, drugs - and violence - go north

A succession of drug-related incidents has fuelled concerns. In January a man was kidnapped outside his home in suburban Phoenix, Arizona. Initially, his family denied anything was wrong. Later, they admitted he was involved in a drugs deal gone sour and his captors were demanding $150,000…

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Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mexican Cartel's turf war heats up

"I saw my brother's body lying there. I can't describe how horrendous that was,"

A turf war between drug cartels, fuelled by a government crackdown launched in 2006, has set in train an epidemic of violence that is killing 20 people a day on average…

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Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mexican drug cartel violence has now spilled into Texas

Violence from Mexican drug cartels has spilled over into Texas, state Homeland Security Director Steve McCraw said Monday.

"Yes, absolutely it has occurred; there's no question about it," McCraw said after a hearing before the House Committee on Border and International Affairs...

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Source: el paso times

Mexico Drug Wars and Death Spill into the U.S.

Oscar Reynoso was found by police in a home in suburban Atlanta. Authorities say cartel members had chained and tortured Reynoso over a $300,000 drug debt.

Last month federal authorities in Atlanta announced indictments against 41 people they said were trafficking drugs and laundering money for Mexican cartels. Among those netted in Operation Pay Cut were a former deputy sheriff from Texas who was stopped on a Georgia highway with nearly $1 million in cash in his pickup.

PBS Discussion: Drug Cartels

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