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Mexico's Drug War
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This blog is designed to inform readers about current border violence issues and provide analysis on those issues, as well as detailed focus on specific border topics.
- Added on: Mar 11th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Sylvia Longmire
- Listed in: Central & South America International Affairs
- Tags: Mexico drug border analysis violence cartels
Recent Posts
"Only sliver of aid for US-Mexico drug plan spent."
Here is an excerpt from Christopher Sherman's Associated Press article: "Only $26 million of the $1.4 billion authorized to help Mexico and Central America fight organized crime has been spent due to bureaucracy, conditions placed on the fu...
"Al Capone and Today\'s Cartels."
I'm very excited to announce that I have officially been published in a magazine! My article, titled "Al Capone and Today's Cartels," came out this morning in Homeland Security Today (HSToday) magazine. In it, I compare the situatio...
I\'ll be talking about Mexico on the Roger Hedgecock show Tuesday night!
I'm thrilled to say I was contacted by the producers of the Roger Hedgecock talk radio show yesterday, and was asked to speak for roughly ten minutes tomorrow evening on a recent piece I wrote for MexiData.info! I'll be addressing instability...
"Program to help truckers attracts drug smugglers."
Here is an excerpt from Christopher Sherman's Associated Press article:"A U.S. program that offers trusted trucking companies speedy passage across American borders has begun attracting just the sort of customers who place a premium on avoid...
"El Paso 2nd safest U.S. city: Ranking a contrast to violence across border."
Here is an excerpt from Daniel Borunda's article in the El Paso Times: "A new ranking shows El Paso moved up to the second-safest large city in the nation even while a vicious drug cartel war has turned Juárez into one of the deadliest cit...
"Central American Disorder — a Threat to Mexico\'s Security."
Here is an excerpt from my latest MexiData.info article:"The everyday realities of Mexico’s drug war are grisly and overwhelming. On a daily basis, both Mexican media outlets and U.S. news sources report the latest mass murders that have resul...
