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Mexico: Drug fight must target poverty, addiction

SAN DIEGO (AP) -- Mexico's federal attorney general called Monday for a hemispheric battle against drugs that targets poverty and addiction, arguing that focusing on beating cartels in Mexico will only push the problem elsewhere. Giving the luncheon ...

From TRACI CARL, The Orange County Register,  6 Apr 2009

Progress in Mexico drug war is drenched in blood

law enforcement are winning," Garrison Courtney, spokesman for the Drug Enforcement Administration, said Tuesday. "You are going to see the drug traffickers push back because we are breaking their back. It's reasonable to assume they are going to try ...

From TRACI CARL, The San Jose Mercury News,  11 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon

Mexico prez hopes to quell drug violence by 2012

MEXICO CITY—President Felipe Calderon hopes to quell Mexico's rampant drug violence by the end of his term in 2012, and disputes U.S. fears that Mexico is losing control of its territory. In interviews with The Associated Press on Thursday, Calderon ...

From TRACI CARL, Boston Globe,  27 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Harvard University,  Barack Obama

President Calderon of Mexico rejects 'failed state' label

MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon on Thursday rejected U.S. concerns that Mexico is losing control of its territory to drug cartels and allowing violence to spiral out of control. In an interview with The Associated Press, Calderon said Mexico ...

From TRACI CARL, The San Jose Mercury News,  26 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Barack Obama

AP: Mexico president wants to win drug war by 2012

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- President Felipe Calderon said Thursday he wants to win the war against the world's most powerful drug gangs before his term ends in 2012, and disputed U.S. fears that Mexico is losing control of its territory. In interviews with ...

From TRACI CARL, N.J. Courier-Post Online,  26 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Harvard University,  Barack Obama

Calderon: US should fix economy, then immigration

MEXICO CITY—President Felipe Calderon said Thursday he knows Barack Obama is committed to immigration reform, but that the best thing the American president can do -- even for Mexicans -- is to fix the U.S. economy. In an interview with The Associated ...

From TRACI CARL, Boston Globe,  26 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Barack Obama

AP Interview: Mexico's AG says violence peaking

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico's federal attorney general said Thursday that more than 1,000 people have been killed in drug violence so far this year, but that he believes the worst is nearly over. In an interview with The Associated Press, Attorney ...

From TRACI CARL, Buffalo News,  26 Feb 2009

AP: Mexican president rejects 'failed state' label

MEXICO CITY—President Felipe Calderon on Thursday rejected U.S. concerns that Mexico is losing control of its territory to drug cartels and allowing violence to spiral out of control. In an interview with The Associated Press, Calderon said Mexico is ...

From TRACI CARL, Boston Globe,  26 Feb 2009
Related Topics: Felipe Calderon,  Barack Obama

Big spring break group? Try renting a house!

My cousin booked an amazing wedding at the adventure resort Costa Azul, in the tiny Mexican village of San Francisco about a half hour north of Puerto Vallarta. The town was perfect: Cobblestone streets, a beach known for its surfing, turtle releases ...

From TRACI CARL, Los Angeles Times,  20 Jan 2009

Northern Mexico shootout kills teen

MEXICO CITY—A shootout in one of Mexico's wealthiest neighborhoods left a 19-year-old university student dead and two others missing, a Monterrey police spokesman said Monday. The group of friends had just left an exclusive club in the northern city of ...

From TRACI CARL, Boston Globe,  19 Jan 2009

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