Transcript: TREASURY TARGETS MEDELLIN-BASED DRUG TRAFFICKER, KEY LINK BETWEEN COLOMBIAN AND MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS

Transcript: MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS:RICHARD J. DURBIN
Congressional Testimony;  March 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Law Enforcement Responses to Mexican Drug Cartels.`` This is the first hearing of the ... quickly agreed that the problem of Mexican drug cartels would be a top priority. Over 6200 ... city's chief of police resigned after drug cartels threatened to kill a policeman every ...

Article: Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Elections
The Washington Post;  January 5, 2008 ;     642 words ...Drug cartels are trying to influence the outcomes ... recent months to acknowledge the threat drug cartels pose to the nation's fragile democracy ... who have been kidnapped. Mexico's drug cartels have been involved in a major turf war ...

Transcript: Violence Up As Mexico Battles Drug Cartels
NPR Morning Edition;  November 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 2008 Violence Up As Mexico Battles Drug Cartels Host: ARI SHAPIRO Time 10:00-11 ... waging an all-out war with organized drug cartels. Those cartels bring billions of dollars ... you've got infighting amongst the drug cartels, which is incredibly vicious and it ...

Transcript: MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS:LANNY A. BREUER
Congressional Testimony;  July 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... last decade the surrogates of Mexican drug cartels have expanded their presence across ... systematically dismantle the Mexican drug cartels, which currently threaten the national ... Government of Mexico in efforts against the drug cartels. The Strategy is an important component ...

Article: VOA NEWS: MEXICO WAGES BLOODY WAR WITH DRUG CARTELS
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 21, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... continues his fight against powerful drug cartels as the death count mounts. More than ... not make a strong counterattack on the drug cartels. "If Calderon does not respond effectively ... existed in Colombia in the 1980's when drug cartels held sway over several cities and operated ...

Article: DRUGS-MEXICO: POLICE AND DRUG CARTELS GO HIGH-TECH
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  October 28, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE). Drug cartels continually come up with new ways to ... said that as long as there is demand, drug cartels will find some way to outwit controls ... the mouse would ever win. Today's drug cartels also use hi-tech equipment. They ...

Article: Drug Cartels Have Become World Threat: Zimbabwean
Xinhua English Newswire;  November 24, 1997 ;     368 words ...The global influence of drug cartels has become a threat to the socio ... He said that the activities of drug cartels could threaten the ability of governments ... our people," he said. He said drug cartels are motivated by financial greed ...