Toy company owners to be sentenced in drug scheme
January 31, 2012
| AP
Drug cartels have developed a number of money laundering schemes in recent years to turn dirty proceeds into clean cash. Among them was working with a Los Angeles toy company...
Gov't choppers under fire in Mexico drug war
January 16, 2012
| AP
The Mexican armed forces and prosecutors have suffered at least 28 gunfire attacks on helicopters in the five years since the government launched an offensive against drug cartels ...
US targets money laundering activity for cartels
December 29, 2011
| AP
The Obama administration has hit two men with sanctions for allegedly laundering money on behalf of Mexican and Colombian drug cartels. The move blocks any assets in the U.S....
US pledges more foreign aid to fight drug cartels
June 22, 2011
| AP
The Obama administration is pledging to increase security aid to Central America to nearly $300 million this year. The money is supposed to help countries if the region thwart...
Former Mexico soldier sentenced for aiding cartels
December 30, 2011
| Reuters
MEXICO CITY, Dec 30 (Reuters) - A former soldier in the Mexican army was sentenced to 25 years in prison for aiding drug cartels, the attorney general's office said on Friday...
Mexican drug cartels recruiting Texas children
October 17, 2011
| Reuters
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Texas law enforcement officials say several Mexican drug cartels are luring youngsters as young as 11 to work in their smuggling operations. ...
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