Read more Mexican drug war stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/5404/mexican-drug-war.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:28:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73361/mexican-mayor-trumpets-foes-death-before-body-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMonterrey-area mayor Mauricio Fernandez is facing some tough questions after announcing the death of his drug baron nemesis hours before the body was found and days before it was identified. "Saldana, who apparently is the one who was asking for my head, was found dead today in Mexico City," Fernandez...http://www.newser.com/story/73361/mexican-mayor-trumpets-foes-death-before-body-found.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 3:20:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73357/us-airman-shot-dead-in-mexican-strip-bar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn off-duty US Air Force sergeant was among six people shot dead at a Mexican strip club last night. Hooded men armed with automatic weapons entered the club in Ciudad Juarez and sought out the victims. "It appears drugs were being sold at the place," a military official told Reuters...http://www.newser.com/story/73357/us-airman-shot-dead-in-mexican-strip-bar.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Nov 2009 3:01:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/68493/17-massacred-at-mexican-rehab-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHooded gunmen killed 17 people after storming a Mexican drug and alcohol rehab center in Ciudad Juarez yesterday, Sky News reports. The men, believed to be hitmen from a drug cartel, forced the patients to line up in a corrider before gunning them down. Gangs have targeted rehab clinics in...http://www.newser.com/story/68493/17-massacred-at-mexican-rehab-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 03 Sep 2009 3:08:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67891/mexican-drug-informants-import-violence-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration and state governments are spending billions to keep Mexico's escalating drug war from spilling over the border. But the feds fighting trafficking have also relied on Mexican cartel members for intelligence—and that, says the Washington Post , has unleashed gangland-style violence in American cities. Drug kingpins living...http://www.newser.com/story/67891/mexican-drug-informants-import-violence-to-us.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 5:03:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66570/obama-defends-mexicos-drug-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama expressed his support for Mexico’s war on drug cartels after today's North American summit, the New York Times reports. Obama defended Felipe Calderón—who some criticize for not holding the Mexican army accountable for reported human rights abuses against the drug traders—saying that the ruthless traffickers were...http://www.newser.com/story/66570/obama-defends-mexicos-drug-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 10 Aug 2009 14:28:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66135/mexico-drug-aid-delayed-over-rights-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMore than $100 million in anti-narcotics aid to Mexico has been delayed because of alleged human rights abuses in the country's war with drug cartels, the Washington Post reports. Sen. Patrick Leahy, chair of a subcommittee that oversees foreign aid spending, blocked plans to release a favorable State Department report...http://www.newser.com/story/66135/mexico-drug-aid-delayed-over-rights-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 6:39:53 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64811/drug-lords-bling-dazzles-mexican-agency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid the ongoing drug wars in Mexico, one small branch of the country's finance ministry has a special job: selling off the jewel-encrusted pistols, armor-plated Hummers, and even wild panthers and lions seized from dealers' bling-tastic mansions. "You realize that the mansions in movies like Scarface aren't exaggerations," one official...http://www.newser.com/story/64811/drug-lords-bling-dazzles-mexican-agency.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 7:59:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64419/dozen-mangled-mexican-bodies-were-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwelve people tortured, murdered, and dumped along a highway in the Mexican state of Michoacan Monday were Mexican federal agents, the AP reports. The off-duty agents—11 men and one woman—were caught in an ambush by members of a drug cartel, officials said. The murders are believed to be...http://www.newser.com/story/64419/dozen-mangled-mexican-bodies-were-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Jul 2009 5:12:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64334/12-mangled-bodies-dumped-on-mexican-highway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe bodies of 11 men and a woman were found by the side of a remote highway in Mexico's Michoacan state yesterday, Reuters reports. The victims had been tortured before being executed, police said. Officials believe the killings are linked to an ongoing feud for control of the state between...http://www.newser.com/story/64334/12-mangled-bodies-dumped-on-mexican-highway.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 7:19:49 CDT