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Manuel Zelaya exile move from Honduras 'postponed'

Alex — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:18:30 +0000

Plans for ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya to leave for exile in Mexico have been postponed, the government of Honduras has said. Sources close to Mr Zelaya had said he was about to leave Brazil’s embassy in the capital,...

Women play a bigger role in Mexico's drug war

Alex — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:55:32 +0000

Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico - In the story making the rounds here in Mexico’s drug capital, the setting is a beauty parlor. A woman with wealth obtained legally openly criticizes a younger patron who is married to a trafficker. The “narco-wife” orders the hairdresser to shave the first woman’s head. Terrified, the hairdresser complies.

Urban legend or real? It almost doesn’t matter; it’s the sort of widely repeated account that both intimidates and titillates. And it highlights a disturbing trend: As drug violence seeps deeper into Mexican society, women are taking a more hands-on role.

In growing numbers, they are being recruited into the ranks of drug smugglers, dealers and foot soldiers. And in growing numbers, they are being jailed, and killed, for their efforts.

Camera footage shows fatal Mexico subway shooting

Alex — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:42:35 +0000

The Mexican government posted security camera footage Saturday of a shooting inside a subway station that left two people dead and at least five wounded at the height of evening rush...

Al Qaeda eyes bio attack from Mexico

Alex — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:07:53 +0000

U.S. counterterrorism officials have authenticated a video by an al Qaeda recruiter threatening to smuggle a biological weapon into the United States via tunnels under the Mexico border, the latest sign of the terrorist group’s determination to stage another mass-casualty attack on the U.S. homeland.

The video aired earlier this year as a recruitment tool makes clear that al Qaeda is looking to exploit weaknesses in U.S. border security and also is willing to ally itself with white militia groups or other anti-government entities interested in carrying out an attack inside the United States, according to counterterrorism officials interviewed by The Washington Times.