A four and one half hour battle between the Gulf Cartel and the Mexican army which left over fifty people dead including the leader of the Cartel. Mexico, war, battle, drugs, narcotics, illegal, guns, live, death, blood, bullets, witness, ricochet, close, gun, aftermath, grenades, noise
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Many believe that the US is already in a covert war with Iran. Key scientists involved in Iran's nuclear program have been assassinated and several Iranian government buildings have been blown up. Now Iran, according to a Univision documentary, is being aided by Venezuela and Cuba. According to the documentary, the three countries are meeting in Mexico to plot terrorist attacks in the US. Is the Iranian threat real? Eva Golinger, lawyer and author, joins us to analyze if Iran is a danger to the US. Follow Liz on Twitter at twitter.com
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Mexico's government has fast-tracked a law to compensate victims of the country's war on drugs. Congress approved the bill on Tuesday, just a week after it was passed by the Senate, Victims of criminal violence will be eligible for support payments of up to $73000. About 60000 people have been killed during the crackdown on drugs in the past six years. Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from Mexico City.
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Via The Raw Story: "Mexican police on Monday searched for perpetrators of a drug-war massacre in which 49 people were killed, decapitated, dismembered and left in plastic bags on the side of a highway. The mutilated corpses, whose hands had been cut off to prevent fingerprint identification, were discovered close to the northern city of Monterrey, 180 kilometers (110 miles) from the US border...".* Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks blame the failed drug war imported from the United States. *Read more from Agence France-Presse: www.rawstory.com Subscribe to The Young Turks: bit.ly Find out how to watch The Young Turks on Current by clicking here: www.current.com The Largest Online New Show in the World. Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: twitter.com
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What will it take to root out drug violence in Mexico?
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Rival Mexican drug cartel groups are taking their turf wars to the streets of northern Mexico. Residents in the towns of Huejucar, Florencia and Bolanas are getting caught up in the crossfire during street battles between the Zetas and Sinolas gangs. Adam Raney reports from Jalisco.
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The spectacular violence of Mexico's drug war grabs international attention. Some 40000 people have been killed since 2006, when President Felipe Calderon deployed Mexican military and security forces in the so-called war against the cartels -- often in gruesome and sadistic ways. But behind the headlines, under cover of impunity, a low- intensity war is being waged. In the second episode of a two-part series, Josh Rushing and the Fault Lines team travel to the state of Guerrero to investigate claims that Mexican security forces are using the drug war as a pretext to repress indigenous and campesino communities. In one of Mexico's poorest and top drug-producing states, where struggling farmers are surrounded by the narco-economy, we ask about the cost of taking the struggle against dispossession into your own hands. english.aljazeera.net Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com Follow us on Tumblr: ajfaultlines.tumblr.com See all episodes of Fault Lines www.youtube.com Meet the Fault Lines staff: www.youtube.com
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The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict taking place among rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control, and Mexican government forces seeking to combat drug trafficking. However, the government's principal goal has been to put down the drug-related violence that was raging between different rival drug cartels in Mexico before any military intervention was made.[27] In addition, the Mexican government has claimed that their primary focus is on dismantling the powerful drug cartels, rather than on drug trafficking prevention, which is left to US functionaries. Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed for several decades, they have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellín cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the United States.[31] Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States. The US Department of Justice estimates that wholesale earnings from illicit drug sales range from $13.6 billion to $48.4 billion annually. Given its geographic location, Mexico has long been used as a staging and transshipment point for narcotics, illegal immigrants and contraband destined for US markets from Mexico, South America and elsewhere. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Colombia's Pablo Escobar was the ...
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www.hrw.org Through in-depth research in five states, Human Rights Watch documented scores of cases of disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture carried out by security forces. Virtually none of these cases is being adequately investigated—not in the military or civilian justice systems. Nor is the government investigating most of the 45000-plus homicides allegedly tied to organized crime. And the impunity for these crimes has contributed to an environment of lawlessness in many parts of the country, making for a counterproductive public security strategy.
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Violence is running out of control in Mexico as rival drug cartels battle over the smuggling routes to America. Mexico's president has declared war on the gangsters but the only result appears to be an escalation of the killings. Katya Adler journeys deep into the heart of a shocking conflict, uncovering the human stories behind the seemingly random and disturbing violence. She asks whether the continuing freedom of the world's most powerful drug runner, Joaquin 'Chapo' Guzman, is evidence that the Government's war is toothless. I do not own this video, all property is owned by their owners.
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A short film composed from various news clips and youtube material. Mexico has been in a largely unreported narco war (drug war) since 2006, it has claimed 40000 lives. The future of Mexico will affect the world, it already is. Want to learn more about Mexico, watch this amazing documentary in HD: Fault Lines www.youtube.com
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Nahlah Ayed interviews Carlos Fuentes for his passionate take on Mexico's drug war.
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What if I told you there's a business for bodyguards right now along the Mexico border. The guards are supposed to protect their clients, but they're also supposed to prevent abductions and help to negotiate kidnapping cases should any arise. And we're not just talking about Americans going down to Mexico to help, we're talking about when Mexicans want to cross the border into the US as well, the protection is needed both ways. Wired's Danger Room has highlighted a few firms who specialize in what they call "executive protection" including Clayton International, Black Stone, and Klein Investigations.
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Startling and humbling statistics on the drug war in Mexico. Drugs and gun violence are highly correlated. And while this BBC UK infographic speaks to the drug war in Mexico, the US-Mexico "border" might as well be a chalk mark on the ground. Video from BBC UK.
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A new Mexican film called Miss Bala has been praised for breaking new ground for its portrayal of the brutality of the country's drug war. Miss Bala has also been noted as one of the few films in Mexico to depict President Felipe Calderon's drug war as corrupt and futile. The filmmakers said it is impossible to portray the drug war without shedding light on corruption. Inspired by a true story, the film is about a beauty contestant who was forced to work for a ruthless drug cartel boss. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports from Mexico City. Miss Bala has also been noted as one of the few films in Mexico to depict President Felipe Calderon's drug war as corrupt and futile. The filmmakers said it is impossible to portray the drug war without shedding the light on corruption. Inspired by a true story, the movie is a beauty contestant who forced to work for a ruthless drug cartel boss who relishes violence. Al Jazeera's Adam Raney
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Our NAFTA partner is currently engulfed in an unwinnable war against drugs. The Agenda examines if mounting drug violence and eroding authority are leading Mexico to become a failed state.
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Investigative journalist John Gibler takes us inside the drug war in Mexico, revealing the facts behind the popularized versions of the violence. In Part 1, Gibler, author of To Die in Mexico, analyzes the narcotics traffic as a $250 to 500 billion a year global business providing illegal drugs everywhere in the world. He debunks the myth that those who are killed -- as many as 50000 since Felipe Calderon took office in 2006 -- are all somehow involved in the drug trade. In the US, anti-drug policies have traditionally had racial implications, as detailed in Michelle Alexander's book, The New Jim Crow.
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For more coverage, visit the PBS NewsHour website: to.pbs.org Without heads, hands or feet, 49 bodies were discovered outside Monterrey, Mexico -- the latest casualties of a brutal five-year-old war between the country's top two drug cartels. Ray Suarez reports.
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