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- Colombia says it captures high-level suspect in drug trafficking, right-wing militia
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- Gunmen ambush convoy of Mexican state security chief, killing 2 bodyguards, 2 passers-by
- 7 Mexican police officers killed in Ciudad Juarez ambush, passing teenager also slain
- 6 Mexican police officers killed in Ciudad Juarez ambush, passing teenager also slain
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- Gunmen raid Holiday Inn in northern Mexico, kidnap 3 people
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- Sheriff: 282 arrested in sweep targeting drug and human smuggling in San Diego Co.
- Sheriff: 282 arrested in gang sweep targeting drug, human smuggling at Mexico border
- Calderon: More than 90 percent of nation’s drug-war dead are criminals, few are innocents
- AP Enterprise: Exodus from Mexico border towns as drug gangs torch houses, terrorize residents
- First ladies of Mexico and US press for social improvements that could solve bigger problems
- 6 killed, 5 wounded as Mexico’s drug violence invades the heart of Acapulco beach resort
- San Francisco prosecutors knew about crime lab tech’s problems for months without telling cops
- 6 killed in shootout on main coast boulevard in heart of Acapulco; none appear to be tourists
- SF public defender asks mayor for 2 more positions to help review crime lab cases
- 5 killed in shootout on main coast boulevard in heart of Acapulco; none appear to be tourists
- Calif. doctor known as ‘Candy Man’ gets 4 years in prison for providing lots of painkillers
- Former NFL QB Leaf gets 10 years of probation, pleads guilty in Texas to 8 felony drug charges
- Police suspect Pa. 3rd-grader was passing around heroin at school; tests being done to confirm
- Seahawks tell LB Leroy Hill to take care of personal issues, not practice
- Guatemala arrests drug investigator for allegedly passing information to Mexico’s Zetas gang
- 22,700 people killed in Mexico’s drug violence since military crackdown started in 2006
- 22,700 people killed in Mexico’s drug violence since military crackdown started in late 2006
- Texas board bans doctor from giving drug authorities say caused Michael Jackson’s death
- US judge orders Abbott Labs to turn over executive e-mails in probe of marketing tactics
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- Mexican army says former Baja cop arrested while unloading marijuana from boat
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- Jets’ new WR Holmes suspended 4 games by NFL for violating league’s substance abuse policy
- Jets trade for Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes, who then gets 4-game suspension from NFL
- Mexico: Rival cartels join forces to fight gang of hit men, fueling violence near Texas border
- Seoul arrests SKorean accused of kidnapping NKorean defectors and sending them back home
- Person familiar with deal tells AP that Jets acquire Super Bowl MVP Holmes from Steelers
- Prosecutors arrest SKorean man for allegedly spying for NKorea, kidnapping activists
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- South African woman accused of drug smuggling in China faces death sentence
- Informant in Mexican drug war freed from NY jail, avoids deportation for his safety
- AP Exclusive: US intelligence says Sinaloa cartel has won battle for Ciudad Juarez drug routes
- Thousands of police take over street patrols from army in violent Mexico border city
- California men who made male prosthetic drug-cheat device sentenced in Pa. federal court
- Los Angeles authorities seek injunction to bar gang members from selling drugs on Skid Row
- Bodies of 12 slain men, 8 partially burned, found in fields outside western Mexican town
- LA authorities seek injunction to keep members of 31 gangs from selling drugs on Skid Row
- Inmates: Fla. mother charged with killing toddler used drugs to make daughter sleep
- Kirk Douglas, other supporters ask NY judge to spare convicted grandson serious prison time
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- Woman accused of taking drugs from SF drug lab pleads not guilty in separate case
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- Reputed Mexican druglord says he constantly fears jail in rare interview with magazine
- Reputed Mexican drug lord says he constantly fears jail in rare interview with magazine
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- Popular California outdoors writer Tom Stienstra arrested in pot bust at home in town of Weed
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- San Francisco prosecutors dismiss estimated 1,000 drug cases due to crime lab scandal
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- 31 people face charges in bust of ring that moved meth from Mexico to Calif., Wash.
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- 94-year-old Mexican woman with 10 pounds of pot strapped to body arrested at Arizona border
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- High court says criminal defendants entitled to competent immigration advice from lawyers
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