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Corruption, 'cartel' violence rampant in Mexico as drug policy debated in El Paso

Here are several stories related to Mexico and the drug war that recently caught my eye. First, check out this coverage from the El Paso Times of a conference on the drug war currently going on in Sun City:Juárez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz: U.S. drug policies need to changeOfficial: Drug routes moved from Colombia to MexicoDrug conference continues todayUTEP drug conference: New cartel methods widen drug war's tollWar on Drugs conference: Legalize marijuana, participants sayMeanwile, the Mexican army has found more evidence of widespread corruption in Nuevo Leon state among police and the press, reports AP:Four people were arrested and $5 million in U.S. and Mexican currency was seized during the raid Monday in the industrial city of Monterrey, according to an army statement...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).