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Will They Return to the Barracks? (in Spanish)

mexicoinstitute wrote 2 weeks ago: Poder y Negocios, 7/3/2009 June 8th, the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center, organized a … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Drug Trafficking, police, U.S.-Mexico Relations

Anatomy of Arms Deal

chichakli wrote 3 weeks ago: Cannot help getting amused every time I hear statements made by the so-called experts on “Arms Traff … more →

Tags: Politics and News, Double Standards, Richard Chichakli, Victor Bout

Report on Arms Smuggling to Mexico Called Incomplete

mexicoinstitute wrote 4 weeks ago: Photo by Flickr user SeansieLos Angeles Times, 6/20/2009 A government audit of U.S. efforts to stop … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Media and Society, Government Accountability Office, U.S.-Mexico border

US guns in Mexico: Will new data help change law?

mexicoinstitute wrote 1 month ago: The Christian Science Monitor, 6/18/2009 Democrats are largely avoiding the gun issue, but some hope … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Drug Trafficking, Violence, drug war, drug cartels, drug violence

"Baby got an atom bomb": IAEA announces that Iran has enough LEU to go nuclear

culpering355 wrote 1 month ago: Reuters/NYT just ran a story on the IAEA report that Iran is “ramping up” nuclear produc … more →

Tags: Terrorism, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Troops, Terrorist, Afghanistan, national security, military, Pakistan

Mexico cartels go bargain gun shopping in Houston

mexicoinstitute wrote 1 month ago: Reuters, 5/28/2009 Mexican Federal PoliceMexican drug gangs looking for weapons powerful enough to s … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, México, Violence, Guns, houston, drug war

Army War College Strategic Studies Institute | Mexico’s Narco-Insurgency and US Counterdrug Policy

João Hwang wrote 1 month ago: Overview of Document: On 30 June 2008, President Bush signed into law the Merida Initiative providi … more →

Tags: Americas, Rand Corporation, United States of America, México, Colombia, plan colombia, merida initiative, Strategic Studies Institute, narco-insurgency

Op-ed: U.S-Mexico effort key in cutting off weapons

mexicoinstitute wrote 1 month ago: Roberto Rodriguez, El Paso Times, 5/24/2009 I am writing in regard to Diana Washington’s artic … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Cooperation, Data, U.S.-Mexico Relations

Italian Mob Boss Arrested in Spain-- Did The Mafia kill JFK ?

Anthony wrote 2 months ago: Raffaele Amato NAPLES, Italy —  A purported Neapolitan mafia boss who was one of Italy’s top … more →

Tags: Antonio Ruocco, Assassination of John F. Kennedy, camorra, Camorra crime syndicate, Case Closed, CIA, Conspiracy Theorists, European Crime, FBI

President Obama Backs Inter-American Arms Treaty

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: Washington Post, 4/16/2009 President Obama will announce in a visit here today that he will push the … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Calderon, CIFTA, Flow of guns, obama, visit

It's something for border czar to worry about: strongest gun yet seized from cartel by Mexican authorities

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: The .50-caliber Browning machine gun Dane Schiller, Houston Chronicle, 4/15/2009 On the very day off … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, gun trafficking, border czar, Browning machine gun

Obama to beef up Mexico border policy

mexicoinstitute wrote 3 months ago: CNN, 3/25/2009 President Obama on Tuesday vowed to invest the resources needed to address the threat … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Security, Felipe Calderon, drug traffickers, money-laundering, President Obama, illegal guns

U.S. police nab guns bound for Mexico

mexicoinstitute wrote 4 months ago: Reuters, 3/11/2009 U.S. border police have arrested four men and seized three shipments of guns, am … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Guns, U.S.-Mexico Coordination

Editorial: A lethal export to Mexico

mexicoinstitute wrote 4 months ago: Boston Globe, 3/4/2009 Weekly death tolls may be something Americans associate with war zones like B … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, México, Drug Trafficking, Border, Gun Control, gun violence

U.S. Gun Trial Echoes in Drug-Torn Mexico

mexicoinstitute wrote 4 months ago: Wall Street Journal, 3/2/2009 This week, an Arizona gun shop goes on trial in state court in what la … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, Guns, drug violence, George Iknadosian, X-Caliber Guns LLC, trial

DEA busts 750 suspects in Sinaloa cartel crackdown, seizes over 23 tons of drugs

culpering355 wrote 4 months ago: CBS News reports that the DEA has coordinated and executed night raids on and arrested 50+ in an ope … more →

Tags: Crime, organized crime, U.S.-Mexico Border, drug cartels, sinaloa, Mexican Drug Cartel, war on drugs, sinaloa cartel, Drug Trafficking

An Arms Dealer Is Sentenced to 30 Years in a Scheme to Sell Weapons to Terrorists

policyperv wrote 4 months ago: This from the New York Times A federal judge in Manhattan sentenced an arms dealer to 30 years in p … more →

Tags: Politics, FARC, Monzer Al Kassar, arms dealer, DEA, Terrorism

U.S.: “No question” that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons capability; Iran "test runs" nuclear reactor

culpering355 wrote 4 months ago: The L.A. Times reports that in a news conference earlier this month, President Obama described Iran’ … more →

Tags: Terrorism, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Troops, Terrorist, Afghanistan, national security, military, Pakistan

U.S. Is Arms Bazaar for Mexican Cartels

mexicoinstitute wrote 4 months ago: The New York Times, 2/25/2009 The Mexican agents who moved in on a safe house full of drug dealers l … more →

Tags: Security and the Rule of Law, México, drug cartels, assault rifles, US retailers


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