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INTERVIEWS
US uses threat of drug cartels to justify Venezuela invasion: Commentator
Author and commentator John Steppling argues the US narrative around alleged drug-running boats and Venezuela’s so-called cartel is entirely fictional, saying the vessels weren’t carrying drugs.
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FOREIGN POLICY
President: Mexico won’t accept US ‘invasion’ in fight against cartels
Mexico has said it shall never tolerate an “invasion” of its national sovereignty by the United States under the pretense of fighting drug cartels.
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Ecuador ‘in state of war’ after reign of terror by drug cartels
Ecuador deployed more than 22,400 soldiers to neutralize a campaign of terror waged by gangs that has claimed 16 lives, after its armed forces engaged in a savage deadlock with organized crime.
MEXICO
Mexico arrests ex-army general linked to 2014 disappearance of 43 students
Authorities in Mexico have arrested a retired general and three other military officials for their alleged involvement in the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico in 2014, a senior government official said on Thursday.
MEXICO
Mexican drug cartel massacre caught on camera; authorities order probe
The mysterious killing of 17 people in Mexico’s Michoacán state has shocked people in the North American country, prompting local authorities to order an investigation into the gruesome incident.
POLITICS
US DEA agents 'schooled in how to be corrupt'
A once-standout US narcotics agent sentenced to a 12-year prison term admitted to his crimes but blamed former DEA colleagues for fostering a culture of corruption that desensitized him to the implications of violating the law.
MEXICO
Gunmen kill 11 in two separate incidents in violent Mexican state
At least eleven people were killed in two separate armed attacks in Mexico, officials said on Monday.
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