Organized crime

Mexico's Drug-Related Homicides Are Down but Not in Tijuana

Mexico's Drug-Related Homicides Are Down But Not In Tijuana

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“Now what you have in lots of places in Mexico is small bands, gangs of organized crime members, who are no longer able to move cocaine from Colombia, but they can kidnap and they can extort people. And that's in some ways a worse problem for ordinary … Read more on KPBS

 

New data show Mexican meth is a growing threat in Texas. It's a horrible drug

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La. Convict Accused of Orchestrating Double Murder From Prison

La. convict accused of orchestrating double murder from prison

Filed under: buy crack cocaine

Authorities say Thompkins allegedly instructed his 18-year-old son, Traveyon Blackledge, and 35-year-old Jerrard Major to kill Landry, who was scheduled to testify in Thompkins' trial for crack cocaine distribution. According to the Courier, Thompson … Read more on CBS News

 


Teen foils burglary at Palm City home – A 16-year-old boy tells WPBF 25 News how he helped deputies nab three suspects who broke into his Palm City home.

 

Auburn woman denies drug charge

Hazleton Police Reported the Following Incidents and Ask Anyone With

Hazleton police reported the following incidents and ask anyone with

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Information Guide

James Serafine, 50, Moosic, was cited for driving with a suspended driver's license and Anthony Gutierrez, 39, of West Hazleton, was cited for violation of the city ordinance for possession of a crack cocaine pipe after their car was stopped in the … Read more on Standard Speaker

 

Border deaths: The last crossing of Tiger Martinez

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Is This an Example of What Obama Calls a Safe Southern Border for American Children?

Question by Te Amo Mucho Mas Desde El Comienzo Mazatlan MX: Is this an example of what Obama calls a Safe Southern Border for American Children?
Enchilada Smackdown: Mexico vs. United States and Obama weakness
Laredo, a border city in northern Mexico, a Woman was beheaded for using social media to report on criminals, prosecutors said.
Maria Elizabeth Macias’s decapitated body was found over the weekend, the Tamaulipas state Attorney General’s Office said.
The 39-year-old journalist’s body was found by police on Saturday in Nuevo Laredo, which lies across the Rio Grande from Laredo, Texas, the AG’s office said.
Macias’s dismembered body was dumped at the Christopher Columbus Monument on a busy avenue in the border city.
The journalist’s legs and trunk were tossed in the grass, while her head was placed on a planter with a computer, mouse, cables, headphones and speakers.
Macias, who signed her postings as “La nena de Laredo” (The Chick from Lareodo), used social-networking sites to report on a criminal organization, the AG’s office said.
Two young people were murdered on Sept. 13 and their bodies were left hanging off a pedestrian bridge in Nuevo Laredo for using social-networking Web sites to report criminals.
The bodies of the young man and young woman showed signs of torture, and motorists were the ones who spotted the bodies and called police.
Messages warning others not to use social-networking Web sites to report drug traffickers were left on each of the bodies.
One of the messages was signed “Z,” a reference to Los Zetas, which operates along the border with the United States and is considered Mexico’s most violent drug cartel.
Mexico has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists in the past few years, and the most dangerous country for members of the media in Latin America, non-governmental organizations say.
Hundreds of journalists and media industry workers took to the streets of Mexico City on Sept. 11 to demand that officials clear up the recent killings of two female reporters and punish those responsible for attacks on journalists.
Journalists have increasingly been targeted in recent years by drug traffickers and other organized crime groups, especially in northern Mexico.
Media members must also contend with long-running abuse at the hands of federal, state and local officials.
Since 2000, more than 70 journalists have been murdered and 13 others have gone missing in Mexico, the National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, Mexico’s equivalent of an ombudsman’s office, said.
Authorities have not solved any of the cases of the journalists listed as missing since 2005 in Mexico, the Inter American Press Association, or IAPA, said in a report released last November.
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If Prohibition Didn’t Work for Alcohol Why Would It Work for Any Other Drug?

Question by The Angry Stick Man: If Prohibition didn’t work for alcohol why would it work for any other drug?
Please explain why the logic in stopping prohibiton wouldn’t work for all other drugs? We would have much less organized crime if they were legal.

Best answer:

Answer by Amy H
Why make anything illegal? Let’s just do whatever we want. Anarchy rules!

Answer by Hahahawk
I agree . It makes no sense.

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Heated Debate Over Push to Legalize Pot Among Staten Island Politicans

Heated debate over push to legalize pot among Staten Island politicans

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Liz Krueger (D-Manhattan) has introduced legislation to legalize marijuana for recreational use in New York, saying the state could then tax the crop and create a new source of revenue. Ms. Krueger said that legalization would … "We have a serious … Read more on SILive.com

 

New organized crime task force seizes more than million in heroin, cocaine

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What Are Some Shots That Have a High Alcohol Content (To Get Your Moneys Worth) Yet Don’t Taste Too Bad?

Question by Tigargurl: What are some shots that have a high alcohol content (to get your moneys worth) yet don’t taste too bad?
I want to try some new shots this weekend, not girly ones that are mostly Red Bull, but something with a lot of alcohol with a high proof but doesn’t taste too bad. Which shots are the best all around value considering amount of alcohol, taste, and money?

Best answer:

Answer by Queen of Beer
Vodka and Hawaiian Punch

Answer by Ms Bits
Jack Daniels or Tequila

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Meet Darryl Strawberry, Ordained Minister

Meet Darryl Strawberry, ordained minister

Filed under: crack cocaine addiction stories

The four-bedroom, two-story modest house sits on a corner in this planned bedroom community, and when this 6-6 muscular-toned man welcomes you inside his home, there is no evidence Darryl Strawberry the player ever existed. There are … Tracy, hooked … Read more on Alexandria Town Talk

 

Obama uses Zimmerman verdict to urge less gun violence, more federal

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NJ Report Links Corrupt Doctors With Drug Abuse

NJ report links corrupt doctors with drug abuse

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The doctors, joined by unscrupulous entrepreneurs, were the subject of a two-year report by the State Commission of Investigation released Wednesday that highlights illicit medical practices that it found to be fueling prescription drug and heroin … Read more on Vineland Daily Journal

 

Corrupt doctors, organized crime fuel drug abuse in New Jersey, report says

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Traffic Stop Results in Cocaine Arrest

Traffic stop results in cocaine arrest

Filed under: how much is crack cocaine

Artis Jenkins, 42, of 205 Mitchell Lane, West Monroe, was booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on a possession of crack cocaine charge and a warrant for failure to appear. According to an arrest affidavit, police saw the driver of a vehicle make an … Read more on Monroe News Star

 

Teen seized with 11 oz of crack cocaine has suspected ties to organized crime

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