http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/drug+cartels drug+cartels news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/051013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-estrada-drug-war-cant-won-without-strategy-change/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Interviews with Patrick McNamara of Inside Tucson Business, Arizona Education Association President Andrew Morrill, former Arizona Clean Election Commission Director Todd Lang, GOP state Rep. Paul Boyer, Santa Cruz Sheriff Tony Estrada, and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith broke news about a PCC chancellor candidate. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/051013_mex_mothers/mexicos-mamas-dont-want-let-babies-grow-up-gangsters/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Friday marks arguably the most important day on a Mexican calendar, celebrated countrywide with patriotic parades, patron saint parties and local lark. Mexico’s Mother’s Day honors the touchstones of a nation in which family matters above all. So why are so many moms protesting? 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drug_wars/long-borders-long-odds-winning-drug-wars/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050913_drug_wars/long-borders-long-odds-winning-drug-wars/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1.1 million pounds of narcotics in the state of Arizona. According to a CBP Fact Sheet, Arizona seizures account for half of all drugs seized in the United States. The same goes for apprehensions of people attempting to illegally immigrate. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050613_mex_journalist/2-sons-mexican-journalists-killed-chihuahua/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Two sons of two prominent Mexican journalists were shot dead in the northern state of Chihuahua over the weekend, in the latest violence in Mexico. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_obama_mex/obamas-mexico-trip-what-they-probably-wont-say-but-should/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_obama_mex/obamas-mexico-trip-what-they-probably-wont-say-but-should/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Analysis: Obama and Mexico’s Peña Nieto will play up the positives this week in Mexico. But what about the countries’ glaring drug war failures? 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_guzman_fil_arrested/father-in-law-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/050113_guzman_fil_arrested/father-in-law-mexican-drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-arrested/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican authorities have arrested the father-in-law of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, striking a personal blow to Mexico’s most-wanted man.Ines Coronel Barreras was captured by federal police in a house in Agua Prieta, Sonora, “without taking a single shot.” 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042613_border_billions/billions-proposed-border-security-where-would-money-go/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/042613_border_billions/billions-proposed-border-security-where-would-money-go/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Federal spending on border security is at an all-time high—and it would get even higher under the Gang of Eight’s new plan. The Senate immigration proposal, released last week, would allocate $4.5 billion in the next five years to tighten control of U.S. borders. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041313_border_roundup/us-seeks-answers-border-security-reporting-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041313_border_roundup/us-seeks-answers-border-security-reporting-mexico/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Border Patrol agents look for ways to stay on the job despite budget cuts that threaten security, nine states show how shifting demographics may shift immigration policy and cartel crime affects reporting coming out of Mexico. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040813_mex_gunmen_plot/mexico-arrests-gunmen-plotting-kill-lawmakers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040813_mex_gunmen_plot/mexico-arrests-gunmen-plotting-kill-lawmakers/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican authorities said the gunmen had confessed to plotting to kill lawmakers David and Ricardo Monreal, who are also brothers. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040413_border_roundup/study-sheds-light-gun-running-ap-drops-illegal-immigrant/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040413_border_roundup/study-sheds-light-gun-running-ap-drops-illegal-immigrant/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Border news roundup: Arizona politicians and religious leaders discuss comprehensive immigration reform by the “Gang of Eight,” journalists reconsider how to address illegal immigration in their stylebooks, and safety concerns on both sides of the border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040613_napolitano/napolitano-signs-point-healthy-healthy-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040613_napolitano/napolitano-signs-point-healthy-healthy-border/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Pointing to signs of a “healthy border,” Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano barnstormed through the Southwest this week, stopping in Tucson on Friday to promote the agency’s security efforts while allowing trade and travel along the U.S.-Mexico border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040413_drug_mayors/white-house-drug-policy-chief-calls-immigration-reform-priority/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/040413_drug_mayors/white-house-drug-policy-chief-calls-immigration-reform-priority/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gil Kerlikowske, head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, also said border security has received a boost from more personnel, better technology and increased communication among local, state and federal agencies – and their counterparts in Mexico. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040313_mex_gun_smuggling/report-gun-running-mexico-remains-widespread/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040313_mex_gun_smuggling/report-gun-running-mexico-remains-widespread/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com As the gun control debate swirls around issues like background checks and mental health, a new study reveals that gun running into Mexico remains a large-scale problem. Researchers estimated that as many as 253,000 firearms were purchased in the U.S. from 2010 to 2012 for the sole purpose of being trafficked across the border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040213_mex_shootings/mexico-violence-4-killed-guadalajara-bar-shootings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/040213_mex_shootings/mexico-violence-4-killed-guadalajara-bar-shootings/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gunmen killed four people, including a U.S. citizen, and wounded more than a dozen others in two separate bar shootings in Guadalajara, in the latest violence to hit Mexico. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032813_bp_citizens/four-five-border-patrol-drug-busts-involve-us-citizens/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032813_bp_citizens/four-five-border-patrol-drug-busts-involve-us-citizens/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The public’s view of a typical Mexican drug smuggler might not include U.S. Naval Academy grad Todd Britton-Harr, who was caught at a Border Patrol checkpoint in south Texas in December 2010 hauling a trailer with 1,100 pounds of marijuana. It turns out that the Border Patrol catches more American citizens with drugs than it does Mexican couriers. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032613_mexico_violence/mexico-violence-7-bodies-dumped-plastic-chairs-michoacan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/032613_mexico_violence/mexico-violence-7-bodies-dumped-plastic-chairs-michoacan/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The bodies of seven men were found in the sitting position in plastic chairs alongside a street in western Mexico. Authorities said the victims had been shot in the head and placed near a traffic circle in Uruapan, a city in Michoacan state. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032113_border_roundup/border-roundup-feds-debate-border-security-voter-rights-while-border-deaths-rise/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032113_border_roundup/border-roundup-feds-debate-border-security-voter-rights-while-border-deaths-rise/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Supreme Court heard arguments on one Arizona voter law while more are proposed at the Capitol, protestors weigh in on state laws, Homeland Security tries to define border security and updates on border crossers during a busy week for law enforcement. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_mex_taxi_shooting/mexico-gunmen-kill-7-cancun-bar-shooting/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/031813_mex_taxi_shooting/mexico-gunmen-kill-7-cancun-bar-shooting/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Two gunmen shot dead seven people, most of them members of the taxi drivers union, at a bar in Cancun. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031513_border_roundup/supreme-court-looks-az-as-injured-men-explosives-found-desert/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031513_border_roundup/supreme-court-looks-az-as-injured-men-explosives-found-desert/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Border roundup: Arizona proposition becomes a test case for voter registration laws, family green cards face restrictions, injured men and explosives are found in the desert and Mexican towns and newspapers respond to cartel violence. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030813_border_roundup/chavez-dies-mexican-journalist-killed-brewer-loses-court/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/030813_border_roundup/chavez-dies-mexican-journalist-killed-brewer-loses-court/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Border roundup: The world reacts to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Mexican journalist Jaime Guadalupe Gonzalez Dominguez, Gov. Brewer loses in court, Arizona Republicans propose voting restrictions and the border economy continues to cross international lines 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030513_mexico_missing/mexico-hope-grows-missing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030513_mexico_missing/mexico-hope-grows-missing/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexicans by the tens of thousands — precisely 26,121, by the government’s latest tally — have vanished in the six years of criminal hyper-violence that have battered much of the country, especially communities like this one near the US border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030513_mex_journo_killed/mexico-journalist-shot-and-killed-taco-stand/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030513_mex_journo_killed/mexico-journalist-shot-and-killed-taco-stand/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An online journalist in northern Mexico was shot dead while he ate at a taco stand. Jaime Guadalupe Gonzalez Dominguez was shot at least 17 times in the border town of Ojinaga in Chihuahua state on Sunday night 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030413_sinaloa_cartel/how-sinaloa-cartel-won-mexicos-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/030413_sinaloa_cartel/how-sinaloa-cartel-won-mexicos-drug-war/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com For well over a century, local farmers have harvested marijuana and opium in the rugged mountains surrounding Badiraguato. Since the 1980s, the Sinaloa cartel has acted as their Wal-Mart, transporting the mind-bending cargo north with quasi-corporate efficiency, and distributing it to a narcotics-craving United States market. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022813_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-crossings-up-texas/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022813_border_roundup/border-roundup-border-crossings-up-texas/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Illegal immigrants may be crossing the border more in Texas than in Arizona; the GOP’s shifting stance on immigration; and news from south of the border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022613_el_chapo_alive/drug-war-continues-el-chapo-guzman-not-dead-after-all/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022613_el_chapo_alive/drug-war-continues-el-chapo-guzman-not-dead-after-all/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, allegedly the world’s most powerful drug trafficker, did not die in a shooting in northern Guatemala, a Guatemalan government spokesman told GlobalPost. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022313_mex_disappearances/mexico-drug-war-disappearances-laid-bare/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022313_mex_disappearances/mexico-drug-war-disappearances-laid-bare/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A new Human Rights Watch report on Mexico cuts to the heart of the U.S.-supported strategy for battling the country’s powerful drug trafficking syndicates. The report focuses on “enforced disappearances” of civilians at the hands of both Mexico’s naval infantry and the militarized federal police. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022113_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-bill-published-amidst-protests/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022113_border_roundup/border-roundup-immigration-bill-published-amidst-protests/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Humanitarians along the border protested Operation Streamline; law enforcement reports meth (and chicken) seizures are up; rumors swirl around President Obama’s immigration bill and the possible shooting death of Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_nogales_drug_tunnel/man-arrested-while-digging-nogales-drug-tunnel/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/022213_nogales_drug_tunnel/man-arrested-while-digging-nogales-drug-tunnel/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. and Mexican authorities discovered an incomplete drug tunnel west of Nogales’ DeConcini Port of Entry early Friday, arresting a man who was digging the smuggling route. The tunnel extended under the border, but did not open into the United States. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022213_guzman/drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-suspected-dead-shootout/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022213_guzman/drug-lord-el-chapo-guzman-suspected-dead-shootout/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Most-wanted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is suspected to be dead after a shootout in Guatemala near the Mexican border. Guatemalan authorities said Friday they are investigating the possibility a man killed in the shootout was 58-year-old Guzman, but later backtracked, saying they hadn’t yet located a body or even confirmed there was a gunfight. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022113_mex_drug_murders/report-mexican-security-forces-murdered-dozens-name-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/022113_mex_drug_murders/report-mexican-security-forces-murdered-dozens-name-drug-war/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican security forces abducted and murdered dozens of people over the past six years in the name of the drug wars on cartels, according to Human Rights Watch. Further, the U.S.-based rights group said, Mexico has failed to properly investigate human rights abuses committed by its own security forces. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-abuse-allegations-agency-email-denies-interviews/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021513_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-abuse-allegations-agency-email-denies-interviews/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Lawmakers debate border security, Border Patrol faces scrutiny, reporters discuss immigration reporting and a glimpse into policies on deportation, driver’s licences and trade 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021213_brewer_border/brewer-more-boots-ground-necessary-secure-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/021213_brewer_border/brewer-more-boots-ground-necessary-secure-border/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer capped off an aerial tour of the region Tuesday by reiterating her argument that the border was not secure and that there “needs to be more boots on the ground.”  Brewer met with Customs and Border Patrol agents, as well as southern Arizona ranchers, before boarding one the state’s National Guard Blackhawk helicopters for a three-hour tour of the borderlands. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021213_mex_journalists/in-struggle-against-silence-life-stake-reporting-mexicos-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/021213_mex_journalists/in-struggle-against-silence-life-stake-reporting-mexicos-drug-war/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The winner of the Louis Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism talks about how the perils faced by Mexican journalists caught between the government and the narcos. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020413_mexico_vigilantes/can-vigilante-justice-save-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/020413_mexico_vigilantes/can-vigilante-justice-save-mexico/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com With law and order stretched thin in Mexico, citizen posses have stepped up, rounding up accused drug dealers and other criminals. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_border_corruption/report-details-border-patrol-corruption/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_border_corruption/report-details-border-patrol-corruption/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Turf battles, internal dysfunction and other troubles have left U.S. Customs and Border Protection grasping to get a handle on corruption and other misconduct within its ranks, according to an internal study that has been kept secret for more than a year. Since 2004, 147 border enforcement agents have been charged with corruption, ranging from taking bribes to stealing government money. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_missing_mexican_band/bodies-found-well-thought-missing-mexican-band-members/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_missing_mexican_band/bodies-found-well-thought-missing-mexican-band-members/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Police in Mexico found at least eight bodies in a well in the same area where 20 members of the band Kombo Kolombia went missing on Friday. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_mexico_city/drug-war-rages-edge-mexico-city/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012913_mexico_city/drug-war-rages-edge-mexico-city/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico’s capital has been largely immune to the violence engulfing elsewhere in the country. But for how much longer? 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/012013_mexican_police_arrested/mexican-police-arrested-over-alleged-links-drug-cartels/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Over 150 police in the northern Mexican state of Durango have been arrested on suspicion of protecting drug traffickers. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011813_border_roundup/border-roundup-winter-weather-dangers-border-implications-gun-control-debate/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011813_border_roundup/border-roundup-winter-weather-dangers-border-implications-gun-control-debate/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com New reminders of environmental danger on the border, national and state politicians address immigration issues, law enforcement on both sides of the border deals with crime and gun violence issues 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010513_mexico_police/mexican-towns-police-force-resigns-after-deadly-attacks-cops/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010513_mexico_police/mexican-towns-police-force-resigns-after-deadly-attacks-cops/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The majority of the police force in the Mexican town of Marcos Castellanos resigned on Saturday, after a series of attacks targeted their force during the last days of 2012. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010313_mx_gun_battle/mexican-troops-kill-12-criminal-suspects-gun-battle/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010313_mx_gun_battle/mexican-troops-kill-12-criminal-suspects-gun-battle/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican troops pursued and shot dead 12 suspected criminals in a gun battle in Zacatecas state, which lies on a key drug-smuggling route in central Mexico, the BBC reported. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010313_mx_drug_alms/drug-cartel-alms-funding-mexican-catholic-church/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010313_mx_drug_alms/drug-cartel-alms-funding-mexican-catholic-church/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Although church officials deny connections, there’s mounting evidence that some Mexican Catholics worship in churches funded by donations from drug lords. “A steeple built with drug money has blood gushing from its rafters,” a bishop said. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_mex_security/mexican-policy-shift-seen-as-push-sovereignty/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_mex_security/mexican-policy-shift-seen-as-push-sovereignty/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Security initiatives recently announced by the Mexican government suggest that the country may move to reaffirm its sovereignty and focus less on the interests of the U.S. and other foreign countries. Last month President Peña Nieto utlined a strategy to fight crime that would create a 10,000-member force to focus on crimes like murder, kidnapping and extortion. It emphasized a shift from the previous administration’s focus on top cartel leaders. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_armored_car_sales/mexico-armored-car-sales-speed-up/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/010213_armored_car_sales/mexico-armored-car-sales-speed-up/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The sales of armored cars in Mexico were up 10 percent in 2012 from the previous year, according to the Mexican Automotive Armour Association. The most popular armored vehicles were Suburban, Grand Cherokee and Tahoe SUVs, sold mostly to private parties. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121812_mexico_prison_break/mexican-prison-break-attempt-leaves-17-dead/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121812_mexico_prison_break/mexican-prison-break-attempt-leaves-17-dead/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Eleven prisoners and six wardens were killed in a shootout during an attempted prison break in the northern state of Durango. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121412_mex_papers_cartels/mexican-papers-shy-from-covering-drug-gangs/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/121412_mex_papers_cartels/mexican-papers-shy-from-covering-drug-gangs/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico’s regional newspapers are publishing more stories about murders linked to the drug trade, but they remain reluctant to write what they know about the organizations responsible for the killings. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072412_guns_reporting/the-best-reporting-guns-america/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/072412_guns_reporting/the-best-reporting-guns-america/#When: 14:50:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: In the wake of last week’s shooting in Aurora, Colo., we’ve taken a step back and laid out the best pieces we could find about guns. They’re roughly organized by articles on rights, trafficking and regulation. 2012-12-14T14:50:23+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120312_jcscottshow/jc-scott-kozachik-undecided-running-again-show-expands-2-hours/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120312_jcscottshow/jc-scott-kozachik-undecided-running-again-show-expands-2-hours/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Interviews with Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik; Richard Studwell, developer and City Hall commentator; and the president of the Arizona Education Association, Andrew Morrill. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120412_us_weapons_mexico/us-weapons-help-fuel-mexican-gang-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120412_us_weapons_mexico/us-weapons-help-fuel-mexican-gang-violence/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Lax regulation and corruption enable a flood of small arms to reach Mexico’s deadly drug cartels. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120312_mexican_missing/mexico-drug-war-leaves-25000-missing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/120312_mexican_missing/mexico-drug-war-leaves-25000-missing/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Government documents show that nearly 25,000 adults and children have gone missing in the past six years of Mexico’s drug war. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113012_calderon_legacy/mexico-calderons-legacy-blood-and-busts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/113012_calderon_legacy/mexico-calderons-legacy-blood-and-busts/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Despite his military offensive, outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderon couldn’t destroy the drug cartels. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112712_obama_nieto/need-know-mexicos-new-president-meets-obama/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112712_obama_nieto/need-know-mexicos-new-president-meets-obama/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Economics, immigration and the drug trade were prime on the mind of Mexico’s president-elect as he met Obama. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112312_fbi_fugitive_captured/mexico-fugitive-fbi-most-wanted-list-caught-guadalajara/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/112312_fbi_fugitive_captured/mexico-fugitive-fbi-most-wanted-list-caught-guadalajara/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A fugitive on the FBI most wanted list has been caught in Guadalajara, Mexico. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110212_border_roundup/border-roundup-suspect-pleads-guilty-murder-brian-terry-killing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110212_border_roundup/border-roundup-suspect-pleads-guilty-murder-brian-terry-killing/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com News from and about the borderlands: Voter concerns and polls, law enforcement updates, rising illegal immigration may indicate economic recovery and news from across the border. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102612_border_roundup/roundup-news-from-border-region/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102612_border_roundup/roundup-news-from-border-region/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Technology issues along the border, Latino perspectives on politics and reporting, families separated by deportation and a look at the intersection between detention demographics and public records laws, plus a recap of Border Patrol activity in Southern Arizona. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101312_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-follow-money/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/101312_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-follow-money/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com For all the political rhetoric and chest pounding about border security in recent years, the United States has done very little, and politicians have said almost nothing about cutting off massive amounts of funds flowing illegally across the Southwest border and feeding the drug cartels. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101212_border_roundup/border-roundup-cross-border-shooting-economic-ties/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/101212_border_roundup/border-roundup-cross-border-shooting-economic-ties/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A second shooting in as many weeks involving Border Patrol agents left a teenage boy dead in Mexico; plus, Arizonans take a look at the role of Mexico in the regional economy 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101112_mexico_military/mexican-military-seen-as-best-weapon-against-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101112_mexico_military/mexican-military-seen-as-best-weapon-against-cartels/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Despite uncertainty south of the Rio Grande in the aftermath of the killing of one of Mexico’s most brutal warlords, recent successes against organized crime suggest military intervention remains the best option there, according to the former deputy director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/101012_cartel_kingpins/capturing-and-killing-mexicos-cartel-kingpins-qa/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com “How can we control the madness of drug distribution and infiltration into the United States? The obvious answer is to stop US drug consumption,” said Dr. Alex del Carmen, professor of Criminology. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100812_cartel_leader_arrested/mexico-arrests-drug-boss-linked-over-300-killings/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexico has arrested Los Zetas drug cartel leader ‘The Squirrel,’ who is allegedly linked to migrant massacres and the murder of a US tourist in 2010. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-agent-killed-southwest-faces-enviro-threats/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100512_border_roundup/border-roundup-bp-agent-killed-southwest-faces-enviro-threats/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The investigation continues in the shooting death of Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie, plus: Arizona law and order updates, and environmental threats faced in the Southwest. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100412_ivie_bp/family-slain-bp-agent-he-was-hero/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/100412_ivie_bp/family-slain-bp-agent-he-was-hero/#When: 12:41:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: The family of slain Border Patrol Agent Nicholas Ivie told reporters, “He was a hero.” Ivie was shot to death Tuesday morning near Bisbee. Two suspects are being held in Mexico in connection with the shooting; the FBI won’t confirm the arrests. 2012-10-04T12:41:58-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100112_atf_guns_mexican_violence/fast-and-furious-guns-linked-mexico-murders/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/100112_atf_guns_mexican_violence/fast-and-furious-guns-linked-mexico-murders/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A new report by Spanish-language network Univision has found links between murders in Mexico and guns involved in the government’s “Fast and Furious” operation. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100112_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-disrupting-smuggling-its-source/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/100112_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-disrupting-smuggling-its-source/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The challenge is by no means simple and the solution will take far more determination than has been applied so far. What will definitely not work are the simplistic one-dimensional answers that sound good on the evening news, but do little or nothing to stop the threat. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092812_border_roundup/border-roundup-1070-effect-corruption-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092812_border_roundup/border-roundup-1070-effect-corruption-mexico/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The controversial “papers please” provision of SB 1070 went into effect over the past week, bringing with it more protests and legal battles, while Mexican officials continue to deal with cartels and corruption. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_cartel_arrest/mexico-zetas-drug-cartel-leader-el-taliban-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_cartel_arrest/mexico-zetas-drug-cartel-leader-el-taliban-arrested/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican marines have arrested suspected Zetas drug cartel leader Ivan Velázquez Caballero, otherwise known as ‘El Taliban.’ 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_mexico_jails/in-mexico-breaking-out-jail-easy-way/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092712_mexico_jails/in-mexico-breaking-out-jail-easy-way/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A massive, front-door prison walkout exposes gaping holes in Mexico’s corrections system. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092412_cartel_police_links/mexico-35-police-officers-arrested-drug-cartel-links/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092412_cartel_police_links/mexico-35-police-officers-arrested-drug-cartel-links/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The Mexican navy arrested 35 police officers on Monday for alleged links to the Zetas drug cartel. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092212_drugs_banks/big-banks-targeted-over-transfer-laundering-drug-cartel-funds/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/092212_drugs_banks/big-banks-targeted-over-transfer-laundering-drug-cartel-funds/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Prosecutors in the U.S. and Mexico have major banks in their crosshairs for helping drug smugglers and money launderers transfer and hold their illegal earnings. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-clarence-dupnik-interviewed/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/092012_jcscottshow/jc-scott-sheriff-clarence-dupnik-interviewed/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A lengthy interview with Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik on SB 1070, the suspension of correction officers accused of an after-hours assault, and more; plus Jim Nintzel, reporter for the Tucson Weekly 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_jcscottshow/jc-scott-remembering-sheriff-larry-dever/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_jcscottshow/jc-scott-remembering-sheriff-larry-dever/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Sam Fox of Fox Restaurant Concepts; state Rep. Steve Farley, the Democratic candidate for state Senate in LD9, plus financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada on the death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_fast_and_furious/report-fast-furious-earlier-probe-lacked-oversight-put-public-risk/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091912_fast_and_furious/report-fast-furious-earlier-probe-lacked-oversight-put-public-risk/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Government officials in Phoenix and Washington, D.C., mishandled two “gun-walking” operations in Arizona and put the public in serious risk in the process, according to an inspector general’s report released Wednesday. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_napolitano_border/napolitano-lauds-info-sharing-program-with-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_napolitano_border/napolitano-lauds-info-sharing-program-with-mexico/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Citing a new collaboration between law-enforcement agencies, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Mexican Interior Secretary Alejandro Poire say intelligence sharing between the U.S. and Mexico is enhancing security along the border and expediting crossings. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_mexico_pols_killed/two-mexican-politicians-killed-since-friday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_mexico_pols_killed/two-mexican-politicians-killed-since-friday/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Two politicians belonging to the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, have been killed in separate incidents in Mexico since Friday. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_jalisco_dead/mexico-17-bodies-dumped-jalisco-state/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091712_jalisco_dead/mexico-17-bodies-dumped-jalisco-state/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The bodies of 17 men were found in the central-west state of Jalisco, Mexico, the latest casualties of the country’s drug war. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_jcscottshow_mon/jc-scott-goddard-how-fix-broken-border/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091712_jcscottshow_mon/jc-scott-goddard-how-fix-broken-border/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Terry Goddard, former Attorney General, on his prescription for securing the border, plus Fred Taylor of the Southwest Prostate Cancer Foundation, and GOP congressional candidate Martha McSally. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091712_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-hit-cartels-where-it-hurts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/091712_goddard_border/how-fix-broken-border-hit-cartels-where-it-hurts/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Much of the “secure the border” debate is nonsense. If the United States wants effective border security and not just a political punching bag where symbolism trumps common sense, then more effective law‐enforcement measures must be taken. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091012_mexico_violence/mexico-16-bodies-found-dumped-truck-guerrero/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/091012_mexico_violence/mexico-16-bodies-found-dumped-truck-guerrero/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Police found 16 bodies dumped in a truck in Guerrero, Mexico, which showed signs of torture and are suspected to be drug violence related. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090412_cartel_arrest/gulf-cartel-leader-el-gordo-arrested/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090412_cartel_arrest/gulf-cartel-leader-el-gordo-arrested/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The suspected leader of the Gulf Cartel, Mario Cardenas Guillen, or ‘El Gordo,’ was arrested in northeastern Mexico on Monday. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090412_money_drugs_and_guns/mexico-money-drugs-and-guns/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/090412_money_drugs_and_guns/mexico-money-drugs-and-guns/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com We’re the consumers and we’re supplying the money and guns, says Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon. Hard to argue with that! 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090312_calderon_drug_war/mexican-president-defends-war-against-drug-cartels/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/090312_calderon_drug_war/mexican-president-defends-war-against-drug-cartels/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican President Felipe Calderon defended his war against the country’s powerful drug cartels, saying it has gotten results. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082012_mexico_violence/mexican-drug-war-more-than-40-killed-weekend-violence/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/082012_mexico_violence/mexican-drug-war-more-than-40-killed-weekend-violence/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com More than 40 people were killed across Mexico at the weekend as violence linked to the country’s drug war intensifies. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels/high-tech-drug-tunnel-bust-unlikely-dissuade-smugglers/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels/high-tech-drug-tunnel-bust-unlikely-dissuade-smugglers/#When: 10:04:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Despite the discovery of a sophisticated border tunnel near Yuma a month ago, officials said the Sinaloa drug cartel may turn to tunnels even more often now to avoid detection as surface border security tightens. 2012-08-20T10:04:09+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_peace_caravan/peace-caravan-from-mexico-condemns-us-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_peace_caravan/peace-caravan-from-mexico-condemns-us-drug-war/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Carrying the weight of his murdered son’s memory, a Mexican poet is leading a national caravan — with stops in Tucson and Phoenix — to publicly condemn American drug policies. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels_tech/officials-high-tech-border-tunnels-take-money-time-and-engineering/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081512_drug_tunnels_tech/officials-high-tech-border-tunnels-take-money-time-and-engineering/#When: 10:04:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Drug tunnels are not a new problem on the border, but authorities say the number of sophisticated tunnels may be. Since November 2010, authorities have seized four tunnels into San Diego, and in July, the DEA found a 240-yard tunnel near Yuma. 2012-08-20T10:04:29+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081412_mexico_mayor_dead/mexican-mayor-elect-shot-dead-suspected-cartel-hit/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/081412_mexico_mayor_dead/mexican-mayor-elect-shot-dead-suspected-cartel-hit/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The mayor-elect of a town in San Luis Potosi state in central Mexico has been shot dead along with his campaign advisor. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080112_jcscottshow/jc-scott-dirty-business-politics/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080112_jcscottshow/jc-scott-dirty-business-politics/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Vinson Holck, a Republican candidate for sheriff, talk show host Emil Franzi, financial advisor Shelly Fishman, and Mark Koskiniemi, a Republican candidate in CD2. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072612_buckmaster/buckmaster-rocky-point-safe/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072612_buckmaster/buckmaster-rocky-point-safe/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Thursday on Buckmaster -  Mike Hellon, a Republican seeking a District 1 Board of Supervisors seat, plus Keith Rosenblum on the latest news in Mexico, along with Terry Frederick, a GOP candidate for Pima County sheriff. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072512_jcscottshow/jc-scott-cd3-candidate-mercer-and-sheriff-candidate-frederick/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/072512_jcscottshow/jc-scott-cd3-candidate-mercer-and-sheriff-candidate-frederick/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Interviews with Gabriela Saucedo Mercer, a Republican congressional candidate in CD3, plus GOP candidate for Pima County sheriff Terry Frederick, and financial expert Shelly Fishman. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071912_rocky_point_shootout/reports-rocky-point-gun-battle-kills-police-officer-others/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071912_rocky_point_shootout/reports-rocky-point-gun-battle-kills-police-officer-others/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Local media in Mexico have reported several dead, including a police officer, after a rolling gun battle in the middle of Puerto Peñasco. Some reported 4-6 people were killed after shots were exchanged between police and drug traffickers. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_mex_newspaper_attacks/mexican-paper-el-manana-stops-covering-violence-after-second-grenade-attack/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_mex_newspaper_attacks/mexican-paper-el-manana-stops-covering-violence-after-second-grenade-attack/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com A newspaper in Nuevo Laredo announced Wednesday it would no longer cover “violent disputes” after a second grenade attack against its office in as many months. Other newspapers in northern Mexico have stopped publishing stories about the drug war to protect their journalists against threats. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_pri_drug_war/will-pris-return-mark-shift-drug-war/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/071112_pri_drug_war/will-pris-return-mark-shift-drug-war/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The likely return to power of PRI in Mexico has prompted many to question whether the party’s former alleged practice of making deals with cartel members will be the standard after President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto is sworn in on Dec. 1. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070112_counterfeit_cartels/drug-cartels-grab-piece-knock-off-market/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/070112_counterfeit_cartels/drug-cartels-grab-piece-knock-off-market/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Federal agents in El Paso are investigating the link between counterfeit and pirated merchandise and organized crime, specifically Mexican drug cartels. A knock-off Michael Kors handbag sold here can be connected to the bloodshed in Ciudad Juarez. (with videos) 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062312_mexico_wrong_man/mexico-admits-captured-sinaloa-cartel-drug-lord-car-salesman/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062312_mexico_wrong_man/mexico-admits-captured-sinaloa-cartel-drug-lord-car-salesman/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Authorities in Mexico have admitted they got the wrong guy when they claimed to have arrested the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa cartel and the country’s most wanted drugs lord. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062212_mexico_chapo_son/mexican-marines-arrest-son-sinaloa-cartels-el-chapo/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062212_mexico_chapo_son/mexican-marines-arrest-son-sinaloa-cartels-el-chapo/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican authorities have arrested one of the sons of the country’s most-wanted drug trafficker, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera, who is the leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_zetas_horse_racing/cartel-accused-laundering-money-through-us-horse-racing/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061412_zetas_horse_racing/cartel-accused-laundering-money-through-us-horse-racing/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com U.S. authorities have accused 14 members of the Mexican Zetas drug cartel of hiding millions of dollars of drug proceeds in a horse racing and breeding operation in the United States. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061112_mexico_bodies/14-dismembered-bodies-found-mexican-city-hall/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/061112_mexico_bodies/14-dismembered-bodies-found-mexican-city-hall/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Fourteen dismembered bodies were found in a truck parked outside city hall in the Mexican town of Ciudad Mante. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060512_mex_rehab_killings/gunmen-kill-11-mexican-drug-rehab-center/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/060512_mex_rehab_killings/gunmen-kill-11-mexican-drug-rehab-center/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Gunmen killed 11 people and wounded as many as 10 others at a drug rehabilitation center in northern Mexico on Sunday, almost a year to the day after a similar attack nearby. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_mex_sabritas_cartel/pepsicos-sabritas-attacked-by-drug-cartel-mexico/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052912_mex_sabritas_cartel/pepsicos-sabritas-attacked-by-drug-cartel-mexico/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Mexican potato chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo, was the target of a drug cartel this weekend when its delivery trucks and warehouses were firebombed. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/052012_mexico_zetas_elizondo/zetas-cartel-leader-arrested-killings-49/ 13:15:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel in Mexico, was arrested in connection to the killings of 49 people whose decapitated and dismembered corpses were found dumped next to a highway last week. 2013-05-18T13:15:24+00:00