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Mexican Drug Lords' Guns Traced to US

Smuggling's a cinch as officials look to immigration, drugs

(Newser) - Thousands of powerful automatic weapons used by drug cartels in Mexico have been traced back to US shops, and little is being done to curb the guns’ flow southward, the Los Angeles Times reports. More than 90% of guns taken at the border and picked up after clashes come from...

Mexican Cartels Growing Pot in US National Park

Plants worth hundreds of millions thriving amid Sequoias

(Newser) - Mexican drug cartels are growing hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of marijuana in the thick of California’s Sequoia National Forest, CNN reports. Hours on foot from the nearest road, pot gardens flourish with as many as 10,000 plants, irrigation systems created by daming mountain creeks, and their...

My Car Runs on ... Cuervo?
My Car Runs on ... Cuervo?
Aug 7, 2008 8:14 PM CDT

My Car Runs on ... Cuervo?

Mexican scientists push agave-to-ethanol project; resilient plant could far outstrip corn

(Newser) - A small group of Mexican scientists is working to create a massive agave-to-ethanol project that one says could supply the entire US need of 36 billion gallons by 2022, Renewable Energy World reports. The agave, used to make tequila and mescal, is high in sugar, resilient, and needs little cultivation,...

Texas Defies UN, Executes Killer

World Court had ordered hearing

(Newser) - A Mexican national convicted of raping and murdering two girls was executed in Texas yesterday in defiance of an international court. Attorneys for Jose Medellin, 33, had argued that authorities violated an international treaty when Medellin was denied access to Mexican consular officials after his arrest, reports the Houston Chronicle....

Salmonella at Mexico Farm: FDA
 Salmonella at Mexico Farm: FDA 
Jul 30, 2008 3:07 PM CDT

Salmonella at Mexico Farm: FDA

Safety official calls finding 'smoking gun'

(Newser) - The salmonella strain linked to a nationwide outbreak has been found in irrigation water and a serrano pepper at a Mexican farm, federal health officials said today. The FDA's food safety chief called the finding a key breakthrough in the case, as did another health official. "We have a...

Dolly Wallops, But Levees Hold
 Dolly Wallops, But Levees Hold 
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Jul 23, 2008 8:52 PM CDT

Dolly Wallops, But Levees Hold

Still, heavy rains brings flood risks in Texas, Mexico

(Newser) - Hurricane Dolly barreled into South Texas today, lashing the coast with winds up to 100 mph and dumping heavy rain that threatened to flood low-lying areas but spared levees along the heavily populated Rio Grande Valley. "The levees are holding up just fine," said an emergency coordinator for...

Dolly Strengthens to Category 2
 Dolly Strengthens to Category 2 
Jul 23, 2008 10:37 AM CDT

Dolly Strengthens to Category 2

Hurricane roars towards Texas/Mexico border

(Newser) - Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Hurricane Dolly has strengthened to a Category 2 storm, with maximum sustained winds near 100 mph. The storm center is about 30 miles east-northeast of Brownsville, Texas.

Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico
Drug Addiction Shoots Up
in Mexico
Jul 23, 2008 7:28 AM CDT

Drug Addiction Shoots Up in Mexico

Traffickers thwarted at border sell crack, heroin, meth to locals

(Newser) - Drug addiction is skyrocketing in Mexico, which used to be simply a transit point for illegal drugs rather than a major consumer market, reports USA Today. As increased border security foils smugglers along the American border, the drugs end up being sold to Mexicans. Crack cocaine use has risen sharply,...

Dolly Becomes a Hurricane
 Dolly Becomes a Hurricane 
Jul 22, 2008 5:06 PM CDT

Dolly Becomes a Hurricane

Winds top 75 mph; Texas braces for landfall

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Dolly got a promotion this afternoon, becoming the second named hurricane of the season, the Galveston County Daily News reports. The new hurricane is moving northwest over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico at 10mph and is expected to make landfall sometime tomorrow. If current models...

Dolly Storms Toward Texas
 Dolly Storms
 Toward Texas 
Jul 22, 2008 6:08 AM CDT

Dolly Storms Toward Texas

Tropical storm gunning for upgrade to hurricane, but small one

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Dolly is en route to hurricane status, and hurricane conditions are expected by the end of today on the southern Texas coast near the Mexican border, Reuters reports. With winds currently around 50mph, Dolly is crossing the Gulf of Mexico from where it emerged over the Yucatan peninsula.

Key Salmonella Strain Found in Jalapeño

Mexico-grown peppers in Texas plant contain bacteria behind case

(Newser) - Federal inspectors are urging people to avoid eating fresh jalapeños after discovering the same salmonella strain responsible for a nationwide food-poisoning epidemic in a Mexican-grown pepper in a Texas plant. Though the FDA says the finding is a “very important break in the case,” the Mexican jalapeñ...

Tomatoes OK, FDA Says
 Tomatoes OK, FDA Says 
Jul 17, 2008 3:20 PM CDT

Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

Salmonella warning is lifted, though investigation continues

(Newser) - The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and...

Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

Crew says it was forced to pilot makeshift vessel

(Newser) - Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast yesterday and arrested its four-man crew. The 30-foot makeshift vessel was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, and intercepted when it surfaced. The crew offered no resistance, and say drug...

'For Hire: Pro Hitman'—Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

Murder posts up as drug war accelerates

(Newser) - Mexican authorities are investigating a slew of online ads offering the services of a professional killer. The ads may be fake, but police are taking no chances. A recent outbreak of hitmen amidst a raging drug war has contributed to the more than 1,400 murders in Mexico this year,...

Tropical Storm Douglas Forms Off Mexico

Could cause heavy rain, but not expected to hit land

(Newser) - Tropical Storm Douglas formed off Mexico's Pacific coast today, but forecasters say it is not expected to hit land. The storm, located about 245 miles southwest of Manzanillo, will bring rough weather to the southern Baja California Peninsula and could dump heavy rains between Lazaro Cardenas and Puerto Vallarta.

Expert Tunes Into Aztec 'Death Whistles'

Sounds from pre-Columbian ceremonies brought back to life

(Newser) - A Mexican engineer has worked for decades to bring the sounds of the Aztecs back to life, reports the AP. Roberto Velazquez has created replicas of the instruments found at many archaeological sites—including the eerie "Whistles of Death" discovered with a skeleton in an ancient temple—and experimented...

Mexican Troops Accused in Drug War Deaths

Military responsible for deaths of 13 unarmed citizens

(Newser) - Mexicans increasingly accuse state troops of beating and murdering innocents on their mission to curb violent drug cartels, Time reports. Since the state assigned 25,000 soldiers to fight drug-runners 2 years ago, troops have killed at least 13 unarmed people—while traffickers have added 1,800 more to the...

Fed Agents Gunned Down at Mexico City Restaurant

Officials were involved in drug fight

(Newser) - In a brazen display of Mexican drug cartel violence, two federal agents were shot dead in broad daylight as they dined in a Mexico City restaurant yesterday, CNN reports. The shooter then sped off in a black car. One victim was the nation's second-highest-ranking federal police officer and was in...

Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

50% surge in sales south of border

(Newser) - Soaring gas prices have Californians and Texans racing for the border and braving drug cartel violence to save some $20 per tank filling up in Mexico. American pumps have passed the $4 mark, but Mexican gas is still just $2.66 a gallon thanks to subsidies intended for poor Mexicans....

New Findings Shatter Old Mayan Theories

Decades of local disasters slowly undermined their cities

(Newser) - Some experts want to drain Mayan history of its high drama—the sudden collapse, and desperate migration—to tell a longer, slower story, USA Today reports. Classic history claims that Mayan cities imploded quickly around 900 AD, and their people trekked north to colonize in the Yucatan—but experts now...

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