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Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ In Mexican Drug War, Fear Compounds Investigators’ Troubles Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/310743 http://newstrust.net/stories/310743 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Marc Lacey - Oct. 17 (Special Report) - Swamped with homicides and other drug crimes, investigators cope with too little expertise and too much corruption, and they are targets themselves.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/310743">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/310743">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/310743">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Narcotics Crime War Law Enforcement Foreign Policy Leaders meet as recession bites deep in Mexico Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/120067 http://newstrust.net/stories/120067 <span><a href="/sources/financial_times">Financial Times</a> - By Ronald Buchanan - Aug. 10 (News Report) - Before heading off to Guadalajara for talks today with his two "amigos" from Canada and Mexico, US president Barack Obama blamed the weakened states of their economies as the reason for his promised reworking of the North American Free Trade Agreement being taken off the table.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/120067">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/120067">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/120067">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Jobs Energy Mexico Canada Foreign Policy U.S., Mexico, Canada to tackle thorny issues Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/122280 http://newstrust.net/stories/122280 <span><a href="/sources/los_angeles_times">Los Angeles Times</a> - By Peter Nicholas,Tracy Wilkinson - Aug. 10 (News Analysis) - It is affectionately called the "Three Amigos" summit. But the trio of North American leaders are meeting here today at a time when relations among their countries are strained by disputes over trade issues and travel restrictions that are not likely to be resolved in the short flurry of working dinners and conferences.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/122280">3.4 average</a> - <a href="/stories/122280">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/122280">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Canada Foreign Policy Obama Administration Trade Narcotics Obama's Mexico Mission: Keep Guns in el Norte Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/122247 http://newstrust.net/stories/122247 <span><a href="/sources/time">Time</a> - By Ioan Grillo - Aug. 10 (News Report) - This traffic of heavy weaponry from American gun stores to Mexican drug cartels will once again feature in talks between the U.S. and Mexico when President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón meet at a North American summit in Guadalajara on Aug. 9 and Aug. 10.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/122247">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/122247">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/122247">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Obama Administration Mexico Gun Control Foreign Policy Narcotics Obama strikes note of unity at Mexico summit Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/122288 http://newstrust.net/stories/122288 <span><a href="/sources/christian_science_monitor">Christian Science Monitor</a> - By Sara Miller Llana - Aug. 10 (News Report) - At the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico today, the three heads of state reiterated their commitment to the pressing issues of the day, including security, economic recovery, climate change, and the mitigation of swine flu. But some of the most contentious issues remain unresolved, including the delay of antidrug funding to Mexico because of US concerns over human rights abuses s well as trade and immigration disagreements that have emerged between all three governments.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/122288">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/122288">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/122288">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Foreign Policy Mexico Canada Obama Administration Trade Global Economy Infectious Diseases Harper blames Canada for visa furor Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/122279 http://newstrust.net/stories/122279 <span><a href="/sources/globe_and_mail_">Globe and Mail</a> - By Steven Chase - Aug. 10 (News Report) - Stephen Harper is trying to repair frayed relations with Mexico despite his refusal to roll back new entry restrictions for its citizens, emerging from a meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Sunday night to say it's Canada's dysfunctional refugee system that made him do it.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/122279">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/122279">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/122279">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Refugees Mexico Canada Foreign Policy Barack Obama arrives in Guadalajara, Mexico, for a summit Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/119565 http://newstrust.net/stories/119565 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Carol E. Lee - Aug. 10 (News Report) - The trade concerns pose a dilemma for Obama. For Mexico and Canada, his handling of them is a litmus test of sorts, one that could set the tone of the new administration’s relationship with its neighbors. The U.S. government already faces a $6 billion trade lawsuit and a couple billion more dollars in new, retaliatory tariffs the Mexican government has imposed on imported goods.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/119565">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/119565">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/119565">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Obama Administration Mexico Foreign Policy Drug war, climate on agenda at Mexico summit Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/121409 http://newstrust.net/stories/121409 <span><a href="/sources/reuters">Reuters</a> - Aug. 10 (News Report) - U.S. President Barack Obama attends his first summit of North American leaders on Sunday, meeting in the Mexican city of Guadalajara with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Following are issues likely to come up during the</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/121409">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/121409">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/121409">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Trade Obama Administration Canada Narcotics Climate Change Harper blames Canada’s refugee system for Mexican visa uproar Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/121413 http://newstrust.net/stories/121413 <span><a href="/sources/national_post">National Post</a> - By Andrew Mayeda - Aug. 10 (News Report) - Seeking to smooth relations with Mexico at a high-profile summit here, Prime Minister Stephen Harper blamed Canada's decision to impose visas on Mexican nationals on Canada's refugee system, and urged Parliament to enact changes to stem the flow of "bogus" claims.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/121413">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/121413">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/121413">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Immigration Canada Mexico In Ciudad Juarez, young women are vanishing Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/118867 http://newstrust.net/stories/118867 <span><a href="/sources/los_angeles_times">Los Angeles Times</a> - By Ken Ellingwood - Aug. 09 (News Report) - The streets of Juarez are swallowing the young and pretty. Monica Alanis, an 18-year-old college freshman, never came home from her exams. That was more than four months ago. Across town, 17-year-old Brenda Ponce didn't return from a job-hunting trip downtown. That was a year ago. Hilda Rivas, 16, was also last spotted downtown. That was 17 months ago. Two dozen teenage girls and young women have gone missing in this violent border city in the last year and half, stirring dark memories of the killings of hundreds of women that made Ciudad Juarez infamous a decade ago.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/118867">2.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/118867">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/118867">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Women Human Rights Mexico gunmen attack police bases Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/53123 http://newstrust.net/stories/53123 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - Jul. 12 (News Report) - Gunmen attack six police bases in western Mexico, killing at least five officers, after the arrest of a drugs cartel suspect. In one incident 40 gunmen arrived in a convoy of vehicles to carry out the raid.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/53123">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/53123">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/53123">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Mexico's gamble on biofuels Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/45667 http://newstrust.net/stories/45667 <span><a href="/sources/bbc_news">BBC News</a> - By Alberto Najar - Jun. 25 (Special Report) - Experiments have been made with sweet sorghum, cassava and jatropha (or physic nut), that could be applied in the production of so-called second generation biofuels. This is when vegetable waste is recycled to make the biomass used in the first stages of production. There is a total of 145 projects being carried out to find the optimum raw material for the production of biofuels, according to Mr Tostado.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/45667">3.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/45667">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/45667">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Green Technology Food Climate Change Mexico Mexico expected to enact liberalized drug law Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/44955 http://newstrust.net/stories/44955 <span><a href="/sources/seattle_times">Seattle Times</a> - By Tracy Wilkinson - Jun. 22 (News Report) - The Mexican legislature has voted quietly to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin and other drugs. Past efforts have proved highly controversial, most recently three years ago, but President Felipe Calderón is expected to sign the bill into law this time.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/44955">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/44955">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/44955">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Law Swine flu spreads in world; Mexico opens schools Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/42376 http://newstrust.net/stories/42376 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Alexandra Olson - May. 11 (News Report) - "A study published Monday in the journal Science estimated that Mexico alone may have had 23,000 cases by April 23, the day it announced the epidemic. The study estimates that swine flu kills between 0.4 percent and 1.4 percent of its victims, but lead author Neil Ferguson of Imperial College, London, said the data remains incomplete."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/42376">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/42376">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/42376">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Infectious Diseases Mexico Little Boy at the Center of a Viral Storm Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/41757 http://newstrust.net/stories/41757 <span><a href="/sources/washington_post">Washington Post</a> - By Joshua Partlow - Apr. 29 (Special Report) - One person who may have helped launch a rapidly spreading flu outbreak likes to draw hearts and flowers in the dirt outside his home. He likes to climb trees and give hugs and play with his soccer ball. And despite a persistent cough, he does not, he insists, feel sick.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/41757">3.9 average</a> - <a href="/stories/41757">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/41757">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Infectious Diseases Mexico Mexico City shuts itself in amid swine flu fears Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/41758 http://newstrust.net/stories/41758 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Julie Watson - Apr. 29 (Special Report) - This city of 20 million people has shut itself in as authorities try to prevent the epidemic from spreading. But with no schools, no movie theaters and no cafes to while away the hours, many are already going stir crazy.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/41758">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/41758">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/41758">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Infectious Diseases Mexico US targets gun flows into Mexico in bid to stem drug violence Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/40107 http://newstrust.net/stories/40107 <span><a href="/sources/christian_science_monitor">Christian Science Monitor</a> - By Sara Miller Llana - Apr. 03 (News Report) - In the latest flurry of activity to help stem the drug-related violence that has engulfed Mexico and begun to spill over the US border, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder are meeting with their Mexican counterparts today in the city of Cuernavaca.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/40107">3.9 average</a> - <a href="/stories/40107">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/40107">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Foreign Policy Narcotics Law Enforcement National Security Next Foreign Crisis Could Be Next Door Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/39423 http://newstrust.net/stories/39423 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Marc Lacey, Ginger Thompson - Mar. 25 (News Report) - Mexico’s economy is being dragged down by the recession to the north. American addicts have turned Mexico into a drug superhighway, and its police and soldiers are under assault from American guns. Nafta promised 15 years ago that Mexican trucks would be allowed on American roads, but Congress said they were unsafe.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/39423">3.5 average</a> - <a href="/stories/39423">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/39423">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Narcotics Mexico U.S. hopes killing plants will reduce smuggling Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/39583 http://newstrust.net/stories/39583 <span><a href="/sources/houston_chronicle">Houston Chronicle</a> - By Dane Schiller - Mar. 24 (News Report) - If successful, the $2.1 million pilot project could later be duplicated along as many as 130 miles of river in the patrol’s Laredo Sector, as well as other parts of the U.S.-Mexico border. Although Border Patrol and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say the chemical is safe for animals, detractors say the experiment is reminiscent of the Vietnam War-era Agent Orange chemical program and raises questions about long-term effects.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/39583">4.2 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/39583">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/39583">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Immigration U.S. Moves to Patch Mexico Rift Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/39129 http://newstrust.net/stories/39129 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Christopher Conkey - Mar. 21 (News Report) - The Obama administration began efforts Friday to ease an erupting trade dispute with Mexico by starting work on a new program to give Mexican truckers broader access to U.S. highways.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/39129">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/39129">5 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/39129">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Trade Global Economy Mexico Obama Administration Obama's open to military help for Mexico; experts urge caution Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700 http://newstrust.net/stories/38927 http://newstrust.net/stories/38927 <span><a href="/sources/mcclatchy">McClatchy</a> - By Marisa Taylor, Nancy A. Youssef - Mar. 15 (News Report) - "It's a mistake to say that the United States is going to address this problem of security in Mexico by increasing the Pentagon's role," said Armand B. Peschard-Sverdrup, a senior associate with the Center for Strategic and International Studies . "It only would perpetuate the dysfunctional relationship between the two countries."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/38927">3.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/38927">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/38927">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Department of Defense U.S. Gun Trial Echoes in Drug-Torn Mexico Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/38155 http://newstrust.net/stories/38155 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Joel Millman - Mar. 03 (Special Report) - While the U.S. has long pressed Mexico to stop the flow of illegal drugs such as cocaine from crossing the border heading north, Mexico has complained that the U.S. doesn't stop the flow of guns heading south. Mexican and U.S. officials estimate that more than 90% of the weapons used by Mexican drug cartels come from the U.S.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/38155">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/38155">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/38155">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Gun Control Narcotics Law U.S. rattled as Mexico drug war bleeds over border | Reuters Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/38068 http://newstrust.net/stories/38068 <span><a href="/sources/reuters">Reuters</a> - By Tim Gaynor - Mar. 01 (Special Report) - Hit men dressed in fake police tactical gear burst into a home in Phoenix, rake it with gunfire and execute a man. Armed kidnappers snatch victims from cars and even a local shopping mall across the Phoenix valley for ransom, turning the sun-baked city into the "kidnap capital" of the United States. Violence of this kind is common in Mexico where drug cartel abductions and executions are a daily feature of a raging drug war that claimed 6,000 lives south of the border last year. But U.S. authorities now fear that violent crime is beginning to bleed over the porous Mexico border and take hold here. "The fight in Mexico is about domination of the smuggling corridors and those corridors don't stop at the border," Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard said.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/38068">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/38068">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/38068">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Mexico tells U.S. to fight weapons trade Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/38034 http://newstrust.net/stories/38034 <span><a href="/sources/seattle_post_intelligencer">Seattle Post Intelligencer</a> - By Traci Carl - Feb. 27 (News Report) - President Felipe Calderon told The Associated Press that his police and soldiers are dangerously outgunned because U.S. authorities are failing to stop the smuggling of high-powered weapons into Mexico. His attorney general called for more aggressive prosecutions of gun smugglers, saying that the U.S. constitutional right to bear arms doesn't protect them.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/38034">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/38034">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/38034">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Gun Control State of War Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/37539 http://newstrust.net/stories/37539 <span><a href="/sources/foreign_policy">Foreign Policy</a> - By Sam Quinones - Feb. 21 (Special Report) - I’ve traveled through most of Mexico’s 31 states. I’ve written two books about the country. And yet I now struggle to recognize the place. Mexico is wracked by a criminal-capitalist insurgency. It is fighting for its life. And most Americans seem to have no idea what’s happening right next door.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/37539">4.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/37539">11 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/37539">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Mexico Narcotics War Foreign Policy