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02/25/2010

U.S. agents to help Mexico with intelligence on cartels
MEXICO CITY – As a wave of killings continues along the Texas-Mexico border, U.S. officials are planning a stepped-up role that will include U.S. intelligence agents working more closely with newly trained Mexican federal units, U.S. and Mexican officials said Wednesday.

MEXICO TRAVEL ADVISORY
The U.S. government warned its citizens Wednesday against traveling to the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas, where 19 people were killed in shootouts this week. On Tuesday, gunmen attacked the police headquarters in the town of Miguel Alemán. Six officers were missing and presumed kidnapped. In the southern state of Oaxaca, assailants stormed a rural town and killed 13 people in attacks that were believed to be drug-related.

Drug lord Osiel Cárdenas Guillen gets 25-year sentence
HOUSTON – Behind armed guards and locked doors, one of the most feared drug lords in history was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison.

02/12/2010

In Ciudad Juárez visit, Calderón apologizes to parents for massacre comments
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico – Under heavy guard, President Felipe Calderón visited this embattled border city Thursday and apologized to parents for having suggested that the recent killing of their teenagers was part of a confrontation between rival gangs.