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Obama adds 3 Mexican groups to U.S. Roster of 'drug kingpins'
Action precedes today's summit with Calderón

On the eve of his summit with Mexican President Felipe Calderón in Mexico City today, Obama added the cartels to the list of banned foreign "drug kingpins," a move that empowers the federal government to seize any of their assets found in U.S. Jurisdictions. It also allows the government to seek criminal penalties against U.S. Firms or individuals who provide weapons, launder money or transport drugs or cash for the organizations. Ref. Source 9

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Light Planes For Drugs

The Mexicans are using these planes to carry a lot of drugs across the border. It is easy to fly, you can fly close to the surface to avoid detection and the amount of weight it can carry is significant. Drug dealers are getting more and more sophisticated.

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Soldiers, gunmen battle in Acapulco

ACAPULCO, Mexico - Mexican soldiers waged an hours-long battle with heavily armed men holed up in a hillside mansion, killing 16 of the gunmen as Mexican tourists cowered in their rooms nearby. Two soldiers were killed in the clash. Ref. Source 9

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Mexico bodies were federal agents

Mexican police say that the 12 bodies found in Michoacan state were federal agents, murdered by a drugs cartel. Ref. Source 9

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No offense to anyone that is Mexican but those people can really be brutal against their own.

US: Mexico A Huge Security Risk

This is what is making Mexico so dangerous right now. We have a lot of people trying for the real power in that country. It will be interesting to see who wins out.

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Obama backs Mexico's war on drugs

President Obama expresses support for Mexico's war on drug cartels, ahead of a three-way summit with Canada. Ref. Source 4

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Charles Bowden on Mexico's Dirty War Against Drugs

Last week Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy blocked the release of a State Department report affirming that Mexico has respected human rights in its fight against drug cartels. Leahy's move holds up more than $100 million in US aid. The money has been delayed under a law linking 15 percent of US funding to Mexico under the Merida Initiative to Mexico's record on human rights. On Monday, President Obama praised the Mexican government for its handling of the drug war. We speak with Charles Bowden, a reporter who has been extensively covering the human consequences of Mexico's drug war. Ref. Source 6