Investigators Battle Giant Coke Operation

Associated Press, 7/17/2009
In this Midwestern town 1,500 miles from Mexico, in a place that proudly proclaims itself the birthplace of kindergarten, Coco the cocaine kingpin flourished.
Coco came to the United States illegally, and used layers of family members and henchmen to build an operation that saturated southeastern Wisconsin with cocaine until authorities moved in. [...]

California initiative would target illegals’ U.S.-born kids

Teresa Watanabe, The Seattle Times, 7/17/2009
In a stretch of desert near the U.S.-Mexico border, men and women in khakis and the colors of the U.S. flag gathered recently at a watch post they call Camp Vigilance and discussed their next offensive in the immigration wars.
The target: illegal immigrants and their U.S.-citizen children. The tool: a [...]

Mexico Floods President’s Home State With Police

CNN, 7/17/2009
As Mexico battles to keep a lid on raging drug war violence, U.S. companies are fighting over millions of dollars in contracts for military equipment and training under a long-promised U.S. aid package.
Private U.S. security firms will get the bulk of a $1.4 billion package pledged by the United States in 2007 to help [...]

Mexico and the disabled Lending a hand

The Economist, 7/16/2009
AT THE main international airport for Mexico City, the first thing to notice is that the path from the baggage claim is lined with smiling employees guiding passengers to their taxis or connecting flights. The second is that they are all in wheelchairs. Since the opening of a new terminal in November 2007, [...]