Topic: Failed State
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Iran assassination plot: Terrorists join forces with Mexican drug cartels?
It's doubtful, experts say, despite reports that Iranian plotters tried to hire members of a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US in Washington.
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La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico
La Familia leader, Jose de Jesus Mendez Vargas, has been arrested and Mexican authorities contend that the group's reign in the state of Michoacán has come to an end.
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Mexico drug war worsened by organized crime's tight grip on politics
The Mexican government and police efforts in the Mexican drug war are often undermined by the control that organized crime has on the political system.
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In a drug-ravaged part of Mexico, a young priest fights to keep youths out of gangs
Father Andres Larios counsels teens in the rural valley region in Mexico’s south called Tierra Caliente, where he grew up – and where some 15,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since December 2006.
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Halting drug war corruption: What Mexico can learn from Colombia
As Mexico struggles to contain its drug traffickers and endemic corruption, Colombia, which has long developed strategies to confront both, may provide a guide.
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Opinion: Health care and illegal immigrants in America: why Mexico is the key
Urging Mexico to strive for a better health care system could relieve the burden on US taxpayers.
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