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Mexican women work, die for gangs in drug war city

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - More women are working and dying for powerful drug cartels in Mexico's most violent city as high unemployment along the U.S. border sucks desperate families into the lethal trade.

As drug violence escalates, entire length of US-Mexico border to be patrolled by unmanned drones

[Image courtesy General Atomics. An artist's rendition of Predator B, the unmanned aerial drone patrolling the US-Mexico border for human and drug trafficking, and other threats.

'Major gun battle' at U.S.-Mexico border

A "major gun battle" between drug traffickers and Mexican federal police broke out Saturday evening in Juarez, Mexico, just 30 yards from the U.S. border at El Paso, Texas, according to a U.S. Border Patrol spokesman.

2010 Little League World Series: A Pint-Sized Late Summer Classic

Many of the world's best players throwing and knocking the old horsehide around began their careers playing through the youth systems.


Since 1947, the Little League World Series has been held in the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

Town official, party-goers killed in Mexico murder capital

Fourteen people were killed on Sunday in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico's murder capital located on the US border, including 10 party-goers shot dead at two homes, Chihuahua state authorities said.

nail"d date nailed down, new trailer

Call of Juarez developer Techland has has cemented the launch date of its big air ATV racer nail’d; October 22, 2010 worldwide.

Mexican Drug Cartels' New Weapon In Border War – the Car Bomb

As violence along the U.S.-Mexico border escalates, Mexican drug cartels have found a new and lethal weapon, borrowed from the bloody annals of Mideast terror – the car bomb.

Mexican police camps clash

Hundreds of Mexican federal police officers from two opposing groups clashed in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend over allegations of corruption within their ranks.

War on drugs: why the US and Latin America could be ready to end a fruitless 40-year struggle

Mexico's president Felipe Caldéron is the latest Latin leader to call for a debate on drugs legalisation. And in the US, liberals and right-wing libertarians are pressing for an end to prohibition.

New Film Takes A Careful Look At Immigration [Film Schooled]

Ilegales is a stunning indie film about immigration, and the ways in which we need each other.

It follows five main characters from Ciudad Juárez who are each to varying degrees associated with the cross-border exchange of goods and labor.