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Articlesby Joseph PetrocelliApril 1, 2009

April Fools

The fourth month of the year is generally pleasant. But as the month progresses, the dates mark the anniversaries of illicit and sinister events and the fools of April are no longer funny.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2009

Hillary Clinton Says U.S. Shares Blame for Drug War

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted shared responsibility Wednesday for the drug violence convulsing Mexico, saying that traffickers "are motivated by the demand for illegal drugs in the United States and are armed by the transfer of weapons from the United States."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 25, 2009

Oakland Cop Killer Suspected of Raping 12-year-old

Lovelle Mixon was linked by DNA to the February rape of a 12-year-old girl who was dragged off the street at gunpoint in the East Oakland neighborhood where Mixon's sister lived, police said Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 24, 2009

Oakland Cop Killer Linked to Rape

The day before Lovelle Mixon unleashed a barrage of gunfire that killed four Oakland police officers, the department's investigators learned that DNA evidence had linked the fugitive parolee to an unsolved rape this year, authorities said Monday.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2009

Police: U.S. teens Were Hit Men for Mexican Cartel

Rosalio Reta and his friend, Gabriel Cardona, were members of a three-person cell of American teenagers working as cartel hit men in the United States, according to prosecutors. The third was arrested by Mexican authorities and stabbed to death in prison there three days later.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 12, 2009

Obama Considers Sending Armed Troops to Mexican Border to Prevent Drug Violence

President Barack Obama said Wednesday that his administration is examining options to deal with deteriorating security conditions on the Mexican border, including the deployment of the National Guard if violence continues to spill over into American cities.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 5, 2009

Mexican Prison Riot Kills 20

A gang attack left 20 inmates dead and more than 30 others injured on Wednesday in one of the bloodiest riots in the turbulent history of prisons in Juárez.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 2, 2009

Police Still Excavating, Investigating "Largest Crime Scene in Albuquerque History"

One month ago today, a woman walking her dog on the far Southwest Mesa in Albuquerque made a discovery that has led to a massive, multi-agency investigation into the deaths of 13.

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Articlesby Devallis RutledgeMarch 1, 2009

Official Misinformation

What the exclusionary rule has actually meant in practice is that thousands (maybe millions) of criminals have been able to stop the prosecution from using critical evidence of their guilt to hold them accountable for their crimes.

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Articlesby David GriffithMarch 1, 2009

Finding a Cure for a Cancer

Drug money is so corrupting that the drug lords have bribed both police and soldiers at the highest levels of the Mexican government.

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