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Two More Drug War Deaths

A man gets shot and killed in a drug raid and a young woman dies after trying to hide drugs inside her body. They are the 43rd and 44th persons to die in US domestic drug enforcement operations so far this year.
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Mexico Drug War Update

This year's death toll has surpassed 8,000, and a Ciudad Juarez newspaper asks the cartels to tell them what they can safely print.
Not everyone is buying HPD's version of events (Image via Wikimedia)
Not everyone is buying HPD's version of events (Image via Wikimedia)

Two More Killed in US Drug Enforcement Incidents

It's only mid-March, but 19 people, including two law enforcement officers, have already died in drug enforcement-related incidents this year. The latest deaths came last Wednesday in Houston and Tulsa.
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Texas Man Allegedly Kills Self During Drug Raid

The year's second death during a drug law enforcement operation occurred Tuesday in Corpus Christi. Police said it was a suicide, but some local observers are assuming the worst.
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Favela in Rio de Janeiro (Image courtesy Wikicommons)

Dozens Dead as Police, Drug Gangs Clash in Rio

In early preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics, authorities in Rio de Janeiro are trying to run the drug gangs out of the shantytowns. The drug gangs aren't going without a fight.