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Mexico
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Funky Salad: Nearly 2 Tons of Weed Disguised as Lettuce Seized at Texas Border
Here are some funky salad greens that almost made it to our dinner tables—5,754 packages of lettuce containing…
June 30, 2017
Mexico Legalized Medical Marijuana—Heres Exactly What That Means
American exceptionalism is strong, for none of the right reasons. As of Monday, the United States is the…
June 21, 2017
U.S. Bank Admits Criminal Failure to Stop Money Laundering to Mexico
A subsidiary of one of the largest banking corporations in the United States has admitted it failed to…
June 7, 2017
Has the Drug War Made Mexico the Second Most Dangerous Country on Earth?
Protests have been held in Mexico over the slaying of an award-winning journalist on May 15—the latest in a long line of…
May 23, 2017
Nearly $7 Million of Smuggled Pot Found Mixed with Bell Peppers
A recent shipment from Mexico was loaded with boxes of ripe stuffed peppers. But not like the ones…
May 17, 2017
Reynosa Shoot-Outs: Death Throes of Gulf Cartel?
Mexico’s northeastern border state of Tamaulipas—just across from Texas’ Gulf Coast—has, for years, been engulfed in an under-reported…
May 9, 2017
Trump’s Wall Promises Big Profits for Smugglers
“Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low, ain’t no river wide enough to keep me from getting…
May 5, 2017
U.S. Border Guards: We Can’t Tell If We’re Stopping Cartel Drugs
Along with “murderers and rapists,” President Donald Trump would have you believe that his famed and heretofore mythical…
May 5, 2017
Medical Marijuana Bill Advances in Mexico
On Friday, Mexico’s lower-house Chamber of Deputies approved a bill to allow use, production and distribution of cannabis for medical and scientific…
May 1, 2017
Ted Cruz: Make El Chapo Pay for the Wall… It’s All His Fault Anyway
Lately, it is more and more difficult to tell the difference between reports from the hilarious satirical website…
April 27, 2017