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Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state

Calderon was trying to stop drug cartels from morphing into mafias controlling all segments of society.

Mexican families struggle to bring attention to those who've disappeared

Mexico's government acknowledged in February that it has a list of 26,121 people who'd vanished without a trace during the government of President Felipe Calderon, who left office Dec. 1.

Mexico says 26,121 missing during drug war

After Limon said last week that some 27,000 were missing, a member of Calderon's administration disputed the figure, saying the only registry on disappeared people contains 5,319 names.

Numbers underscore toll of Mexico's war on crime

Combined with the 70,000 dead acknowledged recently by the new administration of President Enrique Pena Nieto, who succeeded Calderon on Dec. 1, the number of the disappeared makes the Calderon...

Mexico's war on crime now ranks among Latin America's bloodiest conflicts | ...

"Vivanco noted that citizens placed more than 5,000 complaints of abuses against naval and army forces during the Calderon government.

Mexico's 'enforced disappearances' draw scrutiny

The Calderon administration "ignored this mounting 'disappearance' problem," and Mexican authorities "failed to take serious steps to address it," it says.

Report: Mexico disappearances constitute 'crisis'

Human Rights Watch criticizes former President Felipe Calderon for ignoring the problem, calling it "the most severe crisis of enforced disappearances in Latin America in decades.

Rights group lashes Mexico over huge crisis of 'disappeared'

When Calderon's predecessor, Vicente Fox, took office in 2000, he pledged to establish a truth commission to determine what had taken place, but no commission was ever formed.

Casino in Puerto Vallarta another example of gaming industry's clout in Mexico

In fact, the relationship was so warm that when Calderon announced his candidacy for the presidency on May 29, 2004, he did so at Gonzalez's Las Palmas ranch in Jalisco state.

Mexico unveils details of new security strategy

"The focus isn't new, but in Calderon's case it was much more of secondary importance, and at least the announcement today in Aguascalientes is about prioritizing the focus on prevention over...

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COALCOMAN, Mexico: Troops flood western Mexico to protect towns

But it was unclear that sending troops to Michoacan, which is how President Felipe Calderon...

MEXICO CITY: Mexico sets shelters as volcano shakes, spews ash

Human rights claim likely to dog Mexico's Felipe Calderon as he leaves presidency

Obama in Mexico for talks on economy, security

In a dramatic shift from his predecessor, Felipe Calderon, Pena Nieto has moved to end the...

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Mexico Cartel Dominates, Torches Western State

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Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson, in an extended conversation with the Huffington...

Mexico Says 26,121 Reported Missing During Drug War

An official count shows at least 26,121 people were reported missing during the term of...