Mexico seizes $200 million in meth cash in luxury area
Mexican authorities confiscated more than 200 million in U.S. currency from a meth ring operating from a ritzy Mexico City neighborhood. The raid involved seven arrests, including two Chinese nationals, and linked to a broader network importing precursor chemicals from India and China for processing in Mexican labs for sale in the United States. Authorities say the seizure, the largest ever, signals the vast scale of cross border drug crime and efforts under President Calderon to curb traffickers.
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Los Angeles Times
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Asia
Mexico
Lomas de Chapuitepec
Pacific
Felipe Calderon
Passport delay disrupts travel for families planning bar mitzvah
Thirteen year old Eli Rogatz waited days for a passport to travel to Israel for his bar mitzvah as the State Department battles an unprecedented passport crush. Applications have surged past one million monthly since late January airline rules requiring passports for travel to Canada Mexico and the Caribbean. Processing times lengthen to ten weeks for routine requests and four weeks for expedited ones despite overtime and a plan to add 400 adjudicators by year’s end.
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Eli Rogatz
Israel
Mitch Rogatz
Glencoe
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Mexico
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Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Vows To Struggle On
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, battered after arrest, vows to soldier on until Zimbabwe is free. President Mugabe warns against unrest while Tsvangirai calls for international pressure. Archbishop Desmond Tutu condemns silence on abuses.
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Robert Mugabe
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Morgan Tsvangirai
Movement For Democratic
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State Department warns against Guatemala adoptions
The State Department says it cannot recommend adoptions from Guatemala due to fraud and extortion. Officials say the advisory, while not banning adoptions, will intensify case scrutiny and lengthen reviews, drawing criticism from adoption groups worried about harmed families and stranded children in Guatemalan foster homes.
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United States
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National Council For Adoption
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