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Luring the usual millions of U.S. tourists back to Mexico's sun-kissed Baja Peninsula has been a tall order this spring, considering the daily splash of border murders, gun smuggling and Tijuana's near military lock-down due to the worst drug turf wars in recent northern Baja memory...
...Mexico expert at the University of Texas at El Paso. "He needs a Mexico approach for the next 20 years, not 20 days." Mexico is making some progress. Juárez saw violence spike last year when at least three cartels started a pitched battle for its valuable trafficking turf. (Most of the drugs from Mexico enter the U.S. through Juárez.) Spin-off crimes like kidnapping and extortion mushroomed as well. But the city has been safer since Reyes agreed in March to let 5,000 army troops and 2,000 federal cops take over police duties for the time...
Apart from Cohen’s athletic prowess, the attacker’s attitude both on and off the turf has made him a model player for coaches and teammates alike. Motschwiller notes that Cohen’s love for the game is both evident and inspiring in every situation...
...traveled to New Haven on Sunday to battle rival No. 64 Yale (13-8, 3-3 Ivy). Against two familiar, higher-ranked enemies, Harvard secured a pair of morale-boosting 5-2 wins.The Crimson’s class of 2009 had another task at hand on Friday: defending their turf one last time in the final home game of the season. Notching a win against the Bears on “Senior Day” had symbolic importance—co-captains Chris Clayton and Michael Kalfayan, alongside Sasha Ermakov and Michael Libert, will never again compete on Harvard?...
...migrants, center for U.S.-owned assembly plants and strategic front in the drug trade, the city of 1.6 million has long enjoyed the best and worst of living next door to the U.S. colossus. However, that relationship has soured in recent months with news of a bloody cartel turf war that has scared many Americans away from even stepping foot in Tijuana. (See pictures of Mexico's war on drugs...