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Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Mexico businesses tighten security against drugs.

Reuters, August 6, 2008 - “Businesses in Mexico are tightening security against drug gangs that sneak narcotics into export shipments to the United States and have turned manufacturing centers on the U.S. border into battlegrounds. A vicious war between rival gangs and security forces has killed a record 1,900 people in Mexico so far this year. The violence has hardly damaged the broad economy but several recent embarrassing incidents where illegal drugs were found hidden within the cargo shipments of major exporters have put executives on edge.” Read more.

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