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This was a very weird article... It was on the front page of The Spectator and I thought it would be interesting to read since there has been so much debate over guns in the US in the past two months. The article was weird because the reporter was very suspicious of the cartel member. It seemed a very odd article to be on the front page because it talked about very gruesome practices.

I also realize that this article isn't directly related to politics but I think it does a great job of giving insight into a whole world that the general public is ignorant about.

MEXICO CITY - The two Americans who were wounded when gunmen fired on an American Embassy vehicle last week were Central Intelligence Agency employees sent as part of a multiagency effort to bolster Mexican efforts to fight drug traffickers, officials said on Tuesday.

CoPo relevance: Mexico continues to live under--and resent living under--the shadow of the US. Keyword "political culture"

This story details the 9th pregnancy of Adora Perez. Her son was stillborn and tested positive for meth. Although there is no evidence that meth-use leads to stillbirths, punishment of drug-using mothers has become more common. Most of the attention is on abortion, but cases like this are another way the government tries to hijack women's (especially women of color's) reproductive rights.

Interesting, Cole!

A profile of a Guatemalan drug kingpin: Marixa Lemus Perez

During the trial of the president's brother, multiple witness testified that the president of Honduras wants to "shove drugs up the noses of the Americans." Allegedly, he's warned cartels of DEA operations and executed disloyal people with his brother. But how true is all of this? And how does he maintain power? (hint: the US helps him)

It's a twisted net!