Mexico's drug violence expected to intensify in '09

WASHINGTON – Drug-related violence in Mexico, already at unprecedented levels, is expected to escalate further this year, with targets likely to include top Mexican politicians and law enforcement agents and possibly even U.S. officials, according to diplomats and intelligence experts on both sides of the border. As the war against cartels escalates in 2009, so will the threats, particularly against U.S. officials and other Americans...

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