Police/Suspect Altercations

The apparent killing of an American jet-skier on the border-straddling Lake Falcon continues to draw US media attention, but meanwhile, prohibition-related violence continues to flare across Mexico.

Another bloody week in Ciudad Juarez and another rough week for Mexican police.

Mexican police seized 134 tons of marijuana Tuesday. They were still burning it as we went to press. Meanwhile, the violence south of the border continues unabated.

Another city -- and its taxpayers -- pay out the nose for SWAT team excesses.

Some 288 people were killed in prohibition-related violence in Ciudad Juarez last month, and the pace is continuing this month.

Two mayors were among the dead in Mexico's prohibition-related violence this past week. That makes five this year.

Add another voice to the growing anti-prohibitionist chorus: Spain's former drug czar has come out for drug legalization.

Yet another unarmed person shot in a drug raid, this one very, very pregnant. Reports say the injuries were not life-threatening. Let's hope they stay that way.

The big news in Mexico this week was the capture of "La Barbie," a major figure in the drug wars. Will it make any difference?

Faced with a mounting death toll, Mexican President Felipe Calderon has called for a debate on legalizing drugs, but it doesn't look like it's going anywhere just yet.