Handy-dandy drug cartel/narco-trafficking research guide

Big topic, so this is merely a taste for beginners.

Ready to turn over a narco-lord or henchman to the FBI? All set for the Witness Protection program? In that case, go to: www.narctip.com

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Travelling to Mexico?

Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada posted a report on Mexico. Swine flu altered the picture for a few weeks earlier this spring.

Ditto for U.S. State Department report on Mexico (includes at-a-glance country information), and a recent Washington Post public service guide for readers on the neighbour to the south.

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Drug lord of the day: "America's Most Wanted" on El Chapo Guzman

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For starters - two good research sites on Mexico and Latin America

Washington Office on Latin America: WOLA

Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada 

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For readers with a real appetite to learn more about narco-trafficking, I'll wrap up the series, "Lethal Connections," after Saturday's last story with a weekend of blogging at PoliticalDecoder. If you're reading this, in all likelihood you already have the address.