The mutilated bodies of seven dead people were dumped in a soccer field in Ciudad Juarez, the latest in a bloody month of drug-related violence in México.

México's attorney general says the former head of the country's anti-organized crime agency accepted $450,000 from drug cartels while serving as a monthly informant.

In a move to curb rampant corruption, Mexican federal officials replaced 500 police officers in Tijuana. Meanwhile, one of Mexico's top drug officials was arrested for providing information to drug cartels.

Over 11 people, including a teenage girl, were killed in drug-related violence this past weekend in Tijuana, México.

A veteran crime and narcotrafficking reporter for Mexican newspaper El Diario was gunned down in his car with his daughter.

Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has promised to intensify his country's collaboration with Mexico to fight drug cartels: "When you live in a country like Colombia that has already faced that intense fight against crime, one is very happy to see efforts like those of President Calderón."

Michigan has become the thirteenth state to legalize marijuana for medicinal use.

Plan Colombia, the $5 billion anti-drug package sent to Colombia failed to curb drug production but managed to "improve security" against rebels, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

A plane crash that killed Mexico's Interior Minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño, and 12 others in Mexico City is being ruled an accident. Mouriño, who was considered second in command of México's government, was also the country's top anti-drug official.