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DHS Unsure If Drug Cartels Are Changing Tactics Against U.S Officials

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Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

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By Calvin Biesecker Despite the recent murders of American citizens in Mexico and Arizona and a bomb attack against a United States consulate in Mexico, it's still unclear whether Mexican drug cartels have changed their tactics against U.S. interests, a senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said yesterday. "Senator, that inquiry continues but we take that threat very seriously and it would constitute a change in the way in which the cartels have operated with respect with U.S. law…

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