ISVG’s Links of the Day July 13, 2011

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

New Mexican town dissolves their whole police department in wake of gun-trafficking scandal involving Mexican drug cartels.

Three bombs went off almost simultaneously today in Mumbai, India, killing at least 21 and injuring over 100 people.

U.S. officials say bin Laden was likely involved in 7/7 London bombings and the 2006 transatlantic bombing plot.

Five French ISAF soldiers killed by suicide bomber in Afghanistan.

Citing non-governmental organizations, a Mexican newspaper says about 1,300 children have been killed since Mexico declared war on the drug cartels in 2006.

Interpol reports that El Chapo’s Sinaloa Cartel is losing market share to cartels such as the Zetas.

Twenty-three arrested after police bust ring using bogus tour buses to smuggle millions of dollars worth of marijuana into the U.S.

Colombia struggles to contain FARC in the southwest of the country.

Despite headline violence in Mexico, American car makers continue to invest in the country, albeit in less violent parts of the country.