Tentacles of Mexican Drug Mobs Extend to Spain,

Latin American Herald Tribune - Reporter: Tentacles of Mexican Drug Mobs Extend to Spain, Italy: "Mexico’s powerful drug cartels have already established footholds in European countries such as Spain and Italy, respected Mexican journalist Luz Sosa said.

Sosa was in Spain’s second city to receive the 6th Vazquez Montalban Cultural and Political Journalism Prize for her work as a crime reporter for a newspaper in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico’s murder capital.

Organized crime groups have capitalized on the government’s “ineffectiveness” and the international support they have received to grow their operations and extend their reach beyond Mexico, she said in an interview with Efe."