MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Mexico’s drug war disappearances leave families in anguish
Thousands of people have vanished without a trace – some caught up in violence, others for no reason anyone can fathom. Relatives remain in agonized limbo
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by Marian Wang
ProPublica
In an effort to catch Mexican drug lords, the federal agency responsible for regulating the gun industry and cracking down on gun crimeallowed thousands of weapons to pass into Mexico and fall into the hands of criminals, according to a report by CBS News and other outlets this week. (mais…)
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by Charles Ornstein, Tracy Weber and Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica
Several of the nation’s largest pharmaceutical companies said they plan to tighten screening of physicians who promote their drugs after ProPublica reported last month that more than 250 of them had been sanctioned for misconduct.
Eli Lilly and Co. said that next year, for the first time, it would hire an outside firm to search for state disciplinary actions against its hired speakers and advisers. Lilly, the seventh-largest company by U.S. prescription sales, did not previously conduct such screening and was unaware of the dozens of actions ProPublica found against its speakers. (mais…)