A sanitised presentation of conflict on TV screens, and the use of unmanned drones to carry out attacks, leaves many people unaware of the full horror of war, writes Dan Buckley

A top leader of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel has been captured in a military operation near the US border with Texas, the second major capture since President Enrique Pena Nieto took office last December.

The United States uses drones for surveillance in some limited law enforcement situations, FBI Director Robert Mueller said, sparking additional debate about President Barack Obama’s use of domestic surveillance.

A man believed to be the leader of the Gulf drug cartel, which controls some of the most valuable and violently contested smuggling routes along the US border, was arrested by Mexican marines and paraded before the public.

A man believed to be the leader of the Gulf drug cartel, which controls some of the most valuable and violently contested smuggling routes along the US border, has been arrested by Mexican marines, the navy said.

Two US men were seized and held in a detention centre after being caught at the US border with six Kinder Eggs.

Two US military fighter jets are escorting a commercial airliner from the Canadian border to New York City, officials said.

A gunbattle between Mexican soldiers and suspected drug cartel members left 22 dead at ranch near the US border, officials said.

A powerful earthquake swayed buildings from Los Angeles to Tijuana, killing two people in Mexico, blacking out cities and forcing the evacuation of hospitals.

Federal troops stormed a seaside holiday home and captured one of the country’s most brutal drug lords, the second time in less than a month that Mexico took one of its most powerful traffickers off the streets.

With swine flu still spreading, the UN health agency is urging countries to limit their use of antiviral drugs to only high-risk patients to ensure adequate supplies in case the virus mutates and becomes more dangerous.

US President Barack Obama has used a press conference to mark his 100th day in office to address the swine flu crisis.

Britney Spears has left her recent troubles behind her to holiday in Mexico with her paparazzo boyfriend Adnan Ghalib.

Police killed 15 gunmen in a fierce battle just south of the Arizona border after tracking assailants believed to have abducted and killed five Mexican policemen into the nearby hills with a helicopter.

President George Bush is to send as many as 6,000 National Guard troops to the US border with Mexico to help stop the flood of illegal immigrants.

Crews battling a 6,400-acre wildfire scrambled to burn off heavy brush near homes today before a resurgence of the hot, dry Santa Ana winds.

A CUBAN family who desperately tried to make it to the United States by turning their car into a boat, has finally made it — on foot.

A Cuban family who desperately tried to make it to the United States by turning their car into a boat, has finally made it – on foot.

A SHOOT-OUT between men in two vehicles erupted on the streets of Tijuana, killing at least four people yesterday.

FBI agent David Rupert told the Special Criminal Court today that he scouted the US/Mexican border as a possible entry point to the United States for the alleged Real IRA leader Michael Mc Kevitt.

Members of a New Mexican church have burned copies of the Harry Potter books.