An announcement Monday that the remains of 12 young women and girls were found near the Texas-Mexico border revives fears of renewed serial killing in Ciudad Juarez.... Read more»
Displaced Mexicans seek refuge north of the Rio Grande after fleeing a government-sanctioned drug war in Chihuahua, where thousands have been slaughtered since 2006.... Read more»
Even by Ciudad Juarez’s grim standards, a threat from a Mexican drug cartel to kill an officer a day until the city’s police chief steps down is being seen as an unusually terrifying escalation in the violence.... Read more»
Mexican police in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez tortured suspects to force confessions that they killed two agents and participated in a car-bomb attack, Mexico’s human rights commission said.... Read more»
Shohn Huckabee, a 24-year old from El Paso, was released from prison after almost two years when the U.S. Justice Department determined that he had been tortured in Mexican custody.... Read more»
U.S. immigration lawyers say judges have been reluctant to approve Mexican applications because they fear that granting asylum could open the floodgates to tens of thousands more applicants. But the level of violence in Mexico is forcing those judges to open the door to asylum further.... Read more»
Texas Gov. Rick Perry repeated a familiar claim at the GOP debate Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. Texas’ border cities, he said, are unsafe because the federal government has failed to secure the U.S.-Mexican border. But is Perry correct?... Read more»
As Mexico struggles with an unprecedented wave of drug-related violence, criminal cartels have been expanding protection rackets across the country.... Read more»
It’s not a sales pitch heard too often, but farmers and ranchers here have a new, tax-deductible option for improving their businesses — and the company offering it promises to take a bullet for its client. It’s a pitch that fits well with the mythic ethos of the West: If the government cannot protect its citizens, it’s up to the individual.... Read more»2
The ATF is under the gun yet again. Mexican police recently conducted a raid in Ciudad Juarez, a hotspot for the drug trade, and they swept up a cache of weapons. Among that cache? At least five assault rifles linked to a secretive anti-smuggling operation.... Read more»
While one federal law-enforcement agency was trying to track guns being smuggled into Mexico, another agency released some of the same guns to potential suspects near the border.... Read more»4
A Latin American decade? The term is starting to be tossed around. We won’t pretend to have a magic eight ball, but there’s certainly plenty to watch in the region.... Read more»
Women deal drugs, launder money and even work as assassins for Mexico’s drug gangs.... Read more»
While the Mexican government congratulates itself for the arrest of an reputed mastermind behind the high-profile slaying of two employees of the U.S. Consulate in Ciudad Juárez, U.S. officials are saying little.... Read more»
The yellow skulls and bones of the 14 heroes sit in glass crypts decorated in gold engravings and red ribbons, a testament to old glory. These remains of leaders who fought for Mexican independence were put on public display to celebrate two centuries of the Mexican nation — a moment to be rejoiced tonight.... Read more»
Children of U.S. government employees must leave Monterrey, Mexico, the State Department said Friday as it extended its warning of travel dangers in that country.... Read more»
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