Forty-nine decapitated and mutilated bodies were found in black plastic bags near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey, apparently killed by the Zetas drug cartel.... Read more»
It’s been another week of chilling reminders of the high risks for journalists in parts of Latin America, with two killings turning the news lens on reporters. Now, a possible kidnapping in Colombia has put the danger further into focus.... Read more»
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Supreme Court on Wednesday to make their voices heard as the justices weighed arguments on SB 1070.... Read more»1
The fate of a Frenchwoman accused of being a “Zodiac” kidnapper is pitting France against Mexico.... Read more»
Reporter Claudi Kolker drew on her experiences as a world traveler to focus on what traditions first-generation immigrants bring to this country in her new book “The Immigrant Advantage.”... Read more»
The Texas Department of Public Safety is again warning students to avoid traveling to Mexico during spring break.... Read more»
The events of Fidel Castro’s 18 months in Mexico during the mid-1950s receive expansive treatment in the new two-volume, 1,000-page memoir “Guerrillero del Tiempo.”... Read more»
A record 15 tons of pure methamphetamine have been seized in Mexico, the largest seizure of meth ever made in the country.... Read more»1
While Mexico’s merciless drug war has scared off tourists and investment dollars, it has fed one niche industry: private-security services.... Read more»
Chronic kidney disease stands at the heart of a lethal mystery — and legacy of neglect by industry and governments, including the United States, which have resisted pleas for aggressive action to spotlight the malady and find a remedy.... Read more»2
The Justice Department defended the Drug Enforcement Administration’s controversial money laundering stings, pointing out they have been used since 1984 to successfully bring down dozens of major gangsters.... Read more»
An ambulance driver was killed on Wednesday in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexico border city that saw a massive uptick in violence as cartels compete for territory. ... Read more»
A member of the Mexican peace organization, the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, was murdered Thursday. Trinidad de la Cruz Crisostomo, 72, was kidnapped Wednesday in connection with a land dispute.... Read more»
Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saadi tried to flee to Mexico with his family in what officials said was an elaborate plan with several safe houses throughout the country, as well as false names supported by forged Mexican documents.... Read more»
A 48-year-old man was sentenced to 41 months in prison Monday for trying to smuggle cash out of the United States into Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday.... Read more»
Fear is growing that Mexico’s drug war violence will spill over onto American soil and some officials are hoping that an increased reliance on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, will help stem the tide.... Read more»
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