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Posted Jun 13, 2021, 12:56 pm
Angela Kocherga
/El Paso Matters
The future border role of Mexico's National Guard - deployed under threat by former President Donald Trump in 2019 amid a surge in migration from Central America - remains a concern for human rights groups and a bargaining chip for the Mexican administration. ... Read more»
Posted Feb 22, 2016, 6:02 pm
Gabriela Martínez, University of Oregon
/The Conversation
The Mexican press has been stifled over the past decade, caught in the crossfire of drug violence and government corruption. Today, the country is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist. 90 have been killed and 23 have disappeared over the past 15 years.... Read more»
Updated Feb 27, 2015, 4:32 pm
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
Mexican security forces have captured or killed most major cartel bosses. The latest arrest came on Friday, when federal forces raided a house in Morelia, Michoacan, and nabbed Servando “La Tuta” Gomez. But a number of them are still at large.
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Posted Dec 23, 2014, 9:14 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
The Mexican army faces multiple murder allegations as it prepares to join United Nations peacekeeping missions.... Read more»
Posted Dec 8, 2014, 11:47 am
Ioan Grillo & Simran Kholsa/GlobalPost
The 43 missing students have come to represent the more than 22,000 people who have disappeared since 2006.... Read more»
Posted Nov 7, 2014, 11:58 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
GlobalPost interviews Mike Vigil, who spent longer than any other U.S. anti-drug agent in Mexico and has a new book all about his time in the drug war.... Read more»
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Posted Jul 17, 2014, 10:33 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
Anabel Hernandez talks about why she thinks Mexico’s government is more dangerous than its gangsters.... Read more»
Posted Jun 13, 2014, 11:12 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
The tragic death of a 12-year-old has sparked a national debate on schoolyard violence. Politicians and psychologists point to the bloodshed outside the gates.... Read more»
Posted May 16, 2014, 9:13 am
Andrea Martinez
/Cronkite Borderlands Initiative
Santiago el Pinar was planned as one of four model cities to help the Mexican state of Chiapas’ rural poor find better lives with access to modern conveniences, better schools, health care and employment. But just three years later this city is a virtual ghost town.... Read more»
Posted Mar 12, 2014, 9:06 am
Dudley Althaus
/GlobalPost
The last time Nazario Moreno was killed locals didn't believe it. But officials say this time the cartel boss really is dead, and that they have strong evidence to prove it.... Read more»
Posted Jun 27, 2013, 10:16 am
Dudley Althaus
/GlobalPost
After a long silence, Mexican officials are piping up about U.S. Congress' immigration reform plan because, as they see it, border fences don't work and crimp jobs and growth.
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