los zetas
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 Oct 1, 2014, 11:53 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
These 'monsters' are the home-built armored trucks deputized militias and drug cartels are using for battle.... Read more»
Posted Aug 27, 2014, 1:40 pm
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
Here‘s a look at four major claims of Middle East terrorism stirring on America's southern frontier. In some of those cases, at least, officials actually attempted to provide evidence, with varying success.... Read more»
Posted Jul 2, 2014, 10:47 am
Ioan Grillo
/GlobalPost
Timeline: Drug violence has left the front pages here, but grisly discoveries keep adding to Mexico’s map of horror.... Read more»
Posted May 20, 2014, 10:40 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
As Mexico plans to deploy federal forces to a border state to quell a rash of violence there, U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela says a U.S. endorsement will help the strategy succeed. But analysts have some serious concerns about the strategy. Vela says there's no perfect solution but that the status quo cannot stand.... Read more»
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Posted Apr 7, 2014, 10:43 am
Julian Aguilar
/The Texas Tribune
Many residents of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, have reacted with silence to the death of a former mayor, who was allegedly kidnapped. It’s yet another signal that while violence has ebbed in the city, a climate of fear still exists.
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Posted Mar 4, 2013, 6:09 pm
Jan-Albert Hootsen
/GlobalPost
For well over a century, local farmers have harvested marijuana and opium in the rugged mountains surrounding Badiraguato. Since the 1980s, the Sinaloa cartel has acted as their Wal-Mart, transporting the mind-bending cargo north with quasi-corporate efficiency, and distributing it to a narcotics-craving United States market.... Read more»
Posted Jan 3, 2013, 11:34 am
Gustavo Aguirre
/Borderzine
Although church officials deny connections, there's mounting evidence that some Mexican Catholics worship in churches funded by donations from drug lords. "A steeple built with drug money has blood gushing from its rafters," a bishop said.... Read more»
Posted Oct 10, 2012, 11:07 pm
Daniel DeFraia
/Global Post
"How can we control the madness of drug distribution and infiltration into the United States? The obvious answer is to stop US drug consumption," said Dr. Alex del Carmen, professor of Criminology. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 8, 2012, 7:16 pm
Allison Jackson
/Global Post
Mexico has arrested Los Zetas drug cartel leader 'The Squirrel,' who is allegedly linked to migrant massacres and the murder of a US tourist in 2010. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 27, 2012, 11:39 am
Allison Jackson
/Global Post
Mexican marines have arrested suspected Zetas drug cartel leader Ivan Velázquez Caballero, otherwise known as 'El Taliban.'... Read more»
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Posted Sep 27, 2012, 9:45 am
David Agren
/Global Post
A massive, front-door prison walkout exposes gaping holes in Mexico’s corrections system.... Read more»
Posted Sep 24, 2012, 3:23 pm
Priyanka Boghani
/Global Post
The Mexican navy arrested 35 police officers on Monday for alleged links to the Zetas drug cartel.... Read more»
Posted Sep 22, 2012, 12:08 pm
Nathanial Parish Flannery
/Global Post
Prosecutors in the U.S. and Mexico have major banks in their crosshairs for helping drug smugglers and money launderers transfer and hold their illegal earnings.... Read more»
Posted May 4, 2012, 5:09 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The bodies of 9 people were found Friday morning hanged from a Nuevo Laredo bridge. The mutilated bodies of 14 others were found later in the day, reports said.... Read more»