Alfredo Corchado
Friday, June 18, 2010 - 00:00
Violence against journalists in Latin America is reaching dangerous new dimensions, experts told a House subcommittee Wednesday, noting a surge of killings in Honduras as organized criminal groups expand their territory from Mexico.
Thursday, February 25, 2010 - 00:00
Officials from both countries stressed that any joint effort would be limited to sharing intelligence and would not be patterned after U.S.-Mexico operations in the 1970s and 1980s, when agents from both countries worked in tandem.
Monday, February 8, 2010 - 00:00
At least two family members crossed into El Paso on Friday and met with lawyer Carlos Spector, seeking legal advice on how to obtain political asylum in the United States
Friday, December 18, 2009 - 00:00
The death of a notorious drug lord in a shootout with Mexican commandos dealt a blow to organized crime in Mexico but will probably lead to a new surge of violence as rivals battle to fill a power void, U.S. and Mexican authorities said Thursday.
Monday, November 2, 2009 - 00:00
Illegal crossings are down sharply along most of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border, based on the number of illegal immigrants caught trying to sneak into the U.S.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 00:00
Standing alone on a stage like an evangelical preacher, the former mayor of Medellin, Colombia, once one of the world's most violent cities, talked about turning the tide against crime
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 00:00
President Barack Obama on Monday reiterated U.S. support in helping Mexico fight drug-trafficking cartels and set a timeline of the end of this year for the administration to begin pushing for an immigration overhaul
Friday, February 6, 2009 - 00:00
Without fanfare but with great hopes, the state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, has declared itself the first bilingual state in Mexico. It has decided that its 320,000 public school students, from elementary to high school, will learn conversational
Wednesday, January 28, 2009 - 00:00
Everything is on the table," one Mexican official said, including "joint operations
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 00:00
Touted as one of the safest cities of its size in the nation, El Paso is awakening to its southern neighbor’s bloody nightmare.