Christopher Sherman
Thursday, January 28, 2016 - 05:02
Francis has made the plight of migrants one of the hallmarks of his papacy, denouncing what he called the "globalization of indifference" toward people desperate to flee poverty and persecution.
Monday, November 30, 2015 - 06:02
Mexico’s governmental human rights commission said Wednesday that excessive use of force by federal police resulted in six civilian deaths in a confrontation last January, including a person who was shot dead while he was already wounded on the ground and posed no threat to police.
Friday, August 8, 2014 - 06:05
Arrests in Texas have fallen in recent weeks to about 100 per day, down from 300 or more in June, according to the Border Patrol
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 07:58
Nichols said troops will be armed for their safety, but when asked if their weapons would be loaded would say only that ammunition would be in magazines.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 06:15
Much of the violence has its roots in the February arrest of Javier Garza Medrano, who oversaw the Gulf Cartel's drug, kidnapping, extortion and gasoline theft activities in the Gulf coast city of Tampico.
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 00:00
Like a beaver dam of urban detritus, the piles of tires, old mattresses and heavy steel grates in Venezuela's streets have sparked some of the most violent episodes of this tumultuous season of protest and repression.
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 00:00
The current system of immigration enforcement and deportation produces a constant flow of people north and south that provides the cartel with a vulnerable labor pool and steady source of revenue.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 00:00
If Reynosa is an example, even the government can't count how many are dying from drug violence.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 00:00
The sister of a federal agent wounded in an attack in Mexico said Wednesday she hoped the lawsuit filed by her brother and the family of an agent who was killed will force the government to answer their questions.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 00:00
In a nation where some clergy have been cowed into silence by drug cartels and official power, Vera is clearly unafraid to speak