Dane Schiller
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
In one of the most chilling revelations yet about the violence in Mexico, a drug cartel-connected trafficker claims fellow gangsters have kidnapped highway bus passengers and forced them into gladiatorlike fights.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 00:00
Since Cardenas was given credit for time he spent in prison in Mexico, prior to being sent to the U.S. for trial, he is due to be released no later than 2024.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 00:00
One gangster supposedly confessed that the U.S. agents were mistaken for rivals.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 00:00
The national sweep was ordered after a Feb. 15 attack in Mexico in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed.
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 00:00
Holder says it's too soon to tell, but lawmaker says evidence points to Zetas.
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00
"They told the bad guys, 'Diplomats, diplomats,'" said one former federal agent who also reviewed the file on the incident. "Apparently the bad guys, in Spanish, told them they don't give a (expletive)."
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 00:00
Although no one has yet been charged in connection with the gun, it stands as a giant green reminder that a war is raging in Mexico and Houston remains a major staging ground for hefty weapons.
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 00:00
In the seven months since the game-changing discovery of the submarine, built by drug traffickers in a covert shipyard deep in the Ecuadorean jungle, naval experts from multiple countries have studied the vessel.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. agents are armed with the secrets of a convicted Houston gunrunner, information that could lead them to top Mexican drug-cartel bosses and the Texas firearms dealers.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010 - 00:00
Wednesday marks the end of an initial 40-day hold under which Mexico can consider whether to try Edgar Valdez Villarreal, for his alleged crimes or ship him back to the United States