Dudley Althaus
Wednesday, November 2, 2016 - 07:02
President Enrique Peña Nieto has set up a close ally to become Mexico’s first independent prosecutor, spurring accusations that he seeks to shield his scandal-plagued government from the kind of inquiry the new post was meant to ensure.
Thursday, October 1, 2015 - 06:19
Mexico extradited two drug kingpins and 11 other men to the U.S. Wednesday, fulfilling yearslong U.S. requests that had apparently stalled.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 00:00
Ransom demands here in Morelos, a small state just south of the capital Mexico City that by some counts tops the nation in kidnappings, have ranged from $13,000 to as low as $250.
Friday, March 14, 2014 - 00:00
The showdown has further divided an already fractious vigilante leadership
Monday, March 3, 2014 - 00:00
Much of the violence this past decade can be explained by the efforts of Guzman and his cartel allies to rebuild the dominion Sinaloans had held over Mexico's drug trade for a century.
Thursday, February 13, 2014 - 00:00
This contrasting approach -- carrots in Michoacan, sticks in Guerrero -- underscores the federal government's patchwork assessment of a threat that has little or nothing to do with drug trafficking
Monday, February 10, 2014 - 00:00
Many anti-gang activists say they have little problem with poor farmers growing marijuana and poppies or the young men and women who work for the traffickers as either smugglers or guns for hire.
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 - 00:00
Rather than arresting the Templars, the soldiers and militarized police merely patrol and man checkpoints, and seem more like scarecrows than the region's saviors
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
Many say armed self-defense groups are filling a vacuum left by a near-absent government, becoming Mexico's next big security challenge
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 00:00
Instead, Olson says, the speech reinforced the notion that Washington too often treats Latin American concerns as if they were relegated to the "kiddies' table" at an extended family Thanksgiving feast.