Dudley Althaus
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican police served a new arrest warrant late last week to the already-jailed Julian Zapata Espinoza, nicknamed "Tweety Bird," in anticipation of formal extradition petitions from Washington.
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 00:00
More than 1,400 gangland killings were clocked, by one newspaper's count, giving April the highest death toll of the 53 months since President Felipe Calderon unleashed the military and federal police.
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 00:00
With Pascual unlikely to be replaced quickly - some experts say not by year's end at the earliest - both governments must find a way to keep the wheels turning on a crippled but vital machine.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
Calderon called U.S. ambassador Carlos Pascual "ignorant" in a Mexican newspaper interview last week, a reaction to American diplomatic cables published by Wikileaks.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 - 00:00
Calderon was reacting to a barrage of analytic cables - some signed by Pascual, others by senior embassy officials - that discuss the perceived shortcomings of Mexico's intelligence services, the conduct of its army in Calderon's anti-crime campaign and t
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)."
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
Manuel Farfan, 55, a retired army brigadier general, was shot down on a downtown street shortly before midnight.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Fears of bloodshed have gutted tourism to the 216-square-mile reserve where the butterflies roost in the high mountains of Michoacan and Mexico states.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 00:00
The study by Disability Rights International of Washington, D.C., and a leading Mexican human rights group found that thousands of disabled patients across the country live largely untreated.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 00:00
In a video posted Monday on the Internet, a man saying he is the kidnapped brother of Chihuahua state's former attorney general accused her and other senior officials of working for members of the Juarez Cartel