Ioan Grillo
Monday, January 5, 2015 - 13:15
Hoping to turn things around in 2015, Peña Nieto released a new year video, showing images of protests and violence transforming into images of progress and happiness. “We leave behind a year of challenges and learning,” Peña Nieto tweeted. “With integrity and determination, let’s welcome 2015.”
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 08:11
Student protesters in rural Mexico have long dealt with heavy-handed police officers. But on the black night of Sept. 26, students who attended a rural teachers’ college realized they were facing a far worse menace in this southern city. Not only were police officers shooting haphazardly at them, killing three students and several passers-by; shady gunmen were also firing from the sidelines.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 - 06:43
Gunmen linked to cartels run impromptu checkpoints or hold up cars as part of their efforts to control territory. The criminals operate at night and even in broad daylight, sometimes in civilian clothes and sometimes in military garb.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:24
The vigilantes in Tamaulipas are more secretive than those of the south, working in hidden cells from towns and ranches.
Friday, May 23, 2014 - 08:05
Brazil’s police allege the militants form an extremist group called the Black Bloc, and say they are watching its leaders. The local press has published exposes claiming that the Black Bloc is funded by foreigners intent on spoiling the nation’s moment of glory.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:26
Late Monday, Peña Nieto’s envoy and a council of vigilante leaders made an agreement in which a new state police force could incorporate militias, others could be demobilized and many imprisoned vigilantes may be released.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 00:00
A reformed gang member in Portland, Manuel cooked crystal meth for the Knights Templar after he returned to Mexico. When the vigilantes stormed the town in January, he switched sides to join the group fighting to "liberate" the region.
Thursday, January 30, 2014 - 00:00
New vigilante cells are emerging in towns and villages across Michoacan and Guerrero every few days and there is little control of who lines up in the ranks.
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 00:00
This article examines how Jamaican organized crime has reshaped after the so-called “Dudus affair,” which shook Jamaica’s political system as one of the country’s bloodiest confrontations since its 1962 independence
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
Legislators in Mexico City, the largest city in North America, are preparing to push through certain measures that would decriminalize and regulate the consumption of marijuana in the Mexican capital.