Jose De Cordoba
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
In what Mexican officials have called an "act of terror," a half dozen gunmen burst into a casino in Mexico's industrial capital of Monterrey Thursday, sprayed the place with gasoline, and started a fire in the bingo section, killing at least 53
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 00:00
Many Mexicans complained that what they were seeing on the small screen bore little resemblance to what they see on the streets.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Hank, the former mayor of Tijuana, was detained June 4 by Mexican soldiers who said they found an illegal arsenal of 88 weapons, including automatic rifles at his compound in Tijuana.
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
Mr. Humala for years touted the man in Caracas as his good friend and political model. And Mr. Chavez was quick to praise Mr. Humala's victory.
Monday, June 6, 2011 - 00:00
Soldiers acting on a tip burst into the Tijuana home of Jorge Hank, 55, a former mayor and a pillar of the Mexico's former ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party's establishment, and detained him and 10 employees.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
Fighting broke out Monday and lasted for three days. But news of the conflict was slow to get out because local media in states like Michoacan have largely stopped covering the carnage.
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 00:00
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez clinched a major diplomatic victory over the U.S. after the Colombian government confirmed that it will extradite Walid Makled to Caracas.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - 00:00
For the first time in Mexico's drug war, the U.S. government said its employees and citizens could be the targets of drug gangs in three Mexican states, a disclosure that could signal danger for Americans.
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 00:00
Late Thursday, a high-ranking U.S. official said Colombia's president, Juan Manuel Santos, told him that Mr. Makled would be extradited to Venezuela.
Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 00:00
"I don't recall this kind of bad blood in a long time," said Jorge Castaneda, a former Mexican foreign minister.