Joshua Partlow
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 09:17
The latest wave of violence in Tampico broke out the first weekend of April, two days after the arrest of a Gulf cartel boss known as Commander 14. The ensuing struggle for authority spilled into the streets.
Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 11:21
“People speculate that it had something to do with security in Michoacan, but it wasn’t that”.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 00:00
Now Mexican officials are bracing for how the country's most powerful drug cartel will react to the capture of its capo.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 00:00
For at least a year, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, as well as Drug Enforcement Administration agents and members of the U.S. Marshals Service, had worked the case.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 00:00
Seven federal districts in the United States have brought indictments against Mexican cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, setting off a competition to be the first to prosecute the man U.S. officials had described as "Public Enemy No.
Friday, February 21, 2014 - 00:00
Mexico's diplomatic reaction Thursday to the latest U.S. Border Patrol killing of a rock-throwing Mexican migrant - that the government is "profoundly concerned" - might be putting it rather mildly.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014 - 00:00
President Obama arrives in Mexico for talks 14 months into Pena Nieto's tenure, the law enforcement and security partnership between the two countries has revived somewhat, although officials say the Americans are still kept more at arms' lenght.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 00:00
This is Operation Streamline. Fast-track prosecutions. Group hearings. From arrest to jail — with sentences as long as six months — in as little as one day.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 - 00:00
This is Operation Streamline. Fast-track prosecutions. Group hearings. From arrest to jail — with sentences as long as six months — in as little as one day.
Friday, January 10, 2014 - 00:00
The massive security presence at the Medica Sur hospital speaks to both the newfound fame and the national importance of Mireles, but also to the tricky position in which Mexico’s government finds itself with regard to the rebel movement