Nick Miroff
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
Mexican officials said that the 165 were being held against their will and that they had been systematically handed over to the kidnappers
Friday, June 7, 2013 - 00:00
Mexican officials said that the 165 were being held against their will and that they had been systematically handed over to the kidnappers
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 - 00:00
Villagers in Mexico's troubled western state of Michoacan lined the highways this week to cheer the arrival of soldiers sent by President Enrique Pena Nieto to reoccupy their towns. But the scenes have underscored the seeming intractability of the country
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 00:00
The new protocols mean that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, CIA and other agencies can no longer bypass Mexico's central government to work directly with their trusted military contacts to pass along tips on the whereabouts of cartel targets.
Thursday, May 9, 2013 - 00:00
The changing economics and geography of illegal immigration are taking a grim new toll in the flat, barren scrublands of South Texas, and especially Brooks County.
Friday, May 3, 2013 - 00:00
"I agreed to continue our close cooperation on security even as the nature of that cooperation evolves," he said
Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 00:00
The number of migrants from Central America who were arrested trying to enter the United States illegally last year nearly doubled, to 99,000, and American officials want Mexico to impose tighter controls
Thursday, February 21, 2013 - 00:00
The victims included husbands and fathers who went out for groceries and never came back and others dragged from their homes by uniformed men in the middle of the night, the rights group said.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 00:00
The Lateral Repatriation program is potentially exposing migrants to new dangers, by dumping them off in Mexican border towns stalked by criminal gangs and kidnapping crews.
Monday, February 11, 2013 - 00:00
Once overwhelmed, the average agent now makes fewer than 20 arrests a year, with apprehensions of illegal migrants along the southwest border at their lowest levels in four decades.