Tim Johnson
Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 00:00
Public security analysts say a view has spread among some Mexicans that President Felipe Calderon is soft on the Sinaloa Cartel.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 00:00
In contrast, the Sinaloa Cartel, which U.S. officials say provides about 25 percent of the illegal drugs smuggled into the United States, generally favors bribing high government officials over the brutality Los Zetas employ to protect their smuggling rou
Monday, August 1, 2011 - 00:00
The revelations have evinced an I-told-you-so attitude here about the role U.S.-based weapons play in Mexico's drug violence.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 00:00
The body of Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz was dumped on a street in the city of Veracruz on Mexico's eastern coast, two days after she was kidnapped by unknown assailants.
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 00:00
What was once a problem largely confined to hubs in California and Texas, Mexican traffickers have expanded into the Midwest and the Atlantic Seaboard.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00
Battered by onetime underlings seeking control of his violent criminal syndicate, Mendez Vargas, whose known as "El Chango," or The Monkey, had in recent weeks fled his home turf of Michoacan state and sought help from leaders of Los Zetas.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Details were sparse of what led police to Mendez Vargas, a burly 37-year-old with a bounty of $2.55 million on his head.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico's rival crime gangs are in an arms race, and the latest sign of that are the homemade "Mad Max"-type heavily armored vehicles they deploy to withstand fierce clashes.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 00:00
With many of Mexico's conventional news outlets no longer willing to risk reporting on the Mexico's ongoing drug wars, a growing number of Mexicans in this country's northern cities are turning to Internet tools.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
Authorities now think that three Mexican drug groups have moved into the Peten, where they operate virtually unchallenged.