The Houston Chronicle
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 00:00
More than 1,400 gangland killings were clocked, by one newspaper's count, giving April the highest death toll of the 53 months since President Felipe Calderon unleashed the military and federal police.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 00:00
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said in Houston on Tuesday that the United States should legalize drugs to end the violence in Mexico.
Monday, April 18, 2011 - 00:00
Estrada is accused of being a regional leader of the Zetas in San Fernando, Tamaulipas state, and of being one of those directly responsible for the growing number of bodies.
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 00:00
With morgues in gangster-ravaged borderlands overwhelmed and the number of nameless dead mounting by the day, officials had to truck 70 of the 145 bodies recovered from mass graves in San Fernando to Mexico City
Thursday, April 14, 2011 - 00:00
Chavez marked the anniversary of a failed 2002 coup by rallying thousands of supporters and militia troops outside the presidential palace.
Friday, April 1, 2011 - 00:00
Rep. William Keating, D-Mass., ranking Democrat on McCaul's subcommittee, played down the scope of the threat to the United States in line with Democrats' assessment.
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 00:00
Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, introduced legislation in Congress Wednesday to designate six murderous Mexican drug cartels "foreign terrorist organizations."
Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 00:00
One gangster supposedly confessed that the U.S. agents were mistaken for rivals.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 00:00
Today, Mexico is on a dangerous path to where Colombia once was. Mexico may need a similar strategy.
Friday, March 25, 2011 - 00:00
With Pascual unlikely to be replaced quickly - some experts say not by year's end at the earliest - both governments must find a way to keep the wheels turning on a crippled but vital machine.