The Houston Chronicle
Thursday, February 17, 2011 - 00:00
"They told the bad guys, 'Diplomats, diplomats,'" said one former federal agent who also reviewed the file on the incident. "Apparently the bad guys, in Spanish, told them they don't give a (expletive)."
Thursday, February 10, 2011 - 00:00
Although no one has yet been charged in connection with the gun, it stands as a giant green reminder that a war is raging in Mexico and Houston remains a major staging ground for hefty weapons.
Monday, February 7, 2011 - 00:00
In the seven months since the game-changing discovery of the submarine, built by drug traffickers in a covert shipyard deep in the Ecuadorean jungle, naval experts from multiple countries have studied the vessel.
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
Manuel Farfan, 55, a retired army brigadier general, was shot down on a downtown street shortly before midnight.
Friday, February 4, 2011 - 00:00
The question will be if the other states that have voted against trade pacts in the past but still benefited will finally vote in favor.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 00:00
We have strengthened the Southwest border in ways that many did not think possible. And our partnership with Mexico on border security is strong.
Hazards for Haiti: Appearance of Duvalier distracts from the task at hand, building stable democracy
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
The Duvalier spectacle and Aristide's possible return are unfortunate distractions from the matter immediately at hand for Haiti: establishment of a reliable democratic system of government.
Monday, January 31, 2011 - 00:00
Fears of bloodshed have gutted tourism to the 216-square-mile reserve where the butterflies roost in the high mountains of Michoacan and Mexico states.
Friday, January 28, 2011 - 00:00
Nancy Davis was killed on Wednesday. She and her husband, Sam, spent 30 years building churches in Mexico.
Thursday, January 27, 2011 - 00:00
Mexico does not have the ability to confront this political problem because it does not have a just and, more importantly, transparent institutional infrastructure necessary to enforce its own laws.