The Houston Chronicle
Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 00:00
Interior Minister Jose Francisco Blake Mora, considered second in command in a country with no vice president, died as did all seven other people aboard the flight that went down last week outside Mexico City.
Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 00:00
American farmers, ranchers and rural residents are under attack by cartels that rely daily on tactics such as murder, kidnapping, the smuggling of humans, drugs and arms, and blackmail
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 00:00
At least 41 candidates have been murdered since February, nearly twice as many as in the same period four years ago
Friday, October 7, 2011 - 00:00
The four-term congressman and former Justice Department counterterrorism official said cartels are "terrorists"
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 00:00
Most Mexicans indeed take a very dim view of foreign military intervention of any kind, anywhere in the world. That’s hardly surprising in a country that suffered a series of debilitating attacks by U.S. and European armies
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 00:00
Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan told reporters at the Mexican Embassy that Juarez Competitiva is designed to spur economic confidence in the region
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
Immigration and border security have been key topics during the recent Republican presidential debates, particularly by candidates looking to shame Gov. Rick Perry
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 00:00
In the early 1990s the sector was sometimes experiencing 1,000 apprehensions a day. Today, that number is around 20 to 30 a day.
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
Border leaders have bristled at the hyped talk of spillover violence and characterizations of lawlessness that politicians use away from the border
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
The debate revolves around where exactly to build a new U.S. Border Patrol substation of sorts - called a forward operating base - somewhere in the Animas Valley