The Houston Chronicle
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 00:00
Polls suggest Pena, who pulled out the stops to get Avila elected, has a veritable lock on Mexico's presidency in next July's vote.
Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 00:00
Issa and Grassley are widely considered folk heroes to gun-rights advocates who fear liberal Democrats using U.S. guns in Mexico as fodder for more firearms restrictions.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 00:00
La Familia's demise hardly means the end of the crime rackets it controlled. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of well-experienced traffickers, extortionists, kidnappers and killers once loyal to Mendez remain active.
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
The Mexican government is clearly winning the cartel war; it is local crime that has become the country's biggest challenge.
Monday, June 27, 2011 - 00:00
In his first major public appearance since returning from exile, he told representatives of the National Popular Resistance Front that the wealthy have held the reins of power long enough.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
Border officials say they have seized more than a half ton of marijuana in several busts at a major El Paso border crossing.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 - 00:00
President Mauricio Funes says there are a lot of weapons left over from El Salvador's 12-year civil war and that the flow of guns there is "shocking."
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Gangsters and their local police cronies seemed determined this week to drown Mexico's third-largest city and industrial juggernaut in terror and blood.
Monday, June 20, 2011 - 00:00
Officials gave few descriptions about the progress of the three-day battle at the Rodeo I prison and did not say if more people had been killed or injured beyond the three dead and 18 wounded reported on the first day.
Friday, June 17, 2011 - 00:00
"It should be made clear that there's a correlation between production levels and energy consumption," Fedecamaras said in a statement.