The Houston Chronicle
Thursday, June 16, 2011 - 00:00
Agents lost track of the guns as they were handed off from purchaser to middleman to trafficker. As a result, the up to 2,500 weapons that could have been intercepted were instead smuggled.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 00:00
"He should not have done it," said Jorge Castaneda, who served in Calderon's predecessor's Cabinet. "He wasn't prepared for it."
Monday, June 13, 2011 - 00:00
In one of the most chilling revelations yet about the violence in Mexico, a drug cartel-connected trafficker claims fellow gangsters have kidnapped highway bus passengers and forced them into gladiatorlike fights.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 00:00
Texas Parks and Wildlife spokesman Mike Cox said the wardens were treated and released at a local hospital after being hit by "several large jagged rocks" hurled from the other side.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 00:00
The guns and uniforms were captured Wednesday in the ranchlands near the village of Villa Union, just south of the Texas city of Eagle Pass.
Friday, June 10, 2011 - 00:00
"Brazil is a successful model of macroeconomic stability with social inclusion," he added. "This is the proposal of our government."
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 00:00
The central question - Is the border secure? - lies at the heart of an open-ended political stalemate over comprehensive immigration reform.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 00:00
As the United States and Mexico edge toward a new cross-border trucking arrangement, the volume of U.S.-Mexico freight passing through Texas is setting records.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 - 00:00
The No. 1 gun in the Hearst survey is the AK-47 imported from Romania by Century International Arms of Delray Beach, Fla.
Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 00:00
Investigators say Radilla, 34, has been the lieutenant in the Cuernavaca area for the Beltran Leyva crime family, one of Mexico's largest and most vicious narcotics gangs.