The Los Angeles Times
Monday, March 30, 2009 - 00:00
Helping Mexico take on the drug cartels helps us, but the effort will require unprecedented cooperation between our two countries
Friday, March 27, 2009 - 00:00
Advocates of legalization have crafted a plan that could alienate businesses and key Republicans, including Sen. John McCain. But it is designed to lure a powerful new ally -- organized labor.
Friday, March 27, 2009 - 00:00
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, ending a two-day visit to Mexico that centered heavily on the drug war, toured a state-of-the-art police center and condemned drug violence in a meeting with university students Thursday.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 00:00
Recent arrests and cocaine seizures point to the cartels' growing presence in the South American country.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 00:00
Police arrest 48 suspects, members of a Oaxacan Indian clan, who allegedly brought the drugs in from Mexico, selling 15 to 20 pounds a week to gangs in East Los Angeles.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 00:00
Congress is denying Mexican truckers permission to travel more than a few miles north of the border
Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 00:00
The rewards are for information leading to the capture of the 24 most-wanted, including Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman and Ismael Zambada, leaders of the so-called Sinaloa cartel
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 00:00
Mexico doesn't understand if it's being bashed in order to generate congressional support for further aid and deeper collaboration, or if recent criticism is just political posturing by those who would welcome a bigger wall
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 00:00
A trucking dispute and the drug war stir up hidden tensions just as Clinton prepares for her first visit south as secretary of State
Monday, March 23, 2009 - 00:00
Exploitation of illegal immigrants has become worse, officials say, and the failure of U.S. agencies to work together has hindered efforts to stop the organizations.