William Booth

Wary Mexicans shun cellphone database meant to bolster security
Friday, May 14, 2010 - 00:00
In a remarkable mass protest, even under threat of service interruption, millions of Mexicans are refusing to submit their personal data, for a very Mexican reason: They don't trust the government.
Mexico's crime syndicates increasingly target authorities in drug war's new phase
Monday, May 3, 2010 - 00:00
No longer content to fight police officers and soldiers when confronted with arrest, the drug organizations are increasingly targeting police commanders and public officials.
Mexican officials condemn Arizona's tough new immigration law
Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 00:00
President Felipe Calderon on Monday vigorously condemned a tough new immigration law in Arizona that requires police to question anyone who appears to be in the country illegally.
Mexico hobbled in drug war by arrests that lead nowhere
Monday, April 26, 2010 - 00:00
It is common in Mexico for drug suspects to be arrested with fanfare -- and for their criminal cases to fall apart later.
Drug war violence appears in Mexico's northeast, near Texas border
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 - 00:00
More than 22,000 people have died in drug-related violence in Mexico since President Felipe Calderon unleashed his war on traffickers in December 2006.
New adversary in U.S. drug war: Contract killers for Mexican cartels
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 00:00
Officials on both sides of the border have watched as the Aztecas honed their ability to locate targets, stalk them and finally strike in brazen ambushes.
Mexican Azteca gang leader arrested in killings of 3 tied to U.S. consulate
Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 00:00
Mexican officials on Monday announced the arrest of Ricardo Valles de la Rosa, 45, and described him as a leader of the Barrio Azteca gang, which carries out extortion, killings and drug trafficking.
Haitians who fled capital strain impoverished towns in countryside
Monday, March 15, 2010 - 00:00
The earthquake that struck Haiti's capital city has also jarred the impoverished countryside, sending 600,000 people into the provinces -- where locals are now overwhelmed with the task of feeding and sheltering desperate newcomers.
U.S. to embed agents in Mexican law enforcement units battling cartels in Juarez
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 00:00
The increasingly close partnership between the two countries ... would place U.S. agents and analysts in a Mexican command center in this border city to share drug intelligence gathered from informants and intercepted communications.
On the eve of meetings in Havana, wife of imprisoned American reaches out
Friday, February 19, 2010 - 00:00
In a video released to the media, Judy Gross said her husband, Alan P. Gross, had worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development helping the communist-led country's tiny Jewish population connect to the Internet.

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