William Booth
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 00:00
Calling a deadly fire at a casino "an act of terrorism," Mexican President Felipe Calderon and his top law enforcement officials vowed Friday to capture the gangsters responsible for the deaths of 52 people who perished in a fire set by gunmen a
Wednesday, July 6, 2011 - 00:00
The fight is about trees. But it is part of a greater struggle in Mexico, to beat back rapacious criminal organizations that keep extending their reach.
Thursday, June 23, 2011 - 00:00
The seven countries of Central America have proposed 22 projects, which would cost about $900 million, and the leaders stressed in their remarks Wednesday that they do not have the money to do it alone.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 - 00:00
To call this boundary "porous" would be to suggest that parts of it are not. For the indigenous peoples, ranch hands, and smugglers who traverse it freely, there is no border at all. It is a line on a map.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 - 00:00
The cartels are locked in a kind of arms race involving technology and techniques to keep one step ahead of authorities - and one another.
Friday, May 27, 2011 - 00:00
During the past 11 years, only $16 million tied to suspected Mexican traffickers has been blocked in the United States.
Monday, May 9, 2011 - 00:00
Like nothing else in the past four years of sensational drug violence, which have left more than 35,000 civilians dead as well as 2,300 police and soldiers, this movement has captured the eye of the news media and has begun to rattle the political class.
Monday, April 25, 2011 - 00:00
At the largest mass grave site ever found in Mexico, where 177 bodies have been pulled from deep pits, authorities say they have recovered few bullet casings and little evidence that the dead were killed with a gun.
Friday, April 22, 2011 - 00:00
Highway 101 is not a country road. In normal times, it is the most heavily traveled thoroughfare in the state.
Friday, April 15, 2011 - 00:00
Sixteen police officers from the town of San Fernando have been detained on suspicion of protecting the Zetas criminal gang, which is alleged to have filled mass graves with dozens of bodies found there