William Booth
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
As a sign of the impunity and lawlessness that grips Mexico, the police and military essentially abandoned the case to the family
Friday, December 17, 2010 - 00:00
Mexico's attorney general said Thursday that he was calling on Interpol to help authorities capture a lawmaker suspected of having ties to a drug cartel.
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 00:00
The U.S. government is turning to elite units of Mexican marines to go after drug cartel bosses in aggressive "capture or kill" missions.
Monday, November 29, 2010 - 00:00
Nearly three years ago, the Mexican government appeared on the verge of controlling the sale of chemicals used to make the drugs, but the syndicates have since moved to the top of the drug trade.
Friday, November 19, 2010 - 00:00
Drug traffickers have shot doctors who treated them. They've burst into emergency rooms and executed their enemies on operating tables.
Monday, October 25, 2010 - 00:00
Gunmen stormed a birthday party in embattled Ciudad Juarez and killed 13 young people, the latest outrage
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 00:00
Under pressure from the Obama administration and human rights groups, President Felipe Calderon is pushing a new law that would require Mexican troops accused of human rights abuses to be tried in civilian courts, instead of the secretive military tribuna
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 00:00
Human rights organizations described the proposals as significant but incomplete
Friday, September 17, 2010 - 00:00
The government layoffs, amounting to 10 percent of the 5 million state employees in Cuba, represent the most significant economic changes since President Raul Castro took over.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010 - 00:00
As the country prepares to follow President Felipe Calderon in the traditional "grito," or shout-out of "Viva Mexico!" on Wednesday night, the country's historians, politicians and artists agree that the country is in a deep funk.