Houston Chronicle
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 00:00
The murder rate in Salvador, Bahia has more than doubled since the strike began a week ago - but violence has quickly diminished since troops were sent in.
Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 00:00
A Houston man who reputedly confessed to buying hundreds of weapons for the Zetas drug cartel, and aided federal agents, is running for his life.
Friday, July 8, 2011 - 00:00
Congress in 2006 ordered the executive branch to develop a National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy and update it every two years.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 00:00
The fierce-looking gun, which fires 7.62 mm rounds, similar to the type of bullets used an AK-47 rifle, was reportedly recovered at the scene of the Feb. 15 shooting and traced back to a man in the city of Lancaster, just outside of Dallas.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011 - 00:00
The national sweep was ordered after a Feb. 15 attack in Mexico in which U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata was killed.
Friday, February 18, 2011 - 00:00
Holder says it's too soon to tell, but lawmaker says evidence points to Zetas.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 00:00
U.S. agents are armed with the secrets of a convicted Houston gunrunner, information that could lead them to top Mexican drug-cartel bosses and the Texas firearms dealers.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 00:00
The study by Disability Rights International of Washington, D.C., and a leading Mexican human rights group found that thousands of disabled patients across the country live largely untreated.
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 00:00
A Texas border sheriff on Thursday said he was calling directly on Zeta operatives to simply produce the body of a missing U.S. citizen believed shot and killed last week by drug gangs.
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 00:00
A court issued an order Thursday authorizing the jailing of 12 police officers and a police colonel while prosecutors investigate last week's police uprising.