Alfredo Corchado
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 09:32
Anticipation is high for Pope Francis’ visit to the Rio Grande on Wednesday. Few are more excited than Mari Centeno and her three children, who, along with dozens of migrants here, await their fate in immigration court.
Monday, June 1, 2015 - 07:26
Mexico holds midterm elections Sunday for nine state governors, 300 mayors, 500 members of Congress and 17 state legislatures. For the first time, candidates can run without being affiliated with a political party, following election reforms enacted last year, opening the way for nontraditional candidates like Mora. But intense violence in many regions has cast a cloud over the election.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 08:09
Authorities believe the February arrest of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman set the stage for an increase in violence in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 00:00
Authorities believe the February arrest of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman set the stage for an increase in violence in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
Monday, February 24, 2014 - 00:00
The operation that led to the capture of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was an unusual joint effort carried out by Mexican and U.S. law enforcement officials who were down to the wire in a manhunt for the world’s most-wanted drug capo.
Monday, January 27, 2014 - 00:00
Some analysts say the government’s tacit recognition of the self-defense groups ultimately undermines the authority of the state. Nowhere in Latin America have paramilitaries, vigilantes or self-defense groups built the rule of law, they say
Monday, January 13, 2014 - 00:00
Juarez reported the lowest number of killings in years in 2013 — 487, from a high of more than 3,075 in 2010
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 00:00
Security is the issue that could be Pena Nieto's Achilles' heel next year.
Thursday, November 21, 2013 - 00:00
Jacobson said U.S. officials are gradually adjusting to new strategies implemented by the Mexican Interior Ministry that, at least officially, prohibit agent-to-agent communications, something that has led many U.S. officials to question their counterpart
Monday, August 12, 2013 - 00:00
President Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, leery of deeper American involvement, has been reluctant to receive U.S. help, saying it continues to re-evaluate U.S. cooperation on security matters. The money may be returned to Was