Jo Tuckman
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 05:15
Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, whose family once ran one of Mexico's biggest trafficking organizations, has pleaded guilty in a United States court to helping to ship tons of cocaine and methamphetamine to the US.
Thursday, November 5, 2015 - 06:27
Mexico's Supreme Court has voted in favor of allowing four individuals the right to grow and transport marijuana for their own recreational use in an historic decision that represents a major step towards legalization in the future.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 06:05
Last year’s wave of unaccompanied children migrating to the US helped spark a crackdown in Mexico, forcing people to take alternative routes north as they face armed robbers, corrupt officials and sexual violence
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 06:13
Mexico has declared an all-out offensive against the relatively new drug cartel which shot down an army helicopter during a weekend of coordinated attacks across the western state of Jalisco which prompted fresh concerns over the latest escalation of the country’s drug wars.
Monday, February 23, 2015 - 07:06
The arrest of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán on 22 February 2014 was hailed by the Mexican and US authorities as the one of the biggest blows to the drug trade in decades. But a year on, the core business of Guzmán’s Sinaloa cartel seems hardly affected. “As long as there are people who want the drugs this will never stop, whoever goes to prison,” the seer said.
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 - 08:08
Barack Obama has pledged support for the Mexican government despite calls for him to withhold aid to the country’s security forces following a string of incidents in which military troops and police have been implicated in torture, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances
Wednesday, November 26, 2014 - 06:45
Human rights groups have accused Mexican authorities of using arbitrary detentions, trumped-up charges and excessive force in an attempt to quell a mass protest movement unleashed by the disappearance and presumed murder of 43 students.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 - 06:48
Oscar-winning film-maker poses 10 questions to president on controversial energy policy in ads in Mexican newspapers.
Thursday, March 20, 2014 - 00:00
Concern is growing that the heavily armed militias who helped break the cartel's dominance could themselves trigger more violence and prove as difficult to control.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 00:00
They make no pretence to be interrupting drug trafficking itself but they do claim to have restored a degree of tranquillity to daily life.