(AP) MEXICO CITY - After police found 49 dismembered bodies strewn on a Mexican highway leading to the Texas border, it took the army just a week to parade an alleged drug trafficker before journalists as the man who purportedly oversaw the body dump. Yet two months after the grisly disco...
As law enforcement battled to dismantle the major cartels, they splintered into numerous smaller organized crime rings that began spreading across the country. Once Northern Mexico used to be the flashpoint of drug trafficking-related crimes. But today, the violence is more widespread. Approximately 2...
Is Mexico City safe? Tourism to Mexico City is common and frequent, and it is safe in well-traversed areas, though petty crime can occur – as in most cities around the world. Use additional caution, particularly at night, outside of the frequented tourist areas where police and security ...
Mexico Citysocial perceptionAlthough attempted on a daily basis, it is difficult to truly analyse the problems faced by police today, both as an institution and as a part of society, due to the complex current situation in Mexico. The lack of public safety is not only due to crime, but ...
In the rare situation where you see yourself being the victim of a crime or even kidnapping while in Mexico City, the first rule on your mind is:do not resist. As frustrating as it is to let your attackers take all your possessions, any item can be replaced; your health can’t. There...
But public and off-the-record statements by parties involved indicate that Tamaulipas presents a complex situation that even federal forces can't handle. Generations of mistrust complicate the federal effort, as well as links between local officials and organized crime dating back to the 1920s Prohi...
Local farm communities — many of whose members are paid as park rangers or soil conservation workers by the city government — think that organized crime gangs have moved into the illegal logging business. Article content It would not be a far stretch: Such gangs have long...
Katherine Kornei has just published an interesting account of the recent effects in Mexico City of ground subsidence on the city’s metro system: Sinking of Mexico City linked to metro accident, with more to come Amazing what is possible using satellite technology!
Vigilante leader Hipolito Mora said the agreement also allows those who qualify to join local police forces. "The majority of us want to get into the police ... I never imagined myself dressed as a policeman, but the situation is driving me to put on a uniform," he said in an intervie...
TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico -- a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north -- they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape and expedite what can ...