The Mexican government has spent little on looking for the missing. Volunteers must stand in for nonexistent official search teams in the hunt for clandestine graves where cartels hide their victims. The govern
According to the Tijuana newspaper Zeta, Pérez publicly complained earlier this year that drug cartels were demanding protection payments for every pound of clams, fish and other seafood bought or sold along the coast. Mexican cartels are strong in coastal areas because they also operate smuggling ...
So what if he's a major figure within the world of Mexican drug cartels - he's the kind of person who treats his friends and enemies with the same respect with which he expects to be treated. That's a rare quality in society, regardless of whether or not someone ...
It puts fentanyl and the Mexican government's inability to control the cartels back into the news. This issue has never left the news. And as the Mexican president said earlier this week, this isn't exactly a Mexican problem, in the sense that they haven't created this issue. It's also...
White House had more information on ATF's controversial Fast and Furious operation than previously disclosed. But administration officials insists nobody at the White House knew specifically that ATF was allowing guns to "walk" into the hands of suspected gun traffickers for Mexican drug cartels. ...
Who doesn't love Gus Fring? So what if he's a major figure within the world of Mexican drug cartels - he's the kind of person who treats his friends and enemies with the same respect with which he expects to be treated. That's a rare quality in society, reg...
(normal across Mexico) and a strong entrepreneurial instinct (not common in most of Mexico). While returning cross-border fire is a no-brainer which probably won’t hurt US-Mexican relations, cross-border raids on Cartel members is likely to inevitably dredge up memories of 1848 and the ...
We do that by using information from recent Chilean and Mexican surveys from the Latin American Parliamentary Elites (PELA) project. As can be observed in appendix B, legislators from right-wing parties (PAN in Mexico, UDI and RN in Chile) are more likely to prefer budget increases in the...
byRussell Contreras An 11-year-old Mexican boy who had pieces of a massive tumor removed and who drew international attention after U.S. officials helped him get treatment in the southwestern U.S. state of New Mexico is still recovering after an 11-hour surgery. ...
As we walked the beach, Palazuelos was unapologetic and pointed out several other properties he said faced eviction; one was on land being claimed by a general in the Mexican Army. “On the beach, there are people who look like they’re doing really, really well, but they’re under massi...