Mexican Drug Cartels

Obama and the Gun Lobby: A Policy of Appeasement?

Dennis A. Henigan | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics


Dennis A. Henigan

Is it a stretch to envision President Obama as the Neville Chamberlain of the gun issue? Consider the record so far.

Mexican Drug Cartels Smuggling Stolen Oil To US, Selling It To American Refineries

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


MEXICO CITY — U.S. refineries bought millions of dollars worth of oil stolen from Mexican government pipelines and smuggled across the border, t...

Mexican Drug Cartels Spread Their Tentacles Into 47 Nations

AP | JUAN CARLOS LLORCA and FRANK BAJAK | Posted 08.21.2009 | World


GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose "Juancho" Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, d...

Mexico: 12 Bodies Tortured, Killed, Dumped Were Soldiers

AP | GUSTAVO RUIZ | Posted 08.14.2009 | World


MORELIA, Mexico — Twelve people tortured and killed in a cartel-plagued Mexican state were federal agents investigating organized crime, the gov...

US Police Will Train Mexican Drug Officials In Cartel Fight

USA Today | Posted 05.23.2009 | World


The U.S. and Mexico are drawing up plans to dispatch up to 300 former U.S. law enforcement officials to Mexico later this year to train thousands of M...

Obama and Mexico: Managing Incipient Chaos

William Bradley | Posted 05.18.2009 | World


William Bradley

Obama's measures will only manage the incipient chaos of Mexico's drug wars, not end it. Which has actually long been typical of America's policies with regard to Mexico.

Bad Assumptions Guide US Policy on Day of Obama Visit to Mexico

Ted Lewis | Posted 05.17.2009 | World


Ted Lewis

we need an approach that decriminalizes undocumented workers and prioritizes stabilizing Mexican communities as part of a broader program of economic recovery.

Sorry NRA -- Mexican Gun Traffickers Buy American

Josh Sugarmann | Posted 05.16.2009 | World


Josh Sugarmann

Why are "Mexican drug lords who make Forbes magazine's list of billionaires" shopping for guns in the U.S.A.? Because they know a bargain when they see one.

Arthur Delaney

State Department Gone Wild (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 04.13.2009 | World


The good folks at the United States consulate in Merida have created a helpful, rock music-filled Spring Break video for the Cancun-bound. The messag...

Why We Can't Legalize Drugs

Stanton Peele | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics


Stanton Peele

California's multibillion dollar sales of marijuana can't be taxed while the State drowns in red ink. Yet the Obama Administration won't contemplate the possibility of legalizing marijuana. Why not?

Our Enemy To The South

Diane Dimond | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Diane Dimond

Mexico's problem has become our problem in a big way. The retiring CIA chief, Michael Hayden, says Mexico could rank right next to Iran and Iraq as the biggest challenge for President Obama.

Mexican Drug Violence Spills Over Into US

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 03.12.2009 | World


Just as government officials had feared, the drug violence raging in Mexico is spilling over into the United States. U.S. authorities are reporting a...

Is Mexico the Next Crisis?

Diane Francis | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics


Diane Francis

The day of Obama's election, Mexico's second-highest official in charge of other key drug interdiction officials died in a fiery jet crash. This may become the President-elect's first test and crisis.

Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green


PORTERVILLE, Calif. — National forests and parks _ long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels _ have become home to some of the most po...

Warring Mexican Drug Cartels Approve Sending Hitmen Into The US

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 09.25.2008 | Home


EL PASO, Texas — Security is being heightened along the southern U.S. border because of a threat that warring Mexican cartels may send hit men i...

Drug Cartel Hitmen Believed Responsible For The Deaths Of A Dozen Mexican Pop Musicians

Washington Post | Manuel Roig-Franzia | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sergio Gómez roared into town in a big SUV, entourage in tow, pressed suits, fancy cowboy boots. Everything about him said superstar. He had an inte...