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Mexico Drug War

Troops Free Mexican Town From Cartel Siege

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.21.2013 | World

LA RUANA, Mexico -- Residents of a western Mexico area who endured months besieged by a drug cartel cheered the arrival of hundreds of Mexican soldier...

Death to Santa Muerte: The Vatican vs. The Skeleton Saint

R. Andrew Chesnut | Posted 05.18.2013 | Religion
R. Andrew Chesnut

Having closely monitored the development of Saint Death's burgeoning cult on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border, I had expected a condemnation by the Vatican, although I am somewhat surprised that it came before any such statement made by U.S. bishops.

Six Executed In Mexican Car Lot

AP | Posted 05.15.2013 | World

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A gang of assailants armed with assault rifles drove up to a northern Mexico car lot and shot to death six men. Authorities ...

Mexican Drug Gangs Attempt to Control the Message

Tricia Todd | Posted 05.09.2013 | World
Tricia Todd

Is it any coincidence that the two adult sons of prominent journalists in the northern state of Chihuahua were gunned down last weekend?

Wave Of Killings Over Weekend Shocks Mexico

AP | MARTIN DURAN | Posted 05.06.2013 | World

CULIACAN, Mexico -- Mexico saw a wave of killings over the weekend, despite what the government says is a drop in the number of deaths related to drug...

Molly O'Toole

Another Loser In Gun Reform's Failure: Mexico

HuffingtonPost.com | Molly O'Toole | Posted 05.03.2013 | Politics

In the debate over reforming U.S. gun laws, opponents and supporters cite powerful statistics: 26 dead, 20 of them children, in the Sandy Hook Element...

Obama's Mexico Visit About Highlighting Ties, Not Problems

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 05.04.2013 | World

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — President Barack Obama came to Latin America eager to move the region's relationship with the U.S. beyond fighting drugs ...

Time for Obama to Own Up to Drug Violence

Juan Carlos Hidalgo | Posted 05.02.2013 | World
Juan Carlos Hidalgo

Washington has more than a "shared responsibility" in the mayhem that afflicts Mexico and Central America. President Obama should not only discuss drug violence in Mexico and Central America, but also listen to alternatives to the war in drugs such as that of President Pérez Molina.

Father-In-Law Of Mexico's Biggest Drug Lord Busted Near Border

AP | ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 05.01.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican federal police arrested the father-in-law of alleged drug lord Joaquin Guzman on Tuesday in a northern border city without any ...

Mexico Ends Widespread Access For U.S. Security Agencies

AP | E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and KATHERINE CORCORAN | Posted 04.30.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY — Mexico's is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized...

Mexico Prison Battle Reportedly Leaves 11 Dead

AP | Posted 04.27.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY — A battle between groups of prisoners left 13 inmates dead and another 65 injured on Saturday, according to officials in the centra...

Ex-Drug Czar Acquitted

AP | OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ | Posted 04.16.2013 | Latino Voices

MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican judge on Monday acquitted a former drug czar who was charged with organized crime after he allegedly accepted $450,000 to lea...

Mexico's New Security Policy: The Smokescreen

Cory Siskind | Posted 04.15.2013 | World
Cory Siskind

Peña Nieto's approach, when confronted with intractable problems, is to concentrate on making improvements where feasible and then to wait and see how the problems pan out. But when the smoke clears, investors, journalists, and policymakers may rediscover a grave problem still remains.

6 Strangled, 1 Decapitated In Mexican Resort Town

Reuters | Posted 04.15.2013 | World

(Adds detail about suspects, paragraph 4) CANCUN, Mexico, April 14 (Reuters) - Six people were found strangled to death and one decapi...

Enough Is Enough: The Tide Is Turning in the War On Drugs

Eugene Jarecki | Posted 04.08.2013 | Politics
Eugene Jarecki

I'm not naive. I know what bureaucratic thrust drives the war on drugs and what an obstacle this represents. Yet still, everywhere I look, I also see the writing on the wall. Everyday, a growing number of states moves closer to legalizing marijuana as Colorado and Washington did on Election Day.

Mexico At Odds Over How To Mourn Drug War Victims

AP | ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON | Posted 04.05.2013 | World

MEXICO CITY — Mexico, a country suffering the turmoil of a drug war, can't agree on how to honor the victims of a six-year assault on organized ...

American Man Among 4 Killed In Mexican Bar Attack

Agence France Presse | | Posted 04.02.2013 | World

A 45-year-old US man was among four people killed when gunmen opened fire in two bars in Mexico's second biggest city, lobbing a grenade in one of the...

Mexican Drug Cartels Penetrate Deeper Into U.S. Than Ever Before

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime

CHICAGO — Mexican drug cartels whose operatives once rarely ventured beyond the U.S. border are dispatching some of their most trusted agents to...

At Least 7 Dead In Bar Shooting In Mexico

Reuters | Posted 03.29.2013 | World

CIUDAD JUAREZ, March 29 (Reuters) - Seven people were killed when a gunman opened fire in the early hours of Friday in a bar in northern Mexico, whi...

Who The Real Smugglers Are: Study Busts Stereotype About Mexicans

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2013 | Latino Voices

Here’s a stereotype we’re glad to see get busted. Many people in the United States view drug smuggling as an industry dominated by Mexicans. I...

PHOTO: 7 Executed And Left On Mexican Roundabout

Posted 03.26.2013 | World

A gruesome photo out of Mexico appears to show the bodies of seven men, propped up in plastic chairs on a busy traffic circle. All appear to have been...

14 Killed In Mexico Drug Violence

AP | Posted 03.26.2013 | World

MORELIA, Mexico -- Authorities say the bodies of seven men were found in plastic chairs placed along the side of a street in the drug-plagued Mexican ...

Shooting Spree At Cancun Bar Kills 7

AP | Posted 05.15.2013 | World

CANCUN, Mexico — Authorities in the Mexican resort city of Cancun say they are investigating a possible link between a taxi drivers union and or...

Mexico's Drug War: The Essentials

Council On Foreign Relations | Posted 05.06.2013 | World

Despite Mexico's strengthening democracy and booming economy, the country's security crisis rages on. Fifty thousand people have been killed in the pa...

I'll Kill You for This Column

Mark Morford | Posted 05.05.2013 | Media
Mark Morford

I try, for even a moment, to imagine what that must be like, to write in daily fear of harassment and death over... what? Revealing harsh truths everyone already knows? Exposing realities few in the world seem to care about anymore?