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Mexico
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No, Donald, Your Wall Won’t ‘Stop the Drugs’
Just three days before the deadline to avert a government shutdown, Donald Trump blinked April 25, backing off from the demand that…
April 27, 2017
Mexican Prosecutor Jailed in New York on Narco Charges
Edgar Veytia, attorney general of Mexico’s western state of Nayarit, was once himself targeted for death by the…
April 19, 2017
Mexican Political Elite Collapsing Under Weight of Narco-Corruption
Javier Duarte, the fugitive ex-governor of Mexico’s Veracruz state, was detained in Guatemala on Saturday in a joint operation…
April 17, 2017
How America’s Drug War Is Affecting Illegal Immigration
The firebrand opponents of undocumented immigration currently agitating for a looming wall on the U.S.-Mexico border—and calling for…
April 12, 2017
Mexicans Mobilize Against Trump Border Wall
After President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Mexico saw a wave of angry protests against his proposed border wall, with more than…
April 11, 2017
Actress Who Arranged Fateful El Chapo-Sean Penn Meeting Is in Hot Water, Fears Going Home
Does everyone remember when Sean Penn said he had “a terrible regret” because his exclusive Rolling Stone interview with Joaquin…
April 7, 2017
Former Mexican Cartel Head and El Chapo Associate Gets Life for Drug Smuggling
WASHINGTON (AP) — A once-powerful Mexican drug cartel leader and associate of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been…
April 7, 2017
Mexican Cartels Moving Drug Crops into Oaxaca State
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican army general said his forces are increasingly coming under fire from drug…
March 20, 2017
Mexico: Another Mass ‘Narco-Grave’ Found in Veracruz
More than 250 human skulls were unearthed from a mass grave outside Mexico’s port city of Veracruz, state…
March 15, 2017
New Documentary Goes Inside El Chapo’s Sinaloa Drug Cartel
The staggering death toll in Mexico’s drug war has outpaced the number of civilian deaths in Iraq and…
March 10, 2017