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Narco
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Brazil, Bolivia Launch Joint Anti-Narco Operation
Bolivia and Brazil have agreed to a joint plan to fight criminal gangs that operate on their shared…
May 16, 2017
Reynosa Shoot-Outs: Death Throes of Gulf Cartel?
Mexico’s northeastern border state of Tamaulipas—just across from Texas’ Gulf Coast—has, for years, been engulfed in an under-reported…
May 9, 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
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
Mexico: Narco Hand in Assassination Attempt on Ex-Governor?
Being the governor of Mexico’s Pacific coastal state of Colima seems to be high-risk position—even once you’re out…
October 27, 2015