Today in Latin America Top Story — President Barack Obama said that Mexico’s problem with drug cartels is not comparable to Colombia at the height of its own drug war. “Mexico is vast and progressive democracy, with a growing economy, and as a result you cannot compare what is happening in Mexico with what happened [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – The Mexican military has launched an investigation into the shooting death of a 15-year old boy and his father by soldiers at checkpoint in northern Mexico. Soldiers allegedly attacked the car carrying the father and son, which they say failed to stop at the checkpoint in the state [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s bloody drug war continued as the Mexican army claims to have killed 27 suspected drug cartel members in a shootout in the state of Tamaulipas. The shootout took place after a military patrol approached a suspected training camp that had been spotted during an aerial search. Authorities [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Two days after the arrest of Mexican drug figure Edgar Valdéz Villarreal, also known as “La Barbie,” more news has come to light about his alleged links to drug traffickers in Colombia. Colombian police arrested 11 people allegedly linked to Valdez Villarreal in cities of Bogotá, Medellin, Cali, [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico announced Monday the capture of one of the country’s most infamous drug lords. Edgar Valdez Villarreal, also known as “the Barbie,” was captured by federal police in the state of Mexico, which borders the capital of Mexico City, after a yearlong intelligence operation. “This capture constitutes a blow [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — The bodies 72 migrants, who were allegedly making their way to the United States, have been found piled in a large room on a ranch in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Initial reports assumed that the 72 bodies were part of a dumping ground that has become [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — An alleged top leader in Mexico’s violent Sinaloa drug cartel was killed Thursday by the Mexican military during a raid on a safehouse in a suburb of Guadalajara. Ignacio “Nacho” Coronel, who was allegedly the right-hand man of Sinaloa leader Joaquín “Shorty” Guzman, was shot by the military when [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story – Authorities in northern Mexico found eight severed heads outside the city of Durango, after receiving an anonymous tip. The victims are believed to be men between the age of 25 and 30, but authorities have yet to identify the victims or find the bodies, according to the Durango state [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican soldiers discovered 51 bodies in a mass grave the size of three soccer fields east of the city of Monterrey, which they believe is part of a series of executions conducted by drug cartels operating in the region. Mexican officials discovered the graves after receiving [...]
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico experienced another wave of violence over the weekend that began with the first reported car bomb attack related to the country’s ongoing drug war on Thursday, and ended with the death of 17 people after gunmen shot up a party early Sunday. A car bomb exploded late [...]
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