Tag: <span>Mexico</span>
May 4, 2015 > Staff
Mexican Military Helicopter Shot Down Over Jalisco State
Top Story — A Mexican military helicopter was shot down on Friday by gunmen seemingly affiliated to the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), highlighting the group’s increased prominence as a […] Read More >
April 30, 2015 > Levi Vonk
Migrants on Activist Pilgrimage Dodge Police, Gangs Across Mexico
MEXICO CITY — Ciudad Tecún Umán is sweltering. All of the town’s households and its handful of ramshackle cantinas still use wood-burning stoves, their sweaty attendants braving the compounded afternoon […] Read More >
April 23, 2015 > Staff
Mexican Teenager Wrongly Sent to US Is Returned Home
Top Story — Alondra Luna Nuñez, a 14-year old Mexican girl, was returned to her home Wednesday after Mexican authorities had sent her last week to live in the United […] Read More >
April 20, 2015 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Arrest Cartel Leaders, Sparking Border Violence
Top Story — Mexico’s government on Sunday announced the arrest of the accused leader of the Juárez drug cartel, just days after apprehending the head of the Gulf cartel, an […] Read More >
April 8, 2015 > Staff
Gunmen Ambush Mexico Police, Killing 15
An ambush by criminal gunmen against police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco killed 15 officers and injured five, authorities announced on Tuesday — the deadliest attack targeting the […] Read More >
April 3, 2015 > Staff
Dozens of Dogs Killed in Mexico at Hands of “Mataperros”
Top Story — At least 64 dogs in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo have been killed by the same poison in a crime that has shocked the city of […] Read More >
March 25, 2015 > Staff
Attacks on Press Rose Under Mexican President Peña Nieto: Report
Top Story — Attacks on Mexican journalists have risen since President Enrique Peña Nieto took office in late 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the press freedom organization […] Read More >
March 22, 2015 > Cleuci de Oliveira
Great Reads Round-Up: March 16-22
Colombia: Is the End in Sight to the World’s Longest War? Ed Vulliamy. The Guardian. March 15, 2015. (4,001 words) Since 2012, the Colombian government and the leftwing guerrilla group […] Read More >
March 8, 2015 > Staff
Great Reads Round-Up: March 2-8
Mexico Moves to Save Endangered Porpoise Elisabeth Malkin. The New York Times. Feb. 28, 2015. The Mexican Government will implement a new policy at the end of march to save […] Read More >
March 5, 2015 > Staff
Mexico Arrests Zetas Boss, Latest Kingpin to Fall
TOP STORY — Mexican authorities on Wednesday arrested the alleged leader of the notorious Zetas drug cartel — the latest high-profile criminal to be targeted by the government’s “kingpin” strategy. […] Read More >