It’s the end of what has inarguably been a dismal year for Mexico. Drug-related violence has increased, the economy has…
El Universal is reporting that an internal DEA memo is warning of attacks against “civilian targets” in Mexico on Jan.…
I’ve just been reading a few blog posts criticizing David Luhnow’s Mexico coverage in the Wall Street Journal, and thought…
As 2009 comes to an end, it’s time to look at the drug war numbers. In third place, Tijuana, with…
Raúl Vera, the often-controversial bishop of Saltillo, claims that the death of Arturo Beltran Leyva was an”extrajudicial killing” on the…
Ten people were killed over Christmas in Sinaloa. Even for Sinaloa, that’s bad – about 4 times the normal homicide…
The UN says that organized crime is threatening human rights activists in Mexico, impeding their work and making it more…
Because it’s Christmas, (and because it’s my second day blogging) I’m posting something a little less serious: Why is Mexico’s…
The fallout from Arturo Beltran Leyva’s death in Mexico has begun. First, the family of a marine involved in his…