MIGRATION SPOTLIGHTS MEXICAN ‘COYOTE’ SMUGGLERS
In this July 12, 2014, photo, a young boy is helped down from a freight car, as Central American migrants board a northbound freight train in Ixtepec, Mexico. Many…
Drug cartels
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS NOW MAKE MONEY EXPORTING ORE
By MARK STEVENSON In this Aug. 14, 2013 photo, Mexican army soldiers enter the iron ore mine in the town of Aquila, Mexico. A resident of Aquila, said that since…
Local fight with Mexican cartel a small victory
By KATHERINE CORCORAN In this Nov. 5 photo, armed men from to a self-defense group create a checkpoint in the town of Las Colonias, Mexico. Several communities have created their…
TEXAS ATTORNEY GUILTY IN CARTEL LAUNDERING CASE
By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA FILE – In this Nov. 5, 2012 file photo, El Paso lawyer and philanthropist Marco Antonio Delgado is escorted out of the El Paso County Jail…
MEXICO’S CRACKDOWN ON DRUGS SPURS EXTORTION WAVE
By MARK STEVENSON A police vehicle is parked next to the clinic owned by Dr. Roman Gomez Gaviria on the outskirts of Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013. Security has…
MEXICO’S VIGILANTES ATTACK LOCAL POLICE, TAKE ARMS
By MARK STEVENSON Vigilantes attack a local police officer during clashes between local police and self defense groups in the town of Tixtla, Mexico, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013. The vigilantes…
DRUG LORD’S RELEASE PAINFUL FOR VICTIMS’ RELATIVES
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN In this undated photo provided by Keely Walker Muse, her father, journalist John Clay Walker poses for a portrait at an unknown location. Mexican drug lord Rafael…
MEXICO DRUG CARTEL LAUNCHES RARE PUBLICITY PUSH
By MARK STEVENSON FILE – In this July 29, 2013 file photo, masked members of the Purepecha Indian community guard unit, from the town of Los Reyes in Michoacan, Mexico,…