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…
Organized crime
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,…
US ANGRY OVER RELEASE OF MEXICAN DRUG LORD
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court…
MEXICO DRUG KINGPIN CARO QUINTERO ORDERED RELEASED
By MARK STEVENSON The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking. A Mexican court has ordered the release…
NY AUTHORITIES DEAL RUSSIAN MOB A LOSING HAND
By TOM HAYS Hillel Nahmad, left, exits Manhattan federal court with his attorney Benjamin Brafman, Friday, April 19, 2013, in New York. Nearly three dozen people were charged on Tuesday…
CARTEL MONEY LAUNDERING TRIAL BEGINS IN TEXAS
By JUAN A. LOZANO FILE – In this Nov. 1, 2012 file photo, A Dash of Sweet Heat is led into the sales ring by an unnamed Heritage Place employee…
AP IMPACT: CARTELS DISPATCH AGENTS DEEP INSIDE US
By MICHAEL TARM FILE – In this Oct. 22, 2009 file photo, weapons and drugs seized in special joint operation conducted with the Drug Enforecement Administration against the La Familia…