Will Mexico Cartel Leader’s Capture Reduce Violence or Drug Abuse?
The leader of Mexico's brutal Zetas organization has been captured in northern Mexico, authorities announced.
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Forced Labor Accounts For Thousands Missing In Mexico’s Drug War
A recent report indicates that civilians caught in the crossfire between drug cartels and the Mexican government may be also serving as human chattel, forced to perform labor in gang-run camps.
Mexican Blogger Covers Bloody Drug War With Questionable Motives And Results
For more than three years, a unique Mexican blog provided a window to the extreme brutality of the country’s drug war and was hailed as an example of brave citizen journalism.
How the Drug War Can Turn Environmental Activism Into a Deadly Undertaking
As cartels battle drug warriors, environmentalists struggle to preserve nature in dangerous territory.
Blog del Narco Author Who Chronicled Mexico’s Drug War Forced To Flee
'He said 'run', then hung up' – woman behind must-read blog tells how colleague's disappearance meant she had to escape
Drug War Takes a Staggering Toll on Mexico’s Young
President Obama is in Mexico City Thursday evening. He is meeting with Mexico's president on trade, immigration and drug smuggling. The country is at war with drug cartels and that spills into the U.S. One border town is caught in the crossfire.
Mexican Government Softens Drug War Language As Cartels Spread To Europe
In an attempt to convince the public that it's not a drug war, the Mexican government is trying to put a new linguistic spin on the country's ongoing conflict with the nation's drug cartels.
UN Development Chief: Drug Criminalization Creates More Problems Than It Solves
United Nations Development Program Chief Helen Clark lamented the failure of the war on drugs this week, previewing a UNDP Human Development report that calls for redrawing the battle lines in the drug war to better incorporate the voices of Latin American countries.
No One Is Safe From Argentina’s Drug War
For years the country was largely untouched by the brutal cartels that control the narco trade in Mexico. But an eight-year-old boy is proof those days are over
Gangster Bankers: Too Big to Jail
How HSBC hooked up with drug traffickers and terrorists and got away with it.
