Tag Archives: cartels
‘Los Zetas Inc.’ Author on Why Mexico’s Drug War Isn’t About Drugs
The Zetas and groups like them have morphed into transnational corporations with interests in everything from coal mining and the extraction of oil and gas to cornering the market on avocados.
For more than a decade, Mexico has been embroiled in a drug war that has resulted in unprecedented violence. In 2016 alone, nearly 23,000 homicides were reporte...Read More
Families of the ‘Ayotzinapa 43’ Seek Justice on U.S. Tour
Maria de Jesus Tlatempa Bello had come more than 1,110 miles from her home in Guerrero, Mexico, to tell the story of her son, Jose Eduardo, one of the Ayotzinap...Read More
Another Citizen-Journalist Silenced in Tamaulipas
The well-known citizen journalist behind the Twitter handle @Miut3 was reportedly kidnapped and killed Wednesday in the border city of Reynosa....Read More
Anabel Hernandez on Mexico’s Lost Drug War and Her New Book Narcoland
Melissa del Bosque interviews Anabel Hernadez, author of Narcoland, a new book on corruption and drug cartels in Mexico....Read More
General Scales Still Angry Over Reception of 2011 Texas Report on Narco Terrorists
General Scales is still smarting from criticism he received last year from both Texas congressmen and the media after releasing his report “Texas Border Secur...Read More