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by Melissa del Bosque

Dark Humor, Outrage in Mexico Over El Chapo’s Brazen Escape

Tue, Jul 14, 2015 |

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's prison escape ignited a wave of darkly satirical jokes on social media in Mexico—humor being the favorite coping mechanism for Mex...Read More

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman

by Melissa del Bosque

Will Chapo’s Capture Change Anything?

Mon, Feb 24, 2014 |

Experts on Mexico say notorious drug kingpin, Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman's capture will result in more violence. ...Read More

The Fight to Save Juarez

by By Susana Hayward

Ricardo C. Ainslie Chronicles Life During a Drug War In The Fight To Save Juarez

Tue, May 7, 2013 |

Juarez, Ainslie writes, is “where the Mexican government came to turn the tide” against the increasingly powerful criminal organizations that threatened to ...Read More

Police in Juarez, Mexico.

by Melissa del Bosque

Return to the Valley of Death

Thu, Jan 3, 2013 |

In November, Mexican officials uncovered 15 shallow graves near an unfinished house on “La Colorada” ranch in Ejido Jesus Carranza....Read More

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