In a phenomenon that has United States border officials scratching their heads, a record wave of immigrants from India have entered the country illegally through Mexico in the past year.
Kidnappings in Mexico are at a record high and are more than twice as likely to end with the death of a hostage, says a Mexican think-tank in a new…
From the outside looking in, we often treat Mexican criminal groups like a sports league. We assign them to teams with virtual uniforms who battle against rivals and never switch…
On Wednesday Mexican Federal Police arrested Miguel Gomez Vasquez, alias El Gato, the alleged leader of an assassination ring for the newly-formed Independent Cartel of Acapulco, linking him to…
This report was published April 2009 by the national non-profit educational organization Violence Policy Center. From the report's executive summary: This report, based on indictments and criminal information filed in…
It took the death of one its own agents to get the United States Government to begin an inquiry into why federal authorities often watch while guns, purchased by what…
(With permission from the Center for Public Integrity.) Camron Scott Galloway, 21, walked into X Caliber Guns in Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 30, 2008, and filled out forms…
(With permission from the Investigative Reporting Workshop.) Armed with assault rifles and hand grenades, Arturo Beltran Leyva, head of one of the most ruthless drug cartels in…
A series of warning banners, or narcomantas, have appeared in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, on which the Milenio Cartel printed warnings to its rivals and the authorities, threatening to…
Unidentified gunmen coordinated roadblocks on major avenues throughout the Mexican city of Guadalajara, launching scattered attacks against police forces. The violence comes after the long-dormant Milenio Cartel wrote ominous warnings…
Authorities have fired a prison director for allowing an alleged female Mexican drug trafficker, known as 'The Queen of the Pacific,' to undergo plastic surgery while in jail. This is…
When war broke out between the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) and the Sinaloa Cartel in 2008, it was the bloody culmination of the unraveling of the Federation, the most powerful…
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