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Mexican authorities arrested a member of The Knights Templar cartel, a nephew of one of its top leaders who is accused of murdering children to sell their organs. Manuel Plancarte Gaspar, 34, was arrested last week by state forces with a stolen
Mexican authorities have finally served notice to vigilantes fighting a drug cartel in western Michoacan state that their illegal tactics will no longer be tolerated, starting with a string of arrests this week.
In failing to snuff out vigilantism, Mexico is running big risks.
“Chapo [Guzman] was protected by Mexican federal agents and military, by the Mexican government,” Berrellez told Narco News. “He was making [Mexican President Enrique] Peña Nieto look bad, and so the government decided to withdraw his
The civilian self-defense forces had their eye on Apatzingan for months, saying it was the "crown jewel" of the Knights Templar gang and a vital trade hub for the region's lime and avocado farmers. Vigilante leader Estanislao Beltran said that hundre
A civil war is practically taking place in the Mexican state of Michoacan. It is illegal in Mexico for civilians to own weapons, but the people in Michoacan had had enough of the uncontrolled kidnappings, rapes and murders committed by organized crim
Self-defense groups made up of Mexican farmers and other local people have taken over another town that had been overrun by drug traffickers in the restive state of Michoacan. About 80 men armed with high-powered rifles Friday moved into the village
Catapults. "Jalapeños". Dune buggies. $1 million subs. Sophisticated drug tunnels. Firetruck-sized industrial pipeline drills.
Mexico City's extensive subway system, constantly packed with its 5 million daily users, has just become one of the most expensive public transit systems in the world.
Hundreds of armed vigilantes stormed a Mexican town and arrested federal police in the latest bloody battle between residents, criminal gangs, and the police locals say are in league with the gang members.
Mexican license plates are common in parking lots of shopping malls in U.S. border cities. They will be even more familiar after Mexico raises its federal sales tax in border regions to match the rest of the country, say merchants and shoppers.
A gun from the failed U.S. operation known as "Fast and Furious" turned up at the scene of a shootout between Mexican authorities and alleged cartel gunmen last month, according to CNN.
The tax increase spawned Facebook pages with renegade slogans for Mexican border states. "Republic of Baja California" has 140,000 likes, and "Republic of Chihuahua" has 36,000 likes.
The flood of North American crude oil is set to become a deluge as Mexico dismantles a 75-year-old barrier to foreign investment in its oil fields.
Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years.
8 months after locals formed self-defense groups, they are free of the cartel in 6 municipalities whose name came to signify criminal activity. What's more, the self-defense leaders, who are clearly breaking Mexican law by picking up military-style a
Up to 100,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico in the last 6 years.
On Thursday the Mexican Senate passed a measure that will implement new taxes on a number of items including junk food and soda.
Last month, Mexico was affected by a hurricane and tropical storm that dumped heavy rain on the region, causing floods, landslides and displacement of large numbers of people.
US electronic surveillance in Mexico reportedly targeted top officials, including both current and previous presidents.
More than 24,000 Mexicans live in Western North Carolina, according to the Consulate General of Mexico's Raleigh, N.C., office.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Manuel continued to deluge Mexico's southwestern Pacific shoulder with dangerous rains while Hurricane Ingrid weakened to a tropical storm after making a Monday landfall on the country's opposite coast......
An Approach to Leaving the United States
Jonathan Lockwood (Professional Voice Talent by trade, Emigrating to Mexico by choice) will give the main presentation at the meeting. The topic will be about the benefits and challenges of the move, why he chose Mexico over other areas, and what Mex
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Ernest Hancock
Jonathan Jaech (Voluntary Law Development Association or VLDA.Org) aims to distribute law-making power to the very atom of society: the individual - Jonathan Lockwood (Professional Voice Talent) on moving to Mexico
Violent clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police in Mexico City on Sunday as demonstrators rallied against proposed reforms by President Enrique Pena. Riot police used tear gas on protesters, who responded with rocks and objects set on
Why is Monsanto's Chief of Community Relations scrambling to defend the mega biotech giant that employs her?
Mexicans worry that partnerships with Big Oil could take the nation down a slippery slope.
La escuelita de libertad, or the little school of liberty, will focus on schooling as well as involving students in the daily life of the Zapatistas community. Students will live with a family in a rebel zapatista community and cut wood, work in the
Attorney General Eric Holder has denied under oath that he had any involvement in Operation Fast & Furious and claims he only became aware of the scandal in 2011 –
