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The Cartels Come to Ecuador

James North / Truthdig Nov 3, 2023 Narco networks are upending life in the small, once-peaceful nation. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

9 U.S. Citizens Killed in Drug Cartel Ambush in Mexico

MARK STEVENSON / The Associated Press Nov 5, 2019 The attack took place in a remote, mountainous area where the Sinaloa cartel has been engaged in a turf war. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

House OKs Democrats’ Bill Blocking Trump Emergency on Wall

ALAN FRAM AND ANDREW TAYLOR / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Feb 27, 2019 Following the House vote Tuesday, Senate Republicans were preparing to push back on the bill, with the president ready to veto it. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Calls for End of Resistance Politics in State of the Union

JULIE PACE and CATHERINE LUCEY / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  Feb 5, 2019 "The state of our union is strong," the president said during Tuesday's speech on Capitol Hill. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Incompetence Plus Malice Add Up to Trump’s Losing Formula on Immigration

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jan 30, 2019 The president’s emphasis on building walls has caused damage to his own facade. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Reports Tie Trump Hotel in Panama to Drug Money Laundering

Emily Wells / Truthdig Nov 19, 2017 It is unclear if the president knew about the activities in the skyscraper, but Newsweek reports he has made "tens of millions" from the deals. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

John Oliver on What It’s Like to Work for Border Patrol (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Aug 7, 2017 After noting President Trump’s decision to increase hiring at the border agency, the “Last Week Tonight” host airs an honest recruitment ad. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

For Mexican Towns Attacked by Cartel, Few Answers and No Justice

By Ginger Thompson and Alejandra Xanic / ProPublica Oct 10, 2016 A new report finds that the Mexican government failed to stop a door-to-door campaign of killing that went on for weeks along the U.S. border. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Meet El Peso Hero, a Latino Superhero Fighting Injustice on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Jun 21, 2016 “El Peso Hero” is not your typical comic book series. The eponymous main character defends immigrants, stands up for the disenfranchised and speaks only Spanish. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Mexicanization of the United States

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Mar 14, 2016 The destruction caused by neoliberalism is global. The patterns of economic, social, cultural and political assault that Mexico has suffered are afflicting countries from Greece to the United States. Only a worldwide anti-capitalist resistance movement will save us. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Sean Penn and Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán: Hollywood Came Calling, Then the Authorities Followed

Staff / Truthdig Jan 11, 2016 In Sean Penn's star-powered, 10,000-word, gigante get for Rolling Stone about his clandestine huddle with Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, we learn that, with startling predictability, Guzmán was yielding to Hollywood's siren call. And that receptivity didn't just consist of his willingness to be interviewed by actor and activist Penn, either. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán’s Escape Threatens Enrique Peña Nieto’s Presidency

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 15, 2015 The current leader of Mexico has been putting nail after nail in the coffin of his political career, but his most recent blunder may actually bury him. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )