Can You Say ‘Blowback’ in Spanish?

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Mar 23, 2015 The U.S. wars in the Middle East and the so-called war on drugs in North America have resulted in violent consequences felt in our own cities, whether at the finish line of the Boston Marathon or in communities of color across the country. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

After Months of Protests, Mexican Government Declares 43 Missing Students Dead

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Jan 29, 2015 Mexican authorities have finally said what happened to the college students from Ayotzinapa who disappeared last September, an incident that sparked months of outrage throughout the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Who Poses More of a Threat to the U.S.: Islamic State or Mexican Drug Cartels?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2014 An Al-Jazeera contributor argues Americans' fear of IS is fueled by Islamaphobia while more imminent dangers nearby are ignored; celibate gays are helping change the Catholic Church; meanwhile, Germany's apprenticeship model could be good for U.S. workers. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Los Angeles Called ‘Epicenter’ of Cartel Money Laundering

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Sep 11, 2014 Agents from the FBI and ICE swept through downtown L.A.’s fashion district on Wednesday, grabbing $65 million that allegedly belongs to Mexican drug traffickers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Will This Deal Solve Mexico’s Vigilante Problem?

Staff / Truthdig Apr 16, 2014 The rise of thousands of vigilantes bearing assault rifles to rout a drug cartel in western Mexico’s Michoacan state has presented the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto with a policy nightmare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Latin American Clowns Dissociate Themselves From Drug Lord Slaying

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2013 After a member of a drug cartel was shot by a killer disguised in a colorful wig and rubber nose, professionals attending a clown convention in Mexico City are exclaiming that no one in their line of work would have committed the crime. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Violence in Mexico

Angel Boligan, Cagle Cartoons, El Universal, Mexico City Jun 20, 2013 Dig deeper

Mexican Locals Take Law Into Their Own Hands

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 29, 2013 Hundreds of armed vigilantes took control of a Mexican town in the western coastal state of Guerrero, arresting local cops and conducting searches and handing the accused over to state prosecutors in response to the killing of a vigilante leader Monday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

HSBC Bank

Adam Zyglis, Cagle Cartoons, The Buffalo News Dec 16, 2012 Dig deeper

The Painful Price of Numbness

By Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch Jul 13, 2012 Drugs are all anesthesia from pain. The ruthless Mexican cartels crave money, which they make from the Yankee craving for numbness. They sell unfeeling, and we buy it, at tens of billions of dollars and thousands of Mexican lives per year. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

DEA Launders Money for Mexican Drug Cartels

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2011 To what length should governments enable crime in order to catch criminals? That’s the ethical issue raised by a New York Times article that reports DEA agents have laundered millions of dollars in drug proceeds to battle Mexican cartels. More than 40,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico since 2006. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Shooting in the Leg

Paresh Nath, Cagle Cartoons, The Khaleej Times, UAE Nov 30, 2011 Dig deeper