Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJan 13, 2016
While news of the recapture of drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán has been all over the media, a story about the assassination of Gisela Mota, 33, the day after she took office in the Morelos town of Temixco reveals far more about the state of politics and organized crime in Mexico. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 12, 2016
"What I do know for sure about this year's speech," says "The Daily Show" correspondent Roy Wood Jr., is that "Obama has no more f***s to give!" Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Carrie Rickey / TruthdigJan 12, 2016
The scandal-plagued awards show gets a nod for spotting groundbreakers, but the back-scratching nature of the ceremony makes it a little hard to swallow. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 11, 2016
The footage was recorded on Mexican marines' helmets and documented an exchange of gunfire, falling debris and a team of troops moving around the safe house in the early morning raid. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 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 )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 9, 2015
A towering wave of criticism washes over the Republican front-runner in response to his race-baiting comments. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigAug 5, 2015
You can now take a swing at a Donald Trump piñata or read along as a Mexican comic book hero punches the billionaire for you. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Roisin Davis / TruthdigJul 15, 2015
Footage has surfaced of the moment Joaquín Guzmán Loera, the infamous drug lord known as "El Chapo," escaped from his cell in Mexico's Altiplano prison. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigJul 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 )
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