Mexico’s Drug War Prompts Exodus

Staff / Truthdig Mar 26, 2011 Mexico’s drug war has been blamed for the deaths of more than 34,000 people, and now comes a report showing that the violence has uprooted nearly a quarter of a million people south of the border, with many of them thought to have fled to the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

2010 Bloodiest Year Yet in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Jan 16, 2011 Estimates now place 2010 as the bloodiest year yet in Mexico’s ongoing war against the drug cartels. Drug-related conflict led to the deaths of more than 15,000 people last year as the government and cartels continued to do battle across the country. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

21 Bodies Turn Up in Acapulco

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2011 Fifteen decapitated bodies were found strewn outside an Acapulco shopping center Sunday and six more bodies were discovered in a taxicab as a bloody turf war rages in the resort city over control of drug shipment routes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexican Drug War Spills Into Guatemala

Staff / Truthdig Jan 8, 2011 The hold of Mexican drug traffickers has overflowed the country’s southern border, as the Zeta cartel has seized control of parts of northern Guatemala, leading the government there to declare a state of siege in the area. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Leaked Cables Show Drug War Concerns

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2010 While it may just prove what we already know, WikiLeaks’ gold mine of information has birthed yet another gem. It seems the U.S. is worried about the prospects of Mexico’s fight against its rampant drug trade, describing the army there as "risk averse" and official corruption as widespread. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Unifying Mexico’s Police

Staff / Truthdig Oct 2, 2010 In the face of news that at least 20 tourists had just been kidnapped in Acapulco, the Mexican government has announced the preparation of a plan to alter the nation's police structure that would essentially federalize the country's 2,200 local police departments under a unified command. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Violence Rules in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Aug 28, 2010 An investigator probing the deaths of 72 migrants in violence-racked Tamaulipas state in northern Mexico has turned up missing. The massacre victims, apparently people trying to reach the U.S. border, were reportedly slain by members of the notorious Zetas drug gang. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drug Cartels Block 13 Roadways in Mexican City

Staff / Truthdig Aug 15, 2010 Mexican drug cartels in the city of Monterrey have stepped up their public presence, blocking at least 13 major roadways in the city on Saturday – dragging drivers out of their cars and using their vehicles to cut roads – as a show of force in the face of government crackdowns. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexican Drug Lord Killed

Staff / Truthdig Jul 30, 2010 Mexican troops shot and killed Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel, one of the leaders of the Sinaloa drug cartel, in a firefight Thursday. The U.S. had offered a $5 million reward for Coronel's capture. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blood and Ballots in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2010 Sunday is election day for several important regional contests in Mexico, but it will also conclude an extraordinarily bloody week that has seen at least several dozen people killed, including a candidate for governor in the border state of Tamaulipas, as rival drug gangs struggle violently for turf and power. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Drugs Are Sick

Staff / Truthdig Jun 24, 2009 U.N. drug chief Antonio Maria Costa believes drug use should be treated as an illness and not criminalized. Costa says international law enforcement should shift focus to traffickers rather than users, an intriguing (look at the U.S. prison population) but problematic (look at Mexico's drug war death toll) strategy. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexican Mayors Arrested

Staff / Truthdig May 27, 2009 Twenty-seven politicians in the western Mexican state of Michoacan were arrested by police in the largest operation to target mayors and other officials in Mexico's drug war. The politicians are suspected of collaborating with the state's powerful narco-syndicates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )