By Michael Lohmuller InSight Crime In its 2015 annual drug assessment, the DEA emphasizes Mexico cartel dominance of the US drug market, highlighting the growing strength of the Jalisco Cartel. Chuck Rosenberg, the Acting Administrator of the Drug…
By Jim Baer Council on Hemispheric Affairs Protestors in Lima, Peru demonstrated in March against the anticipated arrival of the USS George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that will spend several days in port at Callao as it returns…
By Claire Marie O’Brien LatinaLista “At my school, the students created a gigantic number 43, each candle symbolizing a missing student, so that anybody from the sky — the UFOs, the airplanes, God, perhaps? — could see and understand…
Crowdfunding, zNew Headline
Crowdfunder: Helping Mexican youth “climb above” cartel recruitment
Dec 3, 2014, 3:53 PM 0
LatinaLista — Campaign: Escalando Fronteras: Climbing Beyond Cartels Help Mexico’s youth CLIMB beyond drugs, gangs, and drug cartels and on to a more promising future. Imagine never having been told ‘You can do it. You can do whatever you…
By Sergio Ramos Infosurhoy.com MEXICO CITY – Isabel Miranda de Wallace thought her son’s life was saved when she paid a US$114,642 ransom demanded by the three kidnappers who took Hugo Alberto Wallace Miranda, 33, in the nation’s capital…
Local News, West, zNew Headline
One journalist’s journey covering insecurity, injustice and impunity at la línea
Mar 28, 2014, 9:57 AM 0
By Alejandra Vásquez El Nuevo Sol “The people who tell the stories are usually the people who win or the powerful ones, but there’s always people who are not powerful and don’t have a voice,” said Melissa Del Bosque,…
Local News, Southwest, zNew Headline
Deportees and Refugees Crowd Border Migrant Shelters
Feb 5, 2014, 10:01 AM 0
By Kent Patterson Frontera NorteSur Like 20 years ago, migrants still come to Tijuana in need of food, warmth and a place to rest their heads. But in important respects, the circumstances of newcomers have changed at two Roman…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Popstar Children of Knights Templar Leader Glamorize Narco-Culture
Jan 30, 2014, 5:04 PM 0
By Michael Lohmuller InSight Crime The children of a drug cartel leader in Mexico have reportedly become pop singers, and are openly sharing their extravagant lifestyle glamorizing drug trafficking culture on social media. Self-defense groups in Michoacan, Mexico have…
Life Issues, Media, Videos, zNew Headline
Viernes Video: New suspense film highlights dangerous life of a narcoblogger
Aug 23, 2013, 12:00 AM 0
LatinaLista — No other city in Mexico is as synonymous with the brutality of cartel drug violence as Juarez, Mexico. Once declared the most dangerous city in the world, reports are surfacing that the city is slowly recovering —…
Global Views, zNew Headline
Capture of Zetas Leader Opens Door for More Mexico Violence
Jul 16, 2013, 4:33 PM 0
By Steven Dudley InSight Crime The capture of the Zetas leader Miguel Treviño, alias Z-40, may mean more violence in the near term as his minions fight for the most coveted brand name in Mexico’s underworld and his rivals…
Local News, West
Targeted by Mexico’s Deadly Drug Cartels, Journalists at a Tijuana Newsweekly Risk Their Lives to Report the Truth
Jan 7, 2013, 10:34 AM 1
La Prensa San Diego As the Drug War Intensifies, Will the Free Press Be Silenced? In 1980, Jesús Blancornelas and Héctor Félix Miranda founded the Mexican newsweekly Zeta. They intended it to stand as an independent voice, different…
Global Views
El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, the Northern Triangle, Whose Citizens are Caught in Crossfire
Oct 23, 2012, 12:18 PM 0
By Gene Bolton Council on Hemispheric Affairs The ambiguity between the role of military forces and the police is a growing concern in Central America’s Northern Triangle countries, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. In all three countries, underpaid, outmanned,…
By Geoffrey Ramsey InSight Crime Authorities in Mexico believe that the next leader of the Gulf Cartel could be a woman, an unusual development in the macho world of drug trafficking, but which might unite the badly splintered group….
Local News, Southwest
Drug cartels grab a piece of the market for knock-off goods
Jul 4, 2012, 9:33 AM 0
By Melissa Zamarripa and Sofia Aguirre Borderzine EL PASO – Federal agents in El Paso are investigating the link between counterfeit and pirated merchandise and organized crime, specifically Mexican drug cartels. According to U.S. officials, a knock-off Michael Kors…
Culture, History
New website keeps world informed on the death and violence in Juarez, Mexico
May 18, 2012, 12:54 PM 2
LatinaLista — There is no other geographic location in North America that is as synonymous with violence and death as Juarez, Mexico. The weekly killing sprees, daily random shootings and continuous gruesome discoveries of mutilated bodies or shallow buried…
Global Views
From Cradle to Conflict: Child Soldiers’ Growing Role in Latin America’s Drug Wars
Apr 27, 2012, 3:36 PM 0
By Melissa Beale Council on Hemispheric Affairs Approximately 300,000 children around the globe have been recruited as child soldiers. These children are forced to enter “various armed groups, civil militia, paramilitaries and government armed forces.” According to the United…
General, Money, Palabra Final
The case of two Latino brothers in Shelby County jail on capital murder charges leaves unanswered questions
Oct 22, 2009, 5:10 PM 4
LatinaLista — The jury is still out on the CNN “Latino in America” program but from the first night’s show, it won’t be surprising if people unfamiliar with Latinos and the inherent pride we feel for our culture will…
Global Views, Palabra Final
It’s time for Washington to quickly address Mexico’s cartel violence in the U.S.
Feb 12, 2009, 6:04 PM 18
LatinaLista — Quiz question: What city in the world has the second most kidnappings? If right now you’re thinking that Mexico City has the unique distinction of being the #1 city in the world for kidnappings, you’re right. But…
Global Views, Government, Guest Voz
Guest Voz: U.S. Ambassador to Mexico says U.S. to blame for Mexico’s drug wars
Nov 28, 2008, 4:35 PM 1
LatinaLista — For the last six years, Antonio (Tony) Garza has served as the United States ambassador to Mexico. Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Ambassador Garza’s career has spanned over 10 years serving as a public official in Texas state…
