During his presidency, Felipe Calderón attempted, without success, to destroy the cartels by force during the Mexican Drug War—the principal result of which was a massive increase in murders as ...
A shootout between two battling criminal groups in Mexico’s southern Pacific state of Guerrero on Thursday left 16 people dead, authorities said, as the country has been hit by a wave of recent ...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican army troops have killed 19 suspected drug cartel gunmen in a shootout and suffered no casualties, the Defense Department said. The ruling Morena party has criticized ...
Mexican Federal Police Director Genaro Garcia Luna during a ceremony to celebrate National Police Day in Mexico City on June 2, 2012. García Luna, who was once hailed as a crucial U.S. ally in ...
If anyone was Mexico’s drug war tsar – the chief architect and ... The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade. “You basically have to choose one over the other because you need informants.