Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
It's been a hard couple of weeks in Mexico. At least 375 people were killed in prohibition-related violence, including many police officers.
Mexican Drug War
Legalization: So Say They Now -- US and Mexican Officials Say No to Debating It
It was just a meeting about reducing drug demand, but both the Mexican and the US governments felt compelled to speak out against drug legalization. First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you...
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
While elected officials on both sides of the board dismiss legalization of the drug trade, Mexico continues to pay the price. Another 137 people were killed in prohibition-related violence there this week.
Latin America: Mexico's Drug War Stirs Opposition in the Streets and from the Bishops
Mexican President Felipe Calderon caught serious flak this week from two different directions: Angry residents of Ciudad Juárez, tired of the killing and the soldiers, and the Mexican Catholic Church, which issued a report critical of human rights abuses in the military and crooked law enforcement.
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
Thirty people were killed Wednesday in Mexico's prohibition-related violence. That's not even close to the daily record.
Feature: El Paso City Council Passes Resolution Criticizing Drug War, But Only After Killing Marijuana Regulation Language
In 1913, the El Paso city council became the first in the country to outlaw marijuana. Now, faced with the horrendous prohibition-related violence across the river in Ciudad Juarez, it has passed a resolution condemning current drug policies, but only after dropping language calling for marijuana regulation. It's got three years left until the century mark to get it completely right.
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
Heads not attached to bodies keep popping up in unexpected places in Mexico. Yet another gruesome reminder of the prohibition-related savagery wracking the country.
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
Nearly a thousand people were killed in Mexico's unrelenting plague of prohibition-related violence last month alone. At this rate, another 10,000 will die by year's end.
Latin America: Mexico Proposes Banning Narcocorridos (Drug Ballads)
Los Tigres del Norte, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, and dozens of other narcocorrido performers better watch out. The Mexican government wants to throw them in jail over the contents of their songs.
Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update
Prohibition-related violence takes no breaks in Mexico. Another 162 people were killed in that country's drug wars in the past week.