Edited by Eric L. Olson, David A. Shirk, and Andrew Selee This publication examines specific challenges for security cooperation between the United States and Mexico including efforts to address the …
Shared Responsibility: U.S.-Mexico Policy Options for Confronting Organized Crime (2010) Read More »
12/29/2011- The northwestern pacific state of Sinaloa is joining Veracruz with a surge of federal police forces to join and complement the increased military presence and local municipal police units …
State of Sinaloa next area to see surge of Federal Police agents Read More »
12/28/11 – The bodies of seven people were found in three different graves in between Montemorelos and Linares, two northern cities in the state of Nuevo León that border with neighboring …
12/28/11 – On Christmas Eve, the charred bodies of three young men were found in a burned down car on a road in Michoacán. The victims were Alexis Marron, an 18-year-old …
18-year-old U.S. citizen found dead in Michoacán Read More »
12/28/11— The Public Security Secretariat (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública, SSP) reported that Luis Rodríguez Olivera, alias El Güero, was arrested December 27 in the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM) and entered the Federal …
12/27/11— Joel Abraham Caudillo, a man suspected in the 2010 killing of a U.S. consulate employee, her husband, and another man was extradited by Mexico to the United States on …
Mexico Extradites Suspect in 2010 U.S. Consulate Killing Case to United States Read More »
12/26/11 – On Friday December 23, Mexican authorities made great advancements against drug cartel operations with the capture of the top lieutenant of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, …
A Sinaloa Cartel Leader, “The Engineer”, is Captured Read More »
12/23/11— A top suspect in the February murder of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent was extradited to the United States on December 20. On February 15, ICE …
Mexico Extradites el Piolín to the United States Read More »
12/23/11 – 16 people were killed in Veracruz on December 22 when five armed gunmen went on a killing spree. The killings began when gunmen opened fire on four people …
12/22/11— 350 Mexicans and Mexican-Americans made their way safely home for the holidays on Tuesday as part of the “Bienvenido Paisano 2011” caravan, according to El Universal. While many of …
