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Crime and Violence

Captured: King of Heroin and Colombian money launderers

José Antonio Medina Arreguín, otherwise known by his alias Don Pepe or as the King of Heroin (el Rey de la Heroína), was arrested in the state of  Michoacán by the …

Justice in Mexico

Mexican deputy criticizes Oklahoma’s remittance tax

The Mexican Chamber of Deputies is set to propose a resolution on March 25 urging the federal government to protest a remittance tax by the US state of Oklahoma. In …

Crime and Violence

Missing police officers found dismembered

During the early hours of Monday in Acapulco and the capital of Guerrero, Chilpancingo, four people were executed, including a regional commander and a police officer, whose bodies were found …

Crime and Violence

Two students die in crossfire

On Monday, the interior minister Fernando Gómez Mont  held a private meeting with the governor of Nuevo León, Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, after two Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) students, …

Crime and Violence

Military prosecutor: some armed forces corrupted, serving time

40 members of the armed forces are currently serving time in military prisons for having links to drug-trafficking organizations. General José Luis Chávez García, the head of the Attorney General Office of …

Crime and Violence

Attacks prompt greater US-Mexico collaboration in government and police work

President Felipe Calderón announced that he will meet with his American counterpart, President Barack Obama, this May in Washington D.C. The two are set to discuss the countries’ bilateral relations, …

Human Rights and Civil Society

Supreme Court to hear appeal by Querétaro indigenous women

The Mexican Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of two indigenous women from Querétaro, who claim they are being detained unjustly. In late February, Alberta Alcántara Juan and Teresa …

Crime and Violence

“Todos Somos Juárez” Program, Explained

“Todos Somos Juárez: Reconstruyamos la Ciudad” (“We are All Juárez: Let’s Rebuild our City”) is a recent program that aims to reduce the high level of violence and crime in …

Justice in Mexico

Calls for strengthened international cooperation against organized crime

President Calderón stressed that both the US and Mexico must recognize their shared responsibility toward fighting organized crime. The president said that their work should be like a battle in …

Crime and Violence

Three members of Arellano Félix cartel captured

Three presumed members of the Arellano Felix cartel organization were captured by Mexican Army elements in Rosarito, Baja California, with various high powered weapons in their possession.  The detainees were …

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