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High-ranking former U.S. agent accused of colluding with Mexican drug groups
Richard Cramer, a former high-ranking U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, was arrested on suspicion of assisting a drug group in smuggling cocaine into the United States. Cramer, who …
Another Michoacan public official arrested on suspicion of ties to traffickers
Mexican federal police officers detained Armando Medina Torres, the mayor of the municipality of Mujica, Michoacan, on suspicion of ties to drug traffickers. The Sept. 4 arrest was made possible …
Thirty-one police in Hidalgo detained for alleged connections to drug traffickers
Mexican federal authorities detained 31 law enforcement officials in the state of Hidalgo during a massive operation. Nearly 400 Mexican federal agents were involved in the sweep on September 14. …
Mexico City airport postal workers suspected of stealing packages
The Mexican Federal Attorney General’s office is investigating the disappearance of more than 4,000 letters and packages of mail that were sent to Mexico from abroad over the past six …
PEMEX director steps down following corruption probe
Jesús Reyes Heroles, who served as director of PEMEX for three years, has stepped down from his post following a corruption probe into the state petroleum agency. Mexican President Felipe …
Consulate passport corruption investigated by Mexico
Mexican authorities are investigating their Dallas consulate office in connection with “irregularities” in the collection of passport fees. The fraud allegations have led to the removal of Mexican Consul General …
Nominee for Attorney General’s office faces scrutiny over accountability
As Mexico’s Senate prepares to consider the nomination of Arturo ChávezChávez to be the country’s next attorney general, many will be scrutinizing the process to make sure that it is …
Escalating conflict between two rival Oaxaca teachers’ unions leaves two dead
Protests erupted in southern Oaxaca as members of the Section 22 teachers’ union demanded justice for the shooting death of one of its members during a clash August 27 with …
Mexico City subway shooting leaves two dead
Luis Felipe Hernández Castillo, the man accused of killing two when he opened fire in the Balderas del Metro subway station in Mexico City, has been detained in the ReclusorioPreventivoOriente …
Cancún airplane hijacking brings national scrutiny to airport security
A Bolivian religious zealot living in Mexico has been indicted on terrorism charges after holding an Aeroméxico plane carrying over 100 passengers hostage on the Mexico City International Airport tarmac …