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Nuevo León police forces come under scrutiny for alleged links to traffickers
Nuevo León’s police forces have come under scrutiny recently in relation to corruption charges. Earlier this month, 78 officers who were suspected of working with drug smugglers were arrested in …
Obama administration continues to define its southwest border strategy
In early June, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske and Attorney General Eric Holder announced the National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy. The …
Prisons to receive military oversight
After the prison break in Cieneguillas Zacatecas last month in which 53 prisoners including some confirmed Zetas escaped with the aid of prison officials, the Mexican Army has reinforced security …
Police in Mexican border states to receive training from Colombian military
There have been reports that Colombia has offered specialists from its Unified Action Group (Gaula), the anti-kidnapping office of that nation’s national police, to help train their counterparts in the …
Creation of Federal Police puts more investigative powers in hands of Public Security Secretariat
The Federal Attorney General Law (Ley Orgánica de la Procuradora General de la República) and the Federal Police Law (Ley de la Policía Federal) passed both chambers of congress in …
Amid key arrests, Baja California remains embroiled in a deadly turf battle
Baja California, while not experiencing the levels of violence it suffered in the final months of 2008, still captures headlines for the explosive nature of violent outbreaks, particularly in Tijuana. …
Ejecuciones remain relatively flat nationwide; increased violence in Chihuahua and Guerrero
According to Reforma’s running tally of cartel-related killings, or ejecuciones, such deaths had reached 2,677 nationwide as of June 12. With over two weeks before the end of the first …
Mexico’s Drug War All in the Family
As reported by The Economist: Suspicion falls on politicians FELIPE CALDERÓN has bet his presidency on fighting Mexico’s drug-trafficking syndicates and their penetration of his country’s institutions. Yet for the …
A Mexican Cartel’s Swift and Grisly Climb: La Familia Defies Federal Efforts To Eliminate Its Influence
As reported by Steve Fainaru and William Booth, The Washington Post: APATZINGAN, Mexico — In farm towns across the hot, fertile state of Michoacan, famous for its mangos and marijuana, …
Michoacan’s Former Public Servants Transferred to Nayarit
A total of 27 officials and former public servants from Michoacan, including seven Mayors accused of being involved with the criminal organization “La Familia” have now been transferred to a federal prison in El Rincón, …