The Death of a Drug Lord — David Hidalgo, Jackson Browne & Los Cenzontles
The Death of a Drug Lord — David Hidalgo, Jackson Browne & Los Cenzontles
By Sam Quiñones, A Reporter’s Blog This morning’s news that Heriberto Lazcano (pictured here), leader of the bloodthirsty Zeta drug cartel in Mexico, may have been killed by the Mexican […]
Mexicans Pay in Blood for America’s War on Drugs, Part I
Editors note: This article was published by the Phoenix New Times in July. With their permission, News Taco is reprinting it in five installments throughout the week to inspire debate […]
U.S. Senate Report Signals Shift In Drug War Strategy
By Melissa del Bosque, Texas Observer In April, the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations sent a team of staffers to Mexico City and Monterrey to assess the state of […]
Former Agent Recounts Life on the Frontline of Drug War
By Melissa del Bosque, The Texas Observer During his 27 years in federal law enforcement, David Ramirez posed as a high level drug smuggler, nearly suffocated in a car trunk […]
Indictment Links Texas Horse Stable to Zeta Money Laundering
By Andrew Wheat and Forrest Wilder, The Texas Observer A prominent Texas family with connections to the state’s top officials is alleged to have purchased and boarded horses for a […]
More Female Narcos Stepping Up To Management Roles
By Kalyn Belsha, Voxxi Women’s participation in Mexico’s drug trade is nothing new — in fact their involvement can betraced back to the 1930s. But now, female narcos are stepping up to management […]
On Benito Juárez’s Birthday: What Would He Think Of Mexico?
March 21 commemorates the birth of former Mexican President Benito Juárez, a man who clearly outlined the rights of his country’s inhabitants. What did he think about respect? Respecting the rights […]
In Mexico, Zetas Vs. Hackers May Lead To More Violence
The basic story goes like this. One of the members of the hackers group Anonymous became mixed up with the Mexico’s scary drug cartel, the Zetas (although this has come […]
Mexicans Flee Organized Crime But Find Little Sanctuary
By Melissa Del Bosque “Somebody’s taken Carlos.” Ana couldn’t quite believe what her cousin had just told her over the phone. How could it be true? Ana had been preparing […]
Violence Against Border Agents Declines, Despite War Rhetoric
By Melissa del Bosque Despite some politicians characterizing the U.S. side of the border as a war zone, statistics released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection show that assaults against […]
