Mexico

Anabel Hernández: Mexico’s new narco order

Mexican journalist Anabel Hernández, facing death threats after outing top officials as cartel collaborators, speaks on the state of the narco wars under the new government.

Mexico

Gulf Cartel’s Guatemalan jefe busted in Chiapas

Mexican federal police announced the apprehension of a fugitive Gulf Cartel kingpin, Eduardo Francisco Villatoro Cano AKA “Guayo”—wanted in Guatemala for a bloody attack on police.

Southern Cone

Chile: special forces raid Mapuche community

Chilean police invaded an indigenous Mapuche community and arrested four leaders—weeks after a community leader presented the Mapuche case to human rights groups in Europe.

Mexico

Mexico: US spied on former president Calderón

In the latest US spying revelations, documents show the NSA considered the Mexican government an “important target” and the president’s office a “lucrative source.”