The Andes
Peru: tens of thousands march against femicide
A national march to oppose "femicide" and violence against women—under the slogan Ni Una Menos or "Not One Less"—brought tens of thousands to the streets of Lima.
Tag: Chihuahua
Mexico
Mexico: Zapatistas host Ayotzinapa families
The Zapatista rebels in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas marked the anniversary of their 1994 New Years Day uprising by hosting a national activist gathering in their territory.
Mexico
Extraditions signal continued Sinaloa impunity?
Mexico extradited 13 top drug-trafficking suspects to the United States—but all from Los Zetas and other rival organzations to the Sinaloa Cartel.
Mexico
Mexican cartel wars winding down?
Mexican authorities claimed another coup against the cartels with the arrest of Héctor Beltran Leyva, last remaining kingpin of the Beltran Leyva Organization.
Mexico
Mexico: new massacre strikes terror in Juárez
A new massacre is reported from Ciudad Juárez, again raising fears of a return to the wave of deadly violence that convulsed the Mexican border city for much of the past decade.
Mexico
Mexico passes ‘education reform’; demos continue
Peña Nieto has gotten Congress to pass three measures he says will improve public schools; teachers say the laws are part of a program for dumbing down the system.
Mexico
Ciudad Juárez: femicide avenger strikes back
A vigilante calling herself Diana the Hunter claimed credit for the slaying of two bus drivers in Ciudad Juárez, calling it revenge for sexual abuse of women by night-shift drivers.
Mexico
Mexico: notorious kingpin Caro Quintero freed
Mexico’s most notorious kingpin, Rafael Caro Quintero, was released from Puente Grande federal prison in Jalisco where he had been incarcerated for the past 28 years.
Mexico
Violence surges in Tamaulipas: State Department
Murders in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas jumped more than 90% and kidnapping reports more than doubled over last year to the highest rate in the country.
Mexico
Wave of barroom balaceras across Mexico
Gunmen shot up nightclubs in Chihuahua, Oaxaca and Guerrero, killing 11 and kidnapping one—the latest in a surge of violence since the change of government in Mexico.
Mexico
Mexico: Juárez rights activist seeks asylum in US
An activist whose teenaged daughter disappeared in 2008 has applied for political asylum in the US after being harassed by the authorities in Ciudad Juárez.
Mexico
Peace of the graveyard in Ciudad Juárez?
Violent deaths in Ciudad Juárez dropped to 800 last year, down from a peak of 3,622 in 2010—likely because the Sinaloa Cartel has finally crushed local rival, the Juárez Cartel.