Mexico: police killings spark protests

Thousands marched in Jalisco to protest the police killing of 21-year-old Fernando Lopez Alejandre, bassist with the band Arcadia Libre.

Mexico: fishermen strike over fuel prices

Thousands of fishermen in Mexico went on strike last week to protest the rise in the cost of diesel fuel, which they say has reduced their profit margin to zero. The strike, dubbed “Zero Fishing 2009,” was declared in the… Read moreMexico: fishermen strike over fuel prices

Mexican cabinet report: US arms drug cartels

The US is the major weapons supplier to Mexico’s bloody drug cartels, according to a report the Mexican Cabinet submitted to President Felipe Calderón.

Mexico: narcos wage terror campaign against media

During a live broadcast the night of Jan. 6, at least five masked gunmen riding in two pickup trucks fired high-caliber weapons and tossed a grenade outside the studios of the Televisa network in Monterrey, in the northern Mexican state… Read moreMexico: narcos wage terror campaign against media

Mexico: EZLN celebrates 15 years

On Dec. 26 supporters of Mexico’s rebel Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) began the “World Festival of Dignified Rage” in the Federal District (DF, Mexico City). The series of events marks 15 years since the mostly indigenous group took the… Read moreMexico: EZLN celebrates 15 years

Mexico: bloody New Year despite arrest of kingpin

Mexican authorities announced Dec. 30 the arrest of Alberto Espinoza Barron AKA “La Fresa” (the Strawberry), reputed head of the “Michoacán Family“—the drug cartel accused of setting off two grenades during an Independence Day celebration in September, killing eight people… Read moreMexico: bloody New Year despite arrest of kingpin

Mexico: presidential guard, beauty queen busted in narco wars

A member of Mexico’s presidential guard was reportedly arrested as a spy for the Beltran Leyva crime machine (Sinaloa Cartel) Dec. 26. An anonymous official of the federal prosecutor’s office identified Arturo González Rodríguez as an army major who was… Read moreMexico: presidential guard, beauty queen busted in narco wars

Mexico: Zihuatanejo police chief busted for protecting Sinaloa Cartel

Soldiers arrested Timoteo Mata Cruz, deputy police chief of the Mexican resort town of Zihuatanejo (Guerrero state), and six of his officers for allegedly protecting prominent narco-jefes at a cock fight Dec. 25. Fourteen suspected members of the Beltran Leyva… Read moreMexico: Zihuatanejo police chief busted for protecting Sinaloa Cartel

Mexico: army pledges to hit back after decapitations

Nine decapitated heads were found in plastic bags in Chilpancingo, capital of Mexico’s southern Guerrero state, among 13 men assassinated in the state Dec. 21. Four were thrown off the Quetzalapa bridge in Iguala. Of the nine decapitated, eight were… Read moreMexico: army pledges to hit back after decapitations

Mexico: miner leader still in jail

On Dec. 12 a judge in Mexico’s Coahuila state ordered the release of Carlos Pavón Campos, political affairs secretary of the National Union of Mine and Metal Workers of the Mexican Republic (SNTMMRM), on 5.611 million pesos bail (about $426,600)…. Read moreMexico: miner leader still in jail

Mexico: Calderón pledges “no negotiation” with cartels

Mexican President Felipe Calderón said Dec. 19 his government “does not and will never negotiate” with the drug lords, and vowed to press ahead with his military crackdown on the cartels. Drug-related deaths have doubled this year, to more than… Read moreMexico: Calderón pledges “no negotiation” with cartels

Mexico: Ciudad Juárez civil strike to protest narco violence

Another 44 people were killed in Mexico’s narco wars this weekend, including four police officers in the border city of Ciudad Juárez, which has been the scene of some 1,500 violent deaths this year. Two police were killed at a… Read moreMexico: Ciudad Juárez civil strike to protest narco violence