
Mexican authorities recently announced they have confiscated 11 planes, eight vehicles and six houses belonging to notorious kingpin and Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán in the past five months. However, concern is growing in Mexico over why the government can’t—or won’t—seize even more of the drug lord’s considerable assets.
by Sylvia Longmire30 Nov 2015, 7:23 AM PST0

A Mexican politician became the target of criticism after she recently asked if giving a lethal injection to the region’s homeless and those with psychiatric ailments was a better option than letting them run wild. The comment was made by Olga Gutierrez de Machorro, a public official in the Mexican town of Tecamachalco Puebla
by Ildefonso Ortiz8 Oct 2015, 3:09 AM PST0

The Mexican government is in essence saying, “Pay for your own wall,” referring to 2016 Presidential Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump’s demand that Mexico pay for the wall he intends to build when he is elected president.
by Ildefonso Ortiz13 Aug 2015, 2:36 PM PST0

The spectacular escape of the world’s most notorious drug trafficker — Joaquín Guzmán Loera, known as El Chapo — from a Mexican high-security prison is a massive embarrassment for the government of President Enrique Peña Nieto.
by Breitbart Texas13 Jul 2015, 5:10 PM PST0

Mexico’s Supreme Court has struck down a law passed in the border state of Tamaulipas that banned the use of road spikes, a tactic commonly used by drug cartels to avoid capture.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Jul 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

MATAMOROS, Tamaulipas – Una vez más el gobierno de Tamaulipas parece estar tratando de minimizar la percepción pública sobre la guerra contra las drogas la cual está fuera de control, en las ciudades fronterizas.
by Ildefonso Ortiz7 Jun 2015, 9:10 AM PST0

As the Mexican government continues to downplay cartel violence, a group of cartel gunmen stormed a federal police station in Mexico City in an effort to rescue the brother of a jailed capo. In that same day Mexican authorities found 11 bags filled with human remains in a nearby train station.
by Ildefonso Ortiz14 May 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

U.S. federal agents could soon be working in Mexico with their service weapons holstered by their side after a hotly debated historic bill that has been approved by Mexico’s Senate. The bill is likely to make its way into law.
by Ildefonso Ortiz10 Apr 2015, 9:05 AM PST0

The Governor of the Mexican State of Chiapas has drawn much criticism in Mexico after a video of him slapping an aide went viral. The newly surfaced video is from an event promoting Governor Manuel Velasco’s Second State of the State Address held last month.
by Ildefonso Ortiz22 Jan 2015, 6:02 AM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A video released by the Mexican government in an effort to inspire goodwill for 2015 had the opposite effect drawing much criticism for making light of the many tragedies that the nation faced — including the kidnapping and murder by police and cartel hitmen of 43 education students.
by Ildefonso Ortiz3 Jan 2015, 8:48 AM PST0