Dudley Althaus was GlobalPost's senior correspondent for Mexico and Central America, based in Mexico City. Althaus has reported on Mexico and Latin America, mostly for Texas newspapers, for nearly all his three decades as a journalist. He's covered everything from drug war mayhem and political intrigue to environmental threats and energy industry investment. At a time when politicos and pundits are lauding "Mexico's moment," Althaus' coverage is infused with his deep experience.
With ransoms set as low as $250, now more lower-class Mexicans can 'afford' an abduction. Although, sometimes they're killed anyway.
The director and cinematographer of 'Gravity' and an actress from '12 Years a Slave,' all Mexican born, could take home Academy Awards.
The Treasury Department’s foreign asset czar has been targeting the financial empire of Guzman and other Sinaloa traffickers for more than seven years.
Details, both juicy and mundane, are trickling out after Mexico nabbed its most wanted crime lord. Here's what we've learned, with a grain of salt, of course.
Risks loom in the aftermath of the capture of Mexico's most wanted drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman.
Mexico's most wanted man went down without a shot fired.
The story of how vigilante militias took their western Mexican towns back from Knights Templar meth lords — for now.
NAFTA refreshments and the Trans-Pacific Partnership are on the menu when Obama meets Canada's Stephen Harper and Mexico's Enrique Pena Nieto, while immigration and gang wars simmer.
'We aren't against drug traffickers,' says a self-defense leader. 'We are against organized crime.'
Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have become as essential to the warriors' arsenal as assault rifles, rakish garb and macho swagger.
'I’m not sure if I believe his story,' the Marshall Islands’ acting foreign minister said.