Felipe Calderon

Photographers are huddled around a protest on the sidewalk. There are newspapers laid out on the sidewalk, drizzled in red paint to look like blood, while a person wearing a skull mask pretends to lay dead next to them. The words "No mas" are written.

Officials: 2017 was Mexico's most violent year in two decades

More than 23,000 were murdered in 2017 and more than 190,000 have died in drug-related violence in the last decade as officials battle cartels.

Officials: 2017 was Mexico's most violent year in two decades
Former Mexican president Felipe Calderon.

The US spied on Mexico's leaders? So what else is new?

The US spied on Mexico's leaders? So what else is new?

Mexican families left disappointed after government starts new investigations unit

Mexican families left disappointed after government starts new investigations unit

Stepping up Pressure on Mexican Officials to Find the Disappeared

Stepping up Pressure on Mexican Officials to Find the Disappeared
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Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Set for Inauguration

Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Set for Inauguration

A Mexican Voter Who Favors Continuity

Myles Estey's profile of a young Mexico City resident who supports the only woman among the major party candidates, Josefina Vazquez Mota of the ruling PAN. Olga Velazquez says she wants to see a continuation of the PAN's leadership.

A Mexican Voter Who Favors Continuity

Women Dominate Politics in Mexico Border City

While the fate of its first female presidential candidate will be decided soon, women in politics is nothing new in the conservative, deeply religious country.

Women Dominate Politics in Mexico Border City

Pope Benedict makes first visit to Cuba

Pope Benedict XVI is in the midst of an historic trip to Latin America. After a three-day visit to Mexico, he moved to Cuba, where the Catholic Church has been vocal in pushing the island nation to move toward greater freedom.

Pope Benedict makes first visit to Cuba

Mexican Presidential Candidate Couldn't Remember Any Influential Books

Enrique Pena Nieto, frontrunner in the 2012 Mexican presidential elections, was recently asked to name three books that have influenced him and he couldn't.

Mexican Presidential Candidate Couldn't Remember Any Influential Books

Ioan Grillo on Mexico's Violent Drug Industry

Ioan Grillo on Mexico's Violent Drug Industry

Police Begin to Pull Out of Ciudad Juárez

Police Begin to Pull Out of Ciudad Juárez

Psychological impact of Mexico's drug war

Since the start of President Felipe Calderón drug war in 2006, more than 35,000 people have been killed, countless thousands more remain unaccounted for, many missing for years. Myles Estey reports from Tijuana on the psychological impact of violence.

Psychological impact of Mexico's drug war
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27 killed in Mexican drug cartel raid

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27 killed in Mexican drug cartel raid
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Mexico reconsiders legalizing drugs

Earlier this month, former Mexican president Vicente Fox wrote that Mexico should consider legalizing drugs and current president Felipe Calderon has called for a debate on the idea. Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times, speaks with us.

Mexico reconsiders legalizing drugs
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Four kidnapped Mexican journalists remain missing

Committe to Protect Journalists' Carlos Lauria weighs in on the danger Mexican journalists face, while the New York Times' Elisabeth Malkin joins us from Mexico City with the latest news about the four missing journalists.

Four kidnapped Mexican journalists remain missing