Cartel
Obama Visits Mexico, With Focus on Trade and Immigration, Not Drugs
Back in 2006, President Felipe Caldoran declared war on Mexico’s drug cartels and soon after, drug-related activity in a few Mexican states escalated to a war across the entire republic. In just five years, forty-five thousand Mexicans disappeared, died, or fell victim to mass executions all related to the drug trade. But since President Enrique […]
Juarez Professor on a Bloody Year for Mexico
On this last day of 2010 we revisit the story taking place in Ciudad Juarez, in Mexico. It’s a story that we’ve been sad to return to repeatedly, not just this last year, but over the last four years. Yesterday we heard reports of four more dead in the longstanding Mexican drug war between drug […]
Violence and fear escalates in Mexico as the drug cartels tighten their grip
Drug-related violence in Mexico has killed more that 3,000 people this year, and a new BBC survey says nearly half of the country is cowering in fear from warring drug cartels.
Guest: Emilio San Pedro, Americas Editor, BBC World Service
Questioning Mexico’s anti-drug strategy
Mexico has seen a sharp spike in the number of murders, shoot-outs and kidnappings. Much of the violence is related to Mexico’s powerful drug cartels. The World’s Lorne Matalon reports that some Mexicans are now demanding that the government change its strategy for fighting the cartels.