Franc Contreras

Mexico City Teachers Take to the Streets to Protest Education Reforms

September 17, 2013Conflict & Justice

For more than two weeks, demonstrations by teachers have caused traffic chaos across Mexico. They’re protesting a new law requiring performance evaluations for teachers. Supporters see the law as an attempt to break the power of labor unions.

Mexican Marines Capture Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Miguel Angel Trevino

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Mexicans Applaud Arrest of Union Boss Known As ‘The Teacher’

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Mexico’s Pena Nieto: ‘No Return to the Past’ from PRI

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Why Mexican Journalists Fear Doing Their Jobs

August 15, 2013Global Politics

A Three-Pronged Presidential Race in Mexico

August 15, 2013Global Politics

In Mexico the stage is now set for a three-way showdown in the presidential vote in July.

Child-Trafficking Ring Preys on Young Mexican Women

August 15, 2013Conflict & Justice

Authorities in Mexico say they’ve broken up an illegal international adoption scam. Reporter Franc Contreras tells host Lisa Mullins that couples from Ireland had traveled to Mexico hoping to adopt, but the children were stolen.

Mexican Presidential Candidate Couldn’t Remember Any Influential Books

August 15, 2013Global Politics

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.

Mexico In Mourning Over Casino Fire

August 15, 2013Global Politics

Mexico’s government is offering a $2.4 million reward for information leading to those behind a deadly casino attack.

Top official in Mexican drug war resigns

August 14, 2013Conflict & Justice

Mexico’s Attorney General Arturo Chavez has resigned just weeks after Wikileaks cables revealed that US Embassy officials were puzzled about his appointment. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from reporter Franc Contreras.