Crime in Mexico

Social media has role in drug cartel violence in Mexico

Environment

Social media has revolutionized the way many humans communicate. In Mexico, that means it’s become one of the only ways residents can get information about drug cartel violence. But that has the government nervous.

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Global Scan

How do you capture a drug kingpin without firing a shot?

Global Scan

Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers

Arts, Culture & Media

Brutal Zetas cartel leader’s capture expected to splinter group

Mexico’s Zetas gang joins coal mining business for bigger profits

Mexico’s drug cartel, the Zetas, have joined the coal mining business to increase their profits outside of their lucrative drug trading business. But legal and illegal coal mining practices in the region have mining advocates concerned for the miners’ safety and future coal mining practices.

In Mexico, family members left to investigate disappearances of loved ones

Global Politics

Hundreds of people in mexico have simply vanished, victims of drug-fueled crime syndicates or perhaps corrupt law enforcement. But often those disappearances aren’t given more than a cursory investigation, if that. And that leaves family members to do the investigating.

Mexicans near border rely on Texas media for news on drug violence

The drug war in Mexico has turned local journalism there into a potentially deadly career choice. Powerful cartels often threaten or kill hometown journalists who dare to report on the latest violence. But an innovative system for getting information out quickly — and safely — has recently emerged.

Wife of powerful Mexican drug lord gives birth in US

One of Mexico’s most wanted men and head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman’s wife recently gave birth in California.

The World

Mexican Marines Capture Zetas Drug Cartel Leader Miguel Angel Trevino

Global Politics

Mexican marines have arrested the leader of the Zetas drug cartel outside the border city of Nuevo Laredo. They did it without a shot being fired. But his capture could lead to violence within the cartel.