The capture of drug lord Joaquin Guzman is a “huge break for Mexico,” according to journalist Alfredo Corchado. But he says it’s only a partial victory for Mexicans unless they use it to find out which government authorities have been colluding with the drug cartels.
Over the weekend, US and Mexican officials teamed up to capture one of the Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins, El Chapo of the Sinaloa cartel. And they did it without firing a single shot. Meanwhile, all the gunfire and violence in Ukraine finally forced its president from power and into hiding, but his time is running out. That and more, in today’s Global Scan.