Brazil, Mexico Demand US Explanation of Surveillance Against Them | NSA surveilled both nations’ presidents
Brazil, Mexico Demand US Explanation of Surveillance Against Them
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Mexico Charges 14 Police in Attack on CIA Operatives
Mexico Charges 14 Police in Attack on CIA Operatives | Cartel suspected of ordering August shooting
Latin American Leaders Question US War on Drugs at UN
Latin American Leaders Question US War on Drugs at UN | Outgoing Mexican President urges global debate on policy
Mexico’s New President Seeks to Reassure US
Mexico’s New President Seeks to Reassure US | Pledge to cut death toll not sitting well with many
Mexico’s New President Unlikely to Deviate from US’s Drug War
The presumptive winner of Mexico's presidential election on Sunday, Enrique Peña Nieto, is not likely to make any substantive change away from the US-dominated, militaristic approach to the drug war, as many hoped. Central America has become the most dangerous place...
US Fears Mexico Vote Could Undermine Drug War
US Fears Mexico Vote Could Undermine Drug War | Frontrunner’s pledge to ‘bring down death toll’ runs afoul of US plans
House Panel Holds Holder in Contempt
A House panel voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to cooperate with a congressional inquiry into Operation “Fast and Furious,” just hours after President Obama asserted executive privilege to hide potentially...
Despite Bloody Failures, US Doubling Down on Drug War
After U.S. Drug Enforcement agents killed several innocent Honduran civilians in a botched raid earlier this month, some expected drug war efforts in Central America would relent. But American intervention has doubled down. That deadly raid was part of a growing...
US Agents Laundered Money, Shipped Drugs for Cartels
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents laundered millions in cash for a powerful Mexican drug trafficker and his Colombian cocaine supplier, according to documents made public Monday. With the help of Mexican federal police officers, the DEA agents and their...
Mexican Police Tortured Five Drug Gang Detainees
Five alleged members of a Mexican drug gang were tortured by Mexican police after being detained in the killings of two agents and a car-bomb attack in Ciudad Juarez. The abuse has become typical of the Washington-backed approach Mexico has been taking in its "war on...
