Mexico's drug war
U.S. offers $10 million for information leading to Mexican drug lord's arrest
WASHINGTON The United States on Tuesday announced a $10 million reward for information leading to the arrest of a man accused of leading Mexico's powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which the Justice Department considers to be one of the five most dangerous criminal organizations in the world.
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Mexican president-elect pressures drugmakers to contain prices
MEXICO CITY Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Saturday urged pharmaceutical companies in the country to keep prices down or face losing out on government business to competitors abroad.
Mexico defense chief says legalizing opium 'way out' of violence
ACAPULCO, Mexico Mexico's defense minister said on Friday legalizing opium for medicinal use could contain violence caused by drug gangs fighting over poppy fields and trafficking routes in the country's southwest.
Mexico prosecutor blasts courts after ex-governor plea deal
MEXICO CITY A top Mexican prosecutor on Wednesday said judges were pushing defendants' rights too far, pointing to a recent case where prosecutors had to accept a plea deal from a disgraced former governor or risk losing in court.
Mexican president-elect, Trump agree economic development can stem illegal migration
MEXICO CITY Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by telephone on Wednesday about boosting economic development in Mexico and Central America in order to stem illegal migration.
In Mexico's shale patch, cartel violence scares off drillers
REYNOSA, Mexico The oil and gas fracking boom has lured scores of drillers to the Eagle Ford region of South Texas, the second largest U.S. oil patch, as new production technology opened access to billions more barrels.
Regulate: ex-world leaders' solution to 'failed' drug war
MEXICO CITY More governments should turn away from a repressive war on drugs that has "failed" and look to proven strategies to implement regulated markets for risky substances, a group of former presidents and leaders said in a report published Monday.
Mexican journalist murdered while leaving his home
MEXICO CITY A Mexican journalist was murdered in the southern state of Chiapas on Friday, authorities and his employer said, the latest attack against the press in one of the world's most dangerous countries for media workers.
In Colombia, victims of sexual abuse speak out after peace deal
SOACHA, Colombia Yeimy sobbed with her head in her hands as she described how her husband was tied to a pole, gagged and made to watch as she was raped by four fighters from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 12 years ago.
Rights group accuses Mexican armed forces of unlawful killings
MEXICO CITY Mexican troops and police committed two extrajudicial killings while confronting presumed fuel thieves in the central state of Puebla in May 2017, a Mexican human rights group said on Wednesday, adding to allegations of abuse against the military.