An American adventurer’s death in El Salvador
World |
August 23, 2008
Joe Sanderson left his Midwestern hometown in his 20s with a backpack, a notepad and a dream of being a writer. Read more
Articles by Héctor Tobar
501 articles since 1997
World |
July 9, 2008
Here in the Wild West of the Central American isthmus, tough hombres like “the Bald Guys” make mahogany trees disappear in the middle of the night. Read more
New phase seen in Mexico’s drug war
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May 18, 2008
To strike back at narcotics traffickers suspected of ordering the assassination of Mexico’s top drug cop, President Felipe Calderon dispatched 2,000 army troops and federal police to the gang’s home base, the western state of Sinaloa. Read more
Mexico’s anti-drug coordinator is assassinated
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May 9, 2008
A top police official and national coordinator in Mexico’s battle against drug trafficking and organized crime was assassinated inside his home here before dawn today. Read more
Officials silent in Tijuana
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April 28, 2008
On Sunday, following one of the bloodiest days in Tijuana’s history, authorities held no news conferences. Read more
Calderon seeks an overhaul of Mexico’s oil firm
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April 9, 2008
President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday called for a sweeping modernization of Mexico’s state-owned oil company, outlining a series of reforms that would allow private firms to assume a greater role in the petroleum industry. Read more
Refusing to take men for an answer
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April 5, 2008
Many years ago, when she was still a tiny girl in braids, and not the professional she is today, Eufrosina Cruz heard the story of how her father married off her sister to a stranger at age 12: She wondered if a man might come to claim her too. Read more
Oil exploration issue splits Mexico
World |
March 27, 2008
Mexico’s oil has long been a source of national pride. Read more
Mexican town puts on a holiday show for migrants
World |
December 23, 2007
O come, all ye Chicagoans and Angelenos, to this town in the hills
of Zacatecas, where guava fruit drops from the trees and the fields
turn goldenrod in winter. Read more
Rivals stall justice bill in Mexico
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December 14, 2007
A plan to dramatically overhaul Mexico’s criminal justice system
and give broad new powers to police ran into significant opposition
Thursday, with the country’s top human rights official speaking out
against it. Read more
