‘El Chapo’ has left the building
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November 3, 2008
He appears in a restaurant, picks up everyone’s tab, then vanishes with his many guards. Read more
Articles by Tracy Wilkinson
1330 articles since 1997
Lions and tigers and drugs
World |
October 31, 2008
The hippo and crocodiles were statues made of glass and cement. Read more
Mexico acknowledges drug gang infiltration of police
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October 28, 2008
In a damning blow to its fight against drug traffickers, the Mexican government Monday acknowledged severe penetration of a top law enforcement agency by a vicious gang that may even have bought intelligence on U.S. operations from renegade employees. Read more
A real estate minefield
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October 26, 2008
Recession measured in kilos
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October 21, 2008
A ruby-red Hummer glistened idly on the quiet showroom floor, its only visitor a janitor polishing its doors and bumpers. Read more
U.S. reassures, sounds alarm
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October 18, 2008
Amid another round of violence that claimed more than 20 lives, a top U.S. drug official Friday sounded an alarm over the number of killings and kidnappings that spill into the southern United States from Mexico. Read more
More than two dozen die amid violence
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October 11, 2008
In another violent spasm, more than two dozen people were killed in Mexico within hours late Thursday and early Friday, including a newspaper publisher, two federal agents and a group gunned down as they drank at a bar. Read more
Killing of mayor sends a message
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October 8, 2008
Until he was gunned down over the weekend, Salvador Vergara Cruz was a man of some influence with a promising future in his political party. Read more
March marks ‘68 Mexico killings
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October 3, 2008
Thousands of Mexicans marched across their nation’s capital Thursday to demand justice for victims of a 1968 massacre of students by government troops – contemporary Mexico’s most traumatic atrocity and one that remains unresolved. Read more
Behind a strong mafia town in Italy are strong women
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October 3, 2008
The hardened women of San Luca want you to know a thing or two about their notorious town. Read more
