Tag Archives: Crime
Modern Mexico Podcast: Indigenous vanilla growers & organized crime in Veracruz, Mexico
I spoke to journalist Nathaniel Parish Flannery about how criminals target vanilla growers in Mexico.
Domingo Villa: Killer left unsupervised during prison visit murders entire family ‘after children complain about their mother’
Former police officer Domingo Villa –– who was already serving life for killing his wife -–murdered his girlfriend, two children and a step-daughter then tried to take his own life. Read the complete article at the Daily Mirror
Hair theft on the rise across Latin America
In June 2011, a 23-year-old woman was walking to a bus stop in the center of Guadalajara when she saw a dark figure approaching, armed with a pair of scissors. The assailant jumped in front of her and shoved her … Continue reading