Tag Archives: Mexico
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.
El crimen organizado ahoga al consumidor indefenso y dispara la inflación
I spoke El País about supply chain extortion and inflation in Mexico.
Mexican gangs go on rampage, challenging president’s security strategy
I spoke to the Wall Street Journal about recent criminal blockades and violence in Mexico (behind paywall).
Miners are going to extremes to stop those who are trying to protest
An environmental activist lives in constant fear in northern Mexico. An Indigenous leader is stabbed to death and tossed in a river in the Brazilian jungle. A regional governor is given a six-year prison sentence by a court in Peru. … Continue reading
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Tagged Brazil, environmentalism, Mexico, mining, organized crime, Peru, violence against activists
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The Mormon family massacre could make the bloody drug war in Mexico worse
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Mexican officials are struggling to adopt a coherent response in the aftermath of the deadliest attack on U.S. citizens in the country’s recent history. And that could create an opening for President Trump. The massacre of three … Continue reading
Mexico missing: The city where ‘you can feel the fear’
The only hint that anything is wrong in La Estancia, a leafy suburb of the Mexican city of Guadalajara, are the dozens of “for sale” signs posted outside the houses. People started leaving in May, when police found a decomposed … Continue reading
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Tagged CJNG, disappeared, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Jalisco New Generation, Mexico
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Meth, murder, and malandros in Guadalajara
On April 19 last year, the body of the 42-year-old Mexican rapper Mr. Yosie Locote was dumped in an empty lot in the western city of Guadalajara. A note claiming he had been killed because of a connection to an … Continue reading
Trump has already created a crisis for Mexico’s new president
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Mexico’s new president, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, rose to power on the promise that he would tackle the country’s rampant corruption and violence. That will have to wait, as he faces a more urgent matter: the migrant … Continue reading
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Tagged Amlo, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, migrants, Trump
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Mexico: All aboard the Tequila Express!
I’m offered my first tequila cocktail before the train has even departed from Guadalajara station. It’s the first of many drinks served on the Jose Cuervo Express to Tequila, the colonial town that gave its name to Mexico’s national beverage. … Continue reading
The Mexican Labyrinth 