‘Mexico Mining Ops Pay Hefty Extortion Fees to Cartels’
Mexican criminal organizations like the Zetas and Gulf Cartel may be charging mines up to $37,000 a month in “security” fees, a practice more commonly seen in Colombia.
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (PGR) has opened twelve investigations into ext…
3 news photographers killed in Mexican state less than a week after reporter found slain
APThree men who had worked as news photographers were found slain and dumped together in plastic bags by a canal in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz on Thursday, less than a week after the killing in the same state of a reporter for an investigativ…
More than a dozen dead bodies and a message posted in Nuevo Laredo last week offer further evidence of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s move into this Zetas hotbed, and promise ...
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – A Mexican businessman who had accused 10 federal police of various crimes, including kidnapping and extortion, was found slain this weekend in this northern border city, ...
El Salvador received some much-needed good news this weekend, when officials announced that Saturday was the first homicide-free day in the country in three years, Reutersreports. "After years when the number ...
The murder of eight taxi drivers in a Monterrey suburb appears to be the latest assault by organized criminal groups against transport workers in Mexico, with the Zetas fingered as ...
More than 160,000 businesses left Mexico last year due to persistent violent crime woes, according to the president of the country’s largest business group, Coparmex. “Business leaders and entire families are ...
Almost every segment of the economy and society, including businesses, teachers and priests, has been subjected to extortionists who exploit fear of cartels. Reporting from Mexico City— No taco stand was ...
An expert in Mexico's drug wars says we're calling drug cartels the wrong name. She says the drug organizations are evolving into something bigger and more dangerous. This expert says the ...
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SUNLAND PARK, N.M. — New Mexico State Police are looking for two additional people in connection with an extortion investigation originating in Sunland Park. Arrest warrants have been issued in the ...
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