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Juarez Editor Gives in to Narco Criminals
In the embattled Mexican city across the river from El Paso, the editor of el Diario has surrendered to the drug cartels because of the murders of his employees. It’s a sad sign of the times in Mexico,...
View ArticleNarco-state Leader Blames America for Violence
Mexico’s annoying Presidente is castigating America for his country’s problems again, with the complaint that the U.S. is a major buyer of drugs. Calderon’s latest gripe is California’s initiative to...
View ArticleAcapulco Headlines Are Now about Beheaded Gangsters
Acapulco was once a premier vacation spot in Mexico, known for its beautiful beaches and classy accommodations. Elvis made a movie there, Fun in Acapulco, although it was more about bikinis than...
View ArticleHow US Weapons Reach Mexican Organized Crime
Of the US-produced firearms reaching Mexican cartels, very few come from the local gun stores we have in this country. Those which can be identified as coming from the USA often have been funneled...
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Mexico Meltdown: State Abandoned to Cartel
Here’s another marker of the worsening failed-state syndrome next door: Mexico City admits that government authority has disappeared from the Gulf state of Veracruz, leaving it to the ultra-violent...
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Mexicans Turn to Sorcerers to Cope with Cartel Stress
To say Mexico is culturally backward is to understate a Grand Canyon of diversity that is nevertheless easy to overlook. The denizens of our southern neighbor may have TV sets and dress like cowboys,...
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Mexico 2012: the Year in Narco-Crime
December’s end brings lists of the year’s best, worst, most memorable and other supposedly reflective products of the dinosaur media. Such inventories are easy to concoct, and can be assembled weeks in...
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Mexico Kidnappers Downsize Their Targets
Mexico remains the top country where kidnapping occurs, where it has long been a part of the nation’s crime culture. A survey from Control Risks reported that in 2013 Mexico was numero uno in kidnap...
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Mexico: 43 Disappeared Students Highlight Deep-Seated Lawlessness
Sometimes Americans forget what a barbaric society we have in our neighbor to the south. ISIS and other hostile Muslims fill up the media’s screen with their headchop activities, but Mexico is not far...
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Savage Mexico: Missing College Students May Have Been Found
Last week I wrote about the level of crime in our southern neighbor that makes them a most undesirable society from which to admit immigrants: Mexico: 43 Disappeared Students Highlight Deep-Seated...
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Mexican President Nieto Gets a Day Off in the White House
On the same day that the Republican Senate was sworn in and the GOP majority of the House was increased, Obama received Mexican Presidente Enrique Pena Nieto for a friendly chat about erasing America’s...
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Chairman Chaffetz Demands Better Safety for US Consulates in Mexico Facing...
How violent has Mexico become? One indicator is that the House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz has suggested that three consulates there may need to be closed because of the danger to State...
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Mexico: Violence Lowers Male Life Expectancy
We know that Mexico is a very violent place, where wars among drug cartels take out thousands annually. Interestingly, there are so many murders that the average lifetimes of Mexican men have been...
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Community Lynchings Are on the Uptick in Mexico
We see various reports that Mexico is progressing in education and expanding its middle class, with hopes that the country might be growing out of backwards culture. But a front-page story in the...
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Mexico: Cartel Gunfights Mean No More Fun in Acapulco
Mexico’s beautiful west coast city of Acapulco used to be a safe and pleasant place for Americans to vacation. In fact, Hollywood produced a film in 1963 titled “Fun in Acapulco” starring Elvis Presley...
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