Feb 24 Watch Mexicans express hope and skepticism about significance of ‘El Chapo’ arrest By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 24 Mexico, U.S. both eager to prosecute drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press After 13 years on the run, narrow escapes from the military, law enforcement and rivals, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is back in Mexican custody. Now starts what is likely to be a lengthy and complicated legal process to decide which… Continue reading
Feb 23 New details of most-wanted drug kingpin captured in Mexico By Hari Sreenivasan, Elisabeth Ponsot In a joint effort of Mexican and U.S. law enforcement on Saturday, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the notorious drug kingpin, was taken into custody in the resort city of Mazatlan. Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 20 years on, debating whether NAFTA is success story or damaging policy By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Drug smugglers have a new cargo: cheap prescription meds from Mexico By Lorne Matalon, Fronteras In borderland Texas, a widespread lack of health insurance is linked to poverty and high rates of diseases such as diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. Cheaper prescription drugs to treat these conditions are available across the border in Mexico. Continue reading
Feb 16 Measuring the weight of the world By Kristin Miller The United States and Mexico are now effectively tied for a top spot nobody really wants -- most obese in the developed world. Continue reading
Feb 14 Why the dreams and nightmares of NAFTA didn’t come true By Elizabeth Shell It was 20 years ago this year that Canada, Mexico and the U.S. created the North American Free Trade Agreement. At the time, businessman and presidential candidate Ross Perot predicted a "giant sucking sound" of U.S. jobs heading south into… Continue reading
Jan 20 Poco progress in Mexico drug war By Michael D. Mosettig If any one place symbolizes the continuing frustration facing the Mexican government dealing with drug gangs, it is Michoacan, a western state of 4.3 million, which might have suffered as many as 1,000 homicides in the past year. Continue reading
Jan 17 High-speed rail proposed between U.S. and Mexico By News Desk High speed trains could be the future of travel across the U.S.-Mexican border. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, Texas Department of Transportation Commissioner Jeff Austin and Mexican officials met with Transportation Sec. Anthony Foxx in Washington on Thursday to discuss a… Continue reading
Jan 15 Federal forces fight to restore order as vigilante and cartel forces battle in western Mexico By News Desk Mexican police. Photo by Flickr user spotreporting Federal police in Mexico fought to reestablish order in the western city of Apatzingan Wednesday, as vigilantes continued to battle members of a drug cartel. The latest fighting began after the cartel… Continue reading