Oct 17 8 Most Deadly Countries for Journalists By Larisa Epatko The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers monitors the deaths of journalists related to their work all around the world and recently released its list for 2011 to date. We illustrate some of the top countries here. Continue reading
Oct 13 Mexican Drug Cartels' New Target: Bloggers By Larisa Epatko The mutilated bodies of two bloggers were hung from a passenger overpass in the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo last month, with a sign attached saying, "This will happen to all Internet busy bodies."… Continue reading
Sep 01 Security at the Forefront of Mexican President's Address By Larisa Epatko Mexican President Felipe Calderon is set to address the nation on Friday, a week after the torching of the Casino Royale in Monterrey, which killed 52 people, putting security and the war on drugs at the forefront of public concerns. Continue reading
Aug 01 Inside a Mexican Cartel: Drug Smuggling in the United States By Larisa Epatko In a series written for the Los Angeles Times, Richard Marosi reports on cocaine smugglers in Mexico's Sinaloa cartel as Drug Enforcement Administration agents set about tracking them. Continue reading
Jul 15 'Fast and Furious' Gun Operation Provokes Outrage in Mexico By Larisa Epatko Revelations about a U.S. sting program that backfired has provoked new anger in Mexico, where lawmakers and citizens already are upset about the flow of American weapons to Mexican drug gangs. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch Gun Dealers in Border States Face New Reporting Requirements In an effort to crackdown on multiple purchases of semi-automatic weapons along the U.S.-Mexico border the Justice Department announced new reporting requirements for gun dealers in four states on Thursday. Gwen Ifill reports. Continue watching
Jun 14 Watch NewsHour Connect: Fronteras Examines the Drug War at Home Hari Sreenivasan talks to Alisa Barba and Michel Marizco of "Fronteras". Continue watching
May 09 Watch What's Next for Mexico's War on Drugs? Demonstrators take to the streets to fight against violence caused by drug cartels in Mexico. Belo TV's Mexico Bureau Chief Angela Kocherga, based in El Paso, Texas, reports from the border region and though Mexico with the latest from Mexico's… Continue watching
May 09 Life Along the Border Amidst the Drug War By Lauren Knapp Pedro Gonzalez/LatinContent/Getty Images The drug-related violence in Mexico continues to escalate. Recently, soldiers discovered 11 more bodies in mass graves in the northern state of Durango. Mexican officials have now found 168 bodies in mass graves this month alone, and… Continue reading
May 09 World Week Ahead: More on bin Laden's Hideout; Mexico's Protests By Larisa Epatko This week, we'll take a closer look at Osama bin Laden's lair and what the Pakistani military might have known about it. We'll also explore what comes next for Mexico, where thousands protested growing drug-related violence over the weekend. Continue reading