Mexico: Military clash with cartel-fighting militias
In Michoacán state, militias fighting the Knights Templar cartel get smashed by the government. Mexico Confronts Cartel-Fighting Militias The Mexican military confronted armed vigilantes that had...
View ArticleMexico: Mireles won’t back down
Mexican militia leader vows to continue battle with drug cartels after plane crash More than a week after surviving a plane crash, the injured Mexican militia leader Jose Manuel Mireles rejected the...
View ArticleMexico: Michoacan’s fighting priests
Catholic priests, with the encouragement of their bishop, are actively encouraging people to fight the Knights Templars: Priests take the lead in fierce revolt against drug gang in Mexico’s Michoacan...
View ArticleThe misplaced Machu Picchu Carnival of Latin America and the Caribbean
To err is human, and to misplace the ruins is definitely not divine, so today’s Carnival is dedicated to Hema Maps, the publishers of this guidebook. ARGENTINA Wash, Rinse, Repeat: Argentina’s Latest...
View ArticleMexico: Michoacán vigilantes to join with police
and El Tio, one of the Knights Templar bosses, was arrested, Mexico Reaches Pact With Vigilante Groups Self-Defense Groups in Michoacán State Agree to Join Rural, Town Police as Security Forces Capture...
View ArticleMexico: Behind the Peña Nieto-Fidel photo-op
Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto attended CELAC last week and sat with Fidel Castro for the cameras. Carlos Puig explains what’s behind the photo-op: Mexico’s Pena Nieto Is for Reform, Just Not in...
View ArticleMexico: The high cost of limes
Mr. Bingley has noticed that limes are $2.99…for 3 limes. Here’s why, in order of importance: 1. The Knights Templar: Mexican drug cartel behind increase in lime prices Lemons being swapped for limes...
View ArticleMexico: Vigilantes not disarming
Imagine, if you may, that you live in a country with some of the most stringent firearms laws in our hemisphere. A country with police so corrupt that the government over the drug enforcement function...
View ArticleMexico: Knights Templar chief La Tuta’s on YouTube
. . . and everyone’s watching. La Tuta’s touting. I mentioned this on yesterday’s Carnival, and the WSJ today reports on it, Alleged Mexican Drug Lord’s Videos With Officials Lead to Arrests After more...
View ArticleMexico: La Tuta’s newest YouTube
Knights templar chief Servando Gómez “La Tuta” (the teacher) has a new one, Video shows Mexican drug lord paying journalists for ‘good press’ The video, which was published yesterday by Mexican news...
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