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How Chinese Mining Companies Sustain Organized Crime in Mexico
Miguel, a Mexican iron ore miner, told us Chinese and Korean companies are paying millions of dollars a month to the Knights Templar cartel.
You Could Be Buying Fruit from a Mexican Cartel
Like the worm at the bottom of a tequila bottle, something slimy lurks beneath the turbulence of modern Mexican fruit production.
Mexico’s Avocado Capital Launches New Paramilitary Unit
The super specialized municipal police force will protect the territory from the return of the Knights Templar.
The Vigilantes Fighting Mexico’s Drug Cartels Are Now Actual Cops
Federal police are turning autodefensas in Michoacán from small-town militiamen into a crack anti-cartel fighting unit: the Fuerza Rural.
In Photos: Mexico’s Autodefensas Lay Down Their Arms
In the past few days, the disarmament of autodefensas in Michoacán has become a mass registration of weapons.
Inside the Autonomous Mexican Community That Ejected Drug Cartels
Three years ago residents of Cherán, tired of the narco-violence and illegal logging, rose up in arms to reclaim their community.
Mexico's Self-Defense Militias Are Refusing to Lay Down Arms in Fight Against Cartel
The autodefensas, formed by citizens, claim that the federal government’s plan to restore peace to the region has completely failed.
Michoacán's Community Watch Groups Carry Assault Rifles
The Mexican state of Michoacán is balls deep in violence and corruption, and nobody seems to care. Distorted news reports about the situation are making it difficult to understand what’s really happening, but just yesterday nine people were found...
World Peace Update
Last week, the UK and France came so close to having a war about scallops you could almost smell the garlic. I polished my LARPing armor and began practicing my French, but alas, fighting never broke out. Thankfully a bunch of Mexican students, some...
The Rebellion in Cherán, Mexico
Cherán, Mexico is a town in the western state of Michoacán, made up of about 16,000 indigenous Purepechan Mexicans. For years, a group of illegal loggers, protected by drug cartel gunmen, have ransacked the community and nearby forests. Municipal...