Mark Stevenson

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FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2014 file photo, armed men belonging to the Self-Defense Council of Michoacan, (CAM), stand guard at a checkpoint at the entrance of Antunez, Mexico. The government announced that it had reached a deal with vigilante leaders to incorporate the armed civilian groups into old and largely forgotten quasi-military units called the Rural Defense Corps. Vigilante leaders met Tuesday Jan. 28, with government officials to hash out details of the agreement. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, file)

Mexican vigilante legalization plan carries risks

Mark Stevenson · January 28, 2014 10:23 pm

US chamber study: Extortion on rise in Mexico

US chamber study: Extortion on rise in Mexico

Mark Stevenson · May 29, 2013 11:23 pm

Tweet warned Mexican officials before deadly slide

Tweet warned Mexican officials before deadly slide

Mark Stevenson · May 28, 2013 10:09 pm

Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared

Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared

Mark Stevenson · May 24, 2013 11:08 pm

In this May 20, 2013 photo, a masked youth stands guard at the entrance of the town of Buenavista, Mexico. Self-defense groups started to spring up in February to fight back the Knights Templar drug cartel which is extorting protection payments from cattlemen and lime growers, butchers and even marijuana growers. The federal government sees both the self-defense forces and the cartel as dangerous enemies. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state

Mark Stevenson · May 22, 2013 4:00 am

Local self-defense squads watch as Mexican army soldiers enter the town of La Ruana, Michoacan, Mexico, Monday, May 20, 2013. Residents of western Mexico towns who endured months besieged by a drug cartel are cheering the arrival of hundreds of Mexican army troops. Hundreds of people in the state of Michoacan have taken up arms to defend their villages against drug gangs, a vigilante movement born of frustration at extortion, killings and kidnappings in a region wracked by violence. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)

Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns

Mark Stevenson · May 21, 2013 4:00 am

Mexico fires official in flap over influence abuse

Mexico fires official in flap over influence abuse

Mark Stevenson · May 15, 2013 10:31 pm

Mexico’s abusive well-heeled get rare comeuppance

Mexico’s abusive well-heeled get rare comeuppance

Mark Stevenson · May 10, 2013 3:51 am

Mexican official’s daughter gets restaurant closed

Mexican official’s daughter gets restaurant closed

Mark Stevenson · April 29, 2013 9:33 pm

Mexico house OKs loosening foreign land ownership

Mexico house OKs loosening foreign land ownership

Mark Stevenson · April 23, 2013 10:03 pm

Mexico fires 7 in alleged vote-influence scandal

Mexico fires 7 in alleged vote-influence scandal

Mark Stevenson · April 19, 2013 12:41 am

Mexican gov’t tries to soften drug war language

Mexican gov’t tries to soften drug war language

Mark Stevenson · April 16, 2013 12:18 am