Tag: Mexico

Beltway Confidential

Drug-filled Mexican airplanes land nightly along southern border despite $100 million sensor technology

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2013 4:00 am

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

FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2013 file photo, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim speaks during news conference at the Soumaya museum in Mexico City. Slim recently bought part of two of Mexico's first division soccer teams, setting up another showdown with television giants Televisa and TV Azteca, major players in the soccer field that are in turn trying to push their way into Slim's telecommunications and Internet markets. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, File)

Carlos Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field

Carlos Rodriguez · May 19, 2013 4:00 am

Why Mexico Must Destroy the Cartels

Jaime Daremblum · May 9, 2013 10:31 am

Beltway Confidential

Milton Friedman: Mexican immigration is a good thing as long as it’s illegal

Philip Klein · May 6, 2013 4:00 am

Obama in Mexico: Immigration Reform Provides Citizenship for 11 Million ‘In This Country Illegally’

Daniel Halper · May 4, 2013 10:47 am

President: Obamacare Passed After a ‘Fuss’

Daniel Halper · May 3, 2013 6:53 pm

Obama Calls Push for Gun Control Only the ‘Beginning’

Daniel Halper · May 3, 2013 10:18 am

Beltway Confidential

Obama: ‘Viva Mexico! Viva Las Estados Unidos!’

Charlie Spiering · May 3, 2013 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

As Obama goes to Mexico, Joe Biden plans Cinco De Mayo party

Charlie Spiering · May 2, 2013 4:00 am

Obama’s $2.5M Hotel and ‘Vehicle Rental’ Tab on Last Mexico Trip

Jeryl Bier · May 1, 2013 4:35 pm