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Drug Cartels

  1. foreign interests
    The Massacre of a Mormon Family in Mexico Will Hang Over the 2020 ElectionThis horrific example of Mexico’s security problems will likely become a fixture in Trump’s rhetoric on combating violence south of the border.
  2. Hillary Clinton Took an Uncharacteristic Gamble With Alicia MachadoClinton trusted voters to recognize that Trump’s misogyny was more important than Machado’s run-ins with the law. (Or, she just forgot to Google her.)
  3. Mexican Women Are Being Sexually TorturedMexican authorities are using it to force confessions, according to Amnesty International.
  4. oops
    Mexico’s Biggest Drug Lord Escapes From PrisonAfter breaking out via a mile-long tunnel, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is on the loose, again.
  5. very bad things
    Mass Grave in Mexico May Be Missing Student ProtestersLocal police are suspected in the killings.
  6. crimes and misdemeanors
    Mexican Pot Smugglers Take a Page From Mythbusters’ BookAn air-powered cannon shoots weed over the border.
  7. the summer of scandal
    Drug Lords and Terrorists Were Once Welcome at HSBC, Report SaysBut no longer!
  8. ink-stained wretches
    After a Second Journalist Dies, Juarez’s Biggest Newspaper Cuts Cartel CoverageEl Diario de Juarez issues its second front-page editorial to the cartels after Thursday’s shootings.
  9. international intrigue
    Hillary Clinton Calls Mexican Drug Cartels an InsurgencyThe Obama administration is suddenly singing a different tune about the drug wars.