07/04/2010 Mexico’s National Election: Fear, Distrust Dominates Mexican Elections Held Amid Drug War Violence

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — A common theme haunts Sunday’s state and local elections across Mexico: drugs. One gubernatorial candidate has been photographed with a powerful kingpin. Another was arrested for allegedly protecting two cartels. A third was assassinated after pledging to bring peace to his violent state. Many Mexicans are scared to vote, and [...]

The Immigration Debate: Could The Mexican Democracy Collapse? A Marxist Narco State On Our Southern Border?

Drug-Cartel Links Haunt an Election South of Border The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels. A brother of the candidate is serving a 10-year prison sentence in Mexico for peddling methamphetamine. Another Anguiano is serving [...]

Drug Cartel Shootout In Mexico Leaves Eight People Dead

Saturday, July 03, 2010 A shootout in the northern Mexican city of Torreón that began in a shopping mall and continued onto a highway left eight people dead, including seven alleged drug cartel members and one policeman. Mexican federal agents responded to an attempted kidnapping at the shopping mall, where they were met by gunfire allegedly [...]

Mario Guajardo Jose Valera, Candidate for Mayor of Valle Hermoso, Mexico, Slain By Drug Cartels

Mario Guajardo Jose Valera, PAN candidate for mayor of Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, was found dead Thursday morning by gunshot wounds, told CNNMéxico Agency for Research of Public Prosecutions of that city. The candidate’s son was also slain. The staff of the agency said it will give full details of the alleged murder of James Guajardo [...]

Former Mexican Presidential Candidate Missing: Kidnapping By Drug Cartels Feared

MEXICO CITY—Mexican authorities scrambled over the weekend to locate Diego Fernández de Cevallos, a former presidential candidate and wealthy lawyer whose disappearance is the most high profile apparent kidnapping since 2006. Mr. Fernández, who ran for president with the National Action Party, or PAN, in 1994, disappeared Friday night in the central state of Querétaro, [...]