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As Mexico's election season kicks off, specter of drug cartel influence is always looming
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMEXICO CITY — Despite the latest news reports connecting President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to...
Mexico's leading presidential candidate stopped by masked men who ask for help in stemming violence
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMasked men stopped a vehicle carrying Mexico’s leading presidential candidate while she was...
How Gang Violence Is Shaking Up Ecuador's Election
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoMilitary personnel in Quito, Ecuador, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2023. Credit - Misha Vallejo—Bloomberg/Getty Images Just five years ago, Ecuador was an...
In Ecuador, the global reach of Mexico's warring drug cartels fuels a national crisis
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoMexico’s two main drug cartels have long taken their deadly rivalry with them as they expand into...
Ecuador presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio assassinated ahead of elections
The Independent via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEcuador’s presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead as he was leaving a political...
Hugs or bullets? How Mexico presidential rivals aim to curb violence
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoMembers of the National Guard patrol the streets during an operation to arrest an alleged cartel...
Mexico's former top cop on trial in New York, accused of working for Sinaloa cartel
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFormer Mexican Secretary of Public Security Genaro García Luna, shown in 2010, is on trial in the...
The lesson of Ecuador’s outburst of violence: don’t negotiate with drug gangs | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWidespread violence in Ecuador is making big headlines, but the country’s security crisis has been...
'Mexican miracle' kickstarted modern U.S.–Mexico drug trade
United Press International via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe story of the Mexico-U.S. drug trade is less a tale of cops and kingpins than it is a fable about...
6 Colombians arrested in assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 9 months agoQUITO, Ecuador – The six men arrested as suspects in the assassination of an anti-corruption...