Telephone extortion cases on the rise in Merida
Reports of extortion in downtown Merida are on the rise, with the Municipal Police receiving between five to six complaints of this crime per week, said the director of the Municipal Police, Mario Romero Escalante. The police chief said that of the total number of calls on average only a couple of them achieved the level of telephone extortion with a More...
El Chapo’s escape continues to unfold with new revelations of complicity
Information exposing the high-level of complicity in the escape of the world’s most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, keeps flowing. The latest reveals that the prison guards in charge of More...
Secretary of Defense will not allow questioning of troops in student massacre
The head of the Mexican army will not permit international experts to interrogate his troops over allegations they may have been involved in the apparent massacre of 43 students last year, and rejects any suggestion More...
America’s gun crisis: 994 mass shootings in 1,004 days
The Oregon school shooting is evidence that the US response to gun violence ‘has become routine’, Barack Obama says. The data compiled by the crowd-sourced site Mass Shooting Tracker reveals an even more shocking More...
Mexico extradites top “capos” to the U.S.
On Wednesday September 30th, Mexico extradited 13 convicted criminals to the United States associated with drug trafficking, including two top drug lords and a man accused in the killing of a U.S. Immigration More...
Journalism a dangerous trade, in Mexico and around the world
MÉRIDA, YUCATÁN – Being a journalist is a dangerous occupation in many countries, Mexico among them. Around the world, 46 journalists have been murdered so far in 2015, 9 of whom were in Mexico. Photojournalist More...
Two arrested in Merida cybercafe murder; robbery was alleged motive
Police have arrested Didier Joel Sulub Centurión and Rey José Hernán Sierra Jiménez in connection with the murder of the night manager of a cybercafe in Merida’s San Juan neighborhood. In compliance More...
U.S. security adviser: “Merida should not lower its guard”
Contending that “Merida is not an oasis,” a former U.S. White House and Pentagon security adviser warned that the White City’s tranquility could run out if Meridanos lower their guard in the face More...
Riot police clashes with students in Guerrero, Mexico
Tixtla de Guerrero (Mexico) (AFP) – Protesters angry at the disappearance of 43 students clashed with police and torched a truck in Mexico’s southern state of Guerrero Tuesday, days before the tragedy’s More...
New anti-kidnapping strategy to be implemented in ten states
The national anti – kidnapping coordination (CONASE) said that 10 states have the highest kidnapping rates in the country, among them Tamaulpas, State of Mexico, Veracruz, Guerrero, Tabasco, Morelos and Mexico More...
