Mexico suspects cartel in Pepsi subsidiary attacks

May 28, 2012 - MEXICO CITY — A drug cartel lieutenant has been detained in a series of firebombing attacks on Mexican potato-chip company Sabritas, a subsidiary of U.S. food giant PepsiCo. Businessmen and experts said Monday the attacks were the first coordinated targeting of a multinational company in Mexico's 5 ½-year-long drug war.   More...

“Please, just let him go:” Woman searches for husband after "Zeta" home invasion in Texas

May 26, 2012 - McALLEN — The sound of shattering glass coming from the family’s front door caught Marina Morfin’s attention that fateful Friday morning. “I thought it was my dog,” the 36-year-old said almost two months later. “And when I got out of the room with my little girl behind me, that’s when I had three guys in my living room pointing guns at me, yelling at me, telling me not to move and that they were from the Zetas.”   More...

Exiled to Washington, D.C. - Priest blames Mexican Politicians for the 5 Million Pesos price on his head  

May 24, 2012 - Yuma, AZ. The killing of the police chief in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, last weekend has alarmed officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border and raised fears that the vicious drug-cartel violence that has plagued other regions may be spreading to an area that, for the most part, has been spared the bloodshed. Yuma Police Chief John Lekan said. Until now, drug-cartel violence "seems to have avoided our neck of the woods, so it's a cause of concern."   More...

Exiled to Washington, D.C. - Priest blames Mexican Politicians for the 5 Million Pesos price on his head  

May 20, 2012 Washington, Estados Unidos. El padre Alejandro Solalinde, quien salió de México en medio de amenazas de muerte, denunció hoy que políticos, a los que calificó como corruptos, le pusieron un precio de cinco millones de pesos a su cabeza, pero aseguró que regresará a ese país.   More...

Mexico Cartel Refugees Flee to the U.S.

May 19, 2012 - REYNOSA, TAMAULIPAS - Apprehension gripped Carlos Acosta as he crossed the Hidalgo international bridge into Reynosa. Just a few years ago, he wouldn’t have sweated the trip: a few quick errands in a midsize sedan. But rising border violence has changed the picture. It got to the point where not only did you have regular shootouts, but every week you found out someone you knew had been picked up and his family had to pay ransom money, or someone else had been extorted. “That’s not the way an honest family should live.”   More...