Claudia Sheinbaum debunks NY Times report on fentanyl production
The report comes just days after president-elect Donald Trump said he would impose a 25% tariff on Mexican products if the country did not stop fentanyl from entering the US from Mexico.
China and Mexico stand firm in the face of Trump’s tariff threats
Trump threatens Mexico, Canada, and China to increase tariffs on products from those countries until migrant arrivals and drug imports decrease. The three countries responded.
Mexican security chief under Felipe Calderón sentenced to 38 years in prison for drug trafficking
The heavy sentence links Genaro García Luna to the Sinaloa cartel, revealing the deep ties between the Calderón administration and one of the most powerful drug trafficking groups in the world.
Capitalism and drug trafficking in Ecuador. Why the war on the poor will never solve the problem
Ecuadorian researchers Andrés Tapia Arias and Andrés Madrid Tamayo address some of the root causes to the wave of drug trafficking-related violence and why the government’s response is still missing the mark
Increased violence in Ecuador could lead to a wave of refugees in the region
International Relations professor Fernando Brancoli says neighboring countries are already preparing to receive Ecuadorians
Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism
Some clues to unravel how in a few years Ecuador went from being a peaceful country to becoming a territory governed by organized crime.
Crisis in Ecuador following spurt of violence and rumors of a government deal with gangs
The announcement of a peace agreement among criminal gangs came days after a prison riot at the Litoral Penitentiary in Guayaquil claimed the lives of 31 inmates, and the murder of the mayor of the city of Manta, which forced the Lasso government to declare two states of emergency in two days
New wave of violence in Ecuador’s prisons leaves 19 inmates dead in four days
According to official data, 442 prisoners have been killed in different massacres in prisons since January 2021
Ecuadorian president’s alleged associate found murdered following corruption allegations
Businessman Rubén Chérres was assassinated days after the Constitutional Court of Ecuador approved the request by opposition legislators to impeach conservative President Guillermo Lasso
Conviction of former Mexican security chief for taking bribes from drug cartels is “just the tip of the iceberg”
The guilty verdict against Genaro García Luna has raised questions about the involvement of former presidents Felipe Calderón and Vicente Fox in the crimes
Ecuadorian President threatens media outlet that revealed alleged corruption within his administration
A local outlet published details of a report from the Anti-Narcotics Police of Ecuador, revealing alleged links between the Lasso government and mafia, drug trafficking and corruption
Ecuadorian social movements, left parties reject President Lasso’s “national agreement”
Following Lasso’s call for a “national agreement,” social organizations and progressive political parties rejected dialogue, criticizing Lasso’s neoliberal policies
- “Why aren’t you at The Hague?”: Journalist dragged from US Secretary of State briefing
- Warhawk Senator Marco Rubio confirmed as Trump’s Secretary of State
- Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol arrested over martial law decree
- Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora to remain under house arrest
- Former Colombian president calls for a military invasion of Venezuela
