How once-feared Mexico City has become the country’s safest spot »

Despite the fact that Mexico is faced with the War on Drugs that has seen an increase in deaths to about 30,000 in the past four years, Mexico City has prevailed as one of Mexico’s safest places. Statistics have proven that both the crime and kidnapping rates have declined in Mexico City; this has happened [...]

“Mexican Investigator of American’s Killing is Beheaded” »

A recent murder of a Mexican police chief on the Mexican-American border highlights the increasing violence of the drug cartels as they are vying for control of the border. Mexican police chief, Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, was found decapitated after invading cartel territory while investigating the murder of a US citizen on a lake at [...]

Mexico prison riot leaves at least 23 dead »

A violent rivalry-based fight broke out in a Mexican prison this week, and at least 23 inmates were killed. This bloody outbreak took place in Durango, a northern state that witnesses a lot of drug related violence as it is the battleground for two competing cartels: the group led by Joaquin Guzman, the most powerful [...]