Jo Tuckman
New Evidence Points to Federal Police Role in the Disappearance of 43 Mexican Students
The national human rights commission says it has a credible witness who saw and heard federal police agents okay the abduction of between 15 and 20 of the students.
The Pope Tells Mexicans to Open Their Eyes to Injustice
Pope Francis has had some harsh words for Mexico's political and church establishment in the first two days of his six-day visit to the world's second most populous country that is beset by social and security woes.
Mexico Just Released a 19-Minute Video About El Chapo’s Recapture
The video reveals some previously unseen footage but leaves several questions unanswered about the operation, and contains an embarrassing mistake.
Chapo’s Return to Prison: The Hunt, the Biopic, and a Weakness for Tunnels
The drug lord is back in the same maximum-security prison from which he escaped in July after a spectacular arrest that reads like a screenplay, though the ending presumably differs from the biopic the Mexican authorities say he was planning.
Escaped Mexican Drug Lord Chapo Guzmán Has Been Recaptured
President Enrique Peña Nieto confirmed the detention six months after the capo escaped from maximum-security jail.
How Jailing Women for Abortion in El Salvador Hurts Their Children
El Salvador is one of five Latin American countries with a total ban on abortion, but it is the only one that regularly both imprisons women accused of terminating their pregnancies with courts handing down sentences that can run for decades.
Mexico Arrests Alleged Drug Kingpin While He Was Getting Drunk and Playing Soccer
Mexican authorities say Ivan Cazarín Molina, who allegedly held the Number Two position within the New Generation Jalisco Cartel, was "probably" responsible for the shooting down of an army helicopter in May.
Cuban Migrants Heading to the US Can't Make it out of Costa Rica
Over 1,000 Cubans migrants have been stuck in Costa Rica since Sunday when Nicaragua shut the border to them. The numbers keep growing as ever more Cubans arrive at the bottleneck spurred by fears of imminent changes to their special immigration status.
Mexico Just Took a Big Step Towards Marijuana Legalization
The historic decision by the Mexican supreme court allows four individuals the right to grow and transport marijuana for their own recreational use and opens the way for similar cases that could eventually force full legalization.
Thousands of Crocodiles Are Starving in Honduras Because of a Drug Money Case
Thousands of crocodiles at the huge farm owned by Honduran magnate Jaime Rosenthal have been left without food since he was indicted on money laundering charges in the US on October 7.
El Chapo's Alleged Escape Team is Jailed, but the Drug Lord Avoids Recapture
The Mexican government claims to have incarcerated almost all those who helped Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzmán escape from jail, at the same time as it faces allegations of abuse in a failed operation to recapture the kingpin.
Mexico to Relaunch Probe into Disappeared Students After the Original Loses Credibility
The announcement tacitly recognizes the existing government probe's lack of credibility and comes with the government facing growing international pressure over its human rights record.