Jason McGahan
Cuba Turned Down an FBI Offer in 1998 to Swap Fugitive Assata Shakur
The arrest and extradition of black nationalist Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1973, is still "off the table," a top Cuban diplomat has said.
Leaked Mexico City Airport Shootout Footage Exposes More Dirty Cops
The deadly 2012 shootout appears more premeditated than previously thought, especially with its connection to the ongoing drug war.
What Really Happened During Mexico City's Airport Shoot-Out?
The 2012 shoot-out at the Mexico City International Airport remains one of the most bizarre and unexplained events of the drug war. Apart from the body count, almost nothing about the official version stands up, and a video leaked this week heightens...
A New Yorker Travels, and Disappears, in Mexico
A New Yorker who quit his office job and bought a used motorcycle he didn't know how to operate was last seen riding off into the sunrise, en route to the beach where the reunion scene at the end of The Shawshank Redemption takes place. No one...
The Godfather of Mexican Drug Trafficking Has Disappeared
Rafael Caro Quintero, former founder and leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, had served 28 years of a 40-year prison sentence for drug trafficking and the murder of a DEA agent named Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena, but was mysteriously released from prison on a...
Is the Mexican Government Failing to Protect Journalists?
Anabel Hernandez has been exposing corruption at the highest levels of Mexican law enforcement since 2008 despite numerous threats against her and her family. I talked to her about the Mexican government's lack of effort to protect journalists like her.