Shannon Young
Contributor
Hunger Strike Called Off by American Woman Jailed in Mexico After Starting Citizen Police Force
Nestora Salgado, a US citizen, joined a movement in small towns in Guerrero that take up arms against criminals as "community police." Authorities arrested Salgado in August 2013, placing her in solitary confinement for 21 months.
Citizens Fear the Mexican State of Tamaulipas Is Plunging Back Into Chaos
Dozens have been killed in Mexico’s northeastern border state in recent weeks, a brutal wave of violence that resembles what occurred in 2010 during the peak of the drug war.
Cartel Kidnapping Spreads Terror on Twitter
A Mexican doctor was abducted and apparently murdered because she tweeted anonymously about drug war violence. A VICE News investigation now sheds light on what may have led the killers to discover her true identity.