Here is a small sampling of some of the most recent news about Mexico from The New York Times, which shows what kind of environment CPS put my son in, when they put him at risk by letting a family take him to Mexico, when there has been no termination of my parental rights, and they should have considered my son's welfare, and not the "holiday plans" of another family:
Drug Trade, Once Passing By, Takes Root in Mexico
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr.
As cartels have grown in power, they have opened up local markets for cheap forms of highly addictive drugs.
October 3, 2007WorldNews
With Bombings, Mexican Rebels Escalate Their Fight
By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. and ANTONIO BETANCOURT
The shadowy Marxist rebel group that has rattled Mexico in recent months by bombing natural gas pipelines has a long history of financing its operations with kidnappings.
Kidnapping Negotiator Is Now a Victim in Mexico
By MARC LACEY
An American security consultant who has helped negotiate the release of scores of kidnap victims in Latin America was himself kidnapped last week in northern Mexico.
December 16, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: HOSTAGES, KIDNAPPING, SECURITY AND WARNING SYSTEMS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
Imaginary Kidnappings
By BRENDAN I. KOERNER
Kidnappings are a daily occurrence in Mexico. So when a resident of Monterrey or Puebla receives a phone call with news that his son or daughter has been snatched, he has every reason to believe the tale -- especially if anguished screams are audible in the background. Terrified, the parent may readily obey the caller's instructions to wire ransom money posthaste or leave a sack of jewelry in a nearby alley. Only later will the victim realize the truth: the abduction was a sham. Such swindles, ...
December 14, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: KIDNAPPING
An American’s Lament: ‘I Was Deported, Too’
An American’s Lament: ‘I Was Deported, Too’
By MARC LACEY
Between January and September, Mexico deported 350 Americans, some of them lawbreakers, but others merely travelers lacking proper paperwork.
December 12, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: DEPORTATION, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, TIJUANA (MEXICO), UNITED STATES
Killings in Drug War in Mexico Double in ’08
Killings in Drug War in Mexico Double in ’08
By MARC LACEY
Mexico’s attorney general tied the increase in deaths to a battle for control among cartels and a power vacuum created by high-profile arrests and seizures.
December 9, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: CARTELS, MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, MEXICO CITY (MEXICO), BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO)
Confronting His Culture and Himself
By CAROL KINO
For the artist Daniel Guzmán, inspiration can be found in everything from Aztec symbolism to horror films.
December 7, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ART
* From Mexico, With Love and Violence
Hospitals Now a Theater in Mexico’s Drug War
Hospitals Now a Theater in Mexico’s Drug War
By MARC LACEY
Mexico’s violent drug war is finding its way into the seeming sanctuary of the nation’s hospitals.
December 5, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: LABOR, MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, THREATS AND THREATENING MESSAGES, KIDNAPPING, DOCTORS, MEDICINE AND HEALTH, HOSPITALS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, TIJUANA (MEXICO), BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO), EL PASO (TEX), JUAREZ (MEXICO)
Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden
Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden
By MARC LACEY
Run by the Mexican military and open only to graduating cadets and select guests, the Museo de los Enervantes presents the drug war in all its ugliness and complexity.
November 27, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: MUSEUMS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
In Mexico, an Ownership Fight Sends an Art Collection Into Hiding
In Mexico, an Ownership Fight Sends an Art Collection Into Hiding
By ELISABETH MALKIN
A legal battle is unfolding over the rightful ownership of a collection of 20th-century Mexican art.
November 27, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: COLLECTORS AND COLLECTIONS, MUSEUMS, ART, OROZCO, JOSE CLEMENTE, RIVERA, DIEGO, GELMAN, JACQUES, KAHLO, FRIDA
A Radiant Coast of Mexico, Blighted by Drug Wars
A Radiant Coast of Mexico, Blighted by Drug Wars
By JOE SHARKEY
As lack of safety from drug trafficking encroaches on Baja California, business travelers have to make adjustments to their habits.
November 25, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, BUSINESS TRAVEL, TRAVEL AND VACATIONS, BAJA CALIFORNIA (MEXICO)
Owed Back Pay, Guest Workers Comb the Past
Owed Back Pay, Guest Workers Comb the Past
By RANDAL C. ARCHIBOLD
Guest farm workers can now collect a payment of wages, decades overdue, from the Mexican government.
November 24, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: AGRICULTURE, FARMERS, LABOR, ELDERLY, IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES, SUITS AND LITIGATION, WORLD WAR II (1939-45), MIGRANT AND FOREIGN WORKERS
* Getting Their Due
Mexico Arrests Ex-Chief of Antidrug Agency
Mexico Arrests Ex-Chief of Antidrug Agency
By ELISABETH MALKIN
Noé Ramírez Mandujano is the highest-ranking official to come under suspicion in a purge of police and prosecutors for possible ties to drug traffickers.
November 22, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: CARTELS, RACKETEERING AND RACKETEERS, BRIBERY, POLICE, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
In Drug Inquiry, Mexico Arrests Another Top Police Official
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The arrest of Ricardo Gutiérrez Vargas, who worked as Mexico’s main liaison with Interpol, was the latest blow to Mexico’s police forces.
November 19, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: CARTELS, POLICE, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards
For More of Mexico’s Wealthy, Cost of Living Includes Guards
By MARC LACEY
As drug-related violence spirals out of control, security measures have become a way of life for Mexico’s affluent.
November 17, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ORGANIZED CRIME, RANSOM, KIDNAPPING, SECURITY AND WARNING SYSTEMS, GUARDS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, CALDERON, FELIPE
Mexico Crash Inquiry Points to Pilot Error in Turbulence
Mexico Crash Inquiry Points to Pilot Error in Turbulence
By ELISABETH MALKIN
Authorities said that the pilot of a small government jet that crashed last week, killing Mexico’s interior minister, flew too close to a jumbo jet and lost control of the plane.
November 15, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, MOURINO, JUAN CAMILO
The Novelist in His Literary Labyrinth
The Novelist in His Literary Labyrinth
By JANET MASLIN
Roberto Bolaño’s five-part posthumous magnum opus is grounded in the real chronicle of unsolved sex crimes in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, with hundreds of women dead and the identities of their killers still unclear.
November 13, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: BOOKS AND LITERATURE, JUAREZ (MEXICO), BOLANO, ROBERTO
5 Die in Shootout at Mexican Jail
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
There has been a wave of killings in Mexican jails over the past few months, as the battles between rival drug cartels carry over to prisons.
November 8, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: PRISONS AND PRISONERS
Protecting Herself as Much as Her Drug Lord Clients
Protecting Herself as Much as Her Drug Lord Clients
By MARC LACEY
Silvia Raquenel Villanueva, Mexico’s most prominent “narco abogada,” or lawyer to the drug lords, continues to receive threats, which she deflects with prayer.
November 8, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ASSASSINATIONS AND ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATIONS, CARTELS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
Recorders Found in Mexico Jet Crash
By REUTERS
Two in-flight recorders retrieved from the wreckage of a small jet that crashed this week, killing Mexico’s interior minister, were being examined.
November 7, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES
Mexico Tries to Curb Plane Crash Rumors
Mexico Tries to Curb Plane Crash Rumors
By ELISABETH MALKIN and ANTONIO BETANCOURT; MARC LACEY CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.
Officials tried to rein in speculation that swirled over the cause of a plane crash that killed 12 people, including two officials who once led the fight against the country’s violent drug cartels.
November 6, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, CALDERON, FELIPE, MOURINO, JUAN CAMILO
Where Doves, and Threats of Danger, Fill the Air
Where Doves, and Threats of Danger, Fill the Air
By MICHAEL BRICK
Hunters in Mexico have started adapting their operations as the government has taken on violent drug gangs near bountiful bird grounds.
November 6, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: HUNTING AND TRAPPING, BIRDS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC
* Pushing the Limit
Mexico’s Interior Minister Killed in Jet Crash
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño, and seven others were killed in Mexico City.
November 5, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY, AIRLINES AND AIRPLANES, MOURINO, JUAN CAMILO
Killing of 5-Year-Old Kidnapped From Market Shocks Mexico
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kidnappers killed Javier Morena, the oldest son of a poor family that sold fruit at a market, by injecting acid into his heart.
November 4, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: MURDERS AND ATTEMPTED MURDERS, CHILDREN AND YOUTH, KIDNAPPING
In Mexico Drug War, Sorting Good Guys From Bad
In Mexico Drug War, Sorting Good Guys From Bad
By MARC LACEY
In Mexico’s drug war, the reality is that many bureaucrats are serving both the taxpayers and the traffickers.
November 2, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: CARTELS, POLICE, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, CALDERON, FELIPE
Mexico Pays Fishermen to Help Save a Species
By ELISABETH MALKIN
The offer of payments was intended to save a small porpoise that is threatened with extinction as an unintended byproduct of commercial fishing.
October 29, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: DOLPHINS AND PORPOISES, ENDANGERED AND EXTINCT SPECIES, FISHING, COMMERCIAL, WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
Officials Say Drug Cartels Infiltrated Mexican Law Unit
By MARC LACEY; ELISABETH MALKIN and ANTONIO BETANCOURT CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.
Five officials in the attorney general’s elite organized crime unit, receiving as much as $450,000 a month to feed secrets to a major cartel, were arrested.
October 28, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: CARTELS, RACKETEERING AND RACKETEERS, CRIME AND CRIMINALS, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION
Mexican Drug Lord Is Arrested
By REUTERS
Mexican security forces have arrested the drug cartel leader Eduardo Arellano Félix, one of the international traffickers most sought by the United States.
October 27, 2008
MORE ON MEXICO AND: POLICE, DRUG ABUSE AND TRAFFIC, TIJUANA (MEXICO)
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