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Spread of drone programs in Latin America sparks calls for code of conduct

By Nacha Cattan and Taylor Barnes | 04/21/11
In December, a UFO landed near Reyna Hinojos's house on Craddock Avenue, in an El Paso, Texas, neighborhood separated from Mexico by the Rio Grande.
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Mexico mass graves add fuel to public's anger over drug war

By Sara Miller Llana and Nacha Cattan | 04/08/11
The US-Mexico border is at the center of another gruesome scene in Mexico's drug war. Nearly 60 bodies were discovered by authorities this week about 80 miles from Brownsville, Texas – not far from where 72 US-bound migrants were found dead in a
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Guatemalans sue U.S. for deliberately spreading illness in 1940s experiment

By Nacha Cattan | 03/16/11
An apology is not enough for Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis by a US medical team in the 1940s.
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Mexico town fires its bravest woman

By Nacha Cattan | 03/09/11
Marisol Valles Garcia, the 20-year-old police chief who made international headlines as the bravest woman in Mexico, was fired Monday, reportedly after fleeing to the United States to escape death threats. Mexico, it seems, has lost another hero
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U.S. agent's killing in Mexico highlights menace of cross-border gun trade

By Nacha Cattan | 03/02/11
A gun sold in Texas was used during last month's slaying of a US special agent in Mexico, officials said Tuesday, a revelation that is shifting scrutiny in the case away from Mexico's weak rule of law to America's gun laws. One of three guns fir
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Killing of U.S. agent in Mexico could raise pressure on Mexico

By Nacha Cattan | 02/16/11
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In Latin America, new ads aim to steer men away from machismo

By Nacha Cattan | 02/15/11
MEXICO CITY — Ernesto Vargas spends most of his days taking his 12-year-old son to and from junior high, helping him with homework, and cooking dinner while his wife works as a full-time nurse. The part-time house painter grew up in a tradition
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U.S. teen killed in Juárez puts spotlight on Mexico's unsolved murders

By Nacha Cattan | 02/09/11
MEXICO CITY — At least one US citizen was among three teenagers fatally shot this weekend in the violent border city of Juárez, Mexican authorities confirmed today, in the latest case of Americans caught up in Mexico's drug war. But bringing the
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Why Hillary Clinton flagged judicial reform as 'essential' to Mexico's drug war

By Nacha Cattan | 01/25/11
MEXICO CITY — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed in a visit to Mexico Monday the importance of reforming Mexico’s judicial system, a policy matter that has been overshadowed by talk of how to coordinate security strategies. During her h
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Mexico's drug war hits YouTube (again) as cartel boss photos go viral

By Nacha Cattan | 01/19/11
Mexico City — It seems no one is safe from exposure on the Internet.