During the Dialogues for Security organized by President Felipe Calderón on Monday and Tuesday to meet with civil society and experts and specialists on the issue, some of the participants put forward arguments regarding the advisability of legalizing certain drugs.
A propos of this, the President simply took note of the arguments in [...]

Joint Effort with Mexican Law Enforcement Results in Arrest of High Priority Target
WASHINGTON /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the arrest of more than 2,200 individuals on narcotics-related charges in the United States and the seizure of more than 74.1 tons of illegal drugs as part of a [...]

By John Mitchell

What ever happened to “the three amigos”? Arizona passes a controversial new immigration law. Canada slaps a visa requirement on Mexican visitors. Why can’t we all be amigos like these two guys in Mexico City?

Neither Americans nor Mexicans favor U.S. military intervention
NEW YORK, May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Americans and Mexicans have strikingly similar attitudes about the drug war in Mexico, according to a study conducted by Harris Interactive and its global network partner, Indemerc, in early May 2010. Findings from the study will be presented on Wednesday, May 19th [...]

By John Mitchell

I read with interest a recent announcement that the publishers of Mexico Desconocido, one of my favorite Spanish-language magazines about Mexico, has just released a new guide to the state of Guanajuato.