León Torture Trainers Identified

Mexican Daily El Universal Reports More Details Behind the Training-for-Torturers Video

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

July 4, 2008

US Private Contractor Leads Torture Training in Mexico

Warning: Graphic Content from the Training Videos Appear with This Story

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

July 2, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part IV and Final

What’s the Difference - Law and Memory as Political Weapons

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

June 23, 2008

APPO and PRIistas Clash in Zaachila, Oaxaca

Protesters Accused the Father of the Current Municipal President of Having Fired Shots at Supporters of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca

By Eliza Ruiz Jaimes
Noticias Voz e Imagen de Oaxaca

en español... Chocan APPO y priístas en Zaachila

June 23, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part III

What’s the Difference - The Long Slow Process on the Ground and the Observance of June 14

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

June 18, 2008

The New Government Provocation Against Zapatismo

“The New Governmental Effort to Make Out the EZLN to Be an Accomplice in Organized Crime Attempts to Take Advantage of the Wave of Anti-Narco Sentiment”

By Luis Hernández Navarro
La Jornada

en español... Zapatismo: la nueva provocación gubernamental

June 12, 2008

Death Squads in Oaxaca

The Mexican Government Ignores the Assassination of Two Community Radio Activists

By John Gibler
In These Times

June 10, 2008

Mexican Military and Police Use Drug War to Attempt to Enter Zapatista Territory

They Claimed to Be Looking for Marijuana Plants; Local Civilians Drove them Away

By The Good Government Council
La Garrucha, Chiapas, Mexico

en español... Con el pretexto de la guerra contra las drogas, militares y policías intentan entrar a territorio zapatista

June 6, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part II

What’s The Difference? - Networking and Local Autonomy: The Thigh Bone’s Connected to The Knee Bone


By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

em português... Dois Anos Depois em Oaxaca - Parte II

June 2, 2008

Two Years Later in Oaxaca: Part I

What’s The Difference?

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

May 27, 2008

Plan Mexico Passed

The US House and Senate Approves Modified Versions of the Merida Initiative

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

May 22, 2008

Mexico’s Battle Over Oil

President Felipe Calderon Seeks to Privatize the Most Profitable Aspects, Including Refining, Processing, and Transport

By Laura Carlsen
Foreign Policy in Focus

May 15, 2008

Two Years On, Atenco Still Hurts

Sixteen Activists, Some with Life Sentences, Remain Imprisoned for Minor Crimes

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

May 6, 2008

Notes on the Conjuncture: Mexico, 2008

Notes for a Presentation to the Oaxaca After the Barricades Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, April 28, 2008

By Fred Rosen
Senior Analyist, North American Congress on Latin America

May 2, 2008

Zapatista Prisoners Transferred from Tabasco to Chiapas Amid Rumors That They Might be Freed

The Other Campaign Remains Skeptical That the Government Will Free the Two Men

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

April 25, 2008

Caciques, Triquis and Impunity – More of the Same

Increasing Level of Threats and Intimidation in the Autonomous Community of San Juan Copala, Oaxaca

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

April 24, 2008

Foreboding and Loathing in the Quest for the House of Death

After Years of Reporting on the Infamous Juárez House, Narco News Pays a Visit

By Bill Conroy
Via the Narcosphere

April 22, 2008

Two Triqui Community Radio Reporters Assassinated

Lawlessness, Assassination and Impunity in Oaxaca

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

April 11, 2008

Facing Escalating Protests, Chiapas Frees 30 Political Prisoners

With 17 prisoners still inside, the Other Campaign declares April 3 an International Day of Action

By Kristin Bricker
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

April 1, 2008

Seeking Justice in the Snake-Pit of Mexican Politics

Oaxacans and Others Fight to Free Political Prisoners

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

March 19, 2008

“Without Corn, There is No Country”

International Women´s Day Marchers Target NAFTA and Free Trade on the Streets of San Cristóbal, Chiapas

By Francesca Contreras
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

March 14, 2008

Women, Caciques and Remote Indigenous Towns

Eufrosina Cruz Leads Fight for Indigenous Women's Rights: Political Bosses Manipulate Traditions

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

en español... Mujeres, caciques y pueblos indígenas remotos

March 5, 2008

Yet Another Tale of Woe and Intrigue: The Sierra Sur of Oaxaca

Teachers Fight to Maintain Control Over Their Union Amidst Threats and Violence from Political Bosses and Paramilitaries

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

February 26, 2008

Narco News Reporters Harassed

Mexican Journalists Denounce Possible Early Effects of Country’s Proposed “Gestapo Law”

By Hermann Bellinghausen, Eugene Bermejillo, Gloria Muñoz Ramírez, Ramón Vera Herrera and Yuriria Pantoja Millán
La Jornada

en español... Hostigamiento contra reporteros de Narco News
in italiano... Intimidazioni Contro i Giornalisti di Narco News

February 20, 2008

Holes in the Wall

Homeland Security Won't Say Why the Border Wall is Bypassing the Wealthy and Politically Connected

By Melissa del Bosque
Texas Observer

February 20, 2008

Lawlessness and the Boomerang Effect in Oaxaca

Status of “Ungovernability” Returns to the Southern Mexican State

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

February 13, 2008

Nogales Residents Say US is Building Border Wall on Mexico's Land

Locals Want “Wall of Shame” Construction Halted on Mexico’s Soil, Nearby Multi-Million Dollar Spy Towers Still Don’t Work

By Brenda Norrell
Via the Narcosphere

en español... Habitantes de Nogales Dicen que los EU Construyen Muro en Tierras Mexicanas

February 7, 2008

Michael Chertoff, You’ve Been Sued

Texas Border Residents Take Homeland Security Chief to Court Over Land Seizures for Border Wall

By Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr.
Inside the Checkpoints: Commentary from the Río Grande

February 6, 2008

Laughing at the News in Oaxaca

Governor Ruiz Smiles as the Secretary of Government Lays Down New Rules

By Nancy Davies
Commentary from Oaxaca

January 28, 2008

Medellín: The Peace of the Pacifiers

The Narco-Paramilitary Control of the Colombia’s Second City Continues, Despite the Surrender of “Don Berna” and Media-Hyped Drop in Crime

By Forrest Hylton
NACLA Report on the Americas

January 24, 2008