Texas is the number one source for guns recovered from Mexican drug cartels, but there has been a proliferation of gun stores all along the 2000 mile U.S. – Mexico border. “Straw buyers” often purchase weapons legally and then sell them to cartel representatives.
Read more from the Washington Post here.
An excellent New York Times video captures journalism on the front lines in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “Journalists in Juarez stay alive because of what they don’t say. There is no government authority that will keep you safe in this city. In Mexico when a journalist gets killed it will never be solved. You report what you can see, what’s on the streets, but you don’t give up because you’re going to get into trouble.” — Edgar Roman, Canal 44, Ciudad Juarez. “Without journalists there is no democracy.” — Pedro Torres, Editor of El Diario de Juarez.
See the video here.
Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, known as “El Chayo” or “El Doctor” and one of the main leaders and founders of the drug cartel known as “La Familia Michoacana” was killed in a joint operation of the Mexican Federal Police, army, air force, and navy. Five Federal Police officers and three civilians died over the course of the two-day operation.
Read the full story here.