US Releases $90 Million in Plan Mexico Military Hardware

Sources Within the US Congress Have Confirmed to Narco News that the US Government has Released a Large Portion of the $116.5 Million Assigned To Plan Mexico

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

November 19, 2008

Up to the Highest Level: Narco Infiltration in Felipe Calderon’s Government

The Agencies in Charge of Mexico’s Drug War Have High-Ranking Officials Who Protect the Cartels

By Ricardo Ravelo
Proceso

en español... Hasta lo más alto…

November 13, 2008

Mob Evicts Other Campaign Adherents in San Cristobal, Chiapas

Those Evicted Have Not Been Able to Return to the Property to Assess the Situation Because of Fears of Violence

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

en français... Expulsion d’adhérents de l’Autre campagne par un groupe de gens, à San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas

November 10, 2008

The Battle for Pemex: a Mexican Oil Worker Explains Energy Reform

Mexican Congress Approves Light Reforms for the State Oil Company; Legislators Vow to Continue the Campaign to Privatize Pemex

By Kristin Bricker
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

en español... La batalla por PEMEX

November 4, 2008

In Cold Blood, US Border Patrol Agent On Trial for Murder

Witnesses Said He Shot the Youth Without Provocation; He is Charged with Second-Degree Murder, Manslaughter and Negligent Homicide

By Brenda Norrell
Via the NarcoSphere

October 30, 2008

Rice Refuses to Rule Out Deployment of Armed US Agents under Plan Mexico

During a Recent Visit to Mexico, the US Secretary of State Discusses Plan Mexico, Security Cooperation, and the War on Drugs

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

October 29, 2008

Well-Known Reporter Pedro Matías Kidnapped and Tortured in Oaxaca

Matías Reports on the Social Movement in Oaxaca for Noticias, a Local Daily Paper, and is Also a Writer for the National Weekly Proceso

By Scott Campbell
Angry White Kid

en français... Un reporter connu, Pedro Matias, sequestré et torturé à Oaxaca

October 29, 2008

High-Ranking SIEDO Officials Detained; They Were Working for the Beltrán Leyva Cartel

Arrests Within the Mexican Assistant Attorney General’s Office on Organized Crime Are Only the Latest; Drug Traffickers May Also Have Informants in Interpol and the US Embassy

By Agencias and La Jornada
La Jornada On Line

en español... Detienen a mandos de SIEDO; servían a los Beltrán Leyva

October 28, 2008

Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission Blames Plan Mexico for APPO Arrests

Official Human Rights Ombudsman Says the Government Believed Plan Mexico Funds were Conditioned on Resolving Brad Will Case

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

October 24, 2008

Friends of Brad Will Declare Dry Hunger Strike at Sen. Clinton’s Office

The Senator Has Not Met with the Protesters, or Responded to the Demands that Were Delivered Directly to Her Staff

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

October 23, 2008

Capitalist Games Cause Peso Crash

Mexican Companies’ Scramble for U.S. Dollars Caused the Peso to Fall 50% Against the Dollar

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

October 21, 2008

Mexican Defense Department Plans to Expand Anti-Drug Operations

The Military Will Carry Out Joint Operations in Chiapas, Oaxaca, Sonora, Tabasco, Coahuila, and Campeche

By Jorge Alejandro Medellin
El Universal

en español... Sedena planea ampliar operativos antidrogas

October 20, 2008

The Rule of Impunity: Mexican Government Ignores Overwhelming Evidence

Oaxacan Activists Charged with Brad Will’s Murder

By John Gibler
The Indypendent

October 20, 2008

Octavio is Free on Bail, and Another Man is Arrested in Bradley Case

Three Activists Have Been Arrested so Far; Authorities Seek Another Eight

By Sayra Cruz
Quadratin

en español... Liberan a Octavio bajo fianza y detienen a otro por caso Bradley

October 18, 2008

Oaxacan Activists Arrested for the Murder of Brad Will

The Government Claims that He Was Shot at Close Range, Therefore Implicating the APPO Members Near Him at the Time of His Death

By Kristin Bricker
Via the NarcoSphere

October 17, 2008

Plan Mexico: Calderón’s Endless War

There are 40,000 Soldiers Deployed in 11 States, Since Open War Was Declared on Organized Crime a Year and a Half Ago

By Kristin Bricker
LeftTurn

October 17, 2008

Alleged Zetas and Municipal Police from Puebla Kidnap 32 Undocumented Migrants

Those Responsible Demanded Ransom from the Victims’ Families in the United States

By Martín Hernández Alcántara (La Jornada de Oriente)
La Jornada

en español... Presuntos zetas y policías municipales de Puebla secuestran a 32 indocumentados

October 17, 2008

Video Report From the Occupied Town of Xoxocotla, Morelos: Eyewitnesses Talk of Indiscriminate Attacks From Helicopters Using Weaponry Supplied by the United States

“Take a Look for Yourselves and Size Up the Absurd Amount of Firepower Sent to Squash a Public Protest”

By Gregory Berger
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

October 14, 2008

Forty Years After The Tlatelolco Massacre, The Mexican Army Attacks Civilians in the Indigenous Town of Xoxocotla

“Houses were Raided by Police and Soldiers, and Men Taken and Beaten in Front of Their Families”

By Gregory Berger
Via The NarcoSphere

October 11, 2008

Message of President Evo Morales

The Continental Gathering of Solidarity with Bolivia in Guatemala City, October 9, 2008

By Evo Morales Ayma
Minga Informativa de Movimientos Sociales

en español... FSA: Mensaje de Evo Morales

October 10, 2008

Chiapas Massacre Update

State Police Summarily Executed Three Peasants in Front of a Child

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

en français... Massacre dans le Chiapas

October 9, 2008

Six Deaths by Eviction in Chiapas Ejido

They Were Attacked by State and Federal Police, According to an Ejido Representative. Ten Wounded and Thirty Detained Reported

By Elio Henriquez, correspondent
La Jornada

en español... Denuncian seis muertes por desalojo en ejido de Chiapas
en français... Six morts pour expulsion d’un Ejido au Chiapas

October 4, 2008

Plan Mexico in the Caribbean: Payday for Haiti Coup Co-conspirators - Part III

No Significant Policy Change in Haiti or the Dominican Republic, but The Merída Initiative Leaves Room for Expansion in the Caribbean

By Kristin Bricker
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

September 30, 2008

Mexican Activists Turn Over Mexico City Man to Police in Sally Grace Eiler Murder Case

The Townspeople of San Jose del Pacifico, Oaxaca Made the Arrest of the Suspect Possible

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

en español... Activistas mexicanos entregan a un hombre de la Ciudad de México a la policía en el caso del asesinato de Sali Grace Eiler
en français... Des activistes mexicains remettent à la police un homme de la ville de Mexico dans le cas de l’assassinat de Sally Grace Eiler
in italiano... Attivisti messicani consegnano alla polizia un uomo coinvolto nell’omicidio di Sali Grace Eiler

September 28, 2008

Hasta Siempre Sally Grace: Another US Activist Murdered in Oaxaca

Body Found in a Cabin Twenty Minutes Outside of San José del Pacifico; Investigations by Police and State Attorney General are Slow Moving at Best

By Kristin Bricker
Via the Narcosphere

en español... Hasta Siempre Sally Grace: Otro activista estadounidense asesinado en Oaxaca
en français... Hasta siempre Sally Grace : une autre activiste des Etats-unis assassiné à Oaxaca

September 27, 2008

Plan Mexico in Central America - Part II

Increased Militarization and Police Security will be the Primary Strategic and Financial Focus for the Merída Initiative

By Kristin Bricker
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

September 24, 2008

Atenco’s Political Prisoners: The Persistence of Resistance

Thirty-One Year Sentences for Protest (or Being Near It) in Mexico

By Alejandro Reyes
Radio Zapatista

en español... Los presos políticos de Atenco: la persistencia de la resistencia

September 22, 2008

OCEZ-RC Member Disappeared in Pujiltic, Chiapas

The Attack is the Latest in a Series of Aggressions Against OCEZ Members in Carranza

By Kristin Bricker
Via The NarcoSphere

September 18, 2008

Plan Mexico Spending Plan Released - Part I

Narco News Has Obtained, and Makes Available to the Public, the 38-Page FY 2008 Appropriations Document

By Kristin Bricker
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

September 16, 2008

Border Wall Battle: Bad News vs. Good News

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Secretary Michael Chertoff, Filed by the US-Mexico Border Plaintiffs, Ruling in Favor of the Federal Government

By Jay J. Johnson-Castro, Sr.
Special to The Narco News Bulletin

September 12, 2008