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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMexico’s everyday war: Guerrero and the trials of peace
Crime rates are climbing across Mexico, as cartels splinter into smaller groups competing ferociously for turf. Just...
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Published in: openSecurityBusiness as usual in Mexico despite 43 murdered students
The Mexican government has shown remarkable inertia since the apparent police abduction and subsequent gang murder...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico: student disappearances focus anger at abuse and impunity
Students shot dead by police, others “disappeared”, mass graves located … the absence of the rule of law and...
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Published in: openSecurityAutodefensas: the solution to Mexico's drug problem?
Illegal drug trafficking is deeply embedded in Mexico. Collusion between the state and ‘self-defence’ groups is not,...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico: terror and “terrorism”
A little-noticed security reform in Mexico threatens a major erosion of liberty by exploiting public fear to...
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Published in: openSecurityMurder and Mexico’s security dilemma
Why is Mexico mired in organised, drug-related murder? In an extreme case of security dilemmas increasingly familiar...
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Published in: HomeThe politics of mourning
Last April more than 35,000 people marched in Cuernavaca, Mexico, following the murder of a teenager. Four years...
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Published in: openSecurityMexico, war crimes and a slippery slope
The drug war in Mexico has left tens of thousands of people dead and the country in peril. What difference will a...
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Published in: openSecurityNetanyahu meets Obama in midst of Jerusalem settlement row
Netanyahu meets Obama in midst of Jerusalem settlement row. US-Pakistani talks seek better ties. Amnesty...