In the mountains of Guerrero, illegal poppy fields flourish and the production of opium gum is on the increase, despite the efforts of the Mexican army. Conflicts between the small cartels that control production are also intensifying. As a result,...
Despite his claim on Tuesday that he is taking an almost unprecedented step, Donald Trump is not the first commander in chief to deploy troops to the US-Mexico border. Barack Obama sent 1,200 members of the National Guard to the frontier in 2010, fo...
Donald Trump returned to the offensive on immigration on Monday, repeating a claim that “caravans” of migrants from Central America are threatening to enter the US via Mexico and demanding: “Act now Congress, our country is being stolen!” “Mexico h...
A US border patrol agent accused of shooting across the border into Mexico and killing a teenager five years ago will go on trial on Tuesday on a charge of second-degree murder in a rare justice department prosecution of a fatal cross-border shootin...
The 1960 street map of Lagos, Nigeria, shows a small western-style coastal city surrounded a few semi-rural African villages. Paved roads quickly turn to dirt, and fields to forest. There are few buildings over six floors high and not many cars. No...
Some athletes on the Olympics deliver residence the gold, some are capable of snag the silver, however somebody's gotta end final. Mexican cross-country skier German Madrazo is one such athlete. However the skier did not let that get him down, and t...