Mexico a Leading Danger Zone For Journalists

NPR, 11/20/2008
Last week, Mexican journalist Armando Rodriguez was brutally murdered by gunfire outside his home in Juarez. Rodriquez is the 24th journalist to be murdered in Mexico since 2000, making Mexico one of the most dangerous countries for reporters.
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U.S. ambassador to Mexico: Americans must accept responsibility for Mexico’s drug-related problems

Los Angeles Times, 11/20/2008
Tony Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, called on the United States to recognize its responsibility in the fight against drug traffickers in Mexico. “Mexico would not be the center of the cartel’s activities, nor would it be experiencing these levels of violence, if it wasn’t for the United States — the [...]

Background Report: Mexico’s Drug War

By Stephanie Hanson, News Editor, Council on Foreign Relations, 11/20/2008
In recent years, Mexico’s drug cartels have waged increasingly violent battles with one another as well as with the Mexican government. Upon taking office in December 2006, Mexican President Felipe Calderon deployed thousands of federal troops in an aggressive crackdown on drug-related violence. Yet death tolls [...]

Governor of Arizona Is in Line for Cabinet

New York Times, 11/20/2008
All along, while casting a skeptical eye on the border fence going up, calling for the National Guard to patrol the border, advocating for a guest worker program to reduce illegal immigration, promising more local law enforcement cooperation with Mexico, Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona has repeated something like a mantra: Security [...]

Mexican emigration dropped 42 percent in 2 years

Associated Press, 11/20/2008
Mexican emigration has dropped 42 percent over the last two years, a government study released Thursday showed, confirming that America has become less appealing amid an economic downturn and stepped up raids against illegal migrants. About eight of every 1,000 Mexicans emigrated between February and May of this year, according to the survey [...]