Mexico

Policy

Cartel Leadership Changes

Notoriously violent Miguel Angel Trevino Morales is now head of the Zetas cartel

Reason Staff | 8.24.2012 8:28 AM

Politics

Video: The Caravan for Peace Calls for an End to the Drug War

Alex Manning | 8.15.2012 12:37 PM

Policy

Navy Seals to Hunt Cartel Leader Like Bin Laden

Pentagon is allegedly planning a Navy Seal raid to kill or capture Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Reason Staff | 8.14.2012 8:12 AM

War on Drugs

17 Dead in Drug War Violence in Mexico Since Sunday

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 12:17 PM

Policy

Mexican "Drug Queen" Extradited to US To Face Charges

Sandra Avila, known as "The Queen of the Pacific", is facing cocaine smuggling charges in Miami.

Reason Staff | 8.10.2012 9:16 AM

World

Tropical Storm Ernesto Crossing Mexico's Oil Producing Region

Two oil export terminals have already been closed

Reason Staff | 8.9.2012 9:50 AM

Civil Liberties

Fast & Furious Gun Linked to Mexico Assassination Attempt

Perhaps the federal government needs to do some soul searching

Reason Staff | 8.8.2012 11:30 AM

War on Drugs

Mexico's President-Elect Peña Nieto Wants to Expand Drug War

Melanie Kruvelis | 8.6.2012 7:02 PM

War on Drugs

Ex-Mexican Governor Pleads Guilty of Laundering Cocaine Money

Mario Ernesto Villanueva Madrid pleaded guilty to one count of money laundering conspiracy in federal court.

Reason Staff | 8.3.2012 10:38 PM

War on Drugs

Tens of Thousands of Mexican Children Are Involved in Organized Crime

It is estimated that as many as 50,000 children are involved in the drug trade and human trafficking.

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 2:04 PM

Politics

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 9:16 AM

Politics

Violence Is Not Victory

Mexico's election results are the latest sign of Latin American dissent from the drug war.

Jacob Sullum | 7.11.2012 7:00 AM

Politics

Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Is Probably Not Going to End the Drug War

Mike Riggs | 7.9.2012 8:35 AM

Policy

Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy

Jacob Sullum | 7.4.2012 3:09 AM

Politics

Drug War Foes, Don't Expect Much From Mexico's New President

Scott Shackford | 7.2.2012 5:05 PM

Policy

Ask a Mexican Already! Q&A with Gustavo Arellano

Nick Gillespie, Hawk Jensen, and Gustavo Arellano | 6.24.2012 3:30 PM

Politics

Will "Fast & Furious" Lead to Contempt Charges for Attorney General Holder?

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2012 4:40 PM

Politics

Mexican Voters Don't See Drug War Violence As a Sign of Success

Jacob Sullum | 6.11.2012 3:26 AM

Politics

Mexican Congressional Candidate Wants to End Drug War. Also, She Poses Topless.

Scott Shackford | 5.22.2012 5:59 PM

Politics

The 5 Dumbest Things the Obama Administration Has Said About Mexico's Drug War

How the Obama administration talks to its neighbors about drugs.

Mike Riggs | 4.18.2012 4:30 PM

Politics

You Are Now (Almost) Free to Discuss Ending the War on Drugs

Latin American leaders talk drug legalization. Will Obama join in?

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.11.2012 6:00 PM

Policy

Mexican-American Immigration: At "Net Zero"?

Brian Doherty | 4.10.2012 11:40 AM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Economics

Gallup: Despite Mexico's Drug Crackdown, Fewer Feel Safe and Trust the Police

Further evidence that drug wars probably hurt more than help.

Emily Ekins | 4.9.2012 4:00 PM

Policy

Stratfor on the Futility of the War on Meth

Jacob Sullum | 3.14.2012 6:16 PM

Policy

Biden Opens His Government Aperture and Says Something Puzzling About Drug Legalization

Jacob Sullum | 3.6.2012 3:21 PM

Policy

Drug Warriors Encourage Mexican Meth Makers to Sharpen Their Chemistry Skills

Jacob Sullum | 2.24.2012 3:00 PM

War on Drugs

The President of Guatemala Wants to Legalize Drugs, the President of El Salvador is Okay With Talking About It

Lucy Steigerwald | 2.14.2012 5:45 PM

Policy

15 Tons and What Do You Get?

Jacob Sullum | 2.10.2012 11:58 AM

Politics

The Five Worst Op-Eds of 2011

Thomas Friedman to Simon Winchester, the best worst hackery of 2011

Gene Healy | 12.27.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

Crooks Talk to Congress; Netflix Ninth-Worst Company; Comrade Vlad, and more: Reason Evening Links

Tim Cavanaugh | 12.8.2011 6:59 PM

Policy

The Best Way to Fight Mexico's Drug Cartels

Jacob Sullum | 11.14.2011 3:49 PM

Policy

Cartel Involvement in Failed Iranian Assassination Plot Fuels Push for Terrorist Designation

Despite objections from the Mexican government, House Republicans want to treat cartels like terrorists.

Mike Riggs | 10.21.2011 7:00 PM

Politics

Obama: "even though I believe all the choices we've made have been the right ones, we're still going through difficult circumstances"

Matt Welch | 10.19.2011 2:46 PM

Politics

Sunday, Stupid Sunday

Mike Riggs | 10.16.2011 11:56 AM

War on Drugs

Reason Writers Around Town: Mike Riggs Talks About Drug Cartels and Terrorist Organizations on RT

Reason Staff | 10.6.2011 10:26 AM

War on Drugs

Operation Fast and Furious Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

The U.S. can't enforce its drug laws without first violating them.

Mike Riggs | 9.30.2011 4:30 PM

War on Drugs

Leaked Memo: Killing Key Cartel Members Isn't Keeping Drugs out of the U.S.

Mike Riggs | 9.9.2011 11:21 AM

Politics

Mexico's Felipe Calderón Admits Drug War Is Failing

Mike Riggs | 9.2.2011 2:28 PM

Politics

Reason Morning Links: TSA Offers Buyouts, Republicans Oppose Extending Payroll Tax Cut, Orange County D.A. Protects the Identities of Kelly Thomas' Killers

Mike Riggs | 8.26.2011 8:21 AM

War on Drugs

The Merida Initiative Will Last Forever, State Department Claims

Mike Riggs | 8.17.2011 6:36 PM

War on Drugs

A Mexican Poet Gets to the Heart of the War on Drugs (With a Little Help From Camus)

Lucy Steigerwald | 8.12.2011 4:32 PM

War on Drugs

Gary Johnson Calls for Pot Legalization to End Border Violence

Mike Riggs | 8.10.2011 2:26 PM

Policy

There's Still No Evidence That Eric Holder Knew About Operation Fast and Furious

Mike Riggs | 7.11.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

How the Free Market Gave Us Drug Prohibition

Jacob Sullum | 6.22.2011 5:54 PM

War on Drugs

What Legalizing Marijuana Can And Cannot Do For Mexico's Cartel Problem

Mike Riggs | 6.20.2011 5:06 PM

Politics

Planet Burma

No, global freedom isn't in a free-fall.

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2011 12:00 PM