Feature photo: Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team addresses the Las Cruces gathering. (Photo by Cynthia Bejarano) Convened
Category: Crime
Memories and Reflections: The Border Feminicides 20 Years later, Part One
By Kent Paterson Paula Flores recently retold parts of a painfully long and unresolved story to an audience at New
The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso
Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support
The History and Geography of Cartels in Juarez
Here’s an insightful portrait of the criminal organizations in Ciudad Juarez, their histories, and their geographic domains, from InsightCrime.org1: If
Dead People
I am of an age where I know lots of dead people. Some, of course, have been dead for a
Low Rent Mayhem in Cruces
Look at this crazy story from Las Cruces, via CBS4Local.com: A Santa Fe, N.M., murder suspect was arrested Saturday evening
The Brady List
From ElPasoTimes.com: The El Paso Police Department announced the arrests of five of its officers in connection with three separate
Asia’s El Chapo
Here’s a story from Toronto Life that sheds some light on Mexico’s criminal operations. Triads or the mafia or biker