Mexico violence

Security experts and human rights groups, mindful of the lopsided deaths in some incidents between the military and civilians under the prior government, have doubts regarding whether the armed forces used excessive force in the clash

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador defended security forces over their handling of a shocking outbreak of drug violence in Culiacán, Sinaloa, saying they had saved lives by releasing Ovidio Guzmán, son of jailed kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, after his bungled arrest

Presumed cartel members apparently intercepted a radio frequency used by security forces, one video showed, warning of reprisals against soldiers if Ovidio Guzmán was not freed

Officers of Sinaloa’s State Attorney General’s Office arrested Ovidio Guzmán, one of the sons of Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán

The killings were the latest reminder of the chronic security problems faced by López Obrador, a veteran leftist who assumed the presidency pledging to bring down soaring levels of violence

Jorge Celestino Ruíz Vázquez, a reporter at the Grafico de Xalapa newspaper in Veracruz’s capital, died in spite of procedures in place to protect him

Mexican journalist Edgar Nava was shot and killed by an armed group

The body of Mexican journalist Rogelio Barragán showed signs of torture

Mexico has a troubling lack of anthropologists and criminal experts, which makes it hard to identify the bodies

The environmentalist received death threats for denouncing the illegal extraction of sand from the Usumacinta river