Showdown in Monterrey: La Familia Vs. Los Zetas
It’s getting hot here in Monterrey, and if you’ve been reading my column lately, you know I’m not talking about the weather. Remember about the surge of military presence in the state I wrote about?...
View ArticleDispatch From Mexico: Bringing You Up To Date On Mexico’s Victories Against...
While news out of Mexico is being totally dominated by the Swine Flu scare—anything is better than the constant Drug War news, right?—I’m gonna go about a month back in time to tell you about the some...
View ArticleMexican Drug War Dispatch: Viva La Narco Counterculture Revolución
Hello there! Hola to the few who still check out this column to learn about crazy antics of America’s favorite suppliers. Yeah, I know I haven’t been updating you for a while on account that I’m...
View ArticleeXiled Alert! Mexican Drug War About To Explode
So there are these narco-banners being hung up all around the metropolitan areas of San Pedro, Monterrey, Escobedo and San Nicolas. If you don’t read Spanish, here’s a rough translation: Mr. Felipe...
View ArticleeXiled Alert! An All-Out Drug War Erupts In Mexico: Deadly Firefights, A...
I told you I’d be updating the situation if it got hot, so here I am, because some heavy shit went down yesterday, when the army ran into the Zetas north of Monterrey. I don’t think that any of your...
View ArticleThe Mexican Drug War in One Lesson: Know Your Zetas!
The “Z” is for “Zetas” It’s been a long, long time since my last article, but believe me it’s not because there hasn’t been any news. If anything, it’s because too much has been happening too fast to...
View ArticleMexico’s Narco-War 2011: The Gulf Cartel Chops Up the Zetas
The eXiled’s special Drug War Correspondent MONTERREY, NUEVO LEÓN–Here we go again, a new year and a fresh new wave of narco-war porn to go along with it. If you’ve been paying close attention to the...
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