Tag Archives : Michoacán

For at least a generation, millions of families in Mexico survived – sometimes until they prospered – with the money that children, daughters, siblings and sisters sent of the USA. In 2007, those remittances increased for more of US$ 26 billion – almost the double of the amount generated a year for the solid section of Mexican tourism. [...]

Mexican federal police dealt a heavy blow to the drug cartel known as ‘The Family’ which operates in western and southern Mexico. The arrests of the criminal syndicate’s 44 members happened during a christening celebration. The police operation, planned for six months, took place in a social center along the main street in the east side of the [...]