by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> The violence in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon began Tuesday morning and continued into Wednesday. By the end, 30 bodies had turned up around the state with bullet wounds or had been dismembered. The cause was attributed to a...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 20, 2012 | Monitor
A drug package can still be seen attached to the bottom of this downed cartel ultralight plane. Photo: ChuckHolton/Flickr Stopping drug smugglers on the ground is one thing. You can build a fence, send more Border Patrol agents and put up more cameras. But it’s...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 14, 2012 | Monitor
A special forces soldier secures a perimeter during an exercise on Feb. 15, 2010. Photo: EUCOM Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is arguably the world’s most wanted criminal, supplanting Osama bin Laden after the terrorist...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
A former analyst for the Department of Homeland Security, Daryl Johnson called attention to the threat of far-right extremist groups — and sparked a political firestorm in the process. Photo: John Healey/JHPH.com, courtesy of Daryl Johnson Daryl Johnson had a...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 6, 2012 | Monitor
A woman reacts outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, after a shooting took place, Sunday, Aug 5, 2012. Photo: Jeffrey Phelps/AP Photo The FBI is treating Sunday’s attack on a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, as a “possible act...