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Las pistas del interior de un ‘campo de exterminio’ prometen respuestas, desesperación y fe

1 month ago | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Paulina Villegas |Fred Ramos

Irma González reconoció la mochila gris de la foto. Era la misma que su hijo había usado en la preparatoria, la misma que se había llevado a su primer trabajo hacía tres años, justo antes de que desapareciera. Cuando González, de 43 años, vio las imágenes en televisión de fragmentos de huesos y pertenencias personales desperdigadas que se habían descubierto en un rancho en el occidente de México, su corazón se encogió. ¿Sería que su hijo Jossel Sánchez, había ido a parar ahí?
Las pistas del interior de un 'campo de exterminio' prometen respuestas, desesperaci√≥n y fe

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Paulina Villegas |Fred Ramos

Irma González reconoció la mochila gris de la foto. Era la misma que su hijo había usado en la preparatoria, la misma que se había llevado a su primer trabajo hacía tres años, justo antes de que desapareciera. Cuando González, de 43 años, vio las imágenes en televisión de fragmentos de huesos y pertenencias personales desperdigadas que se habían descubierto en un rancho en el occidente de México, su corazón se encogió. ¿Sería que su hijo Jossel Sánchez, había ido a parar ahí?
Clues From Inside an 'Extermination Camp' Promise Despair and Hope

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Paulina Villegas |Fred Ramos

IrmaGonzález recognized the gray backpack in the photo. It was the same one her son had used for high school and the one he had taken with him for his first job three years ago, just before he vanished. When Ms.González, 43, saw the images on television of bone fragments and scattered personal belongings uncovered on a ranch in western Mexico, her heart sank. Had her son, Jossel Sánchez, met his fate there? Were his remains there somewhere?
Como os cartéis mexicanos se infiltraram no ramo das tortilhas

May 28, 2024 | estadao.com.br | Mary Beth Sheridan |Fred Ramos |Lorena Rios |Lorena Ríos

CUAUTLA, México — Os tiros começaram pouco antes das 10h. Um motoqueiro passou acelerando diante de um modesto edifício, nos fundos de uma antiga estação ferroviária daqui, e disparou três vezes. Minutos depois, o atirador abriu fogo contra um estabelecimento comercial, a 600 metros de lá, e feriu um adolescente. O criminoso era da gangue Los Acapulcos, concluíram posteriormente as autoridades — que descende de uma gangue de tráfico de heroína.
How Mexico's cartels infiltrated the tortilla business

May 27, 2024 | smh.com.au | Mary Beth Sheridan |Lorena Rios |Lorena Ríos |Fred Ramos

Once focused on the US drug market, Mexican criminal groups have turned their sights on their own country, seeking to control territory they can exploit financially. They're embedding themselves in local governments to maximise that control. That has made Mexico's elections increasingly violent. Hundreds of local candidates in the June 2 vote have dropped out of the race because of threats.
How Mexico’s cartels infiltrated the tortilla business

May 26, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Mary Beth Sheridan |Lorena Rios |Lorena Ríos |Fred Ramos

CUAUTLA, Mexico – The shots rang out just before 10 a.m. A motorcyclist roared past a modest building behind the old railway station here, firing three times. Minutes later, the gunman unloaded on a storefront a half-mile away, wounding a teenager. The assailant was from the feared Acapulcos gang, the authorities later concluded – an offshoot of a heroin-trafficking cartel. But the targets that November morning weren’t rival drug dealers or police informants. They were tortilla shops.
As extortion surges among Mexico’s cartels, even the tortilla is a target

May 23, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mary Beth Sheridan |Lorena Rios |Lorena Ríos |Fred Ramos

CUAUTLA, Mexico — The shots rang out just before 10 a.m. A motorcyclist roared past a modest building behind the old railway station here, firing three times. Minutes later, the gunman unloaded on a storefront a half-mile away, wounding a teenager. The assailant was from the feared Acapulcos gang, the authorities later concluded — an offshoot of a heroin-trafficking cartel. But the targets that November morning weren’t rival drug dealers or police informants. They were tortilla shops.
As Mexico runs short of farmworkers, employers call for guest workers

Mar 23, 2024 | washingtonpost.com | Mary Beth Sheridan |Fred Ramos

ETZATLÁN, Mexico — For decades, Mexicans crossed the border to pick Americans’ lettuce, grapes and strawberries. Mexico had a seemingly inexhaustible supply of farmhands — tough, hard-working men who did the jobs most Americans didn’t want. But the country is running short of farmworkers. The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45. Young people are turning up their noses at farm jobs. And those willing to do migrant work have other options.
As its workers stream to the U.S., Mexico runs short of farmhands

Mar 23, 2024 | cashmerevalleyrecord.com | Mary Beth Sheridan |Fred Ramos

By Mary Beth Sheridan, Fred Ramos The Washington PostETZATLÁN, Mexico - For decades, Mexicans crossed the border to pick Americans’ lettuce, grapes and strawberries. Mexico had a seemingly inexhaustible supply of farmhands - tough, hard-working men who did the jobs most Americans didn’t want. But the country is running short of farmworkers. The workforce is graying; nearly three-quarters of Mexican campesinos are over 45. Young people are turning up their noses at farm jobs.
se proyecta un triunfo demoledor de Bukele

Feb 2, 2024 | nytimes.com | Natalie Kitroeff |Fred Ramos