Kate Linthicum
International Correspondent at Los Angeles Times
International correspondent for the @latimes based in Mexico City
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
latimes.com | Kate Linthicum |Keegan Hamilton
Dangerous new hired guns have arrived on the battlefield of Mexico’s cartel wars: Colombian mercenaries. Former combatants in Colombia’s long-standing internal conflict are increasingly being lured to Mexico by criminal groups to train hitmen, build bombs and fight bloody turf battles. Eleven Colombians were arrested in Michoacán state last week in connection to a roadside bomb attack that killed eight members of Mexico’s National Guard.
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2 weeks ago |
flipboard.com | Kate Linthicum |Keegan Hamilton
Former director claims Frida Kahlo works went missing from Mexico City museumHilda Trujillo Soto, the adjunct director and later director of the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli and Frida Kahlo museums in Mexico City from 2002 to …
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2 weeks ago |
latimes.com | Patrick McDonnell |Kate Linthicum
Mexico had filed a $10-billion suit in U.S. federal court seeking to have Smith & Wesson and other gun manufacturers held accountable for the county’s epidemic of shooting deaths. The U.S. says it will work with Mexico “to stop southbound arms trafficking and dismantle networks fueling cartel violence.”An estimated 200,000 to 500,000 firearms are smuggled into Mexico each year.
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3 weeks ago |
latimes.com | Patrick McDonnell |Kate Linthicum
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was effusive. “Marvelous, impressive “ she told reporters Monday. “Extraordinary. ... A great success.”The superlatives kept coming about Sunday’s historic judicial elections—which Sheinbaum championed—but the president could not conceal a harsh reality: Only about 13% of 100 million eligible voters cast ballots in a vote that the president had labeled a key component of the ruling party’s ongoing “transformation” of Mexican society.
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3 weeks ago |
thederrick.com | Patrick McDonnell |Kate Linthicum |Cecilia Sánchez Vidal
MEXICO CITY — Hyper-democracy or ruling-party power play? That is the question as Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to elect the country’s judges in a radical reshaping of the nation’s power structure. Thank you for reading! Please log in, or sign up for a new account and purchase a subscription to continue reading.
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The recent head of the DEA tells @keegan_hamilton and I that the U.S. could use the growing presence of Colombian mercenaries in Mexican cartels to justify U.S. military intervention. “They need to feel pain like they’ve never felt before," @derekmaltz_sr said.
Colombian mercenaries are paid to fight in Sudan, Yemen and Ukraine. Now, they've joined Mexico's cartel wars. Former Colombian soldiers trained in guerrilla warfare are being lured here by criminal groups to coach cartel recruits and build bombs. https://t.co/pwScLFfzBE
Colombian mercenaries are paid to fight in Sudan, Yemen and Ukraine. Now, they've joined Mexico's cartel wars. Former Colombian soldiers trained in guerrilla warfare are being lured here by criminal groups to coach cartel recruits and build bombs. https://t.co/pwScLFfzBE
RT @keegan_hamilton: New story @latimes w/ @katelinthicum on Colombian soldiers being recruited to fight for Mexican cartels. The hot spo…