‘DRUGGED AND CRAZY’
Two elderly Catholic fathers were gunned down in their own church while trying to provide sanctuary to a third victim.
Jeremy Kryt has reported on the drug war and human rights issues from Mexico, Central America, and Colombia. His work has appeared in the Huffington Post, the Earth Island Journal, and In These Times magazine, among others. He lives in Chicago and travels often on assignment.
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TRAGEDY
If unsafe conditions are identified, a federal official told The Daily Beast, “then the companies will be held responsible.”
OFF THE BOOKS
Former U.S. special forces commandos are on the ground in Ukraine teaching guerrilla war tactics to civilians ready to repel invading forces from Russia.
JUST PLANE WRONG
The embarrassing downgrade is a massive win for Mexican cartels.
ENDGAME
The takeover of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities is a vital part of the Kremlin’s “fear and control” strategy in the war.
PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY
From intelligence-gathering to training civilians in guerrilla tactics, here’s what the U.S. and NATO might do to push back against the Russian invasion while avoiding escalation.
SICKENING
A viral video showing a man eating a human heart in Mexico is shedding light on the disturbing practices recruits must undergo at cartel “terror schools.”
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TROUBLE IN PARADISE
Impresarios are at war over one of the most gorgeous beachfront properties in the luxury tourist resort town and celeb hang-out of Tulum.
WARNING
Sources told The Daily Beast that the truck full of cadavers found parked in a public square in Mexico was meant as a message to freshly elected governor David Monreal.
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
Indigenous villagers are taking up arms to defend a world-famous monarch butterfly sanctuary from illegal logging by the cartels.
