Category Archives: Drugs
MEXICO: Nuevo Laredo paper stops publishing narco news
Two days after being attacked by a drug gang, the newspaper El Manana of Nuevo Laredo said it will suspend publishing news of narco conflicts in the area. On Friday, armed men shot up the newspaper’s offices and threw an … Continue reading
DRUGS: Weed Day
How did April 20th (4/20) came to be associated with marijuana consumption and known as Weed Day? Huffington Post’s explanation. Here’s Concept420. Billboard’s Top 20 songs about smoking marijuana.
Filed under Drugs
CALIFORNIA: Master pot growers
Cool story by Joe Mozingo in today’s LAT, on the master pot growers of California.
Filed under California, Drugs
MEXICO: San Pedro’s big mayor
Franc Contreras reports for Al Jazeera on Mauricio Fernandez, mayor of Mexico’s wealthiest town, San Pedro Garza Garcia, near Monterrey, and a larger-than-life guy from one of the country’s elite families. Fernandez highlights a huge problem facing Mexico that the … Continue reading
GANGS: Where’d all the gangs go? pt. II
I spent some time today on Drew Street in the Glassell Park neighborhood in northeast LA. This three three-block stretch was once one of the most dangerous spots in the city. It was essentially a closed society, and had … Continue reading
Filed under Drugs, Gangs, Los Angeles, Mexico, Migrants
DRUGS: SB County Supe accused opponent of Mexican Mafia ties
A story today in the Daily Bulletin in the Inland Empire is interesting for what it dredges up about an episode in the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians. Members of the tribe, each of which earns a ton of … Continue reading
Filed under Drugs, Gangs, Southern California
DRUGS: Mennonites and Time’s `Flower Girls’
Time Magazine has published a set of photos of an Old Colony Mennonite community in Durango, Mexico, titling it The Flower Girls. Check them out. Tell me what you think. I find the photos are sweet, delicate, beautiful, and only … Continue reading
Jaripo, Michoacan
Speaking with people from Jaripo, Michoacan comes news that the small town now has a cell of the La Familia camped out and controlling access. They apparently drive around armed and with walkie-talkies, questioning any who enter the town. This … Continue reading
