Insane Asylum in Mexico
José Galvan runs one of Mexico's only insane asylums. In dreadful conditions, it houses patients who have been forgotten by both society and, often, their own families.
View ArticleThe Mexican Mormon War (Drug Cartels vs. Mormons)
The cartels of Juarez, Mexico, are at war with a group of Mormons, some of whom are related to Mitt Romney.
View ArticleMexico’s Female Crime Journalists
We travel to Ciudad Juarez to meet the journalists who cover politics and crime for the Diario de Juarez. All of them are women and they have covered more crimes than anyone we can think of.
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Cracking the Maya Code
The ancient Maya civilization of Central America left behind a riddle: an intricate and mysterious hieroglyphic script carved on stone monuments and painted on pottery and bark books. Because the...
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Mexican Vigilantes Stand Up Against Crime
The state of Guerrero (which means "warrior") is one of the poorest in Mexico and the site of some of the worst violence in the battle between the drug cartels and Mexican authorities. As a result of...
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Mexico’s Third Gender
Every November a celebration known as the Vigil of the Authentic Intrepid Searchers of Danger takes place in the city of Juchitán, Oaxaca, in Mexico. In this community of Zapotec indigenous people,...
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The Subway Gangs of Mexico City
It's Saturday morning in a Mexico City subway station, and the members of the Panamiur gang are headed to a party. Their leader, Cidel, is wearing huge sunglasses, a fauxhawk slathered in hair gel,...
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