MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican drug war that has largely been defined by violence along the border is intensifying in interior and southern areas once thought clear of the carnage, broadening a conflict that has already overwhelmed the authorities and dispirited the public, according to analysts and new government data. Last week, two headless bodies...
WASHINGTON -- Undercover American narcotics agents have laundered or smuggled millions of dollars in drug proceeds as part of Washington's expanding role in Mexico's fight against drug cartels, according to current and former federal law enforcement officials. The agents, primarily with the Drug Enforcement Administration, have handled shipments of...
A Mexican human rights lawyer, Netzaí Sandoval, filed a complaint on Friday against President Felipe Calderón with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, claiming that Mr. Calderón covered up and tolerated war crimes and crimes against humanity. The document, signed by 23,000 Mexicans, also accuses organized crime syndicates, Public...
Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa (født 18. august 1962) er Mexicos præsident. Han fik posten den 1. december 2006 , og blev valgt ind til en 6-årig periode der slutter i 2012 uden mulighed for genvalg. Han hører til det Nationale Handlingsparti (PAN), en konservativ organisation. Hans officielle resident er Los Pinos.
Calderón blev valdt ind i det omdiskuterede præsidentvalg i 2006. Resultatet var kontroversielt og blev betvivlet af hans modstander, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, men resultatet blev bekræftet af valgdomstolene i september 2006. Med sine 43 år, var Calderón den yngste præsident i Mexicos historie.
Før hans præsident-embede var Calderón aktiv i partipolitik. Han har været partiformand samt energiminister i Vicente Fox's kabinet.