Ricardo Pascoe

Workers Revolutionary Party (PRD)

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Founding member of Mexico's PRD Party; former Mexican Ambassador to Cuba; head of administration of the Mayor's Office in Mexico City for then-presidential candidate Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas

Ricardo Pascoe on KCRW

Mexico's drug cartels are so powerful that local and national police -- notorious for corruption -- have been replaced by Marines and soldiers.

Is Mexico's Military Out of Control?

Mexico's drug cartels are so powerful that local and national police -- notorious for corruption -- have been replaced by Marines and soldiers.

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In the past four years, at least 30 Mexican journalists have been murdered or disappeared.

Mexico's Drug Wars and Reporting the News

In the past four years, at least 30 Mexican journalists have been murdered or disappeared.

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Brutal killings and shootouts that paralyze cities for hours often are not reported by Mexican newspapers, radio or TV.

Mexico's Drug Wars and Reporting the News

Brutal killings and shootouts that paralyze cities for hours often are not reported by Mexican newspapers, radio or TV.

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