Emily Schmall

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Emily, a freelance reporter based in Mexico City, has worked for Bloomberg, Forbes and the Miami Herald.

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Mexicans to Vote Amid Drug-Fueled Violence

posted: 29 days 18 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (June 30) -- As drug-trade violence mars the run-up to a brace of elections in Mexico, a troubling figure has resurfaced as the leading mayoral candidate in Mexico's murder capital. Hecto ...

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Jamaican Officials: Alleged Drug Kingpin Caught

posted: 37 days 5 hours ago

(June 23) -- Jamaican authorities say they have captured alleged drug kingpin Christopher "Dudus" Coke at a checkpoint on the island, ending a five-week manhunt that pitted poor residents of the capi ...

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Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Mexican Teen

posted: 51 days 6 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (June 9) -- The killing of a Mexican teen by a U.S. Border Patrol agent raised tensions between the U.S. and Mexico as President Felipe Calderon calls for better protection of migrants' r ...

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In Coke's Old Jamaica Digs, Unease and Anger Prevail

posted: 56 days 18 hours ago

KINGSTON, Jamaica (June 3) -- Like the rest of Jamaica, the neighborhood of Tivoli Gardens is in a state of suspense as soldiers continue their manhunt for Christopher "Dudus" Coke. Four days of pitc ...

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Mexicans Differ Over National Guard Buildup

posted: 65 days 2 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (May 26) -- President Barack Obama's decision to dispatch 1,200 further National Guard troops to the Mexican border and spend $500 million to step up border patrols gets the approval of t ...

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Baja Seeks Emergency Status After Earthquake

posted: 115 days 18 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (April 5) -- Residents and visitors of Mexicali, a bustling border city in the Mexican state of Baja California, and Calexico, Calif., the city just across the border, went about their bu ...

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10 Students Gunned Down in Mexico

posted: 121 days 17 hours ago

MEXICO CITY (March 30) -- As Mexico closed down for its annual celebration of Holy Week, officials reacted with anger and a degree of helplessness to the slayings of 10 students from a tiny mountains ...

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Mexican Widows Fed Up by Constant Violence

posted: 120 days 20 hours ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ (March 31) -- Norma Ramos learned from the evening news in August that her ex-husband had been slain in front of his home in this rough, drug-ridden city across the Rio Grande from El P ...

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Once Vibrant, Mexican City Now a Haven of Death

posted: 125 days ago

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (March 27) -- American teenagers flocked to the garish strip of Juarez bars just south of the Santa Fe International Bridge as recently as three years ago. It cost 25 cents to c ...

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In Ciudad Juarez, Drugs Fuel a Murderous War

posted: 127 days 18 hours ago

CIUDAD JUÁREZ (March 24) -- Two weeks ago, José Reyes Ferriz, the mayor of the sprawling industrial city now notorious as Mexico's murder capital, got a message affixed to the head of a ...

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