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FILE PHOTO: Scientists return a vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise on the verge of extinction, into the ocean as part of a conservation project, in the Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico October 18, 2017. Semarnat/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

A porpoise to serve: Rescuing the vaquita and the US-Mexico relationship

Kristin Nowell and Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, July 26, 2021

Soldiers stand guard at the biggest marijuana plantation found in Mexico, in San Quintin, about 350 km (220 miles) away from Tijuana, July 13, 2011. Mexican soldiers discovered the plantation in a remote desert surrounded by cactuses, a top army officer said on Thursday. Soldiers patrolling the area found 300 acres (120 hectares) of pot plants being tended by dozens of men on Tuesday, said General Alfonso Duarte. Picture taken July 13, 2011. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes (MEXICO - Tags: SOCIETY CRIME LAW MILITARY)

Will cannabis legalization reduce crime in Mexico? Has it in the US?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, April 26, 2021

A police officer keeps watch at a crime scene, where two men were found in the trunk of a car shot to death, according to local media, in San Pedro Garza Garcia, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico December 8, 2020. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

Crime and anti-crime security policy in Mexico in 2020

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, January 4, 2021

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks as a screen displays the letter he sent to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden during a news conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Mexico December 15, 2020. Mexico's Presidency/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

A dangerous backtrack on the US-Mexico security relationship

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, December 21, 2020

A healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) looks at specimen collection tube part of the quick test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mexico City, Mexico November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

Beware the criminal threat to the fight against COVID-19

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, December 18, 2020

Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to the national anthem as he arrives to address the nation on his second anniversary as President of Mexico, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Romero

The upcoming friction in US-Mexico relations

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, December 4, 2020

A man wearing a protective face mask attends a protest against the decision of the Mexican government to divert water from La Boquilla dam to the U.S., as part of a 1944 bilateral water treaty between the two countries, in Delicias, Chihuahua state, Mexico September 20, 2020. The writing reads, "Water belongs to Chihuahua". REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez

Not dried up: US-Mexico water cooperation

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 26, 2020

Masked men on skiffs are seen fishing illegally inside the Vaquita Refuge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, off San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico March 3, 2020 in this picture released by the Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT SEA SHEPHERD.

Saving the vaquita marina and the urgency of this fall

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, October 12, 2020

A Mexican Navy vessel chases masked men on skiffs fishing illegally inside the Vaquita Refuge, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Mexico’s Upper Gulf of California, off San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico March 3, 2020 in this picture released by the Sea Shepherd. Sea Shepherd/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT SEA SHEPHERD.

Illegal fishing in Mexico and policy responses

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, September 14, 2020

Opium poppies are pictured in the fields of Pueblo Viejo in the Sierra Madre del Sur in the southern state of Guerrero, Mexico, August 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso

The pitfalls of poppy licensing in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, August 31, 2020