Contrasting insight on ‘El Chapo’ capture
The arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been scrutinized in depth by opinion writers both north and south of the border. Here’s a selection of their musings.
The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
The arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been scrutinized in depth by opinion writers both north and south of the border. Here’s a selection of their musings.

Thirteen years after he escaped from a high-security prison in Guadalajara, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, Mexico’s most-wanted drug cartel leader, is back behind bars.
Mexico’s federal government has promised no repeat of the mass seizure of foreign-owned boats that took place in marinas around the country at the end of November.
One may have supposed that the humble Monarch butterfly would not register high in importance on the agendas of the “Tres Amigos” meeting in Toluca this weekend, but Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto managed to find time to recognize the plight of this trilateral “treasure” and vowed to step up efforts to safeguard their existence.
Competing under the Mexican flag, skier Prince Hubertus von Hohenlohe will become a six-time Olympian at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which got underway on Friday, February 7.
IMSS abides by ruling
Following a Mexican Supreme Court ruling at the end of January, the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) has announced that same-sex couples who are legally married will receive exactly the same health-care and pension benefits as heterosexual couples covered in the program.
Dozens of urban bicycle groups under the banner of the National Urban Cycle Network (BICERED) are pushing the federal government to reduce air pollution nation-wide.
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto welcomes U.S. President Barack Obama and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to the annual North American leaders’ summit in Toluca on Wednesday, February 19.
Soon to be adapted into a major movie, “Midnight in Mexico: A Reporter’s Journey Through a Country’s Descent into Darkness” by Alfredo Corchado is not just another book about Mexico’s bloody drug war.