Emiliano Zapata

Mexico's Father Miguel Hidalgo, a 'father' in more ways than one

2010-09-15 21:34:39

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The good life in Xalisco can mean death in the United States

2010-02-16 00:00:00

As a boy, Esteban Avila had only a skinny old horse and two pairs of pants, and he lived in a swampy neighborhood called The Toad. He felt stranded across a river from the rest of the world and wondered about life on the other side. He saw merchants...

What's up with Mexico's bicentennial?

2010-05-24 16:34:37

A place of Latino pride and heritage

2006-04-02 00:00:00

Situated just east of downtown, across the Los Angeles River, is the century-old community of Lincoln Heights. Latino pride clearly resonates — from the symbolic liberty bell of Mexico on display to the bustling businesses serving residents....

At L.A. carwashes, taking a stand

2008-03-27 00:00:00

"Compa�ero, how do they treat you here?" The stranger addressed Manuel Varela, a worker at Nary's Hand Car Wash on Beverly Boulevard, in Spanish. "Badly," Varela answered, continuing to pass tickets to motorists as they pulled in. Curious, Gabriel...

'Bold Caballeros y Noble Bandidas' at the Autry National Center of the America West

2008-11-30 00:00:00

A framed poster of Leo Carrillo starring as Mexican caballero Francisco "Pancho" Villa in the 1950 film "Pancho Villa Returns" rests, in all its pristine splendor, on a cobalt wall. Tag lines such as "The man who made history with cyclonic fury!" and "The...

Another bloody night in Sinaloa, Mexico

2008-11-21 00:00:00

The fourth corpse pulled from the bullet-shattered pickup truck didn't have the benefit of a body bag. Only the face was covered (with a useless bulletproof vest). The victim's red shirt was even redder, soaked with blood. His bare arm hung limply from...

Mexico City: A sea of Juarez streets

2008-03-17 00:00:00

No matter where you drive in this megalopolis, it's hard to miss Juarez Street. That's because there are 632 of them. Hidalgo Street is almost as ubiquitous, with 624 incarnations. At least 500 streets are named Zapata. But you can also find Sea of...

In Sinaloa, the drug trade has infiltrated 'every corner of life'

2008-12-28 00:00:00

Yudit del Rincon, a 44-year-old lawmaker, went before the state legislature this year with a proposition: Let's require lawmakers to take drug tests to prove they are clean. Her colleagues greeted the idea with applause. Then she sprang a surprise on...

Do you have a pistol for the pain?

2005-05-08 00:00:00

My husband says he's multilingual. Or at least that's what he believes. On his r�sum�, John claims he speaks Swedish, Korean, Indonesian, French and Spanish. But in my book, the only language he speaks with any fluency is English. I made this...

Pedro Aguilar

2011-10-30 00:00:00

In 1996, according to police and court records, 32-year-old Mexican-born cook Pedro Aguilar shot and killed his former boss Maria Rodriguez — a restaurant owner and single mother of four who had initially befriended him but then spurned his romantic...

Across the border, beyond the law

2011-10-30 00:00:00

Just days before authorities charged him with sexually assaulting his own daughter, Abraham Caudel hopped a Greyhound bus from DeKalb to California, then crossed into Mexico in a pickup truck driven by his brother. In the eight years since he returned to...

Famous Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata

2013-04-13 00:00:00

The house in Emiliano Zapata , Mexico, where Pedro Aguilar has been living according to neighbors, records and his youngest brother Armando Aguilar, who lives nearby.

2011-10-04 00:00:00

Armando Aguilar, brother of fugitive Pedro Aguilar, talks to Tribune reporters in Emiliano Zapata , Mexico.

2011-10-04 00:00:00