TOR Radio #103 | Guillermo Jimenez and Danny Benavides breakdown news stories from the previous week, including: USAID/CIA up to their old tricks in Cuba, ISIS Takes Narco-Style Propaganda to the Next Level, and Rand Paul Loves Israel More Than You.
TOR Radio #102 | Guillermo Jimenez and Danny Benavides revisit the immigration debate and review other recent news stories involving state violence, including the cases of Eric Garner and Joseph Wood. Also, Danny breaks down the latest on narconoia and the drug-war madness along the southern US border.
TOR Radio #101 | Guillermo Jimenez and Danny Benavides take a look at the root causes of the escalating "humanitarian crisis" unfolding in Central America and along the US-Mexico border. Also, a first-hand account of how prohibitions on drugs and migration have negatively impacted the southern US border over the years.
Danny Benavides | A quick note about the #Narconoia Updates on Traces of Reality. You can now stay up-to-date with news from the US-Mexico borderlands by following me on Twitter @Narconoia. Expect daily links in your timeline to stories and analysis surrounding Mexico's narcos and the drugwar police state developing at home.
Danny Benavides | There is something booming in Mexico besides the drug trade and the violence associated with it: Forensic science. This is an extremely fascinating mini-documentary from Vice's "Motherboard" video-magazine which spotlights this very discipline and the crucial role that forensic science plays...
Danny Benavides | Carlos Rosales Mendoza, La Familia Michoacana founder and ally of Gulf Cartel druglord Osiel Cardenas Guillen, was recently released from prison in Mexico, with little press and seemingly little concern. The discharging of an old-school kingpin like Rosales Mendoza is a much bigger deal than the press would have many believe.
Danny Benavides | Video and English translation of the legitimate spokesperson of Michoacan's Autodefensas, Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles Valverde speaking before a crowd gathered in Caleta de Campos — ground-zero for the Mexican government's latest attempt to disrupt, co-opt, and disparage the self-defense movement.
Porkins Policy Radio #23 | Pearse Redmond interviews TOR Contributing Editor Danny Benavides on Porkins Policy Radio, May 28, 2014. Topics: Mexican drug war, the autodefensa movement in Michoacan, history of La Familia and the Knights Templar Cartel, violence in Tamaulipas, and EPN's "million dollar selfie" with Kevin Spacey.
