Danny Benavides

TOR Radio: Zero Dark Snowden, FCC Neutrality, and Legal Pot vs. Cartels

TOR Radio #99 | Anonymous protests Glenn Greenwald's No Place to Hide Book Tour; Greenwald signs deal with Sony, producers (and defenders) of Zero Dark Thirty to oversee Snowden: The Motion Picture; the FCC rules on net neutrality; ongoing crisis in Michoacan; and the legal pot market in Colorado and Uruguay vs. drug cartels.

Is the U.S. Helping Mexico Undermine Michoacan’s Vigilantes?

Danny Benavides | Allegations made by former Mexican General Jesus Jaime Garcia Miramontes suggesting a US plot to undermine Michoacan's autodefensas were quickly dismissed by the press. However, what is more of a "national security" threat to the U.S. and Mexico: organized crime that can "play ball," or an armed vigilante revolution?