John Gibler, a former Global Exchange Media fellow, has reported from Mexico for various publications including Colorlines and Yes!. He is the author of Mexico Unconquered: Chronicles of Power and Revolt (2009) and To Die in Mexico: Dispatches from Inside the Drug War (2011).
Feature
Death Squads in Oaxaca
The Mexican government ignores the assassination of two community radio activists
John Gibler
Feature
Mexico’s Ghost Towns
The other side of the immigration debate
John Gibler
Dispatch
Counterinsurgency in Chiapas
John Gibler
Dispatch
Militarizing Mexico’s Drug War
More than 1,000 police officers, soldiers and members of enemy cartels have been killed this year as President Calderon has turned up the heat
John Gibler
Dispatch
Street Battles in Oaxaca
John Gibler
Feature
Oaxaca in Crisis
Just as the teacher's strike in Oaxaca appeared ready to end, paramilitary violence breaks out.
John Gibler
Dispatch
Teacher Rebellion in Oaxaca
Thousands of teachers go on strike in Oaxaca.
John Gibler
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