I don't feel like it's a stretch for HN because it actually discusses in detail what's going on in Mexico. Previously all I could understand from various major

I don't feel like it's a stretch for HN because it actually discusses in detail what's going on in Mexico. Previously all I could understand from various major media sources was that there was a lot of drug-related violence in Mexico and that the gov't was having trouble keeping it under control. Similar articles about geopolitical events are occasionally successful on HN - for example, the Atlantic's 6 or 7 page long article on health care, and also the article PG submitted on how JP Morgan provided one of the first major financial bailouts in the US. The issue, I believe, is not subject matter but quality of content.