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  • June 2008

    • Mexican Troops Accused in Drug War Deaths

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT

      Mexican Troops Accused in Drug War Deaths

      Mexicans increasingly accuse state troops of beating and murdering innocents on their mission to curb violent drug cartels, Time reports. Since the state assigned 25,000 soldiers to fight drug-runners 2 years ago, troops have killed at least 13 unarmed people—while traffickers have added 1,800 more to the tally. "These soldiers are idiots," a witness to a shooting said. "What protection do they give us?" More »

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      Congress  • Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • drug trafficking  • civilian casualties  • drug cartel  • drug dealing  • drug war  • drug cartels  • drug dealer  • civilians

    • Mexico Overhauls Justice System

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Jun 18, 08 2:30 AM CDT

      Mexico Overhauls Justice System

      Sweeping reforms of Mexico's criminal justice system were signed into law by President Felipe Calderon yesterday. US-style public trials and presumption of innocence will replace Mexico's slow, closed-door system that proceeds almost exclusively through briefs, reports the Washington Post. The reforms also give investigators power to hold suspects 80 days without charges.      More »

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      Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • Human Rights Watch  • drug cartels  • justice system

    • Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jun 2, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

      A majority of Mexicans say violent drug gangs are thrashing President Felipe Calderon's government after nearly 500 people were slain in May—the highest number of killings since Calderon took office in December 2006, reports Reuters. Some 53% of Mexicans believe the gangs are beating the federal forces, while only 24% say the government is winning. More »

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      Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • drug war

  • May 2008

    • 7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT

      7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      A gun battle in Mexico's drug capital of Culiacan ended with seven federal police officers and a civilian lying dead, and four officers wounded. Drug dealers opened fire and hurled a grenade as police raided a drug house in the city, where 1,000 people have died in drug-related violence since the beginning of the year, reports CNN. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • cocaine  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • methamphetamine

    • Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

      newser  |  CNN  |  May 20, 08 4:40 AM CDT

      Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

      The bodies of four people apparently killed execution-style, including at least one American, were found in the popular Mexico tourist state of Baja California, reports CNN. The decomposing remains were found just 20 miles south of the US border. Two of the victims were in a car with California plates. Police believe the killings may be linked to a series of recent drug-related crimes that claimed 40 lives over the weekend. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • drug trafficking  • drug cartel

    • Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 19, 08 8:13 AM CDT

      Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      Mexican drug cartels are running a campaign of warnings and death threats to police who won’t join them, the AP reports. Banners across roads, hit lists, and messages on cops' two-way radios work to intimidate “those who still don’t believe” in the cartels’ power. Four top Mexican police officials, including the acting federal police chief, have been killed this month. More »

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      Mexico  • police  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel  • death threats  • Ciudad Juarez

  • April 2008
  • February 2008

    • Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Feb 8, 08 3:03 AM CST

      Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

      Mexican President Felipe Calderon expects the next US administration to bring a “broader and more comprehensive view” to immigration, providing immigrants a path to legalization, he told the Los Angeles Times . For Calderon, Super Tuesday was heartening. “The most radical and anti-immigrant candidates have been left behind,” he said. They’ve been “put in their place by their own electorate.” More »

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      Mexico  • Super Tuesday  • immigration reform  • Felipe Calderon  • NAFTA  • free markets

  • January 2008

    • Mexico Spiraling Out of Control

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 16, 08 5:56 PM CST

      Mexico Spiraling Out of Control

      The violent conflict between drug cartels and Mexico's government has the country perilously close to spinning out of control, writes Reuters' Bernd Debusmann. The battle for control of the drug trade that delivers the majority of the US’ cocaine and marijuana has produced a culture in which there is “widespread acceptance of insecurity as a way of life,” Debusmann says. More »

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      Mexico  • marijuana  • Felipe Calderon  • drug war

  • November 2007

    • Mexican Aid to Protect Monarchs

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 26, 07 6:10 AM CST

      Mexican Aid to Protect Monarchs

      The famous migrating monarch butterflies have a new ally in Mexican President Felipe Calderon, who yesterday said he would devote $4.6 million more to the central Mexican reserve where the butterflies hibernate—and crack down on the illegal logging that threatens the insects' habitat. Calderon hopes the measure will nurture tourism income as well as the environment, reports the AP. More »

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      global warming  • Mexico  • endangered species  • tourism  • Felipe Calderon  • migration  • butterflies  • monarch butterflies

    • Was Mexican Coke Bust Just for Show?

      newser  |  Time  |  Nov 11, 07 4:48 PM CST

      Was Mexican Coke Bust Just for Show?

      The timing of Mexico's biggest-ever coke bust was a little too perfect last week, Time says. Mexican police nabbed the nose candy—23.5 tons valued at $400 million—just as Congress was debating whether to send more drug-fighting aid. “We've seen this movie before,” grumbled one expert, who says US aid must be tied to changes with Mexico’s shady federal police. More »

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      Mexico  • Felipe Calderon  • War on Drugs

    • Flood Victims Fight for Food

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Nov 5, 07 6:55 PM CST

      Flood Victims Fight for Food

      Mexican flood victims fought for food and medicine today, as workers continued efforts to rescue 20,000 still stranded on rooftops, the AP reports. Some camped on upper floors or roofs to guard possessions, while others went looking—some looting—for food. One worker said rescuers were focusing on "selective evacuations," mostly of the sick, and dropping supplies in remote towns. More »

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      Mexico  • flood  • disaster  • rescue  • Felipe Calderon  • Tabasco

    • Message From Rooftop: 'Send the Police'

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Nov 4, 07 9:03 AM CST

      Message From Rooftop: 'Send the Police'

      People in southeastern Mexico endured another day huddled in shelters or perched on rooftops as the flooding that has left 800,000 people homeless continued unabated, Reuters reports. The death toll rose to eight—seven in Chiapas state and one in Tabasco. But people are desperate for faster help: "Enough. There are children, pregnant women, sick women. Send the police," read a rooftop banner. More »

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      Mexico  • flood  • natural disaster  • Felipe Calderon  • Tabasco  • Chiapas

    • 'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 3, 07 5:58 AM CDT

      'Biblical' Flood Ravages Mexico

      Shortages of food, drinking water, and medicine threaten southeastern Mexico, where muddy flood waters cover 80% of the state of Tabasco and almost a million people have had to flee their homes. "The scene here is terrible, it's biblical," a Red Cross official told the Guardian , as a huge effort was mounted to rescue 300,000 people still trapped on roofs by surging waters. More »

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      Mexico  • flood  • rescue  • Felipe Calderon  • evacuation  • Red Cross  • Tabasco

    • Mexico Floods Strand 300,000

      newser  |  BBC  |  Nov 2, 07 6:55 AM CDT

      Mexico Floods Strand 300,000

      Rescuers are racing to southeastern Mexico by boat and helicopter to free 300,000 people trapped in their homes by massive flooding, the BBC reports. Nearly 70% of the state of Tabasco is under water and all crops have been obliterated. "We are just like New Orleans," the governor said of his low-lying state. One person has died. More »

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      Mexico  • flood  • natural disaster  • Felipe Calderon  • Tabasco

  • October 2007

    • US Cocaine Supply Plummets

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Oct 3, 07 5:46 AM CDT

      US Cocaine Supply Plummets

      The cocaine supply has dropped sharply in the last year in 37 US cities, which law enforcement officials attribute to a crackdown on drug cartels by Mexican authorities and a record volume of drugs seized at sea. New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco were among major cities experiencing sharp reductions in supply. The shortage has driven the price of cocaine to its highest level in almost 20 years. More »

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      Los Angeles  • New York  • Mexico  • San Francisco  • cocaine  • San Diego  • Felipe Calderon  • drug trafficking  • War on Drugs  • drug cartel

  • August 2007

    • Dean Lashes Mexican Coast

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 07 11:03 AM CDT

      Dean Lashes Mexican Coast

      Tearing into history as the most intense Atlantic storm to make landfall in two decades, Hurricane Dean today pounded the Yucatan peninsula, battering Mayan ruins and swinging toward oil rigs, the AP reports. Pummeling homes and trees in sparsely populated, mostly evacuated areas, the fierce Category 5 storm shrunk to a Category 3, and left no immediate deaths or major damage. More »

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      Mexico  • weather  • storm  • hurricane  • Felipe Calderon  • Hurricane Dean  • Gulf of Mexico  • Atlantic Ocean  • Yucatan Peninsula  • Bay of Campeche  • Cancun  • Mayan

    • Hurricane Dean Hastens 'Three Amigos' Summit

      newser  |  Globe and Mail  |  Aug 21, 07 6:28 AM CDT

      Hurricane Dean Hastens 'Three Amigos' Summit

      President Bush met with his counterparts from north and south yesterday at a Canadian summit overshadowed by Hurricane Dean and greeted with violent protests. The so-called "Three Amigos" met in a Quebec château ringed by a huge security wall, outside which police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. The summit continues today, but Mexican President Felipe Calderon is leaving early to oversee the hurricane response. More »

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      George W. Bush  • United States  • Mexico  • Canada  • protests  • hurricane  • Arctic  • Felipe Calderon  • Stephen Harper  • passport  • drug trade

    • Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 17, 07 11:01 AM CDT

      Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

      Staff at Cancun's five-star Coral Beach Hotel had egg on their faces after trying to throw out a woman in indigenous Mayan garb, assuming she was a beggar or street vendor. Turned out the person they tried to hustle out of their lobby was Rigoberta Menchu—Nobel peace prizewinner, Unesco goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and indigenous rights activist, the Guardian reports, More »

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      Felipe Calderon  • Guatemala  • Nobel prize  • Cancun  • Mayan

    • US Nears Deal to Fight Mexican Drug Cartels

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Aug 8, 07 1:15 PM CDT

      US Nears Deal to Fight Mexican Drug Cartels

      The Bush administration will send hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Mexico to combat drug cartels in a deal that's on the verge of approval, the Washington Post reports. The package, which would include equipment and training for anti-drug teams, represents a new level of cooperation. "The days of the finger-pointing are over," says a senior Republican aide. More »

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      Bush administration  • Mexico  • drugs  • Colombia  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel

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