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Felipe Calderon stories: 31 news summaries

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(Newser) - A single hijacker took control of a jet out of Cancun with more than 100 people aboard before forcing it to land in Mexico City and freeing the passengers, CNN reports. Mexican authorities have detained the Bolivian hijacker, who falsely claimed to have a bomb and demanded to see Mexican... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Bolivia • hijack • plane hijacking

Watchdog: Mexican Army's Abuse of Civilians Unchecked

Desperate to fight the cartels, government turns a blind eye to military crimes

May 1, 09 1:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Mexican army, enlisted by President Felipe Calderón in the battle against drug cartels, is abusing civilians with de facto immunity from the government, a watchdog group says. The army was supposed to be a temporary replacement for corrupt or incompetent police forces. But some soldiers, unaccustomed to the... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • murder • civilian casualties • Mexican army • drug cartel • Human Rights Watch • drug dealer

 Mexican Mayor Assassinated 

Just as US arrests 750 in crackdown on Mexican drug cartel

Feb 26, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The mayor of Vista Hermosa in Mexican President Felipe Calderon's home province was ambushed and killed by gunmen last night, CNN reports. The mayor, who survived an assassination attempt last week, is the second mayor in the province to be killed in eight months. The assassination came as US Attorney... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • mayor • Mexican drug war • assassination • drug cartel • Sinaloa drug cartel

Interior Minister Killed
in Mexico City Plane Crash

Eight dead, 40 injured after jet plunges into Mexico City traffic and explodes

Nov 5, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The second-highest official in Mexico's government died with seven others when his plane crashed into rush-hour traffic on a major road in Mexico City last night, reports the Los Angeles Times. Dozens of people were injured when the plane carrying Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño and his entourage exploded.... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • plane crash

 Drug Kingpins Corrupt 
 Elite Mexican Unit 

Top anti-drug agents accused of passing information to traffickers

Oct 28, 08 10:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two senior officials from an elite Mexican anti-drug unit have been arrested and charged with spying for drug cartels, the Los Angeles Times reports, and dozens of agents have been fired following a tip-off from a captured informant. Prosecutors say the officials leaked information to the gangs they were supposed... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • counternarcotics • drug traffickers

DEA Nabs 175 Mexican Drug Cartel Suspects

Nationwide initiative a key step in border drug war, authorities say

Sep 18, 08 8:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - US officials arrested 175 suspected Mexican drug traffickers this week in raids in a dozen states, the LA Times reports. Prosecutors believe the suspects are part of the violent Gulf cartel, considered to be a driving force in Mexico’s escalating drug wars. The raids were part of a 15-month... More »

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War on Drugs • Atlanta • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Mexican drug war • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Bill Maher Grid

 Thousands Protest
 Mexico Violence

Tide of kidnappings and murders linked to drug gangs and corrupt cops

Aug 31, 08 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands of protesters marched in various Mexican cities yesterday, demanding the government crack down on the nation's mounting crime. Mexico has been rocked by kidnappings and murders connected to drug-trafficking gangs and corrupt police, with an estimated 12,000 drug-related deaths so far this year, reports the Los Angeles Times.... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • kidnapping • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • protests • violence • Mexican drug war

(Newser) - As drug violence soars in Mexico, casualties are spreading to the Yucatan peninsula, a major tourist destination and spring break hot spot. Twelve decapitated bodies were found near the popular ruins of Chichen Itza this week, the Los Angeles Times reports. That's because a government crackdown has heightened “a... More »

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military • Mexico • police • Felipe Calderon • drug trafficking • violence • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Yucatan Peninsula • Bill Maher Grid

 Mexican Troops
 Accused in Drug War Deaths 

Military responsible for deaths of 13 unarmed citizens

Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Mexico Overhauls
Justice System

Calderon signs sweeping reforms

Jun 18, 08 2:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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justice system • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • drug cartel • Human Rights Watch • presumption of innocence • judges • Mexico City Human Rights Commission • Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico

Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

500 deaths in May make pessimists of  majority of Mexicans

Jun 2, 08 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Mexican drug war

 7 Cops Cut Down
 in Mexican Drug Battle 

Latest victims in Mexico's spiraling drug violence

May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Mexico • cocaine • Felipe Calderon • murder • Mexican drug war • methamphetamine • drug cartel • Culiacan • federal police • Gen. Jose Antonio Guzman

Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

Killing may be linked to wave of drug crime

May 20, 08 4:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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.... More »

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

Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

Cartels post death threats, hit lists to threaten police

May 19, 08 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 Bush Boosts
 Battered NAFTA
 at Summit

Trading partners meet in New Orleans

Apr 22, 08 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush yesterday opened a two-day economic summit in New Orleans with Mexico and Canada amid growing hostility to the North American Free Trade Agreement, which is widely blamed for US job losses. Bush is using the meeting with the trillion-dollar trading partners to highlight support for NAFTA as the... More »

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New Orleans • Mexico • Canada • Felipe Calderon • recession • NAFTA • Stephen Harper • summit meeting • National Security Council • Global Trade Watch • World Trade Organization. • US Chamber of Commerce

Mexican Prez Predicts Friendlier US

Foresees better times
for immigrants under new administration

Feb 8, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - 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,”... More »

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

OPINION

Mexico Spiraling Out of Control

Country is losing ground to drug cartels, Reuters columnist writes

Jan 16, 08 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - 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 “... More »

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Mexico • Felipe Calderon • marijuana • Mexican drug war

Mexican Aid to Protect Monarchs

Calderon promises funds to stem illegal logging in butterflies' habitat

Nov 26, 07 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Was Mexican Coke Bust
Just for Show?

US $1.4B aid package must be tied to police overhaul, expert says

Nov 11, 07 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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War on Drugs • Mexico • Felipe Calderon

Flood Victims Fight for Food

20,000 still trapped on rooftops as workers focus on 'selective evacuations'

Nov 5, 07 6:55 PM CST
(Newser) - 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 "... More »

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

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