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  • July 2008

    • Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      Tomatoes OK, FDA Says

      (AP) - The US government has declared it's OK to eat tomatoes again, lifting its salmonella warning amid signs that the outbreak, while not over, may finally be slowing. Officials reiterated earlier warnings that the people most at risk of salmonella should avoid hot peppers, particularly jalapenos and serranos. The Food and Drug Administration is sending inspectors to Mexico to investigate a packing house that receives peppers from a number of farms. More »

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      Mexico  • FDA  • outbreak  • salmonella  • tomatoes  • ban  • chili peppers

    • Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      Associated Press  |  Jul 17, 08 9:00 AM CDT

      Mexico Seizes Homemade Drug Submarine

      (AP) - Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast yesterday and arrested its four-man crew. The 30-foot makeshift vessel was detected heading north about 200 miles off the southern state of Oaxaca, and intercepted when it surfaced. The crew offered no resistance, and say drug lords forced them to make the journey.   More »

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      Mexico  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug trafficking  • submarine

    • 'For Hire: Pro Hitman'—Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

      BBC  |  Jul 13, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      'For Hire: Pro Hitman'&mdash;Mexico Investigates Killer Online Ads

      (Newser) - Mexican authorities are investigating a slew of online ads offering the services of a professional killer. The ads may be fake, but police are taking no chances. A recent outbreak of hitmen amidst a raging drug war has contributed to the more than 1,400 murders in Mexico this year, including some 400 police officers and public officials. More »

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      Internet  • Mexico  • drug war  • online ads  • hitman

    • Tropical Storm Douglas Forms Off Mexico

      Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 1:27 PM CDT

      Tropical Storm Douglas Forms Off Mexico

      (AP) - Tropical Storm Douglas formed off Mexico's Pacific coast today, but forecasters say it is not expected to hit land. The storm, located about 245 miles southwest of Manzanillo, will bring rough weather to the southern Baja California Peninsula and could dump heavy rains between Lazaro Cardenas and Puerto Vallarta. More »

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      California  • Mexico  • weather  • Tropical Storm

    • Expert Tunes Into Aztec 'Death Whistles'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 1, 08 6:45 AM CDT

      Expert Tunes Into Aztec 'Death Whistles'

      (Newser) - A Mexican engineer has worked for decades to bring the sounds of the Aztecs back to life, reports the AP. Roberto Velazquez has created replicas of the instruments found at many archaeological sites—including the eerie "Whistles of Death" discovered with a skeleton in an ancient temple—and experimented to re-create noises that may have been heard at ceremonies thousands of years ago. More »

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      Mexico  • archaeology  • Aztecs  • Aztec

  • June 2008

    • Mexican Troops Accused in Drug War Deaths

      Time  |  Jun 29, 08 9:42 PM CDT

      Mexican Troops Accused in Drug War Deaths

      (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 tally. "These soldiers are idiots," a witness to a shooting said. "What protection do they give us?" More »

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

    • Fed Agents Gunned Down at Mexico City Restaurant

      CNN  |  Jun 27, 08 4:15 AM CDT

      Fed Agents Gunned Down at Mexico City Restaurant

      (Newser) - In a brazen display of Mexican drug cartel violence, two federal agents were shot dead in broad daylight as they dined in a Mexico City restaurant yesterday, CNN reports. The shooter then sped off in a black car. One victim was the nation's second-highest-ranking federal police officer and was in charge of programs to combat drug trafficking and smuggling. More »

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      murder  • Mexico  • Mexico City  • drug cartel  • drug war

    • Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      New York Times  |  Jun 25, 08 3:46 AM CDT

      Yanks Flood Mexico for Cheap Gas

      (Newser) - Soaring gas prices have Californians and Texans racing for the border and braving drug cartel violence to save some $20 per tank filling up in Mexico. American pumps have passed the $4 mark, but Mexican gas is still just $2.66 a gallon thanks to subsidies intended for poor Mexicans. Americans are buying it up instead, triggering a 50% surge in sales—and Mexican gas shortages, reports the New York Times. More »

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      Texas  • gas prices  • Mexico  • gas  • fuel costs  • fuel

    • New Findings Shatter Old Mayan Theories

      USA Today  |  Jun 23, 08 6:59 PM CDT

      New Findings Shatter Old Mayan Theories

      (Newser) - Some experts want to drain Mayan history of its high drama—the sudden collapse, and desperate migration—to tell a longer, slower story, USA Today reports. Classic history claims that Mayan cities imploded quickly around 900 AD, and their people trekked north to colonize in the Yucatan—but experts now say that Mayans had already lived there for 1,000 years. More »

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      Mexico  • archaeology  • ancient cities  • Mayans

    • Supreme Court Will Hear Navy Sonar Appeal

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 23, 08 1:06 PM CDT

      Supreme Court Will Hear Navy Sonar Appeal

      (Newser) - The Supreme Court today agreed to hear the US Navy's objection to a court order that ships may not use sonar within 12 miles of the California coast because high-frequency signals are harming whales and other marine life, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Bush administration argues that the judge exceeded her authority in putting environmental concerns before national security. More »

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      US Supreme Court  • Mexico  • Department of Homeland Security  • US Navy  • border fence  • sonar  • whales

    • In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      Portfolio  |  Jun 22, 08 4:31 PM CDT

      In Mexico's Drug War, US Guns Fire Shots

      (Newser) - When Mexican authorities seize a cache of weapons from a drug-cartel hitman, their first call is long distance: to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Because, Portfolio reports, chances are any gun used in Mexico’s noxious drug war—which has left close to 10,000 dead since 2001—was made in the US and smuggled through the leaky border. More »

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      United States  • Mexico  • drug trafficking  • drug war  • border control  • ATF  • Sinaloa drug cartel

    • Cops on Hook for Fatal Mexico Stampede

      CNN  |  Jun 22, 08 1:36 PM CDT

      Cops on Hook for Fatal Mexico Stampede

      (Newser) - Mexico City has suspended the cops who triggered a nightclub stampede that left twelve dead on Friday, CNN reports. Responding to reports of alcohol and drugs sold to minors, the police sparked a riot when the raid was announced. Police made "serious errors" in the operation, Mexico City's mayor said, but club owners "acted with evident irresponsibility and outside the law." More »

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      Mexico  • police  • stampede

    • Mexico's Secret Drug Museum

      Newsweek  |  Jun 21, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Mexico's Secret Drug Museum

      (Newser) - Mexico City's least-known museum may be one of its most interesting, Newsweek reports. The city's Narcotics Museum chronicles drug use in Mexico from the days of the Aztecs to the ruthless heroin-smuggling narcotraficantes of today. Exhibits include bling and heavy weaponry confiscated from drug lords. A visit is essential training for cadets in Mexico's counternarcotics force. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • Mexico City  • museum  • narcotics  • counternarcotics

    • Mexico Overhauls Justice System

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

      Mexico Overhauls Justice System

      (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 days without charges.      More »

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

    • Fla., Mexico Are Main Salmonella Sources: FDA

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 13, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      Fla., Mexico Are Main Salmonella Sources: FDA

      (Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is focusing Florida and Mexico as sources of the salmonella outbreak that has afflicted 228 people in 23 states, the Wall Street Journal reports. The “vast majority” of tomatoes imported at the time of outbreak appear to have come from those areas. Officials have increased sampling of tomatoes, but so far have not found any additional tainted produce. More »

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      Florida  • Mexico  • FDA  • outbreak  • salmonella  • tomatoes  • food contamination  • vegetables

    • Analysts See Oil Bust Ahead

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 4, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      Analysts See Oil Bust Ahead

      (Newser) - The oil price surge is just like the dot-com boom, analysts at Lehman Brothers tell the Wall Street Journal , and costs will sharply decline once the US dollar strengthens and demand dips in certain countries. Lehman claims oil is experiencing the "classic ingredients of an asset bubble," and points to the "herd" instinct of financial investors in rising prices. More »

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      Russia  • oil price  • Mexico  • Venezuela  • crude oil  • Lehman Brothers  • speculators

    • Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

      Reuters  |  Jun 2, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      Mexican Drug Gangs Are Winning: Poll

      (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 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

      CNN  |  May 28, 08 4:23 AM CDT

      7 Cops Cut Down in Mexican Drug Battle

      (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 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

      CNN  |  May 20, 08 4:40 AM CDT

      Yank Among 4 Found 'Executed' in Baja

      (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. 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  • drug trafficking  • Felipe Calderon  • drug cartel

    • Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

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

      Drug Lords to Mexican Cops: Join Us or Die

      (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 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

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