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  • May 2008

    • Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War

      BBC  |  May 11, 08 6:39 AM CDT

      Third Top Cop Executed in Mexico Drug War

      (Newser) - A third key police officer was assassinated yesterday in the intensifying war between Mexican officials and drug cartels, the BBC reports. The deputy police chief of the border town of Juarez was killed when gunmen peppered his car with bullets as he left home. The head of Mexico's anti-kidnap unit was killed Friday, and the chief of police operations against drug trafficking was shot dead the day before. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • police  • organized crime  • drug cartels

    • Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 8, 08 5:10 PM CDT

      Mexico's Top Drug Cop Assassinated

      (Newser) - The official leading Mexico's anti-drug efforts was gunned down early this morning, the Los Angeles Times , shot eight times after arriving at his Mexico City home from work. Mexican outlets reported that the so-called Sinaloa cartel is behind the death of Edgar Millan Gomez, 42; he's the third high-ranking federal law-enforcement official shot in the capital in the past week. More »

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      Mexico  • assassination  • drug cartels  • Sinaloa drug cartel

    • Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

      AFP  |  May 5, 08 5:48 AM CDT

      Thug Attack Kills 10 on Mexican Ranch

      (Newser) - Sixty gunmen opened fire on a Mexican ranch yesterday, killing 10 and injuring six more, AFP reports. The shooting came a day after another in the same state killed at least seven. Both attacks were on the head of a local cattlemens' organization; both carried signs of organized crime in a wave of violence linked to drug cartels. The motive for yesterday’s shooting was unclear, the BBC notes. More »

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      Mexico  • shooting  • organized crime  • drug cartel  • gunman  • ranch

    • Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      Economist  |  May 4, 08 10:36 AM CDT

      Cocaine Moves by Submarine

      (Newser) - Cocaine traffickers have embraced a startling new method to transport their product into America, the Economist reports: homemade submersibles. The cartels themselves seem to be producing the small craft, which descend to just below the waterline. They sport large cargo space and fuel tanks that allow them to sail far out to sea before dropping their payloads. More »

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      Mexico  • drugs  • Colombia  • cocaine  • drug cartel  • smuggling  • submarine  • drug cartels

  • April 2008

    • Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 6:02 AM CDT

      Virtual Kidnap Latest Crime Wave in Mexico

      (Newser) - Mexican crooks are putting a new twist on an old crime with "virtual kidnapping," the New York Times reports. The criminals are cashing in on the widespread fear of kidnapping by calling families and pretending to have snatched a loved one—usually a child—for ransom. Many panicked parents pay up before they realize that their loved one is safe. More »

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      crime  • Mexico  • kidnapping  • organized crime  • ransom

    • All Safe in 5.8 Mexico Quake

      Associated Press  |  Apr 28, 08 4:21 AM CDT

      All Safe in 5.8 Mexico Quake

      (Newser) - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake shook Mexico yesterday, but no major damage or injuries were reported, AP reports. The rumble, centered 96 miles north of Acapulco, rattled buildings in Mexico City and sent many scurrying into the streets. "It scared us. It was strong," remarked one resident who recalled the 1985 quake that killed thousands. “We’re just waiting for an earthquake that strong to hit again.” More »

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      Mexico  • earthquake  • natural disaster  • Mexico City

    • 15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout

      Reuters  |  Apr 26, 08 7:20 PM CDT

      15 Dead in Tijuana Shootout

      (Newser) - A gunfight between Tijuana drug cartel rivals left 15 dead and eight wounded near the US border today, Reuters reports. The worst violence in Mexico's 3-year drug war, it filled a city road with bodies and took the lives of two top hit men from the Arellano Felix cartel. "Today shows we are facing a terrible war never seen before on the (U.S.-Mexico) border," said Baja California Attorney General Rommel Moreno. More »

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      Mexico  • drug trafficking  • drug war  • Mexican border  • War on Drugs  • gun violence  • Tijuana  • shootout

    • Bush Boosts Battered NAFTA at Summit

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 22, 08 3:25 AM CDT

      Bush Boosts Battered NAFTA at Summit

      (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 14-year-pact is repeatedly roasted on the Democratic campaign trail. More »

    • Sorry, Ladies: Eli's Officially Off the Market

      New York Post  |  Apr 20, 08 3:38 PM CDT

      Sorry, Ladies: Eli's Officially Off the Market

      (Newser) - Sorry gals, Giants quarterback Eli Manning is no longer a free man. He and college sweetheart Abby McGrew wed in a sunset ceremony last night in Mexico, the New York Post reports. A few dozen family and friends gathered at a seaside resort, where the well-tanned couple said their vows under a tent adorned with pink wildflowers. More »

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      Mexico  • wedding  • New York Giants  • Eli Manning  • Peyton Manning  • Abby McGrew

    • US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

      Washington Post  |  Apr 18, 08 10:30 AM CDT

      US Downturn Cuts Migrants' Payments Home

      (Newser) - The downturn in the US economy is also hitting Mexico hard, the Washington Post reports. Money sent home from the US, known as remittances, dropped nearly 7% in January compared with the year before, the biggest plunge in 13 years, says the Mexican government. Without that money, the country's No. 2 source of foreign currency, many Mexicans can’t pay for basic needs. More »

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      US economy  • Mexico  • immigrant  • job market  • migrant workers

    • Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      New York Times  |  Apr 16, 08 4:25 PM CDT

      Bloody Drug Wars Rock Mexican Town

      (Newser) - Bloody drug wars are ravaging the Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez—across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas—despite desperate attempts at control by the government. After 210 lives were claimed by the battles between cartels in the first three months of 2008, President Felipe Calderon sent over 2,000 soldiers to the area in late March, the New York Times reports. More »

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      Mexico  • drug cartels  • Ciudad Juarez

    • Mexico Is No Longer Outlaw Central

      New York Times  |  Apr 12, 08 5:31 AM CDT

      Mexico Is No Longer Outlaw Central

      (Newser) - It's getting harder for US crooks to hide out in Mexico—as Cpl. Cesar Laurean would no doubt attest, Patrick J. Lyons blogs in the New York Times . In fact, Mexico and Washington have extradited dozens of suspects every year since an old treaty was improved in 1995. But the pact includes one "politically fraught" detail: that if Mexico objects, the US cannot seek the death penalty in Laurean's case. More »

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      Mexico  • death penalty  • extradition  • Maria Lauterbach  • pregnant marine  • Cesar Laurean

    • Marine Murder Suspect: I Loved Her

      CNN  |  Apr 11, 08 4:10 AM CDT

      Marine Murder Suspect: I Loved Her

      (Newser) - The fugitive Marine finally busted in Mexico yesterday in the grisly murder of a pregnant colleague told a reporter who asked whether he killed her: "I loved her." Marine Cpl. Cesar Laurean of Camp Lejeune was captured after a three-month manhunt, reports CNN. He went on the lam when investigators found the charred body of Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who had accused Laurean of rape. More »

    • Fugitive Marine Captured in Mexico

      Associated Press  |  Apr 10, 08 9:02 PM CDT

      Fugitive Marine Captured in Mexico

      (Newser) - The FBI says it has arrested a fugitive Marine sought in the murder of a pregnant fellow Marine in North Carolina, the AP reports. Authorities say they arrested Cpl. Cesar Laurean in Mexico, where he fled in January. He is charged with killing Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, whose burned remains, and those of her fetus, were found in his back yard. More »

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      Mexico  • Marine  • Maria Lauterbach  • Cesar Laurean  • Camp Lejeune

    • Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

      Los Angeles Times  |  Apr 2, 08 5:40 AM CDT

      Border Fence Will Skirt Environmental Laws

      (Newser) - Homeland Security is ditching environmental laws in a push to finish 670 miles of border fence along Mexico by the end of this year, reports the Los Angeles Times . Congress has approved a waiver for more than 30 environmental and cultural laws to accelerate building. Critics say the plans are being pushed through without proper assessment and will endanger wildlife. More »

  • March 2008

    • Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      Wired  |  Mar 28, 08 10:58 AM CDT

      Mexico's Emo Teens Under Fire

      (Newser) - An ugly clash of cultures is surfacing in Mexico with so-called emo teenagers being viciously beaten in big cities across the country, Wired reports. In one well-publicized attack north of Mexico City, an 800-strong mob—made up of punk fans and ordinary working-class teens—beat up a handful of long-haired, mascara-wearing teens. Another attack in the capital itself has prompted the police to begin anti-riot patrols. More »

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      Mexico  • teenagers  • Latin America  • riots  • Mexico City  • youth  • Tijuana  • emo

    • Mexico May Overtake US as Fattest Country

      McClatchy Newspapers  |  Mar 24, 08 11:23 AM CDT

      Mexico May Overtake US as Fattest Country

      (Newser) - Mexico is the second-fattest nation after the US, and it could top the list within 10 years if waistlines continue to expand at the current rate. Nearly three-quarters of Mexican women and two-thirds of men are overweight, and diabetes is now the main cause of death. Health officials are launching anti-junk-food campaigns, but industry lobbyists aren't about to throw in the towel. More »

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      health  • Mexico  • obesity  • diabetes  • obesity epidemic  • Pepsi  • junk food  • soft drinks

    • Tourism Busts Pre-9/11 Record

      Reuters  |  Mar 11, 08 3:00 AM CDT

      Tourism Busts Pre-9/11 Record

      (Newser) - Nearly 57 million foreign tourists visited the US last year, pumping more than $123 billion into the economy, Reuters reports. It's the first time a tourism record has been broken since the 9/11 attacks staggered the industry. Some 17.7 million visitors traveled from Canada and 15 million from Mexico. Some of the increase is fueled by the weak dollar. More »

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      Japan  • United States  • Mexico  • Canada  • tourism  • Department of Commerce  • Carlos Gutierrez

    • Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      Associated Press  |  Mar 10, 08 12:50 PM CDT

      Spring Breakers Party Stateside

      (Newser) - More spring breakers are sipping their Coronas domestically this year, the AP reports. Mexico is a staple hotspot, but widespread reports of drug wars in border towns and tightened security at US entry points have convinced many college vacationers to remain stateside. In places like Texas's South Padre Island, students are skipping the usual excursions to nearby Matamoros. More »

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      Texas  • Mexico  • drugs  • college  • vacation  • college student  • spring break  • South Padre Island

    • Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands of small farmers are financially at risk, unable to grow produce that fits the US giant's supply chain—so Wal-Mart, Washington, and a Portland, Ore., relief group have kicked in more than $2 million to help. More »

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      Mexico  • Wal-Mart  • agriculture  • retail  • farmer  • Guatemala  • food industry  • Central America

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