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NEWS ABOUT: Mexico

Mexico stories: 346 news summaries

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Mexicans Eager to Cast Votes
for No One

Blank ballot campaign gains popularity as democracy loses it

Jun 18, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plenty of politicians are battling for votes ahead of Mexico’s July 5 congressional election, but the campaign getting the most buzz isn’t for a candidate—it’s for no candidate. The vote en blanco movement is urging disillusioned Mexicans to turn in their ballots with a giant... More »

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Mexico • democracy • vote • protest vote • vote en blanco

(Newser) - The Mexican Navy seized more than a ton of cocaine packed inside the bodies of frozen sharks on a freighter off the Yucatan coast headed for America, reports the BBC. The booty was pinpointed using dogs and x-ray machines, officials said. Drug fighters warned that powerful cartels are using increasingly... More »

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crime • Mexico • cocaine • shark • drug dealing • drug smuggling • drug cartels • Mexican Navy

Mexico Kidnappers Snatched 10K US-Bound Migrants

Human rights commission estimates 10K migrants seized over 6 months

Jun 16, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican gangs preying on Central American migrants headed for the US kidnapped almost 10,000 people between September 2008 and February 2009, according to a new report from Mexico's national human rights commission. The average ransom paid was $2,500, according to the report, which said Mexican authorities participated in... More »

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Mexico • migrant workers • kidnapping • Central America • kidnapper • migrants

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the completion of the border fence between the US and Mexico, Fox News reports. Environmental groups, an Indian tribe, and the city of El Paso brought the challenge, contending that a fence will cut off access to the Rio Grande... More »

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Texas • Mexico • Department of Homeland Security • Michael Chertoff • El Paso • border fence • US Supreme Court • American Indian • Ysleta del Sur Pueblo tribe

Authorities Say Time's Nearly Up for Mexico's Drug King

Head of Sinaloa cartel uses wealth, ruthlessness to avoid capture

Jun 13, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Joaquin Guzman grew up in grinding poverty in Mexico, but today he's on the Forbes billionaires list as a larger-than-life "narco folk hero," write David Luhnow and Jose de Cordoba in a profile of "El Chapo" for the Wall Street Journal. Guzman, kingpin of the Sinaloa cartel,... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • fugitive • Sinaloa drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

  Massive Drug Tunnel
  Found Under Mexico Border

Elaborate smuggling tunnel to Arizona has electricity, ventilation system

Jun 12, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Border Patrol has uncovered one of the biggest and most sophisticated smuggling tunnels under the Mexican border it has ever seen, CNN reports. The 83-foot tunnel to Arizona from Nogales, Mexico, was still under construction when it was found after a tipoff from somebody who heard construction sounds.... More »

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Mexico • Mexican border • Border Patrol • drug cartel • tunnel • Nogales • smuggling • drug smuggling

 17 Dead in Acapulco Shootout 

Violence further damages resort's tourism industry

Jun 7, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - A fierce, 2-hour gun battle between drug agents and Mexican authorities in Acapulco has left 15 gunmen and 2 soldiers dead, the BBC reports. After receiving a tip, troops ambushed a house in the resort town last night, as gunmen hurled grenades and crashed their cars trying to flee. Upon... More »

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Mexico • tourism • violence • drug cartel • gunmen

(AP) - A fast-moving fire killed 29 children in a day care center in northern Mexico yesterday despite the desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through walls to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after the fire at ABC day care in... More »

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Mexico • children • daycare • fire • deaths

11 Mutilated Bodies Found
in Arizona Van in Mexico

Bodies left with threatening messages from drug cartels

Jun 5, 09 3:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican police have found the shot and mutilated bodies of 11 men in a stolen van with Arizona plates near the US border, Reuters reports. The arms and legs of most of the bodies had been hacked off. Threatening messages believed to be from a drug cartel were left with... More »

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Mexico • murder • Mexican border • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Joaquin Guzman

(Newser) - US counterterrorism officials are worried that al-Qaeda may mount a biological attack from Mexico and could even seek to collaborate with domestic terrorists, the Washington Times reports. The fears are bolstered by a February video from Kuwait al-Qaeda recruiter Abdullah al-Nafisi. In the video, Nafisi boasted that anthrax “... More »

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Mexico • Hezbollah • homeland security • Mexican border • anthrax • al-Qaeda • terrorist attack • bioterrorism • Abdullah al-Nafisi

 25 Mexican 
 Cops Busted 
 for Drug Ties 

Calderon launches troops to root out police corruption

Jun 2, 09 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican soldiers and federal agents have arrested at least 25 police officers accused of links to drug trafficking operations, reports AP. The busts are part of an ongoing effort to stem the tide of drug violence. President Felipe Calderon has committed over 40,000 troops to combat the cartels. Calderon... More »

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Mexico • police • drug trafficking • Mexican drug war • Mexican army • Felipe Calderón

 Mexican Heroin 
 Seeps Into 
 Rural US 

Mexican cartels push the drug into the heartland

May 31, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the battle between drug cartels and law enforcement rages in Mexico, traffickers are gaining footholds in America's Heartland. Ohio saw heroin-related deaths spread into 18 new counties between 2004 and 2007, just one indication that dealers aren't limited to big cities. "It's like going to pick up beer,... More »

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drugs • illegal immigrant • Mexico • heroin • drug cartel • drug dealer • heartland

Mexico Devotes
$92M to Luring
Back Visitors

Prez urges citizens to shake off swine flu, travel domestically

May 28, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico’s tourism board is taking a trickle-down approach to luring vacationers back after the swine flu outbreak, Advertising Age reports. It’s kicking off a $92 million campaign by urging Mexicans to counteract the negative perceptions and show visitors “that Mexico is not only a beautiful country but... More »

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Mexico • tourism • tourists • advertising campaign • swine flu

Mexican Drug Sweep
Snares 10 Mayors

Officials provided 'protection net' to deadly drug cartel

May 27, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ten mayors and several police chiefs were busted in a major drug raid yesterday in Mexico's Michoacan state. The public officials provided a "protection net" for the deadly Michoacan Family drug cartel, said law enforcement authorities. The cartel is linked to the murder of 7 people and wounding of... More »

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drugs • Mexico • corruption • mayor • drug cartel • federal police • public corruption • narcotics

Glossies

Savvy Slim Bets on NYT
Being a Monopoly


May 26, 09 6:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Carlos Slim, the elusive Mexican billionaire who bailed out the New York Times to the tune of $250 million, is betting that the Times will be one of a very few major-league news organizations left standing when the current newspaper shakeout is over, Lawrence Wright writes in a profile of... More »

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New York Times • Mexico • Carlos Slim • billionaire

Mexico Captures Drug Suspect on Most-Wanted List

'El Gori' believed to be top lieutenant of the Gulf drug cartel

May 22, 09 7:02 AM CDT
(AP) - Soldiers have arrested a suspected member of a powerful drug cartel who is listed among Mexico's 37 most-wanted traffickers. Raymundo Almanza Morales was captured in the northern city of Monterrey after soldiers received an anonymous tip. His brother was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of masterminding the killing of... More »

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Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Monterrey

 Mexico City Lifts 
 Flu Restrictions 

Alert level lowered after no new infections reported for a week

May 22, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has lifted all measures introduced to curb the spread of swine flu, and changed its alert status to the lowest level, the BBC reports. "We can calm down now," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, telling residents they no longer have to wear masks. No new cases of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • outbreak • influenza • Marcelo Ebrard • swine flu • H1N1 virus

US Trading Partners See Huge GDP Falls

Mexico contracts
21.5% as American demand dries up

May 21, 09 6:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Yesterday Mexico became the latest country to disclose a sharp economic contraction as a result of the slowdown in US consumption of imported goods. Mexican GDP fell at an annualized rate of 21.5% in the first quarter, following Germany, down 14.4%, and Japan, 15.2%—its worst performance... More »

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Germany • Japan • Mexico • globalization • recession • global economy • US economy • GDP • NAFTA • Japanese economy • financial crisis

 Navy Copter Crash 
 Kills 3 Near San Diego 

2 crew members still missing

May 20, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Coast Guard is searching for two possible survivors of an early-morning Navy helicopter crash that killed three crew members off the Mexican coast near San Diego. The US and Mexican navies are assisting with the search, as is border patrol, the Union-Tribune reports. The Navy hasn’t identified those... More »

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Mexico • Navy • death • Coast Guard • accident • helicopter crash

(Newser) - Law enforcement expects to seize $1 billion worth of pot along one stretch of southern Arizona this year, and that’s just 20% of the marijuana they believe will be smuggled into the area from Mexico. But there’s little they can do about it, NPR reports; the region is... More »

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Mexico • Arizona • Mexican border • Drug Enforcement Administration • drug cartel • Native Americans • drug smuggling • Tohono O'odham Nation

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