Emily Sander, 18, found dead in roadside ditch last month in Kansas
Wichita Eagle Dec 19, 07 3:13 PM CST
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The suspected killer of community-college student and internet porn star Emily Sander, 18, was arrested today in Mexico, the Wichita Eagle reports. Israel Mireles, 24, is being held in Melchor Muzquiz until he is extradited, the AP reports. Sander turned up dead along a Kansas road after reportedly leaving an El Dorado bar with Mireles on Nov. 24.
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13 unexplained killings in 18 months plague grupero scene
New York Times Dec 18, 07 12:45 PM CST
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Some of Mexico’s biggest music stars are being murdered, often in gruesome fashion, and no one’s sure why, the New York Times reports. The past year and a half has seen the killings of 13 Mexican musicians, all purveyors of grupero, a country-esque style often dealing with drugs and crime. Police suspect gang involvement, but they have no evidence and usually no motives.
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Neighborhood residents complain about US agents' tactics
Los Angeles Times Dec 14, 07 4:18 PM CST
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Areas of Tijuana that abut the American border have turned into battlegrounds, as Mexican smugglers lob rocks from rooftops at US Border Patrol agents, who have begun retaliating by firing pepper spray and tear gas into densely populated neighborhoods, the Los Angeles Times reports. The tactics have caused evacuations and sent both residents and agents to the hospital.
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Rollback of Bush’s Hispanic-friendly
stance is risky
New Yorker Dec 13, 07 1:19 PM CST
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The GOP contenders embracing anti-immigrant fervor may be sorely miscalculating, Ryan Lizza writes in the New Yorker, in a piece looking at the party's dramatic turn from the Bush strategy of cultivating immigrants in 2000 and 2004. The nativist passions Mitt Romney and Rudy Giuliani have been fanning appeal to a vocal niche, he notes, but they’ve erased Republican gains among Hispanics and might be damaging the party.
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International test puts US teens 17th among 30 countries
Washington Post Dec 4, 07 8:30 PM CST
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American teens are worse at math and science than peers in 16 of 30 countries, according to test results released today. The 5,600 US students who took the test last year scored 24th in math, but almost made average in science. "How are our children going to be able to compete with the children of the world?" an education advocate asked. "The answer is not well."
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Mexico, Brazil, India home to booming companies
CNN Dec 4, 07 2:10 PM CST
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American companies should sleep with one eye open: These firms may not be familiar right now, but they're poised to "reshape global industries," the Boston Consulting Group says. CNN lists 10 standouts, based on BCG's 2008 Global Challengers report. Johnson Electric (China): Produces small motors designed for cars and home appliances.
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K-Paz frontman
second slain in wave
of border violence
Los Angeles Times Dec 4, 07 11:55 AM CST
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Sergio Gomez, lead singer of popular Mexican band K-Paz, was found dead beside a highway yesterday. The killing is the latest in a string of south-of-the-border music slayings, the LA Times reports. Gomez was abducted late Saturday after a concert, and his body appeared to have been tortured. He is the ninth Mexican musician slain in 18 months.
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Ethiopia, Mexico
lead UN agency's climate-change fight
AFP Nov 28, 07 7:39 PM CST
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A UN-sponsored initiative exceeded its goal of having one billion trees planted in 2007, AFP reports. Developing nations are leading the charge: Ethiopia tops the list with 700 million plantings, and Mexico, Kenya, Rwanda, and Myanmar all made substantial contributions. The UN Environment Program said it had confirmation of 1.56 billion trees planted, out of pledges for 2.24 billion.
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Calderon promises funds to stem illegal logging in butterflies' habitat
Associated Press Nov 26, 07 6:10 AM CST
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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.
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Mexican little people hold their own in the arena
USA Today Nov 19, 07 1:11 PM CST
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The image of a pint-sized bullfighter waving red at a calf might induce laughter among the more callous, but for Mexican little people, the bullfighting arena is serious stuff. The mini matadors acknowledge an element of humor in their act, but "if a little person can fight a bull, he can do anything," one fighter tells USA Today .
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New designs aim to
exclude, but not offend, Mexican neighbors
Los Angeles Times Nov 16, 07 1:45 PM CST
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Pity the designers of the new border fence with Mexico: They'd been asked to come up with a design that will keep out the most determined immigrants but doesn't read as unfriendly. The government has mandated the fence be "aesthetically pleasing" to folks in Mexico, who are, after all, allies. "They want to make it seem like you could shake hands through the fence," says one political science professor.
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US $1.4B aid package must be tied to police overhaul, expert says
Time Nov 11, 07 4:48 PM CST
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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.
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Pipeline attack in Yemen and weak dollar contribute to prices
Associated Press Nov 7, 07 4:11 AM CST
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Oil prices continue to break records, busting beyond $98 a barrel before settling at $97.98 in Singapore today, reports AP. Short-term effects like Monday’s attack on a Yemen pipeline contributed to the hike. Last week’s storms reduced Mexican exports to the US, and traders expected this winter’s demand to remain strong.
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Weak dollar and expected supply drop push crude to another record
MarketWatch Nov 6, 07 2:24 PM CST
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Crude oil hit $97 a barrel today on the New York Mercantile Exchange, helped along by a weak dollar and an expected drop in supply—an especially impressive jump considering the 2% price drop yesterday. "What a difference a day makes," one analyst told MarketWatch. "This volatility is enough to give you vertigo."
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