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The Rev. Habacuc Hernandez Benitez, a Roman Catholic priest in Guerrero, Mexico, knew the mountain towns of the southwestern state like the back of his hand. He made it his mission to seek young men for the priesthood, driving far and wide to find...
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Dear Mr. Carlos Slim Helu,
Now that I finally have my phone and internet back I should probably apologize for unleashing the wrath and hunting/stalking skills of my...
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As Mauricio Fernandez Garza took the stage to be sworn in for the second time as the mayor of one of Latin America’s most wealthiest communities a broad smile...
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Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City,...
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Mexico set a new high in extraditing criminal suspects to the U.S. on Sunday, reaching a total of 100 so far this year in what the U.S. Embassy called a “record...
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Have you any idea why we are searching your vehicle? Do you know why your American visa has been canceled? Do you understand why you’re being fined $15,264 U.S....
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The number of minors swept up in Mexico’s drug wars — as killers and victims — is soaring, with U.S. and Mexican officials warning that a toxic...
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Mexico’s Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Jeffrey Max Jones, has resigned after causing a stir by announcing Mexican farmers could learn a thing or two from...
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This year Mexico has been breaking records left and right. We’ve had the most mariachi players playing together, the largest number of couples kissing, the...
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Gunmen killed fifteen people on an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, including a prominent farmworker leader, in the latest grisly attack in an area overrun by drug...
made popular Oct 31 2009
MEXICAN soldiers discovered a sophisticated but incomplete tunnel running under the border into the US and arrested six people in the process of digging, the army...
made popular Oct 29 2009
You’ve all heard the news: Various cities in Mexico are kicking it up a notch with Pink Cabs created especially for women.
“Estamos introduciendo a México...
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Ciudad Juarez has had almost 2000 homicides — almost all brutal executions — through mid-October this year, up from 1,171 for the same period in 2008. There have...
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U.S. authorities arrested 303 people Wednesday and Thursday in a nationwide sweep targeting the distribution network of La Familia, a fast-rising Mexican drug cartel...
made popular Oct 23 2009
Murder, torture, steal then pray and donate to charity. The ‘family values’ of Mexican drug cartel La Familia.
made popular Oct 23 2009
The murder rate in Ciudad Juarez on the Mexico-US border has reached an all-time high amid battles between rival drug cartels, Mexican officials say.
Up to...
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President Felipe Calderon and the National Water Commission recently launched a new campaign in dire effort to raise critical awareness in water conservation.
Mexico...
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After carefully packing light green Mexican marijuana into a homemade water pipe, university student Salvador Chavez drew a deep breath from the tube and blew the smoke...
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It’s official. If there is a chance for entering or breaking a world record, Mexico will be there. That, my friends, you can take to the bank.
Fourty two sites...
made popular Oct 21 2009
Are you tired of the same old Halloween costumes? Ever wonder what it’s like to be an illegal alien? If you answered ‘yes’ to either of the following...
made popular Oct 21 2009
Each pink taxi comes with a beauty kit, a GPS system and an alarm button.
The new fleet of 35 cabs in Mexico’s colonial city of Puebla are driven exclusively by...
made popular Oct 20 2009
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Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by...
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A surge in drug-related violence the last 24 hours has seen at least 40 people killed in the troubled northern border region and President Felipe Calderon’s home...
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UK unveils new strategy to win the drug war or at least reduce drug violence in a war that otherwise seems undefeatable. According to new strategy, police should switch...
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Police should switch their focus away from arresting drug dealers and concentrate on managing the harm they cause, according to an influential report.
The UK Drug...
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Three decapitated bodies and a human head were recently discovered in three different municipalities of the state of Mexico.
The first two cadavers were found...
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Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Twice before, the anti-drug agents had gotten a tip about a load of cocaine at the hulking industrial park on this dreary stretch of highway half an hour outside...
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Just as Mexico lives in the shadow of the U.S., Guatemala lives in the shadow of Mexico. To its southern neighbor Mexico has exported its ranchera music, its soap...
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Mexico’s national security spokesman says drug violence dipped by 26 percent across the country in the first quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last...
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Enough with the U.S.-Mexico drug war blame game. Let’s make a new rule: Only those who don’t live in glass houses stuffed with cocaine, meth, marijuana,...
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Javier Emilio Pérez Ortega, a workaholic Mexican police chief, showed up at the sleepy, two-lane border crossing here last month and asked U.S. authorities for...
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