Gunmen killed two police officers and six other people in less than 48 hours, the latest victims in a wave of drug-related violence in northern Mexico, police said Friday. Investigators say the …
Police chief of Mexico’s richest district killed
Gunmen shot and killed the police chief of Mexico's richest municipality, his wife and two others in an attack on a jewelery store in the northern city of Monterrey on Wednesday, police said. Gunmen …
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Bush protesters, police clash in Mexico
Hundreds of demonstrators marched to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City on Tuesday, attacking riot police with concrete blocks, metal bars and firecrackers and tearing down barricades to protest the …
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Mexico: Threats Won’t End Drug Crackdown
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Saturday that drug traffickers' threats against his government would not stop a military crackdown against them, and he demanded that the United States do more …
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81 Chinese immigrants detained in Mexico
Federal police detained 81 Chinese immigrants and 22 immigration agents on Friday after the Chinese were discovered hiding in the Cancun airport terminal, possibly with the protection of Mexican …
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Mexico’s Calderon pushes criminal law overhaul
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, battling rampant organized crime, launched a wide-reaching justice reform plan on Friday to give police more power, protect witnesses and speed up court cases. …
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‘Narco’ taxi tours profit on Mexico drug war chaos
Streetwise cabbies in northern Mexico are cashing in on the chaos of a violent drug war by whisking wide-eyed visitors about town in macabre tours of seized narco properties and famous murder scenes, …
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Gunmen kill 2 politicians in Mexico
Gunmen killed two members of Mexico's former ruling party Saturday in a mountain city in southern Mexico, local media reported. Javier Carlos Vargas and Sosimo Hurtado, both active members of the …
U.S., Mexico to probe border intrusion
U.S. and Mexican officials will review reports of an intrusion on Mexican soil by workers erecting U.S. border fences between Douglas, Ariz., and the Mexican border city of Agua Prieta, U.S. …
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Strikers close mines as Mexico marks killer blast
Black-clad Mexican widows marched through the desert on Monday demanding the bodies of more than 60 victims of a coal pit blast a year ago and strikers paralyzed the mining industry in solidarity. …
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