Mexican army frees 25 kidnapped migrants
VERACRUZ, Mexico, 9:37 a.m. Aug. 19 (AP)
Mexican officials say soldiers have rescued 25 Central Americans kidnapped in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
State police spokesman Sergio Lopez says the army raided a house in the town of Tierra Blanca and arrested one man Monday. He says authorities are looking for five other suspects.
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MEXICO CITY, 3:05 p.m. Aug. 19 (AP)Mexico church assailed for maligning miniskirt: A Catholic priest's condemnation of miniskirts on an official church Web site is causing outrage among some Mexican women, who say the Roman Catholic Church is making it easier to justify sexual violence against women.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, 10:43 a.m. Aug. 18 (REUTERS)
Hit men kill 13 at party in Mexico tourist town: Suspected drug hit men opened fire on a family gathering at a tourist town in northern Mexico killing 13 people including a baby.
MEXICO CITY, 1:48 p.m. Aug. 17 (AP)
Gunmen kill 13 at party in northern Mexico: Mexican authorities say gunmen killed 13 people at a family party in the border state of Chihuahua.
Aug. 17 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The week in Mexico :Only one-third of aspiring teachers passed Mexico's teaching placement exam, the Education Ministry said. About 71,000 took the exam.
Aug. 15 (UNION-TRIBUNE)Official seeking binational effort to curb pollution: Saying binational cooperation is crucial for improving air quality on the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexico's top environmental official called yesterday for the establishment of 15 cross-border pollution control districts. WASHINGTON, 12:14 p.m. Aug. 15 (AP)
Salmonella outbreak winds down: The nationwide salmonella outbreak is finally winding down but federal health officials can't yet say how the few tainted Mexican peppers they've found could explain such widespread illness.
MEXICO CITY, 8:22 a.m. Aug. 15 (REUTERS)
Mexico central bank hikes key rate, sounds dovish: Mexico's central bank lifted interest rates for the third straight month Friday to tackle the worst inflation in more than three years, but said a crisis caused by soaring food and energy prices may be ending.
MEXICO CITY, 2:22 p.m. Aug. 14 (AP)
Mexico probes missing rebels: The Mexican government said Thursday that two missing members of a small rebel group were the victims of a “forced disappearance” and not a kidnapping, indicating the government may have been involved.
MONTERREY, Mexico, 10:39 a.m. Aug. 14 (REUTERS)
Mexican housing boom threatens black bears: Housewife Aurora Cela was getting ready for bed one night this summer when her neighbor shouted “Bear, bear!” and a big black animal scampered through her back garden, around her house and down the street.
MEXICO CITY, 7:53 a.m. Aug. 14 (AP)Tropical Storm Iselle's winds increase slightly: Tropical Storm Iselle slowly gained strength far off Mexico's southern Pacific coast on Thursday but was not expected to threaten land.
MEXICO CITY, 5:13 p.m. Aug. 13 (AP)
Official: Mexico nabs 6 drug snitches in AG office: Six federal agents have been arrested on suspicion of passing information to a group of powerful drug lords, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said Wednesday.
TIJUANA, Mexico, 5:31 p.m. Aug. 12 (AP)
Tijuana police try to restore public trust: People have so little confidence in the police here that the army invited citizens to report crimes to soldiers instead. Officers are so mistrusted that federal authorities even took their guns away for a time last year.
MEXICO CITY, 4:30 p.m. Aug. 13 (AP)Mexico announces U.S.$1.27 billion drain tunnel: Mexico announced on Wednesday it will build a US$1.27 billion tunnel that will be almost 39 miles (62 kilometers) long and 7 yards (meters) in diameter, to help solve the centuries-old drainage problem of the nation's capital. MEXICO CITY, 2:16 p.m. Aug. 13 (AP)
Tropical Storm Iselle forms in Pacific off Mexico: Forecasters say Tropical Storm Iselle has formed off Mexico's southern Pacific coast. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Iselle formed on Wednesday about 230 miles southwest of the port city of Manzanillo, and is expected to move roughly westward and out to sea.
TIJUANA, Mexico, 11:58 a.m. Aug. 12 (REUTERS)
Mexican drug gang turns to kidnapping in U.S.: American businesswoman Veronica was stepping out of her car in California when two men forced her into the passenger seat at gunpoint, pushed her teenage daughter into the back and drove them into Mexico.
ACAPULCO, Mexico, 8:33 p.m. Aug. 11 (AP)
Girl, 14, dies in Acapulco shooting: A 14-year-old girl has died in a shooting attack two blocks from the main coastal boulevard in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.
MEXICO CITY, 2:41 p.m. Aug. 11 (AP)Hurricane Hernan now tropical storm in Pacific: Hurricane Hernan has weakened to a tropical storm far out in the Pacific. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hernan's winds have fallen to about 70 mph (110 kph) and the storm is expected to continue weakening as it moves westward and even farther out to sea. MEXICO CITY, 3:23 p.m. Aug. 11 (AP)
Mexico to establish 5 anti-kidnapping centers: Mexico is establishing five national anti-kidnapping centers and pushing for a cleanup of police forces after authorities were implicated in the deadly abduction of a prominent businessman's son.
MEXICO CITY, 7:46 p.m. Aug. 10 (AP)
Hurricane Hernan weakens over Pacific: Hurricane Hernan weakened to Category 1 strength in the eastern Pacific on Sunday as it lumbered over cooler waters far from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said.
MEXICO CITY, 11:57 a.m. Aug. 9 (AP)
Mexico fines U.S. drivers seeking cheap diesel: A Mexican border city has begun fining U.S. drivers who cross the border to fill extra drums, tanks or barrels with government-subsidized Mexican fuel.
Aug. 10 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The week in Mexico :President Felipe Calderón urged Congress on Thursday to pass a bill that would sentence kidnappers to life in prison without parole.
MEXICO CITY, 2:50 a.m. Aug. 9 (AP)Hernan hits Category 2 strength in remote Pacific: The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Hurricane Hernan has strengthened far off Mexico's Pacific coast into a Category 2 storm. MEXICO CITY, 2:15 p.m. Aug. 8 (AP)
Hernan becomes hurricane in Pacific: Hurricane Hernan formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday and is expected to remain far from land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
MEXICO CITY, 8:59 a.m. Aug. 7 (REUTERS)
Mexico inflation keeps rising, rate hike expected: Mexican annual inflation rose in July to 5.39 percent, its highest in over three years, making it likely the central bank will hike interest rates again soon.
ACAPULCO, Mexico, 3:56 a.m. Aug. 7 (AP)Mexican woman fights off lion with machete: A Mexican woman says she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away.
MEXICO CITY, 10:11 a.m. Aug. 6 (AP)
Crime-weary Mexico barely focuses on U.S. execution: Mexicans struggling with increasingly gruesome crimes at home devoted the least attention in recent memory to the execution of one of their citizens in Texas.
MEXICO CITY, 8:35 p.m. Aug. 6 (AP)Tropical storm forms off Mexico: Forecasters say Tropical Storm Hernan has formed far off Mexico's Pacific coast and is expected to move farther out to sea. MEXICO CITY, 10:53 a.m. Aug. 6 (AP)
Mexico names ex-businessman as economy secretary: President Felipe Calderón named his pro-business former chief of staff as economy secretary on Wednesday as the country battles rising inflation and falling remittances from Mexicans working abroad.
MEXICO CITY, 7:18 a.m. Aug. 6 (REUTERS)
Mexico businesses tighten security against drugs: Businesses in Mexico are tightening security against drug gangs that sneak narcotics into export shipments to the United States and have turned manufacturing centers on the U.S. border into battlegrounds.
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico, 12:10 a.m. Aug. 6 (AP)
Execution prompts concern for detained Mexicans: Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States.
WASHINGTON, 9:28 a.m. Aug. 5 (REUTERS)
U.S. Treasury targets Mexico drug cartel associate: The U.S. Treasury said Tuesday it blacklisted 14 Mexican companies and 17 people it said were tied to a drug kingpin associated with the fractured Sinaloa cartel in Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, 10:41 a.m. Aug. 5 (REUTERS)
Mexico's Calderón closer to energy reform deal: President Felipe Calderón is closing in on an energy reform that could give a shot in the arm to Mexico's struggling oil industry, but it is not clear if oil majors will be lured into crucial deep-water projects.
HUNTSVILLE, Texas, 12:57 a.m. Aug. 5 (AP)
Lawyers for Mexican say execution violates treaty: Condemned prisoner Jose Medellin looked to the federal courts to keep him from the death chamber Tuesday for his part in the gang rape, beating and strangling of two teenage girls 15 years ago.
VERACRUZ, Mexico, 5:01 p.m. Aug. 4 (AP)Mexican police, migrant smugglers open fire: 2 die: Two people are dead after a shootout between Mexican police and smugglers driving a truck carrying illegal immigrants. MEXICO CITY, 1:40 p.m. Aug. 4 (AP)
Mexico AG official: 2nd top crime-fighter resigns: A prosecutor who oversaw Mexico's extradition of drug traffickers has resigned – the second senior crime-fighter to quit in a week, an official said Monday.
Aug. 2 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexican federal agents risk years in prison if convicted: Two Mexican federal police agents found with more $500,000 in cash at a residence in suburban Los Angeles could face up to four years in a U.S. prison, the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office said yesterday.
Aug. 3 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The week in Mexico :The U.S. Embassy in Mexico is warning Americans of possible protests Tuesday, when a Mexican man, José Medellín, is scheduled to be executed in Texas.
WASHINGTON, 8:40 a.m. Aug. 1 (AP)
Mexican citizen asks high court to block execution: Four months after losing his case at the Supreme Court, a Mexican citizen facing execution next week in Texas asked the justices Friday for a last-minute reprieve.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1
Panel OKs bill to end Mexican truck travel: Opponents of a pilot project that allows Mexican trucks to travel throughout the United States took another step toward ending the program yesterday, when a House committee approved a bill to bar its continuation next year.
Aug. 1 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Federal police official from Mexico will face drug charges in U.S.:A Mexican federal police commander assigned to Baja California has been detained in Los Angeles on suspicion of drug trafficking, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, 9:03 p.m. July 31 (AP)Mexico catches alleged Colombian drug dealer: Mexican police say they have captured a Colombian cartel operative who served as a liaison to a Mexican drug gang.
MEXICO CITY, 11:04 a.m. July 31 (REUTERS)
Hitmen kill six, including kids, in western Mexico: Gunmen shot dead six people, including children, in western Mexico in an execution-style massacre of the kind often carried out by drug gangs, Mexico media said Thursday.
MEXICO CITY, 10:38 a.m. July 31 (REUTERS)Mexico City poor plant vegetables to lower food costs: Under the rule of the ancient Aztecs, Mexico City was a maze of canals and floating gardens that grew corn and beans to feed the masses. MERIDA, Mexico, 8:35 a.m. July 31 (REUTERS)
Mexican crater could give clues to ancient Mars: A prehistoric crater left by an asteroid collision in Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula could yield clues about what Mars was like billions of years ago, a NASA scientist says.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, 7:05 p.m. July 30 (REUTERS)
Mexican cop killed by colleague working as hit man: A Mexican police officer working as a hit man for drug gangs killed one of his police colleagues Wednesday in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, police said.
MEXICO CITY, 2:37 p.m. July 28 (AP)
Mexicans vote 'no' on oil reform in nonbinding referendum: Mexico City residents voted against the president's proposal to give private companies a bigger role in the country's state-run oil industry, according to results of a nonbinding referendum released Monday.
OJINAGA, Mexico, 11:55 a.m. July 25 (AP)
Mexican military losing drug war support: This hardscrabble Mexican border town welcomed 400 soldiers when they arrived four months ago to stop a wave of drug violence that brought daytime gunbattles to its main street.
July 27 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The week in Mexico :Mexico's peso closed the week at 10.11 per dollar, and some expect it to break past the psychological level of 10 pesos per dollar soon.
CERRO DE SAN PEDRO, Mexico, 9:58 a.m. July 25 (AP)Big mining back in Mexico, rattles old villages: The past of this old mining town is again reverberating through its narrow stone-paved streets, as global mining interests blast away with dynamite the mineral-rich mountain that has loomed above the town for centuries.
MEXICO CITY, 8:57 a.m. July 25 (AP)
Genevieve becomes hurricane far off Mexico's Pacific coast: Tropical Storm Genevieve has strengthened into a hurricane far off Mexico's Pacific coast, and forecasters say it is expected to stay out at sea.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, 8:25 p.m. July 24 (AP)Gunmen kill prison director in Mexican border city: A Mexican police official says gunmen have killed a state prison director in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
MATAMOROS, Mexico, 8:46 a.m. July 23 (AP)
Mexican soldiers rescue those stranded as Hurricane Dolly's edge hits coast: Mexican soldiers made a last-minute attempt to rescue people at the mouth of the Rio Grande early Wednesday as Hurricane Dolly's leading edge hit the Gulf coast.
MEXICO CITY, 9:38 a.m. July 23 (REUTERS)
Mexico hot under the collar at U.S. pepper scare: Mexicans are jumping to the defense of the jalapeno pepper, maligned by U.S. health inspectors in a salmonella scare but loved by millions in its ancient home and growing in popularity north of the border.
REYNOSA, Mexico, 7:32 p.m. July 22 (AP)
Kidnappers free 5 South Koreans held for ransom in Mexico by smugglers: Five South Koreans abducted in Mexico were set free unharmed on Tuesday, more than a week after they were kidnapped and held for ransom, officials said.
EL CENTRO, 7:36 p.m. July 22 (AP)
Accused driver in migrant crash pleads not guilty: A Mexican citizen accused of driving a sport utility vehicle into a canal, killing six illegal immigrants, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to smuggling charges.
McALLEN, Texas, 1:07 p.m. July 21 (AP)
Texas, Mexico prepare for Tropical Storm Dolly: Residents along the Texas-Mexico border kept a watchful eye on Tropical Storm Dolly on Monday, stocking up on plywood, generators and flashlights as forecasters predicted the storm would strengthen into a hurricane later this week and make landfall.
MEXICO CITY, 9:02 p.m. July 18 (AP)
Report: Mexican police chief fired over videos showing torture training: A Mexican police chief was fired Friday following the release of two police training videos that show officers practicing torture techniques, local media reported.
July 20 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
The Week in Mexico :Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., was awarded Mexico's highest honor for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress.
MEXICO CITY, 6:55 p.m. July 18 (AP)Lorena Ochoa, Carlos Fuentes, whiz kid leave time capsule messages atop Mexico cathedral: Mexico's president replaced a 1791 time capsule discovered atop Mexico City's cathedral with a new one containing messages from golf star Lorena Ochoa, novelist Carlos Fuentes and a boy genius.
7:13 a.m. July 18 (UNION-TRIBUNE)
Mexican judge suspends Arellano Félix extradition: A Mexican judge has suspended the extradition of Benjamin Arellano Félix to the United States, his lawyer and the Mexican Attorney General's Office said yesterday.
MEXICO CITY, 8:17 a.m. July 18 (AP)
Tropical Storm Fausto becomes a hurricane far off Mexico's Pacific coast: Tropical Storm Fausto became a hurricane Friday far off Mexico's Pacific coast, while two other tropical storms moved across open seas.
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