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President Leads Dialogue for Security in Baja California
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón led the Dialogue for Security in Mexicali, Baja California, where social leaders, citizens, sports persons, businessmen, legislators, communicators, Baja California authorities and Federal Government secretaries and collaborators expressed their points of view on the subject.
Official: Student Killed in Ciudad Juarez was US Citizen
 Olivia Torres
U.S. consular officials on Thursday said that both Texas university students killed in Ciudad Juarez earlier this week were U.S. citizens, bringing the number of Americans slain in the violent border city to six in as many days.
Mass Grave Found Near Acapulco
 Al Jazeera
Bodies of at least 18 people found in grave close to city of Acapulco, after 20 men were reported missing in September.
Mexican Senate Weakens “Fat Law”
 Víctor Mayén
The Senate unanimously approved the so-called Anti-obesity Law prohibiting the sale and distribution of food and drinks with high caloric content and low nutritional value in all elementary and middle schools in the country.
Mexico Applauds California Rejection of Pot Legalization
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico on Wednesday welcomed a vote against the legalization of marijuana in the US state of California, after criticizing the United States for sending contradictory messages on drug use.
Mexico Says Flu Won’t Be So Bad This Year
 Rocío Zayas
The Secretary of Health says that the Influenza A (H1N1) virus and the Influenza A virus subtype H3N2 will not represent a high risk to the Mexican population because 70 percent of the entire population already have antibodies to combat the diseases.
Mexican Officials Investigate Whether Priest Accepted Drug Money
 CNN
Mexican federal authorities are investigating whether a Roman Catholic priest received money from a top narcotrafficker to build a chapel, a church official said this week.
People Adopt Hawking for More Income
 The News
Mexican families resort to hawking and peddling in order to make ends meet. The common claim is that the Mexican society ostracizes certain social groups.
US, Mexico Probe Americans' Deaths in Border City
 Olivia Torres
Mexican and U.S. authorities are probing the killings of four U.S. citizens who were shot in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend, the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
Violence in Mexico not Deterring Canadian Tourists
 Sheila Scott
Despite a violent drug war heating in up in Mexico, visits by Canadian tourists are way up. Mexican tourism numbers show over 1.5 million Canadians will visit the country this year.
Altars to Victims of Violence on Day of the Dead
 Daniela Pastrana
During the festive holiday of Day of the Dead, Mexicans remember and honour their deceased loved ones. But this year, the colourful celebration turned into a day of mourning for many, due to a rash of violent incidents.
Report: The Salvadoran Ex-Guerrilla Advising Mexico's Drug-War Leaders
 Daniel Hernandez
Calderon's administration has consistently claimed that the high casualty rate is a sign of success. The Mexican president might have a former guerrilla commander to thank for that approach.
Drug Deaths Resonate for Mexico's Day of the Dead
 Agence France-Presse
Mexicans prepare to celebrate the Day of the Dead on Monday and Tuesday in the shadow of a particularly gruesome week of drug violence, including at least four massacres across the country.
President Calderón: Fox was in Error
 María Del Carmen Martínez Jiménez & Victor Mayén
For the first time, President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa talked openly of the flaws of the government of former president, Vicente Fox. President Calderón said that it was an untimely mistake not to act against organized crime.
Mexican Prison Warden Nabbed for Alleged Drug Ties
 Alexandra Olson
The director of a maximum-security federal prison notorious for the escape of Mexico's top kingpin was arrested for alleged ties to drug gangs, authorities said Friday.
Calderón Calls for United Front to Combat Transnational Organized Crime
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón declared that Central American countries will only be able to compete and win in the challenges posed by the global world if they are united.
 20 Killed in 3 Mexico Attacks
 MSNBC
A spasm of violence has exploded in eight different cities across the country this week, leaving even those already weary of Mexico's drug war in a state of shock.
In San Miguel de Allende, People’s Participation a Done Deal
 Ricardo Castillo
One year after she took office, Municipal Mayor Lucy Nuñez says she’s achieved a top objective: making the people’s participation in politics a reality.
Women Drinking as Much as Men
 Maricela Bastida Murrieta
The Secretary of Health of Mexico City, Armando Ahued, recognized that the problem of alcoholism in Mexico City has increased to the point that women are drinking as much as men.
With Tourism Up, U.S. Airlines Increase Flights to Mexico
 Glynna Prentice
Tourism to Mexico is up by nearly 20% over last year. As a result, U.S. airlines - many of which dropped Mexico-bound flights in 2009 after the swine flu outbreak - are adding on flights to Mexico once more.
15 People Killed in Tepic Car Wash Massacre
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Gunmen killed 15 people at a car wash Wednesday in a Mexican Pacific coast state where drug-gang violence has risen this year. It was the third massacre in Mexico in less than a week.
Mexico's Calderon: US Not Doing Enough In Drug War
 BBC News
Mexican President Felipe Calderon has told the BBC the US should do more to reduce the demand for drugs that is fuelling violence in Mexico. He told the HARDtalk programme that more should also be done to stem the flow of illegal weapons from the US.
Mexican Town's Police Force Quits After Attack
 Associated Press
The entire police force of a small northern Mexican town has quit after gunmen attacked their headquarters. Los Ramones Mayor Santos Salinas says nobody was injured.
US Drones Prowl Mexico Bicentennial
 Chris Arsenault
As Mexicans celebrate the 200th anniversary of their independence from Spain, evoking a history of resistance against colonialism, a disturbing development unfolds on the country’s northern border: a fleet of US Predator B drones has been deployed on constant patrol.
California's Cannabis Vote Divides Mexico
 Rory Carroll
President Felipe Calderón says legalistation would undermine fight against traffickers, but others say it would cut corruption and violence.
Mexico Currency Laws Make it Tougher to Pay in Dollars
 Laura Bly
Since Sept. 14, making purchases in Mexico with dollars instead of pesos is more complicated. Travelers can exchange a maximum of $1,500 USD per person per month, and businesses can accept a maximum of $100 cash per transaction.
At Least 10 Slain at Mexico Drug Clinic
 Mariana Martinez
Armed men burst into a drug rehab center in the Mexican border city of Tijuana and police said at least 10 people were killed in a city where officials had been celebrating a seeming drop in drug gang terror.
Can Young Mom Marisol Valles Garcia Clean up a Dangerous Mexican Town?
 Sara Miller Llana
Marisol Valles Garcia, a young woman named police chief of a Mexican border town gripped by drug violence, is garnering attention and promising a new approach.
Leftist Indian Leader Killed In Southern Mexico
 Associated Press
The leader of a leftist Indian group left disabled by a previous assassination attempt was shot to death Saturday by gunmen riding on a motorcycle in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca.
Mexico Sends Weed Up in Smoke
 Associated Press
On a conjoined operation with the army, local and state police seized 134 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana last week, by far the biggest drug bust in the country in recent years.
Mexico Captures Suspected Chinese Migrant Smuggler
 CNN
Authorities have apprehended the alleged leader of a global human trafficking ring that smuggled Chinese migrants to New York City through Mexico.
Enforcement of the Law, with No Distinctions: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón declared that one of the ideals included in the 1814 Constitution of Apatzingán, granted to Mexico by José María Morelos y Pavón, was the application of laws to govern the authorities, representatives and citizens equally, with no distinctions or privileges.
Calderón’s Police Proposal Under Fire
 Víctor Mayén
In the presence of National Action Party (PAN) federal senators, the Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, and the Federal Public Security Secretary, Genaro García Luna, on Thursday recognized that the proposal of President Felipe Calderón to create the Unified Police Force is deficient and infringes upon the autonomy of municipalities.
Mexico Arrests Man Accused of Detonating Car Bomb
 Associated Press
Mexico's federal police on Thursday announced they had arrested a drug gang member who detonated a car bomb that killed three people in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
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