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Calderon Hopes Republicans Change On Climate
 Associated Press
Mexican President Felipe Calderon says he can understand why U.S. voters in an economic crisis turned to the opposition party, but he hopes the Republicans will eventually accept the need to protect the planet's climate for "new generations."
Mexico City Proposes Chemical Castration of Rapists
 La Opinión
Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is proposing this week in the capital's legislative assembly for an initiative known as "chemical castration" to address sexual assault in Mexico City.
 Global Warming Tops Cancun Summit
 Al Jazeera
The Cancun UN climate summit will seek a commitment to keep global carbon dioxide emissions low, after the failure in the last climate meeting in Copenhagen.
Aztecas Gang Boss Gallegos 'Admits Mexico Murders'
 BBC News
Mexican police have arrested an alleged leader of the Aztecas street gang that is blamed for much of the violence in Ciudad Juarez on the US-Mexico border.
Mexico Seeks Leading Role in Climate Policy
 William Booth
Mexico is battling billionaire drug mafias armed with bazookas, but when President Felipe Calderon ranks the threats his country faces, he worries more about methane gas, dwindling forests and dirty refineries. Calderon is a climate wonk. Who knew?
Mexico Captures an Alleged Leader of Aztecas Gang
 Associated Press
Mexico's federal police have captured a presumed leader of a cross-border drug gang suspected in dozens of killings, including the slaying of a U.S. consulate worker, authorities announced Sunday.
Civic Congress to Mark Fourth Year of Government
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón led the Citizen’s Meeting to mark the fourth year of government, in which he detailed the ten major changes carried out by the democratic governments from 2000 to 2010.
Mexico City Police Remove Anti-Drug Cartel Banner
 Associated Press
A Mexican anti-crime group is criticizing the capital's city government after police pulled down a banner urging people to unite against drug gangs.
Tijuana Top Cop Who Fought Cartels is Out of a Job
 Elliot Spagat
Julian Leyzaola tried with unprecedented zeal to end the grip of drug cartels on one of Mexico's most notoriously corrupt police forces: In two years as top cop, he blanketed key parts of Tijuana with vetted officers, new patrol cars and military commanders, while purging hundreds of allegedly corrupt cops.
Doubts Rise Over Release of Mexican Politician
 Reuters
Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a prominent former Mexican presidential candidate, remains missing after being kidnapped in May, a government official told Reuters on Saturday, casting further doubt on reports of his release.
Mexico's Salinas Urges 'Permanent' Attack on Cartels Amid Rising Deaths
 Jens Erik Gould
Mexico’s former President Carlos Salinas de Gortari said the country must carry on current leader Felipe Calderon’s fight against drug cartels beyond his administration and that Mexico shouldn’t legalize drugs alone.
Mexico Drug War Advances on 2 Fronts
 Associated Press
Mexico will send more troops and federal police to try to control drug violence that has spiraled into warfare in parts of the northeast along the U.S. border, the government said this week.
Huge Amounts of Imported Medicine, Chemicals Fuel Mexico's Booming Meth Industry
 William Booth & Anne-Marie O'Connor
Exploiting loopholes in the global economy, Mexican crime syndicates are importing mass quantities of the cold medicines and common chemicals used to manufacture methamphetamine - turning Mexico into the No. 1 source for all meth sold in the United States, law enforcement agents say.
Mexico Population Hits 112 Million
 The News
Mexico’s population has reached 112,322,757 inhabitants. Of them, 57,464,459 are women and 54,858,298 are men, Eduardo Sojo, the president of the the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Information (INEGI), said Thursday.
Pre-Columbian Artifact Repatriated to Mexico
 Jessica Kwong
A small, pre-Columbian figurine that came rolled up in T-shirts in an airline passenger's luggage was returned to Mexico, its country of origin.
Monterrey Succumbs to Drug Violence
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Drug violence has painted Monterrey with the look and feel of the gritty border 100 miles to the north as two former allies, the Gulf and Zetas gangs, fight for control of Mexico's third-largest — and wealthiest — city.
Mexico Eyes Climate Funds for Locally Run Forests
 Mica Rosenberg
Local landowners collectively running a small lumber yard in the pine forests of central Mexico say they are making profits from logging and cutting carbon emissions at the same time.
Calderón: 'There's Political Will in Congress'
 Carmen Martínez Jiménez
The creation of the Prevention and Attention to Natural Disasters Program is proof of the willingness of the different political parties in Congress to cooperate and work together, President Felipe Calderón said on Thursday.
Cheery Tourist Arrival Numbers for Mexico
 TravelVideo.tv
About 22.6 million tourists, 80% of them from the United States and Canada, are expected to have visited Mexico by the end of 2010.
Mexico Grows, with Migrants' Numbers Falling
 Associated Press
Mexico's census shows the population has grown more quickly than expected, in part due to a drop in the number of people leaving to seek work.
Veracruz Joins Federal Government in Fight Against Organized Crime
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón met with Governor Elect of the State of Veracruz, Javier Duarte de Ochoa, who expressed his interest in collaborating with Federal Government in its efforts to combat organized crime and strengthen coordination between the Federation and the state of Veracruz.
Mexico Sending More Troops to Violent Border Zone
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico will send more troops and federal police in an operation called "Coordinated Northeast Operation" to fight drug violence, the federal government said Wednesday.
A Boost for Mexican Farming
 Kent Patterson
As the US celebrates its annual Thanksgiving holiday, an opportunity arises to consider where our food comes from and how it is produced.
Mexican Red Cross Will Send 15 Tons of Aid to Drug War Refugees
 EFE
The Mexican Red Cross will send at least 15 tons of aid to residents who fled the northern border town of Ciudad Mier because of escalating drug-related violence.
Mexico's Ex-President Discusses Country's Violence
 Erik Barajas
Mexico's former president Vicente Fox was in Houston Tuesday night and he had a lot to say about the violence there, what's causing it and how to stop it.
Forecasting Cancun's Climate Change Talks
David Schreiner
Representatives of 194 countries will gather in Cancun, Mexico, on November 29 for the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of Parties (known as COP16), part of the UN Climate Change Conference. The talks will be more subdued than last year's, and no heads of state are expected to attend.
Mexico Police: Successor of "La Barbie" Arrested
 Associated Press
Mexican federal police say they captured a drug trafficker who took over as leader of a gang led by a reputed U.S.-born kingpin known as "La Barbie."
Poll: 49 Pct of Mexicans Think Drug War a Failure
 Associated Press
Nearly half the Mexican public considers President Felipe Calderon's offensive against drug cartels a failure, a poll suggested Tuesday for the first time since the conservative leader launched the deadly crackdown in 2006.
Activists Prepare for Climate Change Summit in Cancun
 Dawn Paley
Less than a week away from the COP-16 summit on climate change in Cancún, activist networks across Mexico are busying themselves with plans to welcome at least 10,000 people to the biggest climate event of the year.
Mexico Cops Shoot Doctor in Hunt for Gov's Killers
 Associated Press
Police hunting the killers of an ex-governor gunned down in the western state of Colima accidentally killed a doctor during their investigation, Mexican authorities confirmed Monday.
In Mexico's Drug War, She is One Town's Lone Ranger
 Jesus Alcazar
In the bloodstained chaos that is Mexico's drug war raging on the doorstep of the United States, Erika Gandara, 28, is standing tall, and alone. As her town's only police officer "I am the law," she says.
Mexico City to Close Huge Landfill, Among World's Largest
 Associated Press
One of the world's largest landfills is to be closed next year because of worries that the more than 12,000 tons of garbage deposited there daily could contaminate the aquifer, Mexico's Interior Department said Monday.
Mexico Warns Returning Migrants
 BBC News
The Mexican government has advised migrants driving home from the US for the winter holidays to form convoys for their own protection inside Mexico.
Mexico Busts Kidnapping Gang
 Reuters
A gang of suspected kidnappers arrested by Mexican marines had detailed plans of security arrangements for next week’s United Nations climate change talks in Cancun, the Milenio newspaper reported.
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