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Mexican "Fishing Mafia" Tagged for Three Illegal Catches
 Pete Johnson
Community based enforcement efforts in Baja California Sur, Mexico, supported by The Billfish Foundation through the Center for Marine Protection and funded by FONMAR, have resulted in three recent seizures of vessels carrying multi-tons of illegally harvested dorado.
Lucha Libre Racing Helps Mexican Children
 Michael Emery
On October 24th, San Francisco race team, Lucha Libre Racing, will speed through the heart of Colonial Mexico in the country's largest car race, La Carrera Panamericana - delivering school supplies to impoverished children in rural areas along the way.
Mexico for Humanitarian Aid to Cuba
 Prensa Latina
An appeal to send humanitarian aid to Cuba, affected by two consecutive powerful hurricanes, was published Thursday by La Jornada newspaper.
A United America is Possible: President Calderón
 Presidencia de la República
A united America is possible and that day will come, declared President Felipe Calderón at a dinner at Los Pinos with attendees of the First Regional Coordination Meeting of Latin American Countries with the aim of celebrating the Bicentennial, to be held in Mexico.
Mexico's Postal Blues Remade in Hot Pink
 Mark Stevenson
Infamous for lost packages and tardy delivery, the postal service is getting a hot-pink makeover to try to brighten up its image, win back customers — and pull it out of the red.
Mexico Seeks More Funds to Fight Crime, Drug Gangs
 Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Mexican President Felipe Calderón wants to hike spending on fighting organized crime and drug gangs by 39 percent next year, as rampant violent crime poses the biggest test of his presidency.
Suspects Detained in Marti's Kidnap-Murder
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico City police said Monday they have detained five suspects in the kidnap and killing of the 14-year-old son of a prominent businessman that prompted a wave of anti-crime protests across the nation.
Drug Trafficking Big Business in Mexico
 IANS
The increasingly violent illicit drug trafficking in Mexico is now worth more than USD 10 billion a year and is growing.
Mexico’s PRI Leads Poll Ahead of Election
 Adam Thomson
Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is on course to become the country’s most powerful political force following next year’s mid-term elections, according to a poll published this week.
 Abduction Fears Stir Outcry in Mexico
 Ken Ellingwood
Perhaps nothing reveals this country's dread of kidnapping better than one product now offered by a Mexican company: a tiny transmitter that is implanted under the skin to beam the person's whereabouts to a satellite.
The Unity of Society and Government will Protect Mexico from Crime: EMMI
 Presidencia de la República
During President Felipe Calderón's administration, over 21 billion doses of drugs have been confiscated, together with 11,000 weapons and 1,402 grenades, while 18 drug laboratories have been dismantled; 22,000 alleged criminals have also been arrested.
Mexico Drug Plane Used for US 'Rendition' Flights: Report
 Agence France-Presse
A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA "rendition" flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament.
Cubans Held in Yucatan Beheadings
 Associated Press
Two Cubans are being held by Mexican police for their alleged involvement in the beheadings of a dozen men in the Yucatan peninsula.
Mexico's Supreme Court Slams Walmart's Labor Practices
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico's Supreme Court compared the practices of US retail giant Walmart in Mexico to employer-worker relations during the dictatorship of former president Porfirio Diaz.
Money Sent Home by Mexicans Drops Sharply
 Mark Stevenson
The amount of money Mexicans sent home suffered its sharpest drop on record in July as the U.S. economy slowed and the dollar fell, Mexico's central bank reported this week.
Giant Wave Drowns American Tourist in Mexico
 Associated Press
Police say an American tourist drowned after a giant wave swept him and two others away in southern Baja California.
Ciudad Juarez NGOs Demand Mexican Army Leave Town
 Kent Paterson
Ostensibly deployed to control the warring gangs that have further bloodied an already violence-wracked city, the Mexican army is under increasing criticism for its alleged conduct on the border and in other parts of the state of Chihuahua.
Crime Wave Hitting Mexico Economy, Government Says
 Jason Lange
Rampant kidnapping, drug murders and robberies are slowing Mexico's economy as companies avoid investing in the country, the Reforma newspaper quotes Mexico Finance Minister Agustin Carstens as saying.
Air-Conditioned Drug Tunnel Found On Mexico-U.S. Border
 RTTNews
Mexican police Tuesday discovered an air-conditioned drug-smuggling tunnel close to the U.S. border in northwest Mexico, media reports, quoting the state police, said.
Oregon Man Dies in Mexico Jail
 Associated Press
Six Mexican officers have been placed under house arrest on suspicion of homicide after an Oregon man died while in police custody in the resort city of San Jose del Cabo, a prosecutor said this week.
Bargain Gas Continues in Mexico
 Jonathon Shacat
Even as fuel prices are declining in the United States, many drivers here still cross the border into Naco, Sonora, Mexico, to fill up their tanks.
Mexico's Battle Over Legal Abortion Heats Up
 Olga R. Rodriguez
When Mexico's Supreme Court upheld the capital's abortion law last week, it set a precedent that could affect the rest of the country and other Latin American cities.
Mexico To Dismiss 400 Corrupt Police After Drug Violence
 Agence France-Presse
About 400 corrupt police officers will be laid off in the violent northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Juarez, officials said Monday, in a police purge to tackle escalating crime.
Mexico Crime Wave Hits Calderón's Approval Rating
 Noel Randewich
Mexican President Felipe Calderón's approval rating slipped to 62 percent in a newspaper poll Monday as the government struggled to break a wave of violent crime and control an inflation spike.
Calderon Presents Mexico's Annual Report in Written Form
 Ken Ellingwood
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday delivered the annual state of the union report to Congress only in written form, skirting the sort of pandemonium that had broken out the previous two years.
Huge Cache of Arms, Explosives Seized in Mexico
 IANS
Around 46 automatic rifles and 90 grenades have been seized by Mexican authorities from two gangs involved in arms and drug trafficking in the country’s southeastern state of Chiapas.
Mexican President Calls on Citizens to Help Fight Crimes
 Xinhua
Calderon issued a statement after meeting with organizers of the civil march on Saturday against insecurity in the country, urging Mexicans to create civil committees to cooperate with police in fighting crime.
President Calderon Meets Anti-Crime March Organizers
 Alexandra Olson
Moving quickly to address mounting anger over crime, President Felipe Calderon promised Sunday to adopt several proposals from civic groups who led more than 100,000 Mexicans in marches against daily kidnappings and killings.
Sisters' Severed Heads Found on Street
 Agence France-Presse
The severed heads of two sisters have been discovered dumped on a path in Mexico's northern Durango state, the local prosecutor's office says, making a total of 18 decapitations countrywide in the past three days.
Thousands of Mexicans Rally to Protest Rising Crime Wave
 Ken Ellingwood
Tens of thousands of people across Mexico took to the streets Saturday to air their anger and frustration over the nation's intensifying crime wave and to demand government action.
Cancun Governor Blames Gulf Cartel for Beheadings
 Jose Cortazar & Chris Aspin
The beheadings of twelve people in southern Mexico were probably the work of the powerful Gulf cartel based across the border from Texas, Yucatan Gov. Ivonne Ortega said Friday.
Mexico Prepares for Mass Protests Against Insecurity
 Agence France-Presse
Mexicans take to the streets of some 70 towns and cities Saturday, carrying candles and dressed in white, in mass protests against escalating murders and kidnappings.
Mexico to March for Safety
 Prensa Latina
Mexican activists are finalizing plans for a nationwide march scheduled for Saturday to protest prevailing insecurity in that nation.
More Decapitations in Mexico Drug Violence
 United Press International
Eleven decapitated bodies showing signs of torture have been discovered on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula near the city of Merida, authorities said.
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