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Mexico Seizes Circus Animals After Elephant Escape
 Associated Press
Mexico has seized 12 animals from a circus a day after one of its elephants wandered onto a highway and was struck and killed by a bus.
Mexico to Step Up Vehicle Searches at US Border
 Associated Press
Mexico's government plans to search one out of every 10 vehicles entering the country from the United States. Mexico's attorney general announced the plan yesterday as an effort to curb arms smuggling into Mexico.
Mexico’s Parties Warned Over Drug Money
 Adam Thomson
Mexico’s centre-right government on Tuesday admitted that there was a ”latent threat” of drug money finding its way into the country’s political campaigns and warned that the country’s police forces had been ”infiltrated” by powerful cartels.
Magnitude 6.3 Quake Hits Mexico; Tsunami Alert Issued
 Aaron Sheldrick
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck near the western coast of Mexico at 7:33 p.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its Web site. A tsunami warning was issued for coastal areas within 100 kilometers (60 miles).
Bus Kills Elephant Near Mexico City
 Catherine Bremer & Armando Tovar
A bus crashed into an elephant that escaped from a circus near some of Mexico's most famous pyramids, killing the nearly 5-tonne animal and the bus driver, Mexican news reports said.
Mexican President Enjoys Newfound Freedom to Fly
 Marc Lacey
On his way to New York for the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Tuesday, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico will hop on his presidential jet for the very first time without having to ask permission to fire up the engines and go.
Origin of Nacho Libre
 Monica Cruz
Wrestling fans across Mexico celebrated the 75th anniversary of “Lucha Libre” (free fight) Friday. Mexican wrestling is more than just a sport.
Mexico Combats Police Corruption with Mortgages
 Morgan Lee
Mexican police are testing a new weapon against widespread corruption in their ranks: home ownership. Officers and prison guards in Michoacan state can now get special deals on houses and financing through a pilot program designed to keep them out of the pockets of organized crime.
Mexico to Reform its Gaming Law, with or without Casinos
 Barnard R. Thompson
Mexico's Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the nation's bicameral legislature, has established an ad hoc subcommittee to deal with what boils down to two areas. Firstly, legal, regulatory and fiscal matters related to gaming activities nationwide; and secondly, legislation that could lead to full-blown casinos in Mexico.
Mexican Leftist Party Resolved to Veto Energy Reform
 Mo Hong'e
Mexico's leftist Democratic Revolution Party (PRD) unanimously agreed on Sunday to veto the energy reform proposed by the government of Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
Mexico Grenade Attacks Death Toll Rises to Eight
 Chris Aspin
The death toll from grenade attacks on an independence day celebration in central Mexico rose to eight on Saturday when a 13-year-old died in a hospital after fighting for his life for five days.
Banners Hung in Morelia Blame Hit Men for Attack
 Associated Press
Mexican police were trying to determine Friday who hung several banners in Morelia blaming Gulf cartel hit men for a grenade attack that killed seven people in an Independence Day crowd.
Mexico Plans Anti-Kidnap Police
 Warren Bull
The Mexican government has created a specialist police force to tackle the level of kidnapping in the country, among the highest in the world.
 President Calderón Flies National Flag at Half Mast at Constitution Square on 23rd Anniversary of 1985 Earthquakes
 Presidencia de la República
Flanked by Secretaries of the Interior, National Defense, and the Navy, the President led the ceremony commemorating the 23rd anniversary of the earthquake that plunged Mexico into mourning.
Artifacts Go Back to Mexico
 Stephen Wall
They are two small artifacts, but they make up a big part of modern-day Mexico. The United States on Thursday formally returned two archaeological pieces, one dating as far back as 200 B.C., to the Mexican government.
President Calderón Proposes New Anti-Crime Measures
 Presidencia de la República
In order to expand the state’s capacity to fight crime, President Felipe Calderón submitted a Bill of Eliminating Ownership and a package of modifications for various legal regulations regarding penal matters and announced a Federal Government decree to formalize and define a reward system for those collaborating in the procurement of justice.
Mexican Prison Riot Toll Rises
 Richard Marosi
As the death toll mounted after two separate riots at a prison here, Baja California state authorities came under fierce criticism Thursday for allegedly brutal tactics used by police on inmates and the treatment of inmates' relatives who had gathered outside the prison.
Mexican Military Seizes $26m in Cash
 Telegraph UK
The Mexican military has seized US$26 million ($14.4m)in cash believed to belong to members of the Sinaloa drug cartel — the second largest such discovery in Mexico's history.
Mexico Probes Drug Links in Deadly National Day Attacks
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico focused on possible drug gang involvement in deadly attacks on independence day celebrations that sparked fears that civilians were now targets in the country's drug wars.
Prison Riot in Mexico Border City Kills 19
 Reuters
Nineteen prisoners were killed and a dozen wounded in the second riot in less than a week at a jail in the Mexican border city of Tijuana, local officials said on Thursday.
Mexico Looks for Tall, Repentant Grenade-Thrower
 Traci Carl
Police searched Wednesday for a tall, heavyset man, using a composite sketch provided by witnesses who saw him lob a grenade into an Independence Day crowd, then beg for forgiveness before slipping away.
Mexico Weekly Gasoline Hikes to Begin on Friday
 Jason Lange
Mexico said Wednesday it will start raising gasoline prices weekly beginning this Friday, in a new policy that will be closely watched by investors concerned with rising inflation.
Government Condemns Violent Events in City of Morelia, Michoacán
 Presidencia de la República
The Mexican Government condemned the violent events that occurred in the city of Morelia, Michoacán, during the Independence Day celebrations, adding that it would redouble efforts to support the state of Michoacán and its government in investigating these events, to banish the crime and violence it suffers.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Scolds Abbott
 Christe Bruderlin-Nelson
"Shame on Abbott" said the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which is loudly calling into question the pricing policies of Abbott Laboratories in Mexico. Abbott, the Foundation claims, is picking on Mexico, charging the country five times what it charges other middle-income countries.
Organized Crime Blamed for Deadly Mexico Blasts
 Ken Ellingwood
Mexican authorities blamed organized crime Tuesday for a pair of blasts that killed at least seven people and injured more than 100 during Independence Day festivities in a western state.
President Felipe Calderón Leads Ceremony of Shout of Independence
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón led the ceremony of the Shout of Independence this evening at the Central Balcony of the National Palace, where he recalled the speech given 198 years ago by Don Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in Dolores, in the state of Guanajuato.
Mexico Independence Day Blast Kills Three, Wounds 50
 Agence France-Presse
At least three people died with another 50 wounded overnight when twin explosions ripped through a Mexican independence day celebration in Morelia, the government said Tuesday.
VW Beetle Taxis On Way Out In Mexico City
 Alexis Okeowo
In Cuba, the Volkswagen Beetle is called the "little egg." In France, it's known as the "ladybird." Here, the vehicle is called el vocho, converted into tens of thousands of green-and-white taxis that have filled the capital's congested streets for at least half a century. But if the city government has its way, the emblematic vochos will drive off into history.
Mexican Authorities Gain Control of Border Prison
 Associated Press
Mexican police and soldiers on Monday quelled a six-hour riot by inmates protesting alleged abuse by guards at a state penitentiary in this border city.
Mexico in Turmoil on Eve of Independence Day
 Alison Raphael
Mexicans will celebrate the kickoff of their independence struggle this week, but the event may be overshadowed by the daily protests choking the turbulent country, some of which accuse the president of selling out Mexico's oil independence.
Organized Crime Takes Control in Parts of Mexico
 Jane Bussey
Gruesome gangland-style murders and targeted assassinations of law-enforcement officers have claimed headlines in what Mexicans now refer to as war.
Calderon Takes Popular and Dangerous Stand Against Cartels
 Jane Bussey
Mexicans have lost faith in many of their institutions, recent polls show, but not in President Felipe Calderon, who boosted his shaky presidency by launching a military offensive against drug traffickers.
Mexico, US Find No Al-Qaida Links Since 9/11
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico says it has arrested 12 people on terrorism charges in the years since the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S., but an official said none were linked to Muslim extremist groups like al-Qaida nor were any planning to strike in the United States.
24 Corpses Found Shot in National Park
 Agence France-Presse
The bodies of 24 people killed execution-style have been found near a national park in Mexico state in Mexico, a local prosecutor told AFP.
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