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Mexico Greets Richardson, Doubts NAFTA Reopening
Associated Press

President-elect Barack Obama's pick for commerce secretary, Bill Richardson, got a warm welcome Thursday during a visit to Mexico, where government officials said they doubted Obama would follow through on a campaign pledge to re-negotiate NAFTA.

30 Killed in Mexico Drug Violence
Agence France-Presse

Thirty people were killed or found dead Thursday in Mexico, including 13 tied-up bodies discovered inside a bus in Sinaloa, in the latest carnage linked to drug wars in the country, officials said.

Prosecutor Slain in Violent Mexico Border City
Associated Press

The No. 2 federal prosecutor in a violent Mexican border city near Texas has been shot dead. Jesus Martin Huerta is one of the highest ranking government officials killed in drug-fueled violence sweeping Ciudad Juarez.

Money to Fight Drug Gangs Is Released to Mexico
Elisabeth Malkin

The United States formally released on Wednesday the first part of a $400 million aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking, a sign of how much more involved the United States is becoming in Mexico’s brutal drug war.

Former Mexican Interior Secretary Dead at 59
Mark Stevenson

Former Interior Secretary Carlos Abascal, an impassioned proponent of putting Christianity back into Mexican politics, died Tuesday of stomach cancer, his conservative National Action Party said. He was 59.

Mexico Organized Crime Death Toll Reaches 5,000, Universal Says
Jens Erik Gould

Mexico’s deaths related to organized crime and drug trafficking in 2008 reached 5,000 yesterday, the highest toll since newspaper El Universal began its tallies four years ago, the publication said.

Mexico Quickly Becoming Favorite Place for Car Thieves
Rey Rodriguez

Auto insurers report that about 60,000 vehicles were stolen in just over a year in Mexico, the highest figure in the past decade.

Mexico Replaces Tijuana Police Chief
Stephen Gibbs

The police chief in the Mexican border city of Tijuana has been removed from his post following a weekend in which 37 people were killed.

Anti-Crime Drive Lifts Calderon's Ratings
Cyntia Barrera Diaz

A jump in support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon's crackdown on crime and drug cartels helped lift his approval rating in a newspaper poll published this week, despite worries about the economy.

Mexicans Catch Meth Habit in Shadow of Drug War
Mica Rosenberg

Drug violence, including decapitations and grenade attacks, has killed some 4,500 people in Mexico this year but thousands of others are falling victim to a quieter crisis: addiction to methamphetamine.

9 Headless Bodies Found in Tijuana
Mariana Martinez

The bodies of nine decapitated men were found in a vacant lot in Tijuana Sunday, part of a wave of violence that claimed at least 23 lives over the weekend in this border city plagued by warring traffickers, authorities said.

Mexico’s Calderon Urges U.S. to Do More to Fight Illicit Drugs
Jens Erik Gould

Mexican President Felipe Calderon said his country’s efforts to fight drug traffickers won’t be effective if the U.S. doesn’t do more to reduce demand for illicit substances under President-elect Barack Obama.

We Have Had Two Years of Profound Transformations: President Felipe Calderón
Presidencia de la República

At the end of the first third of his government, President Felipe Calderón declared that these have been two years of profound transformations for Mexico and stated that the current challenges have failed to reduce his sense of responsibility to the nation.

Mexico: Calderon Extraditing Drug Suspects to U.S. at Record Rates
Ken Ellingwood

The government of President Felipe Calderon is extraditing drug suspects and other fugitives to the United States at a record pace, reflecting a quiet but seismic shift in Mexican policy that many analysts say could help dismantle drug-trafficking gangs.

Mexico’s Unsuccessful Drug War, Painfully Preserved and Hidden
Marc Lacey

At their best, museums are glorious cultural repositories, reflecting the highest flowering of human creativity, ingenuity and art. But not everything in every culture is glorious, and there are museums for those aspects, too, which is why, hidden from the public, there is an institution here devoted to Mexico’s dark side, the Museum of Drugs.

Mexico Says Security Plan has Reduced Kidnappings
E. Eduardo Castillo

Kidnappings in Mexico have dropped by 18 percent and murders by 7 percent since governors, mayors and federal officials signed a national security accord to battle rising crime in August, officials said Friday.

President Calderón Confirms Federal Government's Commitment to Combating Organized Crime
Presidencia de la República

President Felipe Calderón declared that Federal Government will continue its firm commitment to fighting organized crime and re-establishing legal order and security in the country.

Mexico to UN: Army Will Slowly Leave Drug Fight
Associated Press

Mexico says its army will eventually leave the fight against drug trafficking. But officials did not set a firm date for the start of the withdrawal.

Mexico Charges Police Officer in Murder of 24 Men
Associated Press

Prosecutors have charged a municipal police commander and an alleged drug cartel member with homicide in the September massacre of 24 men outside Mexico City.

Japanese Man Flies to Mexico, Camps at Airport
Reuters

A Japanese man who flew into Mexico City's airport as a transit passenger 12 weeks ago is refusing to leave, but his reasons for staying remain a mystery and his government is taking a hands off approach.

Family of Kidnapped Mexican Woman Suspects Driver
Alexandra Olson

A former Cabinet secretary whose daughter was kidnapped more than a year ago said Wednesday that his former driver may have been responsible and demanded authorities investigate, reviving a case that has fueled outrage over Mexico's rising tide of abductions.

7 Bodies Dumped at School in Juarez
Julie Watson

The seven bodies were dumped before dawn Tuesday at a school soccer field in a leafy, upscale neighborhood in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.

Mexico Drug War Hindered by Deep Police Corruption
Anahi Rama

Mexican drug gangs are increasingly paying off police, from lowly municipal cops to top security aides in the government, to weaken President Felipe Calderon's war on drugs.

Fears Ease Over Mexican Drug Data Leak
Adam Thomson

Mexican authorities on the weekend said that there was no sign ”so far” that a high-ranking police officer under investigation had leaked information from Interpol’s database to a Mexican drug cartel.

Mexico City Transsexuals Can Get New Gender IDs
EFE

Transsexuals in Mexico City can get new - and altered - identity documents starting Monday if they provide a birth certificate and a medical certificate to local authorities thanks to a new municipal ordinance.

President Calderon Cautions Against NAFTA Reform
Leslie Josephs

Mexican President Felipe Calderon warned Sunday against reform of the North American Free Trade Agreement, saying it would have devastating economic effects on both sides of the U.S. border.

Mexican Transvestite Fiesta Rocks Indigenous Town
Reuters

Indigenous gays and transvestites, mostly of ethnic Zapotec descent, are widely respected in the southern town where a dance and parade that crowns a transvestite queen and celebrates the harvest has been held annually for the last 33 years.

Mexico and Peru to Promote Integration of Latin America
Presidencia de la República

Mexican President Felipe Calderón met Saturday with Peruvian President Alan García to review the status of issues of mutual interest and deal with international matters.

Mexico: Data Theft Only Domestic
Associated Press

Mexican prosecutors have assured Interpol that no sensitive information from the international police agency’s database on criminals and terrorists was leaked to drug cartels, officials said yesterday.

Mexican Crash Probe Finds Fault in Pilot Training
Associated Press

Investigators said Friday that they have found evidence of irregularities in the training records of at least one of the pilots handling a jet that crashed earlier this month, killing Mexico's interior secretary.

Mexico Suspects Ex-Drug Czar Took Huge Bribes from Traffickers
CNN

Mexican authorities have detained the country's former drug czar on suspicion that he may have accepted $450,000 a month in bribes from drug traffickers, Mexico's attorney general said Friday.

Mexico Worries About Obama Agenda
Dudley Althaus

While Brack Obama fascinates many Mexicans, government officials and business executives here are concerned about what his administration might mean for their country.

500 Police Officers Replaced in Tijuana
Richard Marosi

Mexican federal agents and army troops fanned out across this besieged border city Tuesday to replace 500 police officers, the latest move by the government to purge the troubled force of corrupt and incompetent cops.

Mexico's Police Liaison for Interpol Is Arrested in Drug Probe
William Booth

A senior Mexican police official who worked as the country's liaison with Interpol was arrested Tuesday as part of an ongoing investigation into information leaks from top law enforcement authorities to the nation's notorious drug cartels.


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