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In Mexico, Tying the City in Knots is a Capital Idea
 Ken Ellingwood
Tens of thousands of protesters angry about a utility's shutdown bring traffic to a halt. So what else is new?
Mexico Angered by Drug Lord's Spot on Forbes List
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico decried Forbes magazine's decision to name the country's most-wanted drug lord to its "World's Most Powerful People," calling it an insult to the government's bloody struggle against drug cartels.
President Calderón Inaugurates New Corona Stadium
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
During his working tour of the state of Coahuila, President Calderón inaugurated the new Corona Stadium, in the city of Torreón, a complex produced with an investment of over 100 million USD that will house the new Club Santos Laguna football stadium.
Mexico's Tough-Talk Mayor has Gotten Threats
 Associated Press
A Mexican mayor known for his tough anti-crime proposals and seeming advance knowledge of the death of a purported kidnapper said this week that he has received threats and now has a security escort.
Ciudad Juarez Groups Call for UN Peacekeepers
 Associated Press
Some business groups in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, are calling for United Nations peacekeepers to quell the drug-related violence.
Mexico's Dam Projects May Flood Villages
 Sergio Solache
Like other villages around Mexico, Acasico will soon be submerged under water, falling victim to dam projects aimed at meeting the water demands of factories, vegetable farms and the country's growing cities.
Monterrey Fires 25 Percent of Traffic Police
 Associated Press
Mexico's third-largest city has fired almost a quarter of its traffic police for failing tests designed to detect corruption and ineptitude.
Gunmen Attack AA Meeting in Mexico, Killing 1
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four, authorities said late Tuesday.
Inauguration of 2009 Annual Meeting of Mexican Center for Philanthropy-Solidarity Today: Everyone’s Responsibility
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Calderón led the inauguration of the Annual Meeting of the Mexican Center for Philanthropy-Solidarity Today: Everyone’s Responsibility, held at the Terraza Virreyes Hall in the Camino Real Hotel in Mexico City.
Calderón Promises Growth of 5 Percent
 The News
President Felipe Calderón says his goal of reaching "at least" 5 percent growth for the Mexican economy by the end of his six-year term is still alive and possible. He also defended his decision to raise taxes in 2010.
President Hopes World Cup will Usher in New Era of National Football
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
The Presidency reported that President Felipe Calderón received Joseph S. Blatter, President of the International Football Association (FIFA), and Justino Compeán, President of the Mexican Football Federation, who showed him the shirt that will be worn by the Mexican Team for the World Cup South Africa 2010.
Mexico Declares Flood Emergency in 2 Southern Cities
 Associated Press
The Mexican government has declared parts of the Gulf coast state of Tabasco disaster zones due to flooding from days of heavy rains, freeing up federal relief funds for the area.
Mexico's Bishops Seek Global Help as Violence Grows
 Catherine E. Shoichet
Mexico's Roman Catholic clergy, increasingly caught in the middle of the nation's drug war, are meeting this week to draft a strategy for coping with the violence, aided by advice from colleagues who faced similar threats in Colombia and Italy.
Mexican Police Say They Freed US Kidnap Victim
 Associated Press
Prosecutors in the Mexico state of Baja California say they freed a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped last week near the border.
 Drug Violence Escalating In Mexico
 Robert Arnold
Houston's Local 2 Investigates traveled to the border city of Juarez, Mexico, where murders, kidnappings and carjackings have become a daily occurrence.
Church-Run Migrant Shelter in Northern Mexico Besieged
 Frontera NorteSur
A Catholic Church-run migrant shelter in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila is the target of escalating attacks. Every day, Casa del Migrante Posada Belen in the state capital of Saltillo serves between 80 to 100 mainly Central American migrants headed to the United States. But since last month, the staff has been busy responding to aggression, harassment and death threats.
Soldiers Wary of Often Corrupt Mexican Police
 Olga R. Rodriguez & Julie Watson
This year alone, police and soldiers have confronted one another more than 65 times, The Associated Press has learned – a growing and dangerous trend in the war on drugs.
Hurricane Ida Brushes Past Mexico, Watch Issued for US Coast
 Catherine E. Shoichet
Hurricane Ida swiped the resort city of Cancun on Sunday with bands of wind and rain as it steamed north toward the Gulf of Mexico, where officials issued a hurricane watch for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi.
Mexico Mother Reunited with Stolen Baby
 Reuters
A Mexican mother has been reunited with her one-year-old daughter after the baby girl was allegedly sold to another woman by a baby-selling ring in Mexico City.
Mexican Army Makes Large Opium Seizure
Associated Press
The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico.
Doctors, Five Others Held in Mexican Stolen Babies Case
 CNN
Mexican authorities have arrested three doctors, a nurse and a receptionist accused of stealing newborns at a private hospital and selling them, the Mexico City attorney general's office says.
President Calderón Congratulates New President of National Human Rights Commission
 PVNN
The Presidency reports that President Felipe Calderón telephoned Dr. Raúl Plascencia Villanueva, President of the National Human Rights Commission, whom he congratulated on his recent nomination as head of this important organization.
Tens of Thousands of Homes Flooded in Mexico
 Associated Press
A week of torrential rain has flooded the homes of more than 200,000 people along Mexico's Gulf coast, officials said Friday. Residents in some towns complained that no help had arrived.
Police Commander Slain in Mexico's Deadliest City
 Associated Press
Authorities say gunmen have killed a police commander in Mexico's deadliest city, where a dismembered, decapitated body was found hours before.
Guard Arrested for Torture in Tijuana Prison Riots
 Associated Press
Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old inmate, whose beating death sparked riots that left nearly two dozen dead, including two American prisoners.
Climate Change Explained to Children in Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
An exhibit on climate change in Mexico City's Papalote children's museum aims to raise awareness of global warning in one of the world's top oil producers.
Mexican Mother Reunited with Allegedly Sold Baby
 Associated Press
A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman.
Mexican Economy has Charted Clear Course: President Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón stated that Mexico has charted a clear course for the economy, as borne out by the 80,000 new jobs created in October and the 2.7% growth of the Mexican economy during the third quarter of the year.
10 Arrested in Mexican Police Chief's Killing
 Associated Press
Five police officers and five other suspects were arrested Thursday in the investigation into the assassination of an army general who had been appointed police chief of a northern Mexican town over the weekend.
The World’s Largest Pyramid is in Mexico
 TravelVideo.tv
For hundreds of years, the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico appeared to be a grassy hill with a church on top. Luckily, the dirt and soil gradually eroded away and the stunned archeologists made an astonishing discovery in the early 20th century.
3 Mexican Doctors Accused of Selling Newborns
E. Eduardo Castillo
Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City, authorities said Wednesday.
President Felipe Calderón Meets with Mexican Intellectuals and Academics
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón met with Mexican opinion leaders and academics at the official Los Pinos residence to exchange various points of view on the political transformations required by the country.
Floods Kill 3 in Along Mexico's Gulf Coast
Associated Press
Floods have killed at least three people in a Mexican Gulf coast state where authorities are struggling to persuade thousands of people to leave their inundated homes.
9 Suspects in Mexico Indian Village Massacre Freed
 Associated Press
Mexico's highest court ordered the release of nine more people convicted in a 1997 massacre of Indians, ruling Wednesday their convictions were based on illegally obtained evidence. New trials were ordered for 16 others.
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