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Star Bullfighter Jose Tomas Gored in Mexico
 BBC
One of Spain's top matadors was seriously injured in Mexico when a 1,100-pound bull gored him in the groin and hoisted him into the air, causing major blood loss, his manager said Sunday.
Mexico Security Official's Convoy Ambushed
 Gustavo Ruiz
Gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades attacked a convoy carrying the top security official of the western state of Michoacan on Saturday, leaving four dead and 10 wounded in the second brazen ambush in as many days.
Mexico Consumer Prices Fall in Early April
 Jason Lange & Michael O'Boyle
Mexican consumer prices unexpectedly fell in the first half of April, taking pressure off the central bank to raise interest rates, data showed on Thursday.
Launch of Latin America Game On! Youth Sports Initiative Postponed
 Greg Bach
The International Alliance for Youth Sports (IAYS) has postponed the May 7 launch of its Game On! Youth Sports Latin America initiative in Monterrey due to the recent kidnappings and unsafe conditions now present there.
Mexico Church Bars Priest with Abuse Conviction
 E. Eduardo Castillo
The Mexico City archdiocese said Thursday it is barring a priest who pleaded guilty in 1989 to sexually assaulting an 11-year-old Colorado girl from working in the city.
Mexico Nabs Top Drug Suspect Who Carries $2 Million Bounty
 Tim Johnson
Mexican soldiers have captured an alleged drug lord with a $2 million bounty on his head, dealing a blow to a brutal narcotics gang with tentacles in South America, officials said Thursday.
Nearly 19 Tons of Drugs Seized in Tijuana
 Sandra Dibble
In one of its largest seizures in the region to date, the Mexican military Wednesday announced the confiscation of nearly 19 tons of marijuana from a warehouse in the eastern Tijuana neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
Mexico to Encourage Cultural Revival of "Field Hockey for Pyros"
 Chuck Shepherd
A new sports center in Mexico City will be devoted to the revival of ancient Aztec- and Mayan-created games that are rarely played in Mexico because they are dangerous, including a field-hockey-like competition played with a fireball.
Drug Hitman Claims to Capture 25 Rivals in Mexico
 Associated Press
Police have found the bound bodies of two men in the Mexican city of Cuernavaca, alongside a banner that threatens to kill 25 more drug cartel members.
Mexican Golf Star Lorena Ochoa Retires
 Stephen Wade
Lorena Ochoa retired Tuesday, following the path of Annika Sorenstam and marking the second time in the last three years the biggest star on the LPGA Tour left the game.
Mexico Sets Stimulus for Quake-Damaged Mexicali
 Associated Press
Mexico is offering a package of tax and mortgage extensions and loans for the border city of Mexicali, after a 7.2-magnitude quake April 4 killed two people, damaged buildings and flooded some land with saline water.
 Border Angels' Baja Quake Relief Update
 Enrique Morones
Thanks all, for continuing to support the Baja Earthquake Victims and Border Angels overall work. We will continue to travel to the Mexicali Valley, Calexico and surrounding areas for the next few months. This past weekend was incredible.
Villa Wins Red Bull X-Fighters Mexico
 Red Bull
Norway's Andre Villa pulled off a surprise win at the first stop of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour 2010 in Mexico City on Friday evening.
Mexico Launches Anti-Human-Trafficking Campaign
 IBNS
Mexico became the first country to launch a national version of the United Nations-led "Blue Heart" campaign against human trafficking, which is regarded as one of the most lucrative forms of illegal activity for criminal groups.
Mexico Rejects Church Criticism of Sex Education
 Associated Press
Mexican educators and officials defended the country's public school sex education Friday from criticism by a Roman Catholic bishop who said such teachings make celibacy vows more difficult for priests to keep.
Calderon: Most Mexico Drug War Dead are Criminals
 Ivan Moreno
President Felipe Calderon insisted Friday that few innocent civilians have fallen victim to Mexico's bloody drug war, saying nearly all those killed are people tied to cartels wrestling for power.
Mexico: Fakes Dominate Seized Artifact Collection
 Associated Press
A collection of supposed pre-Hispanic artifacts seized from a controversial private antiquities dealer in Germany contains many pieces that are fake, Mexico's government archaeology agency said Thursday.
First Ladies' Goals Good for US-Mexico Relations
 Martha Mendoza
Their presidential husbands establish official policy and formally pledge bilateral cooperation, but first ladies are often the ones who can most effectively draw attention to issues, Mexico's first lady said Thursday.
Senators: Telcel Measure Not Appropiate
 Víctor Mayén
National Action Party (PAN) and Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) senators said on Wednesday that the injunction granted to Telcel is a challenge to the Mexican State.
Michelle Obama Boosts US-Mexico Ties in First Solo Trip
 Agence France-Presse
Michelle Obama was on Thursday to meet US embassy employees in Mexico City after US interests were caught up in spiralling drug violence in northern Mexico.
Drug Violence Hits Heart of Acapulco
 Associated Press
Police have identified an alleged hit man arrested on suspicion of taking part in a gunbattle that left six people dead and five wounded during a raging attack on the main boulevard in Acapulco's tourist zone.
Mexico Drug War Cartels Join Forces
 The Real News Network
Two of Mexico's most powerful cartels have joined forces to battle government security forces as well as a third cartel seeking its own slice of the cross-border drug trade. Al Jazeera's Mariana Sanchez reports from Mexico City.
Screams of Delight Greet Michelle Obama in Mexico
 Darlene Superville
Michelle Obama stepped from her black SUV and into a sea of screams, cheers and squeals of delight that filled the sun-splashed courtyard of a public elementary school Wednesday in Mexico's capital.
Mexico Catholic Church Seeks Child Sex Abuse Pardon
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico's Roman Catholic Church sought pardon for child sex abuse cases after the admission by an influential religious order that their founder was involved in sexual abuse.
Cargo Plane Crashes in Mexico, 4 Crew Dead
Mark Walsh
A cargo plane crashed while trying to land overnight in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, killing at least four crew members, authorities said Wednesday.
Michelle Obama Launches Solo Agenda on Mexico Tour
 Darlene Superville
Michelle Obama is on her first official, solo foreign trip as first lady, launching what aides call an international agenda invoking her considerable star power to engage the world's youth.
Mexico Threatens to Cut Off Millions of Cell Phone Users
 Tim Johnson
Millions of cellular telephone users across Mexico face the threat that their service will be cut off as soon as Wednesday for failing to register their telephone numbers with the government — a requirement aimed at curbing a rash of telephone extortion attempts.
Mexico's House OKs Anti-Obesity Plan for Schools
Associated Press
The lower house of Mexico's Congress has approved a law that would require daily exercise for school children to combat rapidly growing obesity rates. Schools currently have only one day of physical education a week.
Mexico: Cartels Team Up to Destroy Hit Men Gang
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Three Mexican cartels have joined forces to destroy a gang of hit men that has grown into a feared drug trafficking outfit with reach into Central America, Mexican and U.S. officials said Monday. The shift in allegiances is fueling bloody battles along the Texas border.
Mobile Phone Chaos Continues
 The News
The president of the Federal Commission of Telecommunications (Cofetel), Héctor Osuna, acknowledged yesterday that the method used to register mobile phones with the National Mobile Phone User Registry (Renaut) does not differentiate between correct and wrong information.
Mexico Kingpin Captures Drug Routes
 Alicia A. Caldwell & Mark Stevenson
After a two-year battle that has killed more than 5,000 people, Mexico's most powerful kingpin now controls the coveted trafficking routes through Ciudad Juarez. That conclusion by U.S. intelligence adds to evidence that Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's Sinaloa cartel is winning Mexico's drug war.
Ancient City Yielding New Clues in Michoacan, Mexico
 Thomas H. Maugh
The Purépecha people occupied a central place in western Mexico, right next door to their better-known neighbors and enemies, the Aztecs.
Weekend Shootouts in Northeastern Mexico Kill at Least 9
 CNN
At least nine people died in shootouts over the weekend in northeastern Mexico, an area where two drug cartels have been waging a bloody war since January.
Legalized Abortion In Mexico City Injects Religion Into Mexico's Political Debates
 NationalPartnership.org
Although abortion- and gay-rights issues used to be politically "off limits" in Mexico, both topics have come to the political forefront since Mexico City began loosening some restrictions on abortion rights, same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, PRI's "The World" reports.
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