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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
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Mexico Extradites Politician to U.S.
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico has extradited a former state governor to the United States to face charges of helping smuggle cocaine through Cancun to the U.S., in a high-profile demonstration of the nation's increased willingness to extradite suspects as it battles surging drug violence.
Mexican Diver Capilla Dies at 81
 Associated Press
Mexico's top Olympic-medal recipient has died at the age of 81. His wife says Olympic diver Joaquin Capilla died of natural causes on Saturday and was buried on Sunday.
Oil Spill Fuels Debate on Environmental Safety
 Emilio Godoy
The spreading oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has highlighted the urgent need for stricter environmental rules and standards for deep sea oil rigs.
Calderon to Visit Canada This Month
 Canadian Press
Mexico's president will speak to Parliament during a three day visit to Canada this month. Felipe Calderon will be in Canada from May 26 to 28.
Mexico to Get Helicopters in October
 Arshad Mohammed
The United States will deliver to Mexico in October three Black Hawk helicopters the Mexican police badly needs to fight drug cartels, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
Obama Immigration Pledge a Boon for Calderon
 Alexandra Olson
President Barack Obama just made life a little easier for his Mexican counterpart. His promise to tackle immigration reform this year ensures Felipe Calderon will not come home empty-handed when he visits Washington in two weeks.
Mexico Seizes 88 Tons of Drug Precursor Chemical Shipped From China
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities say they have seized 88 tons (80 metric tons) of a precursor chemical used to make methamphetamines at a Pacific coast seaport.
International Community Foundation Releases Findings on U.S. Retiree Health Care Trends in Mexico
 Richard Kiy
The International Community Foundation released its report “Health Care and American Retirees in Mexico” to educate and inform retirees and policymakers about health care trends in the U.S. retiree population in Mexican coastal communities.
Summit: Mexico Sees Drug War Raging for Four More Years
 Anahi Rama
Mexico's drug violence that has killed some 23,000 people could rage until 2014 judging by past anti-crime fights in Italy, Colombia and the United States, the government said on Tuesday.
US Defends Delays on Equipment Aid to Mexico
 The News
The U.S. government tried to justify the delays to deliver equipment to Mexico under the Merida Initiative, by saying that they were due to specific requests from the Latin-American country.
Emergency Exits Blocked in Mexican Fair Stampede
 Associated Press
Investigators say one emergency exit was welded shut and another was apparently blocked at a northern Mexico concert where five people died in a panicked stampede.
Cinco de Mayo - What Does It Celebrate?
 Julia Layton
Lots of us have heard of the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo, but not everyone knows what it celebrates. It is not, as some believe, Mexico's Independence Day.
In Mexico's Drug War, Military has to Defend Reputation, Too
 Tim Johnson
As Mexico's armed forces get drawn ever deeper into a war against narcotics cartels, they face a separate battle to protect a reputation that is starting to take a beating. Both are uphill struggles.
Guns with Gold, Diamonds Seized in Mexico
 Mark Stevenson
Mexican soldiers have seized an arsenal of gold-plated, diamond-encrusted weapons believed to belong to the Valencia gang, allies of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, prosecutors said Monday.
Latest Violence Claims 25 Lives Near Mexico-US Border
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico's bloody drug wars saw a new spasm of killings late Saturday into Sunday, with 25 people fatally shot in the northern state of Chihuahua bordering the United States.
Gunshot Starts Stampede at Mexico Fair; 5 Killed
Mark Walsh
Five people were trampled to death early Sunday when a gunshot fired at a cattle fair sent a panic-stricken crowd rushing for the exits in a northern Mexico town already on edge from rampant drug violence.
Mexico’s Senate Approves Harsher Penalties After Kidnappings
 Adriana Lopez Caraveo & Jonathan J. Levin
Mexico’s Senate approved a law that establishes prison sentences of as much as 60 years for kidnappers and creates a fund to support victims’ families using resources seized from criminals.
Mexico's First Lady Touts Drug Programs
 Diana Washington Valdez
Mexico's first lady Margarita Zavala visited Juárez on Thursday to promote an agreement aimed at helping drug addicts.
Authorities Rescue 2 Stranded Mexican Journalists
 Morgan Lee
Mexican authorities have rescued two journalists who were stranded for nearly three days among feuding militants after a caravan of rights activists was caught in a deadly ambush.
Mexican Indians Want Apology After Prison Release
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Two Indian women freed by Mexico's Supreme Court for lack of evidence after spending almost four years in prison on kidnapping charges demanded a public apology Thursday.
Mexico Acknowledges Migrant Abuse, Pledges Change
 Mark Stevenson
Amnesty International called the abuse of migrants in Mexico a major human rights crisis Wednesday, and accused some officials of turning a blind eye or even participating in the kidnapping, rape and murder of migrants.
Mexico Frees 2 Indians After 4 Years in Prison
 Associated Press
Mexico's Supreme Court has overturned the kidnapping convictions and ordered the release of two Indian market vendors whose case received international attention.
Drug Violence Surge Hits Mexico's Iconic Acapulco
 Noel Randewich
Surging violence, also visible in the colonial getaway town of Cuernavaca on the road from Mexico City to Acapulco, has pressured the tourism industry across Mexico as well as adding to the worries of foreign investors.
Caravan Ambushed by Gunmen in Oaxaca
 Associated Press
A caravan of European and Mexican activists carrying humanitarian aid has been attacked by gunmen outside a conflictive town in Oaxaca state.
Mexico on Alert Over Massive Oil Spill
 Emilio Godoy
Mexico is gearing up for the environmental effects of the oil spill caused by last week's sinking of a BP-owned deepwater drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of the U.S. state of Louisiana.
Felipe Calderon Says Arizona Laws Breed Intolerance and Hate
 Ewen MacAskill
The Mexican president, Felipe Calderón, said the country would not stand idly by in the face of a policy that infringed basic human rights and promised to raise it with President Barack Obama during a visit to Washington next month
Mexico Issues Travel Alert Over New Arizona Law
 Associated Press
Mexico's government is warning its citizens about travel to Arizona because of a tough new immigration law there.
 Mexican Miners Fight for Survival
 The Real News Network
In the Mexican city of Cananea, miners who have been on strike for more than two years over unsafe working conditions, have been occupying a part of the country's largest copper mine, which is owned by the company Grupo.
Tijuana Arrests Up, Violence Down
 UPI
Drug-related violence in Tijuana, Mexico, has decreased in the past months since the arrest of top members of a notoriously violent drug gang, officials said.
America is Final Team to Make Mexico Playoffs
 Associated Press
America claimed the final spot in Mexico’s Clausura playoffs by beating Santos 1-0 at Aztec Stadium on Sunday through Angel Reyna’s seventh-minute goal.
Mexico Tries to Tackle "Virtual Kidnapping"
 Michael E. Miller
Experts say that since the practice began nine years ago, as many as 20 million Mexicans like Rosario have fallen victim to such "virtual kidnappings" - an effective extortion technique in a country where real kidnappings are a common occurrence.
Mexico Says Cartels Turning Attacks on Authorities
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's drug cartels have changed tactics and are turning more attacks on authorities, rather than focusing their fire on rivals gangs, the country's top security official said Sunday.
Gored Spanish Bullfighter Recovering in Mexico
 Associated Press
The manager of a top Spanish matador who suffered a horrendous goring in Mexico says the bullfighter's life is no longer in danger.
Mexico Condemns Arizona Immigration Law
 Latin American Herald Tribune
Mexico condemned the recent approval of a law in Arizona criminalizing undocumented immigrants and warned that the new regulation “represents an obstacle to the solution of the common problems of the border region and in North America as a whole.”
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