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Mexico Arrests Pemex Oil Official in Bribery Case
 Robin Emmott
Mexico City Mexican police have arrested an official at state oil monopoly Pemex on suspicion of trying to sell an exploration contract for around $19,000, the attorney general's office said Thursday.
US Consulate in Ciudad Juarez Closes for Security
 Alexandra Olson
The U.S. closed its consulate in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez on Thursday pending a security review, an unexpected decision that comes months after drug gangs killed three people tied to the consulate.
 Mexican Army Kills Kingpin in Drug War Coup
 Alberto Fajardo
Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President Felipe Calderon's war against drug cartels but one that is unlikely to end spiraling violence.
Photo, Letter Purport to Show Kidnapped Mexico Pol
 Associated Press
A letter purportedly written by the kidnappers of former Mexican presidential candidate Diego Fernandez de Cevallos suggests he is still alive and hints no ransom has been paid.
Mexico Wants 'Pink Tourism'
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico City's gay community has in recent decades turned the capital into a relative oasis in a strongly Catholic country renowned for its conservatism and machismo. The authorities in the Mexican capital are now seeking to attract gay tourism.
Mexico Celebrates Ruling on Arizona Law
 Ioan Grillo
In the heart of the Mexican capital a crowd of 100 activists stood silently outside the imperious American Embassy on Wednesday waiting for a judicial decision 1,800 miles away in Phoenix, Arizona. When news was announced that Judge Susan Bolton had blocked the Arizona law’s most controversial provisions, the crowd burst into applause.
Mexico Arrests Senior Member Of Juarez Drug Cartel
 RTTNews
A senior member of the infamous Juarez drug cartel has been arrested in northern Mexico, the country's federal police announced in a statement released Wednesday.
SRE Press Statement on SB1070 Law
 Foreign Affairs Secretariat
The Foreign Affairs Secretariat (SRE) expressed the Mexican government's approval of the decision by the Federal District Court in Arizona to provisionally suspend passage of certain sections of the SB1070 Law. This is a first step in the right direction.
Mexico Braces for Deportations Under Arizona Law
 Leticia Pineda
Mexico braced for mass deportations as a new Arizona immigration law was due to take effect, though a US federal judge on Wednesday blocked the most controversial parts of the legislation.
Mexican Capital Aims To Be Oasis For Gays
 Jennifer Gonzalez
Mexico City's gay community has in recent decades turned the capital into a relative oasis in a strongly Catholic country reknowned for its conservatism and machismo.
 Imprisoned In Mexico and 'Presumed Guilty'
 NPR.org
Presumed Guilty, a film about Zuniga's plight, exposes a criminal justice system that often assumes guilt rather than innocence. Director Geoffrey Smith and Roberto Hernandez, one of the lawyers who worked to free Zuniga, talk about the film.
Mexican Police Investigate Possible New Drug Gang
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities are investigating the possible emergence of a new drug gang that appeared to take credit for six killings through a message left with the bodies Monday, officials said.
Baja Balks at New Rules for U.S. Cash
 Sandra Dibble
The U.S. dollar has long been a common currency in Baja California, used in cash payments for everything from secondhand cars to monthly rents to restaurant meals. Now new efforts against money laundering by Mexico’s federal government threaten to curb the practice.
Cancún 2010, New Era of Climate Change Agreements: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón urged African countries to adopt an agreement on the environment and climate change in Cancún, Mexico, where the 16th Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held.
Hitmen Behind Massacre Were Prisoners: Government
 Robert Campbell
A group of drug cartel inmates who were allowed by guards to leave prison to commit murders are believed responsible for the massacre of 17 people earlier this month, the Mexican government said on Sunday.
Mexico's Disappearing Mezcal Worms
 Franc Contreras
Al Jazeera: Mezcal worm population is being pushed into decline, due to the drink's growing popularity.
Mexico Grave Yields 51 Bodies
 Tracy Wilkinson
Forensic workers recover 51 bodies, some burned and mutilated, from a mass grave in the northern border state of Nuevo Leon. They are believed to be linked to Mexico's drug war.
Mexico Abuzz About SB 1070, Braces for Wave of Deportees
 Chris Hawley
From migrants to TV comedians, academics to charity workers, Mexico is abuzz over Arizona's new immigration law as the country prepares for a possible influx of deportees.
Mexico: Reputed Drug Gang Member Caught
 Associated Press
Mexican federal police have announced the arrest of an alleged top member of a drug gang blamed in recent killings and a car-bombing in the violence-ridden city of Ciudad Juarez on the border.
The Big Friendly Giants of Escuinapa
 Kristian Beadle
Mexico is grappling for a balance when deciding on big development projects, which bring concerns about too much regulation and too much destruction.
Mexico: Tourism Threatens Coral Reefs
 Agence France-Presse
A massive plan to build hotels, homes, golf courses and a marina for luxury yachts on some of the finest beaches in Mexico’s Baja California peninsula has provoked outrage in the area.
Cartels Get Inventive at Disposing Bodies
Dudley Althaus
With the underworld violence killing some 25,000 Mexicans in less than four years, assassins have become nearly as inventive at disposing of their victims as in dispatching them.
Mexico's Hunger Strikers in Critical Condition
 Molly O'Toole
Two electricians who have been on a hunger strike for three months to protest the government's shutdown of a power company were reported in criticial condition this week.
Mexico: Ancient Woman Suggests Diverse Migration
 Mark Stevenson
A scientific reconstruction of one of the oldest sets of human remains found in the Americas appears to support theories that the first people who came to the hemisphere migrated from a broader area than once thought, researchers say.
Mexico Mass Grave Yields 38 Bodies
 BBC
Soldiers in Mexico have uncovered a mass grave with at least 38 bodies in the northern state of Nuevo Leon.
Gunbattles Paralyze Nuevo Laredo
 Associated Press
Late-night gunbattles with gangs who forced citizens from their cars and used the vehicles to block streets paralyzed a border city, sound of gunfire alarmed Texans on the U.S. side of the Rio Grande.
World Bank to Lend 800 Million Dollars to Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
The World Bank will lend 800 million dollars to Mexico to help transform public transport to reduce emissions, and other programs, the bank's President Robert Zoellick said.
Mexico Worried By Rise in Hemorrhagic Dengue
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico is facing a sort of perfect storm of floods that breed mosquitoes, prompting a big increase in the number of hemorrhagic dengue cases, the country's top epidemiological official said Wednesday.
Putting a Stop to Organized Crime is a Task for Everyone: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
During a meeting with businessmen from Sonora, Hermosillo, President Felipe Calderón declared that with the determined participation of the three branches and orders of government and of society as a whole, Mexicans will be able to put a stop to organized crime and ensure the prevalence of the rule of law.
Mexico Vows Lifetime Aid to Kin of Kids Killed in Daycare Fire
 EFE
The Mexican government on Tuesday decreed “lifetime aid” for the mothers of the children who died and were injured in the June 2009 fire that claimed the lives of 49 youngsters at a daycare center in the northern city of Hermosillo.
Mexico's "Murder City" Out of Control, Says Author
 Robin Emmott
Feuds between rival cartels in northern Mexico have spun out of control, unleashing a wave of bloodshed security forces are unable to subdue, the author of a new book on Mexico's escalating drug war said.
Goals Announced for Tourism to Mexico
 Jimm Budd
Tourism Minister Gloria Guevara expects Mexico to be the fifth most visited country in the world within six or seven years. Currently it ranks tenth and is number 20 in earnings.
Car Bomb Escalates Mexico Drug War
 Jason Beaubien & Mary Louise Kelly
Less than a week after a car bomb killed three people in Mexico's northern border city of Juarez, cartels are threatening more attacks. The car bomb marks an escalation in Mexico's war on narco-traffickers.
Risk of Exotic Pets Morphing into Invasive Pests
 Emilio Godoy
Turtles, frogs, toads and many kinds of birds are imported into Mexico as pets by the thousands every year, but they constitute an environmental and economic threat when they are invasive exotic species.
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