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22 Kidnapped in Mexican Resort City of Acapulco
 Sergio Flores
Gunmen kidnapped 22 men who were traveling together in Mexico's Pacific coast resort city of Acapulco, authorities said Saturday.
Floods Leave Families in Peril in Mexico
 CNN
Mexico declared 15 more municipalities disaster areas as the country deals with major flooding caused by tropical cyclones that recently battered the area, according to state media.
Mexico has No Plans to Sue Over Oil Spill, for Now: Official
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico's federal government said Friday it does not plan, for now, to join legal complaints by two of its states to obtain payments over the catastrophic BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that began over five months ago.
Gunmen Were Paid $6,000 to Kill Mexican Mayor
 EFE
The two men who gunned down the mayor of the northern Mexican town of Doctor Gonzalez were paid $6,000 for the deed, Nuevo Leon state Attorney General Alejandro Garza y Garza said Thursday.
Iris Scanning Set To Secure City in Mexico, Then the World
 Aaron Saenz
The million-plus citizens of Leon, Mexico are set to become the first example of a city secured through the power of biometric identification.
Landslide in Another Town Kills 16 People
 Manuel de la Cruz
The unstable hillsides of rain-soaked southern Mexico have claimed at least 16 more victims and authorities are scrambling to deal with the peril after a siege of unusually wet weather.
Climate Change Affects the Poorest: Calderón
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
t the Energy Efficiency and Access Forum, President Felipe Calderón declared that climate change and global warming affect the poorest people.
30 Cartel Members Arrested in Northern Mexico
 CNN
exico's navy on Wednesday announced the arrests of 30 members of the Gulf drug cartel following several armed confrontations in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
Many Travel to Mexico Despite Bad Reputation
 Ole
US and Canadian media are having a field day scaring their citizens into avoiding Mexico, despite the fact that the Mexican “Drug War” is a battle fought far from the most popular tourist destinations, like Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Playa del Carmen, Cozumel, Huatulco, Guadalajara, Mexico City and others.
Hitmen Kill Mexican Mayors as Drug War Intensifies
 Robin Emmott
When criminals beat small-town mayor Gustavo Sanchez to death with rocks this week, Mexicans were horrified but no longer shocked by the latest attack on a local leader in the country's vicious drugs war.
 Mexico: Mudslide Proves Less Deadly Than Feared
 Mark Stevenson
Huge mudslide smashes into mountain town in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca, but only 11 missing after disaster.
Mexican Landslide Buries 300 Homes; 600 Feared Dead
 Reuters
Hundreds are feared dead after a landslide buried about 300 homes in the western Mexican state of Oaxaca early Tuesday, local officals say.
Mexico Submits 'Biutiful' for Oscars
 John Hecht
Mexico has selected Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's drama "Biutiful" as its foreign-language Oscar contender for the 83rd Academy Awards, while Luis Estrada's narco-themed satire "El Infierno" will go for the Goya in Spain.
Twitter Feeds and Blogs Tell Hidden Story of Mexico's Drug Wars
 Jo Tuckman
A small army of bloggers and tweeters is filling the gaps left by traditional media in Mexico that are increasingly limiting their coverage of the country's drug wars because of pressure from the cartels.
Gunmen Steal Weapons From Police Complex in Mexico
 Associated Press
Gunmen broke into a police complex in northern Mexico on Monday and stole at least 40 automatic rifles and 23 handguns, authorities said.
Mexican Soldiers Capture Suspected Drug Chief
 Robin Emmott
Mexican soldiers have arrested a suspected leader of the violent Zetas drug gang in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun and blamed him for a deadly attack on a bar last month, the army said on Sunday.
Mexico Nabs Drug Trafficker Poised to Replace Capo
 Mark Walsh
Mexican authorities have arrested an alleged trafficker known as "The Tiger" who they say shipped a half-ton of drugs to the U.S. each month and may have been poised to take over for a dead capo in the Sinaloa cartel.
Wreckage of Small Plane Found in Mexico's Baja
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities have sighted the wreckage of a small plane believed to have taken off from Los Angeles, California with four people on board.
Support Delivered to Hurricane Victims
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
A week after the passage of Hurricane Karl through Veracruz, President Calderón is conducting various activities in the state.
Crocodiles Escape Mexican Refuge After Hurricane
 Alexandria Sage
At least 280 crocodiles have escaped from a Mexican refuge near the Gulf of Mexico after heavy flooding caused by Hurricane Karl, Mexican media said this week.
Calderón Presents Bicentennial and Centennial Coins
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón this week presented the five coins commemorating the Independence Bicentennial and the Revolution Centennial at the Bank of Mexico.
The Diario de Juarez Editorial, in Translation
 Daniel Hernandez
The headline, in gripping language, asks simply: 'What do you want from us?' A front-page editorial published by El Diario de Juarez, the main newspaper in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, has rippled across the country and among international journalist groups.
Mexico's Soaring Bottled Water Use Highlights Mistrust of Tap Water
 Emilio Godoy
More bottled water is consumed per capita in Mexico than in any other country in the world, according to a U.S. consultancy - a fact that alarms non-governmental organisations because it highlights the lack of access to safe tap water.
Mexican Activist Wins Prestigious RFK Prize
 Jim Lobe & Emilio Godoy
An anthropologist and human rights defender who has worked for years with the indigenous people in one of Mexico's poorest and most marginalised regions has been awarded one of the world's most important human rights prizes.
Mexico Celebrates Bicentennial and Centennial Together in 2010
 Capt. Pat Rains
Mexico’s celebration of its Independence Bicentennial — marking 200 years of independence from Spain — culminated Sept. 16, with bicentennial fireworks and festivities nationwide. Following that, the nation’s Revolution Centennial celebrations began.
7 Killed in Acapulco Shootout
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities say seven people were killed in a shootout between rival drug gangs in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco.
Mexican Journalists Flee Drug War, Seek U.S. Asylum
 John Burnett
Mexico's drug war, which has claimed more than 28,000 lives, has become one of the most dangerous stories in the world. Some journalists have taken the ultimate step: They have fled to the United States to seek political asylum.
Mexican Mayor Slain In Drug-Plagued State
 Associated Press
Gunmen killed a town mayor near the drug-plagued industrial city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday, the fourth mayor in northern Mexico to be murdered in little more than a month.
Calderón Announces Arrest in Journalist's Murder
 Daniel Borunda
Mexican President Felipe Calderón on Wednesday told a journalists group that authorities have made an arrest in the death of a Juárez newspaper reporter slain two years ago.
Who Was That Mustachioed Mexican Giant?
 Ken Ellingwood
The 60-foot-tall figure known as El Coloso has fascinated Mexico since Independence Day festivities. Was it Vicente Fox? Zapata? Or someone less admirable?
Mexico's Rights Panel to Probe Honduran Diplomats' Reported Abduction
 CNN
Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights will investigate last week's reported abduction of two Honduran diplomats, the agency said.
French Kidnap Convict Releases Book in Mexico
 Associated Press
A Frenchwoman convicted in Mexico of kidnapping and sentenced to 60 years in prison has released a book about her case in an effort to pressure Mexican courts to accept her appeal.
Mexico Prepares Plan to Protect Journalists
 E. Eduardo Castillo
President Felipe Calderon announced a plan Wednesday to protect journalists in Mexico, where violence against reporters has surged since the government launched a crackdown on drug traffickers nearly four years ago.
President Calls for Quality Education to be Strengthened
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón led an event to restore the Public Education Secretariat (SEP) premises, where he urged all Mexicans to restore and strengthen quality education in the country.
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