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Countless Juarez Residents Flee 'Dying City'
 Will Weissert
No one knows how many residents have left the city of 1.4 million since a turf battle over border drug corridors unleashed an unprecedented wave of cartel murders and mayhem.
41 Mexican Prison Guards Charged in Mass Jailbreak
 Associated Press
More than 40 prison guards have been charged with helping 153 inmates escape from a prison in a northern Mexican border city.
 In Mexico, Indiscriminate Violence Shatters Lives
 Monica Ortiz Uribe
Maria Luisa Aragon is one of the more than 30,000 people killed in the past four years in Mexico's war with drug cartels; in 2010 alone, more than 3,000 died. Many of those killed are involved in criminal gangs. But many others, such as Maria Luisa, were not.
Last Police Officer in Mexican Border Town Missing
 Associated Press
The last remaining police officer in the Mexican border town of Guadalupe has disappeared, and prosecutors in northern Chihuahua state said Tuesday they have started a search for her.
Congress Pressures Blake on Migrants
 Yvonne Reyes Campos
Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora will be asked to appear before Congress to explain several major flaws and inconsistencies of Mexican authorities regarding the kidnapping and abuses which 50 Central American undocumented migrants suffered in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.
Mexican Teens In Different Worlds Share Tragic Fate
 Monica Ortiz Uribe
Lupe's son is one of the more than 30,000 people killed in the past four years in Mexico's war with drug cartels. Many were gang members or somehow tied to the cartels; many were police or soldiers. Others were random bystanders. They were old and young.
 Mexico's Train of Death
 Al Jazeera
Many migrants from Central America board the train in the hope of a new life in the US, but hundreds of them never make it through Mexico.
Genetically Modified Food: We Are What We Eat!
 Tara Spears
Have you eaten genetically modified food? Do you know in which foods it can be found? Do you know what to do to avoid consuming them? Do you know its possible health effects? These are the questions that this guide seeks to respond to a consumer audience who demand this information and is increasingly more interested in healthy eating.
Mexico Says Its Troops Killed US Man
 Alexandra Olson
Joseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store in the quiet Mexican beach town where the couple had just moved, intending to start a new life. The next morning, the 32-year-old New York native was dead inside his crashed van on a road outside Acapulco.
President Calderón and Wife Host Children's Christmas Party
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón and his wife, Margarita Zavala, President of the National DIF, celebrated with over eight hundred children from daycare centers, orphanages and public and private welfare centers at the traditional President's Christmas party in the Hondonada at the official Los Pinos residence.
Pemex Controls Pipeline Leak Caused by Thieves
 Associated Press
Mexico's state-owned oil company says it has found and controlled a leak in a gasoline pipeline caused by thieves tapping into the duct.
Free Toys Brighten Holiday in Mexico Drug War City
 Julian Cardona
Children in Ciudad Juarez are telling a dark joke this Christmas: Even Santa Claus is too scared to stop in Mexico's most violent city because drug gangs will charge extortion fees on his toys. So firefighters took Santa's place, trying to bring some holiday cheer to the beleaguered city across from El Paso, Texas.
Mexico Buys Corn Futures to Ensure Tortilla Prices Remain Flat
 Sara Miller Llana
Mexico is taking action to halt a rise in corn prices and prevent a repeat of the so-called 'tortilla riots' of 2007, when tortillas became difficult to afford for many Mexicans.
Christmas in Mexico
 Allan Wall
It's that time of year again - Christmas in Mexico. Mexican Christmas customs are an eclectic mixture of the old and the new, including elements from Europe, elements developed in Mexico, and, in recent years, elements borrowed from the USA.
No Mas: Mexico Students Unite to Stop Drug War
 Alex Pena
Amidst a deadly drug war in Juarez, Mexico, a group of college students have emerged from the violence to tell their city that they've had enough.
Anniversary of Death of José María Morelos, Servant of the Nation
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
This week, President Calderón led the Civil Ceremony of the 195th Anniversary of the Death of José María Morelos. The President was accompanied by the Interior Secretary and the Government of the State of Mexico.
Kidnappers of 50 Mexican Migrants Make Ransom Call
 E. Eduardo Castillo
The supposed kidnappers of 50 Central American migrants who disappeared in southern Mexico last week called a family in the United States demanding a ransom, a Roman Catholic priest who first reported the abductions said Thursday.
Mexico Tourism Sees Increase Despite Drug Violence
 Ivan Moreno
Mexico is experiencing its bloodiest year of drug violence yet, but that's not stopping domestic and international vacationers alike from flocking there. Cancun, the Riviera Maya coastline below it and the Pacific coast resort of Puerto Vallarta will be named top destinations this year by Orbitz travel website, based on flights and hotel bookings.
Migrants Tell of Mexican Mass Kidnapping
 Agence France-Presse
A Honduran man who witnessed an alleged mass kidnapping in southern Mexico described the chaos during the incident, just as authorities cast doubt on whether the crime took place.
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard Rules Out Alliances in 2012
 Anahi Rama & Krista Hughes
Marcelo Ebrard, the mayor of Mexico City and a potential presidential candidate, on Wednesday ruled out extending an alliance between his leftist party and the ruling conservatives into the 2012 elections.
Mexico Activists Vow to Press Ahead After Mother Seeking Justice is Murdered
 Sara Miller Llana
Human rights activists in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico's most violent city, say their cause will not be silenced by the death of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz, who was shot dead last week while demanding justice in her daughter's unsolved killing.
Mexico Disputes El Salvador Claim of Migrant Abduction
 BBC News
Mexico has disputed El Salvador's allegation that dozens of Central American migrants who stowed away on a cargo train were kidnapped by gunmen.
Mexico Pays Boeing $1B to Build Satellites for Communications, Security
 Jennifer Booton
Boeing will team up with the Mexican government and a rival supplier for $1 billion to build a three-satellite system and two ground sites for use in the Central American country's civil communications and national security.
NAFTA + US Farm Subsidies Devastates Mexican Agriculture
 The Real News Network
Tim Wise: US corn exported to Mexico at 19% below cost of production, based on his study.
Mexico's Tequila Refines Its Act
 Joe Ray
In central Mexico where tequila is produced, there is an odd mix of timeless inspiring beauty and more recent modernization. Rolling fields are filled with the blue-green spiked leaves of the agave plant, against a backdrop of western movie-worthy buttes and canyons.
Mexico Eyes Energy Storage Facilities
 UPI
Energy storage is needed if North America is to realize its full green energy potential, said Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
Fatal Oil Blast Spotlights Mexico's Fuel Thieves
 Robert Campbell
Mexican thieves have long had a lucrative sideline in siphoning fuel from the country's pipelines to sell on the black market and although authorities have made progress in cutting the amount of oil diverted, few of the accused end up behind bars.
President Visits San Martín Texmelucan to Supervise Assistance for Victims
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
Mexican President Felipe Calderón, together with his wife Margarita Zavala, visited San Martín Texmelucan, Puebla Monday to personally evaluate the damage caused by the explosion of PEMEX pipelines and supervise assistance for the wounded and those who lost their homes.
Mexico Crime Activist's Relative Also Found Dead
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities say a relative of an anti-crime crusader gunned down last week as she tried to seek justice for her slain daughter also has been found dead.
Mexican Ex-Candidate Freed By Kidnappers
 Associated Press
A former Mexican presidential candidate was freed Monday seven months after his kidnapping, telling reporters outside his Mexico City home that he is well and forgives his captors.
Mexico's Telenovelas Get Some Edgy Competition
 Ken Ellingwood
Led by its public-television broadcaster, Mexico is producing a new breed of TV series - sexy, stylized, and risk-taking - that bears closer resemblance to HBO offerings than to the telenovelas that have dominated Mexican television for decades.
Mexico Investigates Pipeline Blast that Killed 28
 E. Eduardo Castillo
An oil pipeline operated by Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, exploded early Sunday when thieves were attempting to steal oil, killing at least 27 people, injuring at least 52 people and scorching more than 115 homes, authorities said.
Mexico Prison Staff Suspected in Mass Escape
 CBC News
An intensive manhunt along Mexico's northern border has failed to turn up any of the more than 140 prisoners who escaped from a federal prison.
Mexico Outraged by Killing of Anti-Crime Crusader
 Olivia Torres
Anger over Mexico's creaky, inefficient justice system boiled over after a mother who waged a two-year battle to bring her daughter's killer to justice was herself shot to death, possibly by the same man suspected of murdering the teenager.
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