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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
20 Inmates Escape from Jail in Guadalajara
 Associated Press
Twenty inmates, many of them wanted on homicide, rape and robbery charges, escaped from a jail in the western state of Jalisco after overpowering guards and taking their keys, authorities said Friday.more »»»
Officials: Denver Arrest is Long-Sought Break in Border Slayings
 Olga R. Rodriguez
A man arrested in Denver for immigration violations is the main suspect in the rapes and killings of eight women whose remains were found five years ago in a trash-strewn lot in the border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexican authorities say. Relatives and women right's activists, however, remain skeptical.more »»»
Mexico to Request Extradition of Drug Gang Boss
 Reuters
Mexico will ask the United States to extradite Javier Arellano Felix, the Mexican drug cartel boss captured by U.S. agents this week, the attorney general's office said late this week.more »»»
Mexico Left Gives Up on Electoral Court
 Frank Jack Daniel
The Party of the Democratic Revolution, or PRD, says the election was stolen from their candidate and wants every vote recounted, but expects Mexico's top electoral court to confirm Felipe Calderon's slim victory.more »»»
Mexican Court Approves Congress Vote Results
 Reuters
Mexico's top electoral court rejected complaints about the July Congressional election on Wednesday, giving conservative candidate Felipe Calderon's party the largest stake in the legislature.more »»»
Mexican Cartel's Leader is Seized Off Baja Coast
 Onell R. Soto, Anna Cearley & Otto Kreisher
A kingpin in the notorious Arellano Félix drug cartel was arrested Monday on a fishing boat off the coast of Baja California and was on his way to San Diego yesterday to face racketeering and conspiracy charges.more »»»
Mexican Leftists Promise Widespread Civil Disobedience Over Alleged Electoral Fraud
 Associated Press
Supporters of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Wednesday they will launch a campaign of civil disobedience and lawbreaking across Mexico that could bring the nation to a halt, unless a court orders the a total recount of votes from the July election.more »»»
Protesters Take Two Police Officers Hostage Near Oaxaca
 Rebeca Romero
Two police officers allegedly attempting to arrest a protest leader were taken hostage Tuesday by a crowd of demonstrators armed with machetes, police said.more »»»
Opposition Leader Calls for National Dialogue on Disputed General Election
 Xinhua
The leader of Mexico's left-wing Coalition for the Good of All, Manuel Camacho Solis, has called for a national dialogue over the country's disputed July presidential election to "end a conflict that will be very costly for society."more »»»
Mexican Police Deny Excessive Force in Clash With Protesters
 VOA News
Mexico's top security official has rejected claims of police brutality after riot police clashed with demonstrators protesting last month's disputed presidential election.more »»»
Mexico Election Protesters Vow 'Siege'
 Ioan Grillo
Supporters of leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador pledged Tuesday to place conservative Felipe Calderon "under siege" if he is declared the winner of the disputed presidential elections.more »»»
Riot Police Seal Congress to Vote Protesters
 Gunther Hamm
Hundreds of Mexican riot police in black body armor sealed Congress on Tuesday after violent clashes with leftist protesters and legislators who say last month's presidential election was stolen.more »»»
AMLO Claims Recount Narrows Rival's Lead
 Sofia Miselem
Mexico's rivals in the July 2 presidential election quibbled over a few thousand votes recounted by election officials, as followers of the losing candidate claimed police brutality outside Congress.more »»»
Mexican Police Gas Lawmakers, Protesters
 Oliver Ellrodt
Mexican riot police used tear gas and clubs to drive back leftist legislators and supporters protesting outside Congress on Monday in the first violent clash over a fiercely contested presidential election.more »»»
Calderon Win Upheld by Partial Vote Recount, Ruling Party Says
 Bloomberg
Felipe Calderon's victory in Mexico's presidential election was upheld in a court-ordered partial recount of the vote, according to representatives of his governing party and of rival Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.more »»»
Obrador: We Could Be Here For Years
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's leftist presidential candidate promised on Sunday to maintain protest camps that have paralyzed downtown Mexico City until at least September, unless the nation's top electoral court orders a total recount in the still-disputed election.more »»»
Teachers Refuse to Return to Work After Demonstrators' Death
 EFE
Striking teachers in the southern state of Oaxaca decided on the weekend not to return to their classrooms as planned because of the death of a demonstrator last week, union leaders said.more »»»
Lopez Obrador Claims Election Recount Proves Fraud
 Frank Jack Daniel
Mexico's opposition leader said on Friday a partial recount of votes from the presidential election he narrowly lost has shown so many errors that the top electoral court will have to declare him president-electmore »»»
Protesters in Oaxaca Release 4 Hostages
 Rebecca Romero
Protesters held four people hostage for hours Friday, charging they were linked to a fatal shooting of a demonstrator during protests that have have besieged Oaxaca since June.more »»»
Leftist Protesters Block Mexico Tax Headquarters
 Reuters
Two thousand leftist demonstrators blocked access to Mexico's main tax office in the center of the capital on Friday in a fresh protest over alleged fraud in the July 2 presidential election.more »»»
Protesters in Oaxaca Hold 4 Hostage After Fatal Shooting
 Rebecca Romero
Protesters were holding four people hostage Friday, accusing them of participating in the fatal shooting of a demonstrator the night before in this historic state capital reeling from escalating political violence. more »»»
Turmoil Slows Tourism
 Marion Lloyd
Taxi muggings. Corrupt cops. Infamous smog. If the Mexican capital didn't have enough image problems for tourists, here's one more: a ragtag protest camp stretching for miles along the city's cultural corridor that costs the tourism industry $12.5 million a day.more »»»
Violence Flares in Southern Mexico
 BBC News
Gunmen have fired on striking teachers marching through the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca, killing one man. Protesters responded by setting fire to a house where the gunmen fled. They blamed Governor Ulises Ruiz for the attack, a charge his office rejected.more »»»
Meth 'Superlab' Busted Near Guadalajara
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities have seized a large-scale methamphetamine laboratory in western Mexico, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said Thursday. DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy said the lab was discovered on a ranch in Tlajomulco de Zuniga, just outside the city of Guadalajara in western Jalisco state, on Aug. 1.more »»»
No End Seen to Mexican Vote Dispute from Recount
 Lorraine Orlandi
Mexican electoral officials, monitored by judges, painstakingly tallied votes from a presidential election on Thursday in a partial recount that appeared unlikely to resolve a dispute over fraud claims.more »»»
Fox: Vote Resolution Will Be Peaceful
 Traci Carl
President Vicente Fox said Thursday he is confident the country's disputed presidential election will be resolved peacefully and Mexico's young democracy will emerge stronger after its greatest test yet.more »»»
Progress Cited in Disrupting Drug Ring
 Anna Cearley
U.S authorities continue to chip away at a long-standing cocaine distribution network that has its origins in the Mexican state of Veracruz.more »»»
Mexican Leftists Block Treasury
 Mark Stevenson
Supporters of leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blockaded Mexico's Treasury Department on Thursday as electoral officials conducted a partial recount of the disputed presidential election.more »»»
Mexico's Vote Recount: Day One
 Lisa J. Adams
Electoral officials fanned out across the country Wednesday to begin a partial recount in Mexico's tight presidential election, while leftists alleging vote fraud blocked bank headquarters in the capital and vowed to take their disruptive protests nationwide.more »»»
Mexico Leftists Target Foreign Banks in Protest
 Kieran Murray
Thousands of Mexican leftists blockaded the offices of three major foreign-owned banks on Wednesday in a new protest to force a full recount in a July 2 presidential election they claim was rigged.more »»»
Calderón Prepares to Govern
 Washington Post
Felipe Calderón, the conservative technocrat and unofficial winner in Mexico's July 2 election, is predicting he'll be declared the official victor within a couple weeks.more »»»
Hundreds Blockade Ministry, Open Toll Gates
 Lorraine Orlandi
Hundreds of Mexican leftists blockaded a ministry and threw open highway toll gates on Tuesday in an escalation of protests against what they say was fraud in last month's presidential election.more »»»
Mexican Cops Fire in Air During Protests
 Rebecca Romero
Police fired shots into the air Monday to clear more than 100 protesters from outside the state economy ministry, the latest incident in a wave of confrontations and protests that have driven many tourists out of the historic Mexican city of Oaxaca.more »»»
Mexico Left Still Hopes for Presidential Recount
 Alistair Bell
Mexico's leftist opposition said on Monday it can still win a legal battle for the presidency despite a setback from a court decision to hold only a partial recount of votes from the contested election.more »»»
Obrador Digs in for Long Battle
 Mark Stevenson
Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador called for a massive demonstration on Monday outside the court that ruled against his demand for a full recount of the disputed presidential election.more »»»
Lopez Obrador Apologizes to Public for Hassles
 Dudley Althaus
While still insisting on a full recount of the presidential election he says he won, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday seemed to pull back, if only slightly, from the brink in his feud with federal officials.more »»»
Mexico's Anti-Israeli Chutzpah
 Allan Wall
Most of the world ignored it, but Mexico and Israel recently had a diplomatic tiff. Their exchange raises some interesting questions about U.S.-Mexican diplomatic relations.more »»»
Obrador Says Civil Disobedience Will Continue
 James C. McKinley Jr.
The leftist candidate for president vowed Sunday to take the daily mass demonstrations supporting his demand for a full recount of the results in last month’s presidential race to the courthouse where a special electoral court had denied his request.more »»»
Obrador Ready for Long Battle
 Mark Stevenson
Leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Sunday that he was digging in for a long battle to ensure his ruling-party rival isn't declared the winner in the July 2 presidential election, calling on his supporters to hold a massive demonstration in front of the court that ruled against his demand for a full recount.more »»»
Court Orders Partial Recount in Presidential Vote
 Catherine Bremer
Mexico's top electoral court ordered only a partial recount on Saturday in a presidential election fiercely contested by a leftist candidate who has threatened mass protests unless all votes are counted again. The seven judges of the electoral court ordered votes recounted at just 11,839 of the almost 130,500 voting stations.more »»»
2 More Die from Poisonous Mushrooms
 Associated Press
A 7-year-old boy and his father died Friday, bringing to 10 the number of people killed after eating poisonous mushrooms in Mexico's southernmost Chiapas state.more »»»
Mexican Court to Rule on Fraud Claims
 Traci Carl
Mexico's top electoral court begins ruling Saturday on dozens of fraud complaints from the disputed presidential election, mulling requests for a full recount that have prompted thousands of activists to set up protest camps in the heart of the capital.more »»»
Mexico Ramps Up Airport, Oil Security Amid Protests
 Anahi Rama
Security has been increased at Mexico City's airport so leftists challenging a tight presidential election cannot block flights as part of their crippling protests, the government said on Friday.more »»»
Striking Teachers, Affiliates Begin Hijacking Vehicles
 El Universal
Striking teachers and affiliated protesters in Oaxaca on Thursday inaugurated a new tactic in their quest to force Gov. Ulises Ruiz from office. They surrounded state and federal vehicles at traffic lights, forced the drivers out, then drove the cars to the Zócalo.more »»»
Santiago Vasconcelos Seeks US Help on Arms Trade
 Mark Stevenson
Mexico's top organized crime prosecutor called on U.S. officials to do more to halt illegal weapons trafficking to help Mexico stem a wave of bloody, drug-fueled violence. Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos said the rising brutality of recent drug executions was due to hit men taking over cartels after their bosses were arrested.more »»»
Calderon Calls for Peace, Obrador Vows More Street Blockades
 Ioan Grillo
Several hundred supporters of leftist presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador blocked the entrance to Mexico's stock market early Thursday, as others were forced to temporarily relocate portions of a sprawling protest camp following heavy rains and hail that flooded several parts of the city.more »»»
Siege Continues at Mexican TV Station
 Associated Press
About 500 women banging spoons against pots and pans seized a state-run television station and broadcast a homemade video Wednesday that showed police kicking protesters out of Oaxaca's main square last month.more »»»
Vacation Survival Manual in The Land of Frogs
 Doug Bower
My wife and I, Americans living in Guanajuato, Mexico, have co-authored a brand new print and ebook titled, "Guanajuato, México - Your Expat, Study Abroad, and Vacation Survival Manual in The Land of Frogs". We feel there is no publication available anywhere that covers the material we do with our unique first hand experience.more »»»
Under Fire, Mexico Leftists Vow More Vote Protests
 Lorraine Orlandi
Mexico's government slammed the main opposition leader on Wednesday for crippling Mexico City to protest alleged fraud in a tight presidential election, but his senior aides vowed to turn the screws even tighter.more »»»
Spoon-Wielding Mexican Women Besiege TV Studio
 Scotsman.com
A mob of 500 Mexican women armed with kitchen spoons laid siege to a state-run television station studio. They trapped 60 employees inside for hours before broadcasting a message calling for the resignation of the governor.more »»»
Government Wants Protest Halted
 Ioan Grillo
The national government urged Mexico City officials Wednesday to clear the streets of protest camps supporting leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's battle to be declared winner of last month's disputed presidential election.more »»»
Obrador's Supporters Plan to Expand Protest
 Mark Stevenson
Supporters of a leftist president candidate who are occupying the cultural and financial heart of Mexico's capital said Tuesday they planned to expand protests aimed at pressuring authorities to order an election recount.more »»»
Police Recover Woman's Body in Ciudad Juarez
 Associated Press
Police on Monday found the body of a woman on a dirt road in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, a border city made infamous by the killings of more than 100 other young women since 1993.more »»»
Lopez Obrador Backers Slow Mexico City
 Mark Stevenson
Supporters of Mexico's leftist presidential candidate brought rush-hour traffic to a crawl Monday, causing the stock market to drop and forcing office workers dressed in business suits and high heels to hike for miles to work.more »»»
Protesters Paralyze Mexico City Over Presidential Vote Outcome
 Alexandre Peyrille
Thousands of supporters of Mexico's leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador camped out in the streets of Mexico City, demanding a recount of the July 2 vote and causing massive traffic jams.more »»»
Leftist's Supporters Flood Mexico City
 Mark Stevenson
Hanging protest banners from sculptures and pitching tents in the middle of Mexico City's historic Reforma boulevard, supporters of the country's leftist presidential candidate paralyzed the city's financial district Monday and said they won't leave until the top electoral court rules on their demands for a recount in the disputed race.more »»»
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