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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
Large Waves Batter Mexico, El Salvador
 townhall.com
Unusually high Pacific waves battered beaches from El Salvador to Mexico and carried people out to sea, prompting authorities in some places to order swimmers out of the water Tuesday. At least two people were killed.
Scientists Finds Earliest Evidence of Maize Farming in Mexico
 physorg.com
A Florida State University anthropologist has new evidence that ancient farmers in Mexico were cultivating an early form of maize, the forerunner of modern corn, about 7,300 years ago - 1,200 years earlier than scholars previously thought.
PGR: Cartels Not Involved in Ramírez Case
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Even as many urged redoubled efforts to solve the latest murder of a Mexican media member, the federal Attorney General´s Office (PGR) said the killing of veteran Televisa correspondent Amado Ramírez Dillanes in Acapulco will not be investigated by special organized crime prosecutors.
Bloody Weekend in Mafia Turf Wars
 El Universal
The corpse of a man was found wrapped in a plastic bag in the port city of Veracruz on Sunday in what police said was the latest killing in wave of drug-related violence. Next to the body was a note that said "anybody who supports the Zetas will show up like this idiot."
Justice Sought for Slain Mexico Reporter
 Natalia Parra
Media rights groups and family members demanded an investigation Saturday into the death of a Mexican journalist gunned down after leaving his radio show in Acapulco.
Mexico City's New Mayor On the Go: Beaches, Bikes and Wi-Fi
 Edward M. Gomez
In land-locked, high-altitude, mountain-surrounded Mexico City, one of the world's largest and most congested metropolises, it's time to hit the beaches - right at home.
Televisa's Acapulco Correspondent Killed
 Natalia Parra
The Acapulco correspondent for Mexico's top television news network was shot to death late Friday, the latest in a wave of journalist killings that has made Mexico one of the most dangerous countries for reporters in the Western Hemisphere.
Associated Press Fires Oaxaca Correspondent Rebeca Romero
 John Gibler
The Associated Press fired Oaxaca state correspondent Rebeca Romero due to pro-government bias in her coverage of a six-month-long protest movement that sought to oust the state governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, according to AP reporters familiar with the agency’s work in Mexico.
Red Bull X-Fighters - Mexico 2007
 Mike Werner
Ten of the world’s most renowned and respected freestyle motocross riders of eight different nationalities had followed the call of the Red Bull X-Fighters and traveled all the way to Mexico to be part of this year’s first of four stops.
High Court Upholds Law on Sentences
 El Universal
Quickie kidnappings meant to extract an affordable sum of cash in a minimum amount of time can be punished by the same 40-year prison term as traditional kidnappings, the Supreme Court decided Wednesday.
Mexican Official Promises Crackdown Against Drug Traffickers
 James Blears
A top Mexican official says the new government plans to take action against the country's powerful drug cartels. Deputy Attorney General Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos says the goal is to greatly reduce the power of the cartels by the end of the six-year term of President Felipe Calderon.
Beaches Opening in Mexico City
 Ioan Grillo
The Mexico City mayor's plan to build four beaches in this smoggy mountain capital has been lampooned as a joke and a waste of money by Mexico's elite, who vacation at ocean resorts. But the mayor's supporters welcome the sand as a city getaway for millions of poor people who have never seen a beach.
Mexico City at Vanguard with Gay Rights, Abortion
 Gunther Hamm
A huge, gritty capital with high crime rates and snarling traffic, Mexico City is becoming a vanguard of liberalism in Latin America by backing gay civil unions and seeking to legalize abortion.
Celebrating Easter in Mexico
 PVNN
Allan Wall explains some of the many regional Holy Week customs in Mexico - from the Tarahumara Indians in the mountains of Chihuahua who paint themselves white, to Passion Plays in Mexico City and the "burning of Judas" in southern Mexico.
Mexico Split on How Democracy Works
 Angus Reid
Mexican adults are divided in their assessment of democracy, according to a poll by Reforma. 45 per cent of respondents are satisfied with the way democracy works in the Latin American nation, while 44 per cent are dissatisfied.
Mexico Makes Arrests in Police Killings
 Associated Press
A suspected drug cartel lieutenant sought in the killings of two police officers has been arrested in the border city of Tijuana, authorities said Monday.
Drug War Turns Mexico Border City into Ghost Town
 Robin Emmott
With heavily armed Mexican soldiers patrolling Nuevo Laredo's graffitied, rubbish-strewn streets, Mario Cepeda is having a tough time convincing anyone to take his horse-drawn city tour.
President Calderón Speaks on Security and Justice
 Presidency of the Republic
Mexican President Felipe Calderón declared that one of his main aims since the beginning of his government has been to restore minimal conditions of security.
US Capital Threatens Cucapa Community
 Mary Tamburro
La Bocana is one of the primary fishing areas for the Cucapa. The river has dried up due to the US building up dams and redirecting water mainly to water crops in So California and to provide water for Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
Mexico Opens Windows on Buried Treasures
 Mark Stevenson
Archaeologists in Mexico City announced plans Friday to hold tours of inaccessible buried ruins via glass-covered shafts looking down on the sites. Two daylong guided tours of the sites, known as "archaeological windows," are scheduled for April.
Mexican Church Slammed for Antiabortion Stance
 Prensa Latina
The Mexican Catholic Church's recent threat to excommunicate those who approve the legalization of abortion, a very controversial issue in a predominantly Catholic country, has been described here as dangerous.
Calderón Will Make It Easier for Foreigners to Stay Longer in Mexico
 Associated Press
President Felipe Calderón said this week that he will make it easier for foreigners to stay longer in Mexico to promote tourism and business investment.
Mexico City's Mayor Wants to Bring Beaches to the Capital
 Associated Press
Mexico's huge inland capital is famous for spicy food, museums and mariachi music, but Mayor Marcelo Ebrard wants to give it a more coastal attraction: beaches.
Autopsy: Mexican Soldiers Didn't Rape, Beat Indian Woman
 Miguel Hernandez
A new autopsy on a 73-year-old Indian woman allegedly attacked by four Mexican soldiers last month concluded that she was neither beaten nor raped, but died of acute anemia from internal bleeding in her digestive tract, the director of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission said Thursday.
1000s March to Support Abortion Law
 Carlos Rodriguez
Several thousand women marched through the Mexican capital in support of a bill to legalize abortion in the first three months of pregnancy, a proposal that has drawn harsh criticism from the Roman Catholic Church.
Zapatistas Vow to Remake Mexico
 Tim Pelzer
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation Army (EZLN), as part of a larger movement known as “The Other Campaign,” say that they will renew their efforts to organize “a civil and pacifist insurrection” across Mexico to transform the country’s political and economic system.
Anti-Abortion Debate Heats Up in Congress
 Ioan Grillo
Leftist lawmakers sent Congress a bill to legalize abortion on Tuesday, the third such recent proposal in Mexico where the issue has divided the nation and drawn interest from the Vatican.
Mexico Swaps Computers for Guns
 Associated Press
Police in the Mexican capital have kicked off a campaign to exchange guns for computers and other gifts in an attempt to reduce firearm deaths.
Grounded Mexican Airline Leaves Hundreds of Tourists Stranded
 Wolfy Becker
The Mexican government has suspended operations of low-cost carrier Lineas Aereas Azteca on Monday because of safety deficiencies, financial problems, administrative and technical procedures, leaving hundreds of traveling customers stranded.
Liberal Mexican Catholic Group Announces Support for Legalized Abortion
 Associated Press
A liberal Latin American Roman Catholic group published a paid ad defending abortion in national Mexican newspapers Monday, a day after several thousand people summoned by Mexico's Catholic Church protested against a proposal to legalize the procedure.
Mexico's Zapatista Rebels Launch New, Countrywide Tour
 Associated Press
Fourteen members of Mexico's Zapatista rebel movement prepared to begin a nationwide tour Monday, following up on leader Subcomandante Marcos' solo tour last year.
Court Rules on Foreign Deportees
 Kelly Arthur Garrett
Foreigners expelled by government officials will now have the right to have their cases reviewed before they have to leave the country, the Supreme Court ruled Monday.
Mexican Drug Violence Claims Nearly 500 Lives
 Hector Tobar
Nearly 500 people have been killed in Mexico's drug wars this year, according to media reports here, despite a crackdown on the illicit trade by President Felipe Calderon.
Alliances Fight for Huichol Land
 Philip Burnham
When Indians lose land, conventional wisdom says, they never see it again. In central Mexico, the Jalisco Indigenous Groups Support Association is working to prove the old wisdom wrong.
Zapatista Chief Takes Society Bow
 BBC News
The Mexican rebel leader who rarely appears in public and never shows his face has been pictured on the front of a top-selling Mexican society magazine. Zapatista leader Subcomandante Marcos is described as a "sex symbol" by Quien magazine, which prints details of an alleged lengthy jungle love affair.
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