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 News Around the Republic of Mexico
Mexican Hotel Tries to Throw Out Nobel Peace Prize Winner Menchu
 Deutsche Presse-Agentur
Nobel Peace Prize winner and current Guatemalan presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchu was on Tuesday the victim of discrimination at a hotel in the Mexican seaside resort Cancun, Quintana Roo state radio reported.
US May Provide Billions to Mexico to Fight Drug Cartels
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
Mexico and the United States are holding intensive talks to develop a plan for the United States to provide billions of dollars to Mexico to support its fight against drug cartels, but the negotiations are not likely to produce an agreement before next week’s trilateral meeting with Canada.
Mexican Wrestling Students Have Big Dreams
 Jeremy Schwartz
Although many people try, only a few wrestlers make it to the pros. Last year, about 100 wrestlers earned their licenses from the Mexico City Professional Lucha Libre Commission.
Mexican President Receives High Approval Rates
 Associated Press
A new poll released today shows Mexican President Felipe Calderon has high approval ratings. That's nearly a year after his narrow victory over leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador divided the nation and sparked massive protests.
2 US-Bound Iraqis Held in Mexico
 Sean Mattson
Two Iraqis traveling to the United States were arrested Monday at the Monterrey International Airport with fake Swiss passports, authorities said.
Mexicans Struggle to Free The Five
 Prensa Latina
Groups of solidarity with Cuba in Mexico will continue their struggle for the release of the five anti-terrorist Cuban fighters held in US prisons, said Maria Lopez, a member of the 14th Latin American, Caribbean Voluntary Work Brigade.
U.S., Mexico Sign Customs Treaty
 Paul Kiernan
Mexican and U.S. customs officials signed an agreement Monday aimed at fighting contraband and terrorism while streamlining trade across the border.
Mexican Opposition Calls for Unity in Polls
 Prensa Latina
The trend "Nueva Izquierda," considered a majority within the Mexican opposition PRD (Partido de la Revolucion Democratica), called to foster the internal organization for future elections.
Mexican Roman Catholics Express Support for Cardinal Facing US Lawsuit
 Associated Press
Roman Catholic activists came out Sunday to support Mexico's most prominent cardinal who was deposed last week in a U.S. lawsuit accusing him of complicity in the alleged rape of a child by a Mexican priest.
Mexico's Death Saint Gets Makeover
 Julie Watson
A small religious group that worships the grim reaper and is fighting for government recognition unveiled a softer image of their so-called Death Saint on Sunday: a woman with a porcelain face, brown, shoulder-length hair and long thin fingers.
Mexican Youth More Likely to Migrate
 Associated Press
More than a third of Mexican migrants are under age 25, driven to leave the country because of poverty and Mexico's inability to keep young people in school, the National Population Council reports.
Illegal Immigration Drops Sharply Along US-Mexico Border
 Associated Press
Mexican shelters, usually the last stop for northbound migrants, are filling with southbound deportees. Fewer migrants are crossing in the wind-swept deserts along an increasingly fortified border. Far to the north, fields are empty at harvest time as workplace raids become more common.
Four Spanish Citizens Arrested in Oaxaca
 Prensa Latina
The arrest of four Spanish citizens in the Mexican southern state of Oaxaca was denounced Friday by Mexican Senator Rosario Ibarra, president of the Mexican Senate Human Rights Commission.
Mexico Says It Will Run Anti-Drug Ops Under U.S. Plan
 Reuters
Mexico will not allow American agents to run anti-drugs operations south of the border under a new plan for U.S. aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars, Mexico's attorney general said.
Mexico's Calderon: US Congress 'Insensitive' to Immigrants
 Agence France-Presse
Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Thursday called the US Congress "insensitive" to the dignity of Mexican migrant workers.
Mexico Warms to Venezuela, Cuba with New Envoys
 Reuters
Mexico has named new ambassadors to Venezuela and Cuba as President Felipe Calderon seeks to mend fences with the two socialist countries after several years of diplomatic disputes.
Mexico Miners Get Go-Ahead to Keep Striking
 Robin Emmott
Some 3,000 striking miners at Mexico's top copper mine on Wednesday got the green light to continue their walkout as a court sought time to decide if the action was illegal and workers could be fired.
Mexican Cardinal Quizzed in Child Sex Case
 Agence France-Presse
US lawyers questioned Mexico's senior Roman Catholic cleric over suspicions he helped protect a fellow priest accused of sexually abusing a child, a victims' lobbying group said Wednesday.
Mexico Apologizes for Miss USA Jeers
 Townhall.com
A Mexican tourism official issued an apology for the jeers aimed at Rachel Smith, the U.S. entrant into the Miss Universe competition in Mexico City, who was booed by some of the audience after she slipped and fell during an evening-gown competition.
Amnesty Chides Mexico's 'Schizophrenic' Law Enforcement
 James Blears
The head of Amnesty International, Irene Khan, who ended a week-long visit here, told Mexican officials fighting organized crime must be tempered with strict observance of human rights.
Real Estate at Risk in Mexican Capital
 Prensa Latina
More than half the buildings in Mexico's Federal Capital District endanger their inhabitants and many of these buildings are at risk of collapse, a Mexican municipal legislative committee alerted on Monday.
Mexican Tycoon Loses Election in Border State
 Reuters
A Mexican billionaire with a gambling empire who is accused of links to drug cartels lost a gubernatorial election in a state bordering California, results showed on Monday.
Mexican Elections Begin With Violence
 An Lu
In Oaxaca, in south of the country, the elections of 42 deputies to the 60th state legislature were tarnished when a journalist suffered three bullet wounds by unidentified gunmen, Oaxacan government Citizen Protection secretary Sergio Rios said.
Lopez Obrador Warns of Privatization
 Prensa Latina
Mexican opposition leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador warned that Felipe Calderon's administration is trying to privatize Mexican Oil Enterprise (PEMEX) Monday by using the Brazilian government as spearhead.
Smuggling Of Cubans Surges In Mexico
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
The surge in Cubans being smuggled through the Yucatan Peninsula has piqued the Cuban government, which is quietly pressing Mexico to do more to stop the smugglers.
Mexicans Vote in Baja California, Oaxaca
 Luis Perez
A wealthy dog track owner and an economist from Mexico's ruling party are vying to become governor of Baja California state in Sunday elections across the border from California and Arizona.
Political Trial Against Oaxaca's Governor Concludes
 Prensa Latina
In a bid to face up to impunity in Mexico, members of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) concluded on Saturday a national political trial against governor Ulises Ruiz.
Aztec Leader's Tomb Found
 Mark Stevenson
Mexican archaeologists using ground-penetrating radar have detected underground chambers they believe contain the remains of Emperor Ahuizotl, who ruled the Aztecs when Columbus landed in the New World. It would be the first tomb of an Aztec ruler ever found.
I Don't Care if I'm Richest in World: Mexico's Slim
 Chris Aspin
Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim, who is estimated by some calculations to be wealthier than Microsoft founder Bill Gates, said on Thursday he did not care if he was the world's richest person.
83 Cubans Detained Off Mexican Coast
 Associated Press
The Mexican navy detained 83 Cubans who were traveling in makeshift boats off the country's Caribbean coast and believed to be heading to the United States.
Colorful Tijuana Mayor in Mexico Race
 Traci Carl
Jorge Hank Rhon brags about drinking tequila mixed with bear bile and steeped with the penises of tigers, lions and dogs. He has weathered allegations of ties to drug trafficking, money laundering and murder-for-hire.
Tapes Implicate Tijuana Police in Drug Trafficking and a Killing
 James C. Mckinley Jr.
Just days before a critical governor’s election in Baja California, federal authorities have released tapes to a newspaper suggesting that many members of the Tijuana police force have worked for drug traffickers and helped in the killing of a federal agent.
Rebels Take Credit for Mexico Bomb Blast
 Associated Press
A small leftist guerrilla group claimed responsibility for a homemade bomb that exploded outside a Sears store and another left outside a U.S.-owned bank in southern Mexico.
Aztec Pyramid Ruins Found in Mexico City
 Reuters
Archeologists have discovered what they think are ruins of an Aztec pyramid razed by vengeful Spanish conquerors in what is now one of Mexico City's most crime-ridden districts.
2 Federal Agents Gunned Down in Mexico
 Associated Press
Two federal agents who took part in a raid that discovered $205 million in cash in a Mexico City mansion were found beaten and shot to death in southern Mexico, authorities said Wednesday.
Bomb Hits Store in Troubled Mexico City, No Injured
 Reuters
A small bomb went off at a top department store in the troubled Mexican city of Oaxaca on Wednesday but no one was injured, Mexican radio reported.
Mexico Destines 2.3 Million USD to Disabled Athletes for 2008
 Xinhua
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon increased on Tuesday the 2008 budget to a total of 2.3 million U.S. dollars for disabled athletes that are training for Beijing Paralympic Games.
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