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Mexico Jobless Rate Down to 3.46% in November
 Jason Lange
Mexico's jobless rate was a lower-than-expected 3.46 percent in November, the government said on Friday, below October's 3.93 percent.
Mexico Raises Minimum Wages by 4 Percent
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities announced on Friday that the country's daily minimum wage will get a small increase in 2008, with urban wages to rise about 4 percent to 52.59 pesos, or about US$4.85 (€3.37) a day, roughly the same as the current rate of inflation.
Tariff's End Riles Mexican Farmers
 Jeremy Schwartz
Farmers and activists here are planning a series of protests as NAFTA enters its final stage on New Year's Day, when the last tariffs and quotas on corn, beans, milk and sugar melt away.
Mexican Official: Killings Apparently Linked with Recent Cocaine Seizure at Airport
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Five killings in the Mexico City area are the consequence a major drug bust at the capital's international airport, a law enforcement official close to the case told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
Gunmen Kill Off-Duty Mexican Soldiers at Mall
 Robin Emmott
Suspected hitmen killed three off-duty soldiers at a shopping mall in Mexico, the government said on Wednesday, bringing to at least 25 the number of military personnel slain in drug violence this year.
Mexico May Avoid Worst of U.S. Economic Slowdown
 Luis Rojas Mena
The last time the U.S. economy hit a big snag, Mexico slipped into a recession that decimated its industrial sector and cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. But six years later, expanding consumer credit, big spending by the government and more competitive exports will likely keep Mexico's economy rolling even if the U.S. slips into another recession.
Mexico Takes Legal Steps for Oil Claim
 Associated Press
The Mexican government said this week it has taken legal steps to solidify its claim and help start oil exploration in a section of the Gulf of Mexico outside standard territorial limits.
Mexican Farmers Protest NAFTA
 Prensa Latina
Mexican farmers' organizations stopped work on Tuesday facing the implementation of the North America Free Trade Agreement in less than two weeks. Among actions they plan for this week are a human barrier on the US frontier and peaceful protests against the neoliberal measure.
Mexico Opens Canal Blocked by Landslide
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities on Tuesday cautiously opened a canal through an enormous landslide that blocked a major river in southern Mexico in November and swept away and entire community.
Garza: Calderon Confronts Drug Cartels Head-On
 PVNN
In a statement made in Mexico City, on December 12th, Ambassador Antonio O. Garza congratulated President Calderon and the Mexican government's firm determination to confront the drug cartels head-on.
Ciudad Juarez Digs Up Unknown Bodies
 Ignacio Alvarado
Grieving families may finally get closure after anger over the mass graves prompted the Chihuahua state attorney general's office to start exhuming some 1,200 unidentified bodies buried between 1991 and 2005.
At Least 16 Killed in Mexico Truck Accident
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz
A dump truck packed with coffee pickers skidded off a road in the Mexican state of Puebla and plunged into a shallow ravine, killing at least 16 people, a Red Cross official said on Monday.
Mexico Caps Damaged Gulf Oil Well
 Associated Press
Oil workers have capped a damaged oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico that spilled crude and natural gas for almost two months after a deadly high-seas collision, Mexico's state-owned oil company announced on Sunday.
Forget the Burritos for a Real Taste of Mexico
 Lisa J. Adams
Whether you crave quesadillas, tamales and tortillas, cheese-filled chilies and black beans or dried beef and broiled goat, a tasting tour through Mexico City's rich variety of traditional and often-surprisingly contemporary flavors will leave you sated.
Mexican Senator: NAFTA Hurts Farmers
Prensa Latina
Mexican Senator Carlos Jimenez Macias referred to damage to Mexican agriculture incurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement and disproportionate US competition.
Justice for the Cuban Five Demanded by Mexican Legislator
 Cuban News Agency
The president of the lower house of the Mexican legislature, Ruth Zavaleta, said in a meeting on Thursday that the United States must respect the human rights of the Cuban Five and that a statement demanding justice in the case will be presented to the full Senate for approval.
Mexico Justice System Overhaul Stalls
 Héctor Tobar
A plan to dramatically overhaul Mexico's criminal justice system and give broad new powers to police ran into significant opposition Thursday, with the country's top human rights official speaking out against it.
Authorities: Mexico's Alleged Cannibal Killer Commits Suicide in Jail
 Mark Stevenson
A murder suspect dubbed “The Cannibal” was found dead in his prison cell of an apparent suicide this weeek, two months after police found cooked and seasoned bits of his girlfriend's corpse on a fork and plate in his apartment.
Bilateral Cooperation Nets $1,140,000 in False US Currency
 Antonio O. Garza, Jr.
On December 10th, in the culmination of a two-year investigation, Mexican authorities recovered over one million dollars in counterfeit US $100 dollar bills in the raid of an illegal printing press near Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Mexico Nabs Head Of Drug Cartel's Enforcement Wing
 Jason Lange
Mexican army troops have captured a top commander of the powerful Gulf Cartel drug mafia who ran the gang's division of hitmen, the government said this week.
Zorro Gets Statue in Mexican Home Town
 Agence France-Presse
The masked man in black, El Zorro, a fictional defender of townspeople played on the silver screen by Antonio Banderas and Douglas Fairbanks, Wednesday was honored with a statue in his home town.
 Mexicans Crowd Shrine Despite Church's Troubles
 Mica Rosenberg
Hundreds of thousands of believers, some walking for hours, paid homage to Mexico's most revered Catholic figure on Wednesday in a colorful, noisy show of faith that defied growing challenges to the church.
 Mexico's Virgin of Guadalupe Celebrated
 Associated Press
Hundreds of thousands of people, some crawling on hands and knees, others carrying her image to be blessed, gathered Wednesday to honor the Mexico's beloved patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe.
Hilos del Cielo: Images of the Virgin
 Antonio O. Garza, Jr.
Today, while pilgrims from all across the country pay homage to Mexico's Patron Saint, Our Lady of Guadalupe, US Ambassador Antonio O. Garza Jr. shares his thoughts on one of the most important days in Mexico.
Mexico Drug Cartels Still Pack Power in Crackdown
 Robin Emmott
Mexican soldiers fan out across a desert highway and Hummer military vehicles train their automatic weapons on run-down buildings in a show of force against drug cartels in this dusty U.S. border town.
Outspoken Bishop Backed by Civil Society
 Diego Cevallos
Former members of the Catholic Church hierarchy and over 100 social organisations closed ranks behind Monsignor Raúl Vera, the only Catholic bishop in Mexico who still adheres to liberation theology, and whose unorthodox stances and confrontational style are disturbing conservative sectors.
Mexico City Takes to the Skating Rink
 James C. McKinley Jr.
Ice skating ranks low on the list of sports in Mexico, somewhere far below bull fighting and slightly above croquet. So it was with some bemusement, wonder and trepidation that residents of this capital flocked this month to an enormous ice rink that Mayor Marcelo Ebrard has constructed in the historic central square.
Mexico Utility Says Plant Explosion Not Sabotage
 Jason Lange
An explosion at a power plant in Mexico City late Monday left millions of people without electricity, but authorities ruled out sabotage.
Mexico: Cuban-Americans Fund Smugglers
 Mark Stevenson
Cuban-Americans are financing the smuggling Cuban immigrants through Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, an illegal trade that is fomented by the U.S. policy of granting Cubans automatic asylum, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said Monday.
Mexican Reporter Gunned Down
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A Mexican journalist was chased and gunned down at a hotel and media rights groups Monday called for an investigation into whether he was killed because of his reporting.
France Asks for Mexico's Help in Colombian Hostage Crisis
 Agence France-Presse
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has asked Mexican President Felipe Calderon to help in efforts to free 45 hostages held by Colombian rebels, Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa said in Buenos Aires according to local media.
Mexico Needs US Help to Crush Drug Gangs
 Catherine Bremer
Mexico's year-old war on drug trafficking has weakened key cartels but it cannot crush them unless Washington cuts off their illegal supply of arms, cash and chemicals, Mexico's attorney general said on Monday.
Chiapas: Paramilitary Violence Continues
 Bill Weinberg
Land conflicts between communities loyal to the Zapatista rebel movement and the state's traditional political machine continue to generate violence in Chiapas, Mexico.
Chinese-Made Goods Popular With Mexican Consumers
 Pedro Saldana Maurice
The increasing demand for Chinese products has much to do with the prospering Chinese economy. Chinese products have registered an ever-growing presence in Mexican households, a situation felt with greater intensity in the last month of the year as the holiday season arrives.
Mexico Peyote Site Suffers Onslaught of Tourists, Mining
 S. Lynne Walker
Pity the peyote, the legendary cactus whose hallucinogenic powers inspired gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson and an entire generation of hippies. This ground-hugging native of Mexico's northern desert is in danger of disappearing, a victim of psychedelic tourism, silver mining and greenhouse tomatoes.
Gunmen in Mexico Kill Crime Reporter
 Noel Randewich
Gunmen shot a crime reporter 45 times in a Mexican town plagued by drug violence on Saturday after a high-speed chase as he tried to escape on his motorcycle.
Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica Helps Disabled Children and Families
 BusinessWire
Together with Fundacion Teleton Mexamerica, The Western Union Company announced a partnership to provide zero transfer fee money transfers within the U.S. - identified as "Teleton Mexico" - in support of this year's 11th annual Teleton fundraiser.
Mexico's Drug War Could Overwhelm Prisons
 Sergio Solache & Chris Hawley
Dangerous and overcrowded prisons could make it difficult for Mexico to put more narcotics smugglers behind bars under a $1.4 billion U.S.-funded crackdown on drug trafficking, experts say.
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