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Mexican Drug Cartels Threaten Elections
 Manuel Roig-Franzia
Drug cartels are trying to influence the outcomes of major elections in Mexico by kidnapping and threatening candidates, according to Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora.
Mexico Drug Kingpin Funds Protests Against Army
 Andres R. Martinez
One of Mexico's most wanted drug traffickers is funding protests against military operations in northwest Mexico where his illegal operations flourish, El Universal said.
Mexico Criticizes Arizona Employer Sanctions Law
 Associated Press
The Mexican government promised Friday to defend any Mexicans affected by an Arizona law that punishes employers who hire undocumented migrants. The Arizona law, which went into effect Tuesday, prohibits businesses from knowingly employing illegal immigrants.
Mexican Lawmakers Demand Calderon Review Nafta
 Andres R. Martinez & Adriana Lopez Caraveo
Mexican lawmakers demanded President Felipe Calderon consider renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement and meet with farmers, who fear a flood of cheap U.S. imports.
a href="../0801/nr-mexfarmjobs.htm" class="blut2">Mexico May Lose 350,000 Farm Jobs
 Andres R. Martinez & Aura Campa
Mexico may lose as many as 350,000 farm jobs this year because of competition from U.S. corn and sugar producers under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the head of Mexico's largest farm workers' group said.
Deaths Reported in Mexico Cold Snap
 Mark Stevenson
A cold snap has brought freezing temperatures, unusual snows and heavy rains to Mexico and Central America, and authorities said the weather may be to blame for several deaths.
Mexico to Keep Discount on Highway Tolls Through 2008
 Adriana Arai & Valerie Rota
Mexico will keep holiday-season discounts on federal highway tolls through all of 2008, helping soothe the burden on consumers who are facing a new fuels tax and higher food prices.
Mexican Police Killed Despite Army Surge Near US
 Lizbeth Diaz
Three Mexican police were abducted, killed and dumped on a heavily patrolled road near the U.S. border on New Year's Day despite an influx of troops in the area, the state attorney general's office said on Thursday
Cousin of Mexican President Kidnapped for Four Hours
 DPA
first cousin of Mexican President Felipe Calderon was kidnapped on Wednesday near his home in the city of Morelia and was freed four hours later, Mexican media reported Thursday.
Mexico Workers, Church Slam NAFTA
 Prensa Latina
Mexican farmers and trade unions are protesting and carrying out legal actions against the North American Free Trade Agreement, for considering it a mortal blow against the national agricultural sector, unable to compete with foreign subsidized products.
Mexico Bundles Up as Temperatures Drop
 Associated Press
A cold front moved over most of Mexico Wednesday, leaving coastal cities chilly and windy, and dusting mountaintop towns with snow.
Mexican Farmers Protest, Warn of Crisis as Trade Barriers Lifted Under Nafta
 Associated Press
Activists lifted a blockade at the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, ending a 36-hour protest against the removal of Mexico's last tariffs on U.S. and Canadian farm goods.
Woes Mount for Mexico's State Oil Titan
 Marla Dickerson
With crude oil topping $95 a barrel, these should be heady days for Petroleos Mexicanos. Mexico's state-owned oil monopoly, known as Pemex, generated record revenue of about $100 billion in 2007. But output is declining, as are exports and proven reserves.
Toddlers Live Behind Prison Bars
 James C. McKinley Jr.
While a prison may seem an unhealthy place for a child, in the early 1990s, the Mexico City government decided it was better for children born in prison to stay with their mothers until they were 6 rather than to be turned over to relatives or foster parents.
Mexico Says Farmers Won't Be Harmed by U.S. Imports
 Andres R. Martinez
Mexico said its farmers are ready to face competition from U.S. producers of corn, beans, sugar and milk when the markets open up to imports as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Mexico Says Drunks Cause Ruckus; No Sabotage to Pemex
 Adriana Barrera & Chris Aspin
Mexican oil and gas monopoly Pemex said on Sunday a drunken group caused a ruckus outside an installation overnight, but denied it was another sabotage attempt to cut gas or oil supplies.
Mexican Doctor Charged with Posing as Plastic Surgeon, Botching Operations
 Canadian Press
The charges against Agustin Huerta, a sweet-talking, snappy dresser who zipped around town in a blue Jaguar, raise new questions about how easily untrained scam artists can pose as qualified doctors in Mexico.
Northern Mexico Border Set Dec. 30, 1853
 Andrew Glass
On this day in 1854, James Gadsden (1788-1858), the U.S. minister to Mexico, and Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, signed an accord turning over some 30,000 square miles of what is now part of southern New Mexico and Arizona to the United States.
Mexican Army Disarms Police in Town Near US Border
 Reuters
Mexican troops disarmed the entire police force of a town near the U.S. border on Friday after a failed attempt to kill the police chief raised suspicions it was infiltrated by drug traffickers.
Changes in Mexican Naturalization Laws
 Bonnie Sumlin
Due to recent changes in the laws regulating Mexican Naturalization, now foreign citizens living in Mexico MUST have a FM2 for at least five (5) years before commencing with the Mexican Citizenship process.
Anti-Drug Fight in Mexico Demands Society-Gov't Unity
 Prensa Latina
The governor of the Mexican state of Guerrero, Zeferino Torreblanca, said on Friday that in order to fight organized crime in political spheres, society and the government must join forces.
Mexico New Destination for Plane Manufacturing
 Diane Lindquist
Goodrich Aerostructures' factory in Mexicali might be a jumble of rebar and concrete now, but the structure soon will become crucial to the company's efforts to compete in a changing global aviation industry.
Mexico to Use Biochip to Control Illegal Immigration
 IANS
Mexico's National Migration Institute (INM) has said it will introduce electronic registration for foreigners entering the country through the southern border to curb illegal immigration.
 Ancient Pyramid Found in Central Mexico City
 Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Archeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of the Mexican capital that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought.
Drug Smugglers Curtail Scientists' Work
 Chris Hawley
Biologist Karen Krebbs used to study bats at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on the Arizona-Mexico border. Then she got tired of dodging drug smugglers all night.
Mexico Regulator: Cellphone Database Will Not Cut Crime
 cellular-news
Creating a data base of cell phone users would not be an effective way of combating the use of phones to carry out criminal acts, José Luis Peralta Higuera, a board member of Mexican telecoms regulator Cofetel, was quoted as saying by local press.
Millions Linked to Raul Salinas to Stay Frozen: Swiss Officials
 Associated Press
More than US$130 million (€90.3 million) in Swiss bank accounts linked to the brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas will stay frozen, Switzerland's highest criminal tribunal said in a ruling published Thursday.
Surf’s Up, and So Is the Crime Rate on Baja’s Beaches
 Marc Lacey
In surf shops, on bluffs and even out in the ocean while waiting for the water to crest, Baja California’s surfers have been rehashing a series of recent armed attacks on foreigners, many of whom had been frequenting the beaches here just south of Tijuana for years.
Total of 562 Mexican Immigrants Have Died Crossing U.S. Border
 Granma International
The number of Mexican immigrants who have died crossing the country’s border with the United States has reached 562 so far this year, reported the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).
Some 1,300 Still in Shelter After Mexico Floods
 IANS
Unlike in other years, the capital city of the southern Mexican state of Tabasco has no Christmas decorations this year on public buildings or in market squares. The reason: there are no public buildings or squares worth the name or people to decorate them left after the devastating floods of November.
Mexico's Catholic Church Faces Priest Shortage
 Anahi Rama
Believers this holiday season are filling church pews across Mexico, but a shortage of priests in one of the world's most Roman Catholic nations threatens to leave many of the faithful without pastors.
Gift-Laden Mexicans Worriedly Heading South for the Holidays
 Dudley Althaus
As they do every year, the immigrants came bearing billions of dollars in gifts for those they left behind. But this year the returnees also made the journey with growing concerns about evaporating jobs in the United States and a hardening of attitudes toward undocumented immigrants.
Alleged Massacre Mastermind Re-Arrested
 Associated Press
Mexico has rearrested a man accused of ordering the killings of 45 Indians in the southern state of Chiapas, a massacre that shocked the country 10 years ago and which rights groups say remains unsolved.
Mexican Border Serves as Gateway to U.S.
 Matt O'Brien
Migrants have been part of the Chiapas landscape for more than a century. Some stay to legally work on local fields; others flee north from the poverty or violence of their homelands.
More Severe Sentences Against Sexual Violence
 Prensa Latina
Mexican congressman Humberto Andrade Quezada said the current Federal Penal Code establishes sentences from 8 to 14 years.
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