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Mexico Sends Troops to Fight Sinaloa Drug Cartel
 Barbara Obeso
Mexico dispatched thousands of troops on Tuesday to the state of Sinaloa, the heartland of a powerful drug cartel run by the country's most wanted man, following a wave of police murders.
European Union Supports Mexico's Fight against Crime
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón stated that his government will continue with the national strategy against organized crime and will not turn back for any reason.
Mexican Rebels Reject Direct Talks With Government
 Miguel Angel Gutierrez
A Mexican rebel group that bombed energy pipelines last year rejected on Monday direct talks with the government but left open the possibility of negotiations through a group of mediators.
Cuban Migrants Land in Mexico After 17 Days at Sea
 Associated Press
An attempt to reach Florida turned into 17 days at sea for Cuban migrants crammed aboard a rickety sailboat that drifted ashore in Mexico near the Belize border.
Mexico Police Say Drug Cartel Killed No. 2 Cop
 Alexandra Olson
A police officer and four other people with suspected ties to a powerful drug cartel have been arrested in the assassination of Mexico's acting federal police chief, authorities said Monday.
Mexico Captures Cousin of Most Wanted Drug Lord
 Chris Aspin
Mexican police Sunday captured the cousin of the country's most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, after a shoot-out in the northwestern city of Culiacan, the blood-stained base of his Sinaloa cartel.
Thousands Protest Violence in Mexico
 Associated Press
Thousands of white-clad people marched silently Sunday to protest a surge of drug-related violence in a Mexican city across from Texas where the No. 2 police officer was shot dead.
Mexico President Says Attacks Against Police Show Organized Crime Feeling Heat
 Julie Watson
President Felipe Calderón said the killing of an acting federal police chief was an attempt by weakened gangs to counter his fight against drug trafficking.
Thousands of License Plates Never Claimed
 Associated Press
In a windowless room near the Paso del Norte Bridge, tens of thousands of automobile license plates confiscated by Juarez police stack up from floor to ceiling. Many of them are Texas plates and many of them go unclaimed.
Top Policeman Killed in Northern Mexico
 Marina Montemayor
The No. 2 police officer in a Mexican border city across from Texas was shot dead Saturday, the latest high-ranking official killed in an onslaught of attacks blamed on gangs resisting a crackdown.
Son of Mexico's Most Wanted Drug Lord Killed
 Chris Aspin
A son of Mexico's most wanted drug kingpin, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, has been gunned down and killed by rival cartel hitmen, authorities said on Saturday.
 Mexico's President Says "Enough" to Drug Hitmen
 Mica Rosenberg & Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Friday the country was sick and tired of rampant drug violence after five high-ranking policemen were killed in less than a week.
President Calderón Thanks the Anonymous Heroes of Public Service
 Presidencia de la República
During the official announcement of Expo Bicentennial Mexico 2010, in Alhóndiga de Granaditas, the president thanked all the anonymous heroes who, as policemen and soldiers, sacrifice their lives in the call of duty.
Mexico Warns of Energy Crisis Without Overhaul
 Jason Lange
Mexico, a key supplier of crude oil to the United States, will suffer a severe energy crisis within a decade unless its huge but troubled oil sector is overhauled, Energy Minister Georgina Kessel said Thursday.
Drug Cartel Suspected in Mexico City Killing
 Héctor Tobar
The nation's top organized crime officer, Edgar Millan Gomez, is shot dead in his home, the third police killing in a week. Officials blame the Sinaloa drug cartel.
“The Majority of Mexicans Want a United Mexico”
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón declared that the majority of Mexicans want a strong, united Mexico, capable of forging its own destiny efficiently.
Acting Head of Mexico's Federal Police Killed in Capital
 E. Eduardo Castillo
An official says the acting chief of Mexico's federal police has been shot dead. The Public Safety Department says Edgar Millan Gomez was shot 10 times and died hours later in a Mexico City hospital.
Polygamists from Texas Unwelcome in Mexico Mormon Community
 Alfredo Corchado
Nestled in the foothills of Chihuahua's Sierra Tarahumara, a community of breakaway Mormons is worried that polygamists from the sect in Eldorado, Texas, will seek refuge here — much as the founders did when they fled Utah beginning in the 1890s.
Mexican Rebel Group Rejects Government's Proposal for Talks
Associated Press
The People's Revolutionary Army dismissed a proposal by President Felipe Calderon because it said the offer showed no willingness to solve crimes allegedly committed by current and past administrations against its members.
Senior Mexico Policeman Dies Despite Army Presence
 Ignacio Alvarado & Robin Emmott
Mexican drug hit men killed a senior police officer in Ciudad Juarez despite a huge army deployment in the violent city across the border from El Paso, Texas, authorities said on Wednesday.
Hopes Fade for Mexico Energy Reforms
Adam Thomson
When Carlos Navarrete, leader of Mexico’s leftwing Democratic Revolution party (PRD) in the Senate, stood up in Congress at the end of last week and pronounced: “We won we won,” most of the country’s political analysts could only agree.
Border Coffee Roaster Helps Keep Migrants in Mexico
 Tim Gaynor
A small coffee roaster on the U.S.-Mexico border is tapping into the growing fair-trade market, convincing Mexican farmers to stay home and grow beans instead of abandoning their crops to migrate north.
Mexico's Calderon Less Popular Amid Energy Debate
 Noel Randewich
Mexican President Felipe Calderon's popularity has slipped in the past two months amid fierce opposition by leftists to his energy reform proposal.
Wave of Organised Crime Kills 21 in Mexico
 Agence France-Presse
About 60 gunmen launched an attack on a ranch in Mexico's southern Guerrero state Sunday, killing nine people and leaving another six wounded, authorities said, the second such incident in two days.
Mexico Celebrates Cinco de Mayo
 Allan Wall
Cinco de Mayo is the holiday celebrating the Mexican victory over the French army on May the 5th, 1862, east of Mexico City, where the city of Puebla holds a big annual celebration on the anniversary of the battle.
Ruling PAN, Opposition PRI Even In Mexico
 Angus Reid Global Monitor
Mexico’s governing National Action Party (PAN) is virtually tied with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), according to a poll by Ipsos-Bimsa published in El Universal.
Mexico Rights Activists Pressing President to Sign Bill Easing Penalties on Illegal Migrant
 Bernard Hibbitts
Mexican rights activists are pressing Mexican President Felipe Calderón to sign a bill lightening penalties for illegal migrants found in the country after the measure passed the lower house of the Mexican Congress Tuesday.
No Place for Small Farmers at the Supermarkets
 Diego Cevallos
A Mexican coffee grower receives about three dollars per kilogram of unprocessed coffee beans, and the consumer here pays 11 dollars. That price difference, in large part, is the result of the growing power of a handful of supermarkets.
Border Crackdown, US Slowdown has Mexican Migrants Giving Up Sooner
 Olga R. Rodriguez
A U.S. crackdown is causing the longest and most significant drop in illegal migration from Mexico since the Sept. 11 attacks. Officials say the U.S. economic downturn, tighter security and a more perilous and expensive journey are persuading many who try to sneak into the U.S. to give up sooner.
Mexico's Objective: Better Education = Better Jobs
 Chris Hawley
The poor quality of public education here has become a growing concern as Mexico embarks on a new push to modernize and create better paying jobs that could slow the flow of migrants to the USA.
Mexico Beefs Up Military in Violent Tijuana
 Lizbeth Diaz
Mexico's government sent more than 3,000 soldiers and federal police to Tijuana on Tuesday, stepping up a war against violent drug smugglers after 17 gunmen were killed in a street battle between cartels.
Mexico Hunts Sharks After Attack
 Natalia Parra
Authorities used baited hooks to catch sharks Wednesday near a Mexican beach where a U.S. surfer was killed in an attack.
Mexico: Guns Used in Multiple Crimes
 United Press International
Guns found after a recent gunfight in Tijuana were linked to eight other crimes in the border city, authorities in Mexico say.
US Defense Chief Visits Mexico as Part of Counter-Drug Drive
 Jim Mannion
Failure of the US Congress to approve a 1.4 billion dollar counter-drug aid package for Mexico would be "a real slap at Mexico," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has stated.
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