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Former Mexico Governor Convicted on Drug Charges
 Alexandra Olson
A Mexican court sentenced a former state governor to 36 years in prison Wednesday for fomenting drug trafficking, overturning an earlier ruling that had imposed six years on lesser charges.
Sven-Goran Eriksson Named Mexico's Coach
 Grahame L. Jones
Like an Acapulco cliff diver leaping into the unknown, Mexico's soccer federation Tuesday took the plunge and named Sven-Goran Eriksson as its national coach.
 Mexico Drug War Deaths Soar
 Sonai Legg
Mexico's government has sent hundreds of police reinforcements to the Sinaloa region to deal with a wave of police killings in drug wars. Several thousand troops and police are already working in the centre of Mexico's drug trade.
Mexico to Tag Sharks After Deadly Attacks
 Mariano Castillo
Biologists in Mexico plan to tag hundreds of sharks off the Pacific Coast to help understand the cause of a rare spate of deadly attacks on humans, the local government said on Tuesday.
Ulises Ruiz Supports President Felipe Calderón in Fight against Organized Crime
 Presidencia de la República
The Governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz supported President Felipe Calderón’s determined fight against organized crime, asking him not to let down his guard to rescue Mexico from this social blight.
Oaxaca Teachers Launch New Fight
 Mark Osborn
The main demands of the present actions are the freeing of political prisoners, an end to the political repression of the movement, the handing over of all Oaxacan schools which are presently controlled by the government to the people and new elections within SNTE which has a history of corruption.
Mexico Warns It May Reject US Drug Aid
 Associated Press
The Mexican government warned Monday it would not accept conditions the U.S. Congress has imposed on an aid package to combat drug trafficking.
Driver Plows Into Mexican Bike Race
 Associated Press
A car plowed into a bike race along a highway near the US-Mexico border, killing one and injuring 10 others.
Drug Gangs Kill Mayor in Western Mexico
 Robin Emmott
Suspected drug gang hitmen shot dead a mayor in western Mexico as he drove back from a day out with his family, the latest politician to die in Mexico's drug war, a state attorney general's office said on Monday.
Mexico Contributes to the Narnia Movies
 Allan Wall
Contemporary big-budget movies, with their legions of actors, artists, technicians and other contributors, only a fraction of whom are seen onscreen, are International collaborations. "Prince Caspian" was no exception.
President Urges Armed Forces Not to Let Down Guard
 Presidencia de la República
President Felipe Calderón declared that his Government will not give in to the attacks by organized crime and that the struggle focuses on defending our country from crime, to leave a safe, free, prosperous Mexico to the new generations.
Storm Drenches Mexico’s Yucatan
 Reuters
Tropical storm Arthur, the first of the year in the Atlantic and the second in the Americas, drenched Mexico’s Yucatan with heavy rains yesterday, threatening flash floods on the low-lying peninsula.
Mexicans Believe Drug Gangs Winning War With Gov't
 Chris Aspin
A majority of Mexicans believe violent drug gangs are winning a war with President Felipe Calderon's government after one of the worst months on record for killings, Reforma newspaper reported on Sunday.
Mexico Drug Smugglers Make Jesus Statue of Cocaine
 Robin Emmott
U.S. customs officials have seized a statue of Jesus Christ made from plaster mixed with cocaine - the latest sophisticated attempt to smuggle drugs from Mexico.
Calderón Says U.S. Obligated To Do More Against Drug War
 Marion
The United States needs to do more to help this nation battle narcotics gangs, since police are dying in a war fueled largely by U.S. drug consumption, the country's president said this week.
Schwarzenegger to Hold 'Hollywood' Meeting on Drugs
 Agence France-Presse
Visiting California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he will hold a Hollywood meeting on drugs and immigration between Mexican and US officials. "We'll hold the meeting in Hollywood. It will be full of action, in true Hollywood style, and I really hope all the border governors will come to Hollywood for the meeting."
Mexico Hurls Additional Forces Into the War Against Narcotics Gangs
 Dudley Althaus
The Mexican government rushed federal police reinforcements Wednesday to this cradle of the country’s drug trade, a day after gunmen killed eight officers in a shootout on a residential street.
Mexico Crime Wave Takes Ten More Lives
 Agence France-Presse
Ten people were found shot execution style, including three beheaded bodies, in 24 hours of drug-related warfare in northern Mexico, the Juarez prosecutor's office said Wednesday.
Mexican Drug War Cops Want Bigger Guns
 Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Mexican police need bigger guns to fight increasingly violent drug gangs, a federal police chief said on Wednesday, after drug hitmen killed seven officers in the northern city of Culiacan.
Mexican Food Crisis - New Policy Won't Lower Cost
 Real News Network
In response to rising global food prices, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced on Sunday that he will eliminate import taxes on wheat, rice, white corn and yellow corn. Farmers say Calderon's policy undermines the Mexican agricultural industry.
President Felipe Calderón Reviews Actions to Support Families’ Economies with Industrialists
 Presidencia de la República
Mexican President Felipe Calderón met this week with the Board of Directors of the Mexican Confederation of Chambers of Industry (CONCAMIN), led by its president Ismael Plascencia Núnez, at the official Los Pinos Residence.
3 Shark Attacks Have Mexico Resort Area In Panic
 Alexandra Olson
No one could even remember a shark attack along this resort-studded stretch of Mexican coast popular with surfers and Hollywood's elite. Many of the large predators had been pulled from the ocean by fishermen. So when sharks attacked three surfers in less than a month, two fatally, it was unthinkable.
Drug Gangs Kill Seven Police Officers in Mexico
 Mica Rosenberg & Miguel Angel Gutierrez
Drug traffickers killed seven Mexican policemen on Tuesday, the latest slayings in a wave of police murders as the army wages a battle against cartels.
Mexico Killings Include Several From US Program
 Alfredo Corchado
In killings dating to last year, at least three high-ranking federal agents who had received U.S. training have been gunned down, U.S. and Mexican law enforcement officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Mexico's Poor Get Food Cash Boost
 BBC News
The Mexican government is to give its poorest citizens a monthly cash payment of 120 pesos to help them cope with rising food prices. The news came a day after the country said it would cut tariffs on imported crops such as corn, wheat and rice.
Drug Gang Pins Up Police Hit List in Northern Mexico
 Ignacio Alvarado
drug gang has pinned up hit lists across a northern Mexican city that names police officers it wants to murder, law authorities said on Monday.
Calderón Pleads for Energy Reform
 Adam Thomson
Mexican President Felipe Calderón issued a desperate plea to Congress to approve his energy reform proposals after figures showed that oil production had slumped to a nine-year low.
Mexico Navy Hunts for Sharks After Attacks
 Noel Randewich
The Mexican Navy searched for sharks in the ocean near Pacific surfing beaches on Monday, after two bathers were killed and another maimed in a rare spate of shark attacks.
Email 'Bloodbath' Threat Paralyzes Mexican City
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico's northern border town of Juarez, infamous for its history of drug-related violence, has gone into lockdown after an email began circulating warning of an unparalleled "bloodbath" in the coming days.
Mexico Lifts Import Tariffs on Staple Foods
 Adriana Barrera
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Sunday he would eliminate import tariffs on corn, rice, wheat, sorghum and other products to prevent shortages amid pressure in global food markets.
Group Files Complaint Over Razing of Bullring
 Angelica Martinez
Preservationists angered by the demolition of a 70-year-old bullring near downtown Tijuana expect an answer soon to their complaint against city officials, an answer they hope will save other historic buildings.
Mexican Village Hosts an Illegal Immigration Simulation
 Los Angeles Times
It's not exactly Disneyland's Indiana Jones Adventure, but the "Caminata Nocturna" (Night Hike) is becoming an unusual tourist attraction with a sociological edge, the Los Angeles Times' Reed Johnson writes from Mexico City.
U.S. Should Focus on Stemming Gun Flow, Mexico Says
 Catherine Bremer
The chief of Mexico's war on drug gangs said Washington should concentrate on halting the flow of arms to Mexican drug cartels rather than haggle over how much aid to give Mexico's anti-smuggling operation.
Shark Bites US Surfer off Mexico Coast
 Natalia Parra
A shark injured a 49-year-old American surfer Saturday off the Pacific coast of Mexico, in the third attack in a month. The Mexican Navy deployed personnel to warn people about sharks at beaches in Zihuatanejo, a resort northwest of Acapulco.
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