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HIV/AIDS Increasingly Affecting Women in Mexico, Experts Say
 Kaisernetwork.org
Health officials and experts have said recently that HIV/AIDS is increasingly affecting women in Mexico, Xinhuanet reports.
Mexico Dig Fails to Find 1970s Victims
 Associated Press
Prosecutors say excavations at a former military base in southern Mexico have concluded without finding any trace of leftist activists who disappeared in the 1970s.
Mexicans Vote 'No' On Oil Reform
 Olga R. Rodriguez
Mexico City residents voted against the president's proposal to give private companies a bigger role in the country's state-run oil industry, according to results of a nonbinding referendum released Monday.
Agents Find 8,400 Barrels of Chemicals Used to Manufacture Illicit Drugs
 NAFBPO
Mexican federal agents and army personnel searched a large “narcowarehouse” in Zapopan, Jalisco and found eight thousand four hundred barrels filled with six different chemical precursors for the production of synthetic drugs.
Mexicans in Defense of National Oil
 Prensa Latina
The population of 10 Mexican states and the capital was convoked Sunday to express their approval or rejection to the initiative of reform of the Mexican Executive for national oil enterprise Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX).
Mexican Officials Probe Alleged Kidnapping
 UPI
Two South Korean nationals freed after being held by kidnappers for nine days in Mexico will be questioned by authorities, officials said. The two South Koreans were released by their captors Wednesday in Reynosa, near the U.S.-Mexican border, Yonhap reported Saturday.
Mexico: US Warning Against Mexican Jalapeno 'Baseless'
 Associated Press
Mexican officials said Friday that a U.S. warning implicating raw Mexican jalapeno peppers in a salmonella outbreak was "baseless" and could harm that nation's growers. Enrique Sanchez said Mexico has sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressing "our most forceful complaint against this decision."
Mexicans March in Solidarity with Cuba
 Prensa Latina
Some 400 Mexican political, Union and social organizations will march today in solidarity with the Cuban Revolution. The march from the Benito Juarez Hemiciclo to the US embassy will urge to end US aggressions and economic war against Cuba.
President Calderón Confirms Support for Government of Tamaulipas
 Presidencia de la República
Mexican President Felipe Calderón rang Governor of Tamaulipas Eugenio Hernández Flores this morning to assess the effects of Hurricane Dolly in the state and confirm his government's support of the residents of Tamaulipas.
Gunmen Kill Prison Director in Mexico
 Associated Press
A Mexican police official says gunmen have killed a state prison director as he drove in Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
Mexico Airlines Cancel Routes on Rising Fuel Costs
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz & Veronica Gomez Sparrowe
Two Mexican airlines have canceled 11 routes to low-profit destinations this year, due to rising fuel costs.
Mexican Soldiers Help as Hurricane Hits
 Mark Walsh
Mexican soldiers made a last-minute attempt to rescue people at the mouth of the Rio Grande early Wednesday as Hurricane Dolly's leading edge hit the Gulf coast.
Kidnapped South Koreans Released in Mexico
Robin Emmott
Mexican police freed five South Koreans on Tuesday in a violent city on the U.S. border after they had been kidnapped by people smugglers, a state attorney general's office said.
Calderón Can't Avoid Juárez Violence in Visit
 Diana Washington Valdez
Three slayings occurred and a small group of protesters gathered Tuesday, the day Mexican President Felipe Calderón arrived for a visit in Juárez.
Guadalajara Guggenheim Project in Motion
 Katie Weatherall
The week of July 10th saw 'some' developments in the much anticipated Guggenheim Project in Guadalajara, when promoters of the project flew to New York for discussions with members of the Guggenheim Foundation.
Mexico Will No Longer Jail Illegal Immigrants
 Associated Press
Mexico will no longer jail illegal immigrants detained within its borders. A measure that takes effect Tuesday eliminates jail times for illegal immigrants caught in Mexico. Most are crossing the country from Central America en route to the U.S.
Mexico: 11 Murders in 6 Hours
 Martin Barillas
In Ciudad Juarez, the Mexican border town nestled across the line from El Paso, Texas, there were at least eleven murders in less than six hours on July 19, according to official reports from the state of Chihuahua.
Mexico Awards Highest Honor to Sen. Kennedy
 Mica Rosenberg
Mexico has awarded Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy the country's highest honor for his work defending the rights of immigrants during his decades in Congress.
Mexican Judge Suspends Arellano Félix Extradition
 San Diego Union-Tribune
A Mexican judge has suspended the extradition of Benjamin Arellano Félix to the United States, his lawyer and the Mexican Attorney General's Office said this week.
 Mexico Cop in Torture Case Fired
 Associated Press
A Mexican police chief was fired Friday following the release of two police training videos that show officers practicing torture techniques, local media reported.
Mexico's Brightest Leave Time Capsule
 Istra Pacheco
Mexico's president replaced a 1791 time capsule discovered atop Mexico City's cathedral with a new one containing messages from golf star Lorena Ochoa, novelist Carlos Fuentes and a boy genius.
Mexico Finds Tons of Cocaine in Submarine
 Eder Lopez
The Mexican military, working with information from U.S. intelligence services, found nearly six tonnes of cocaine in a makeshift submarine seized this week off the Pacific coast.
Mexico to Honor Edward Kennedy for Defending Immigrants
 Associated Press
Mexico announced it will award U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy the Aguila Azteca, the highest honor the government can bestow on foreign dignitaries, for his defense of immigrant rights.
Mexico Says US Soldiers' Remains Found
 Mark Stevenson
Mexican archaeologists have found the remains of what appear to be four U.S. soldiers who died in 1846 during the Mexican-American war, the government announced on Thursday.
Mexico Seizes Drug Submarine in Pacific
 Associated Press
Mexico's navy seized a homemade submarine carrying a drug shipment off the Pacific coast on Wednesday and arrested its four-man crew.
Mexico Drug Traffickers Make Car Bombs
 Robin Emmott & Ignacio Alvarado
Mexican drug traffickers have built makeshift car bombs to attack police, troops and rival smugglers as the country's drugs war turns increasingly violent, police said.
President Calderón at Meeting with Beneficiaries of 70 or Over Program
 Presidencia de la República
"I would like to thank all you adults in the prime of life and senior citizens, for all you have done for us and for the children you have raised and educated, and who have now moved away from home. I would like to thank you for all you have done for Mexico."
Mexico Boosts Police Presence in Sinaloa
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz
The Mexican government said on Tuesday it was nearly tripling the police presence in Sinaloa state after hitmen killed 20 people and took hostages in various attacks by criminal gangs over the last week.
Violence Hitting Mexico's Civilians
 Dudley Althaus
Many Mexicans have long shrugged off the violence shaking their country by telling themselves it only affects those involved in the narcotics trade and corrupt law enforcement officers. But innocent civilians, once considered largely off-limits, now find themselves increasingly targeted.
Mexican Man Detained at U.S. Embassy After Showing Fake CIA Badge
 Associated Press
Mexico City police say they have detained a man who allegedly tried to use a fake CIA badge to enter the U.S. Embassy to seek work as a driver.
Mexican Hitmen Offer Services Online
 Leah Borromeo
Police in Mexico City are investigating online classified ads posted by people selling their services as assassins for as little as $6,000.
At Least 124 Killed in Mexico Gang Violence in One Week
 eNews
At least 124 people have been killed in just one week in Mexico's spiralling gang violence, according to media reports Monday. The most violent area was the northwestern state of Sinaloa, where 43 deaths were reported.
Mexican Mummies Reveal Remnants of Ulcers
 Gareth Dodd
Remnants of the bacterium that causes ulcers (Helicobacter pylori) were discovered in gastric tissue from two Mexican mummies believed to predate Columbus' discovery of the New World.
Tijuana's Painted 'Zebras' Threatened
 Associated Press
Tijuana's painted burros, known as "zebras," have been a fixture on the streets of this border city for decades, posing with Hollywood stars and casual tourists alike for the perfect souvenir photo. But spiraling drug violence has the burros' owners fearing that their trade may become the next casualty.
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