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Families Deported From US Find Helping Hand at Shelter
 Omar Millán González
Mexican families deported from the United States to Tijuana have a new place where they can contemplate their next move during their time of uncertainty.
Mexican Program Using ATVs Wins Gates Access to Learning Award
 Norman Oder
On Wednesday, the Vasconcelos Program in Mexico’s Veracruz state was awarded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2008 Access to Learning Award.
Era of Cheap Gas Ending in Mexico?
 Jeremy Schwartz
Mexico’s honeymoon with subsidized gasoline may be coming to an end, according to Mexican officals. Mexico pays just $2.76 per gallon of gas and $2.35 for a gallon of diesel, thanks to government subsidies.
Official: Mexico Nabs 6 Drug Snitches in AG Office
 Alexandra Olson
Six federal agents have been arrested on suspicion of passing information to a group of powerful drug lords, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said Wednesday.
Federal Agents Crack Down on Illegally Sold Medications
 Sandra Dibble
About 250 federal agents occupied a four-block area of the Avenida Revolucion tourist district for several hours Tuesday searching for drugs: neither cocaine, nor heroin nor marijuana, but medications being sold illegally.
Tijuana Police Try to Restore Public Trust
 Dan Keane
People have so little confidence in the police here that the army invited citizens to report crimes to soldiers instead. Officers are so mistrusted that federal authorities even took their guns away for a time last year.
Mexican Drug Gang Turns to Kidnapping in U.S.
 Lizbeth Diaz
An unintended consequence of Mexican efforts to weaken drug gangs, drug traffickers around Tijuana are turning to abducting U.S. citizens and residents in southern California and holding them in Mexico as a new way to get funds, U.S. and Mexican authorities say.
Mexico Launches Anti-Kidnapping Squad as Public Anger Mounts
 Agence France-Presse
Mexican authorities on Monday launched an anti-kidnapping squad amid plans for countrywide protests against violence and kidnappings following the high-profile abduction and killing of a teenage boy.
Girl, 14, Dies in Acapulco Shooting
 Associated Press
A 14-year-old girl has died in a shooting attack two blocks from the main coastal boulevard in Mexico's Pacific coast resort of Acapulco.
Popularity of Mexico's Calderon Edges Down - Poll
 Jason Lange
Mexican President Felipe Calderon's popularity fell slightly in the last three months as his country's economy felt the pinch from the U.S. slowdown, according to an opinion poll published on Monday.
Mexico Fines US Drivers Seeking Cheap Diesel
 Associated Press
Authorities in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Acuna have started a program to discourage Americans from crossing the border to fill up extra drum, tanks or barrels with subsidized Mexican diesel fuel.
Mexico Estimates 500,000 Tied to Drug Trade
 Brendan Walsh
Mexican Defense Secretary Guillermo Galvan said 500,000 people in the country are tied to the illegal drug trade, newspaper El Universal reported.
Outspoken Mexican General Loses His Tijuana Post
 Elliot Spagat
An outspoken general who urged residents to call the Army when they witnessed a murder or drug deal in this crime-stricken border city was ousted Friday after repeatedly chastising police for being corrupt.
Mexican Police Linked to Rising Kidnappings
 Marla Dickerson & Cecilia Sanchez
When their 14-year-old son was snatched off the street by armed men in early June, the Marti family reportedly did what many wealthy Mexicans do in such a crisis. The founders of a chain of sporting goods stores hired a private negotiator to deal directly with the kidnappers.
Dancing for Life in Mexico City
 UNFPA
‘Dance mobs’ – both on city streets and within the confines of the XVII International AIDS Conference – are just one of many tactics the organizers of Dance4Life are using to empower young people to push back the AIDS epidemic.
Calderon Proposes Life Sentence for Kidnappers
 Jens Erik Gould
Mexican President Felipe Calderon proposed life sentences for policemen convicted of kidnapping after officers were accused in the abduction and slaying of the 14-year-old son of Alejandro Marti, founder of sporting goods retailer Grupo Marti SAB.
Woman Riding Donkey Fights Off Lion With Machete
 Lee Harvey
A Mexican woman was forced to fight off an escaped lion with a machete after the 430 pound wild cat attacked the donkey she and her 7-year-old niece were riding on.
Crime-Weary Mexico Barely Focuses on US Execution
 Mark Stevenson
With Mexico riveted on its own kidnap and killing of a 14-year-old boy, the normally anti-death penalty country expressed far less outrage at the death on Tuesday of Jose Medellin, a Mexican national convicted in the 1993 rape and murder of two Texas girls.
Mexico Begins Tagging Sharks to Prevent Attacks
 Associated Press
Scientists say they have begun tagging thousands of sharks off Mexico's Pacific Coast in the hopes of preventing new attacks on humans.
Mexican Government Announces Measure to Guarantee Supply of AIDS Medication at More Competitive Price
 Presidencia de la República
In order to ensure more competitive prices of retroviral medication in Mexico, President Felipe Calderón announced that the Mexican government has decided to eliminate the factory requirement, which will enable laboratories from other countries to import and commercialize this type of medicine, which will increase supplies.
UN Hails Mexico’s Strategy for Combating Organized Crime
 Presidencia de la República
After meeting with President Felipe Calderón to review the international agenda on climate change and achieving the Millennium Goals, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hailed the Mexican government’s strategy in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime.
Decaying Sites from Mexico Olympics Still Used
 Associated Press
The Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Course south of Mexico City was lauded as a miracle because of how fast and well it was built before the 1968 Olympic Games. Almost 40 years after the course was first used in rowing and canoeing competitions, graffiti covers the walls and its canals are filled with dark water.
Calderon Reshuffling Top Cops in Drug War
 Cyntia Barrera Diaz
Mexican President Felipe Calderon is shaking up the top level of the attorney general's office as he struggles to combat powerful drug gangs that have killed 1,900 people this year.
7 Arrested for Possessing 9,000 Sea Turtle Eggs
 Xinhuanet
Seven men in a truck containing 9,000 protected sea turtle eggs have been arrested by police at highway checkpoint in the southern Mexico state of Guerrero.
Activists March Against HIV 'Stigma' Before Mexico AIDS Summit
 Agence France-Presse
Several thousand brightly-dressed activists marched through Mexico City on Saturday protesting discrimination against those with the HIV virus ahead of the first world AIDS conference in Latin America.
290 Mexicans Die Crossing US Border in 2008: Lawmaker
 Agence France-Presse
A total of 290 Mexicans have died trying to cross the border into the United States in the first half of 2008, according to a lawmaker in Mexico's Chamber of Deputies.
Mexico's Top Anti-Drug Prosecutor Quits
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor has resigned as part of a law enforcement shake-up amid a wave of shootouts and murders across the country, two officials in the Attorney General's Office said Thursday.
Mexican Minister Says Six Killed Were Friends, Not Family
 Agence France-Presse
Mexican Agriculture Minister Alberto Cardenas confirmed Thursday the fatal shooting of six people, including two children, in western Mexico, but denied that they were from his family.
Mexico's Pemex Proposes New Oil Refinery
Adriana Barrera
Mexico's state-run energy monopoly Pemex presented a plan on Wednesday for a new oil refinery with a processing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day of heavy crude.
Mexico Snubs US Salmonella Accusation
 Prensa Latina
Mexican authorities once again rejected accusations by US health authorities about a salmonella outbreak in that country, allegedly caused by the Mexican chilly.
Mexico Federal Police to Escort Migrant Transfers
 Associated Press
Mexican federal police will guard all government vehicles transporting detained migrants after gunmen hijacked a bus carrying 33 Cubans, the government said Wednesday.
Mexico Migrant Money Declines 2.2 Percent
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Money sent home by Mexican migrants declined by 2.2 percent in the first six months of 2008, the first sustained drop in more than a decade, Mexico's Central Bank reported Wednesday.
Mexican Hotels Join UN on HIV/AIDS Campaign
 Nelson Alcantara
Mexico City is to hold a major HIV/AIDS conference beginning next week. To coincide with this event, the United Nations and the Mexican hotel industry have joined forces to launch a campaign focusing on prevention, awareness-raising and improved workplace policies for those living with the disease.
Mexican Navy Assists Two Vessels Off Coast of Baja California
 Presidencia de la República
Mexican Navy Personnel belonging to the Second Naval Zone and Naval Sector of Los Cabos, in Baja California Sur assisted two vessels in difficulties last night and early this morning.
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