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 Mexico: Army Raid Finds Cash Addressed to Police
 Associated Press
Soldiers raiding a drug gang safehouse in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for "press," authorities said Tuesday.
Mexico to Start Distributing Swine Flu Shots in October
 Carlos Manuel Rodriguez & Jose Enrique Arrioja
Mexico will begin immunizing health workers and military staff against swine flu next month as it buys 30 million doses of vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Sanofi-Aventis SA.
U.S. Closes Mexico Crossing After Shooting
 Lizbeth Diaz
U.S. authorities closed the world's busiest land border crossing for several hours on Tuesday after suspected Mexican human traffickers tried to enter with illegal immigrants, U.S. officials said.
Mexico Cartels Kidnap, Kill Migrants Headed to U.S.
 Lizbeth Diaz
Mexico's violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade of smuggling people across the border.
President Calderón Urges Support of 2010 Budget to Combat Extreme Poverty
 José Antonio Monterrosas Figueiras
As he led the 4th Meeting of FONAES meetings, he highlighted Federal Government's commitment to support them Mexico City. "Time is running out. We will not condemn a generation of Mexicans to hunger, malnutrition or neglect."
Calderón Leads Tribute on Earthquake's 24th Anniversary
 Laura Bringas
Saturday, President Calderón raised the National Flag to half-mast in Constitution Square where a minute of silence was held in honor of the Mexicans that died during the 1985 earthquakes.
Mexico Subway Shooter Charged with Double Homicide
 Associated Press
Police say Luis Felipe Hernandez was jailed Sunday on the charges after psychological exams determined he is fit to stand trial. After Friday evening's shooting, officials had said Hernandez, 38, appeared to be mentally unstable.
Magnitude-5.1 Earthquake Shakes Northern Mexico
 Associated Press
A moderate earthquake in northern Mexico was felt from San Diego to southwestern Arizona, but no injuries or damage were reported.
Mexico's Goal: Not a Drop Wasted
 Emilio Godoy
Although lack of water is nothing new in Mexico, today the country is suffering a severe crisis as a result of the depletion of groundwater and scant rainfall. In Mexico City, one of the hardest-hit areas, the idea is to make use of what rain does come, which otherwise goes to waste.
Mexico City Boosts Subway Security After Shootings
 Julie Watson
Police started randomly checking people for guns in the capital's 175 subway stations Saturday after a man opened fire inside a crowded station, killing two people and causing eight injuries.
Poverty and Health, Crucial Challenges for Federal Government: President Calderon
 Octavio Islas Acosta
During the inauguration of the Maternal and Children’s Hospital in San Luis Potosì, President Felipe Calderon said that poverty and health are two crucial challenges for Federal Government, despite the international economic crisis.
Shooting in Mexico City Subway Kills 2
 Olga R. Rodriguez
A man scrawling graffiti inside a downtown Mexico City subway station pulled out a gun and began shooting when confronted by police on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding five before being shot and subdued by officers.
Megacities - Mexico City
 Documentales Mexico
To Mother Nature, Mexico City is one big target. On one side: one of the world's most earthquake-prone hotspots. On the other: one of the world's most active volcanoes. And beneath their feet - a shaky foundation of landfill.
PAN Threatens to Veto 'Law of Income'
 Víctor Mayén
The National Action Party (PAN) parliamentary group in the Senate threatened to veto the Ley de Ingresos (Law of Income) for next year, if other parties make changes that the PAN deems inadequate.
Mexico Closes Drug Rehab Centers After Attacks
 E. Eduardo Castillo
Authorities have closed 10 unregistered drug rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez and say they are going after others they fear may serve as cover or recruiting grounds for drug trafficking gangs in the violence-plagued city across from El Paso, Texas.
Wrongly Imprisoned Native Woman Released
 Emilio Godoy
A 46-year-old Otomí Indian was released from prison Wednesday in the city of Querétaro, 200 km northwest of the Mexican capital, where she was held since August 2006. Her release was the result of an appeal that she won in April.
Mexico Asks U.S. for Help in Finding Hidden Assets in U.S. Banks
 Kevin McCoy
Hoping to replicate the United States' new success in hunting suspected tax evaders, Mexico is seeking financial data from foreign banks where its citizens are suspected of hiding assets.
Gunmen Kill 10 at Mexico Drug Treatment Center
 Alicia A. Caldwell
Gunmen burst into a drug treatment center in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and shot to death 10 people, the second such mass killing this month.
Mexico Offers Amnesty to Americans Living Abroad
 Angela Kocherga
Immigration reform and what to do about illegal immigration is a hot button issue right now, but it's not just the US trying to come up with a solution.
Police Step Up in Mexico's Drug Wars
 Chris Hawley
As Mexico's U.S.-funded drug war reaches new levels of violence, President Felipe Calderón's government has launched a $1 billion drive to train and equip beleaguered local police forces that, historically, focused on rounding up town drunks or dishing out traffic violations.
Attacks Kill at Least 21 in Mexican Border Cities
 Associated Press
Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by drug violence, authorities said Tuesday.
President Calderón Leads Ceremony of 199th Anniversary of Shout of Independence
 PVNN
Mexicans on Tuesday began celebrating their most cherished national holiday, Independence Day, but memories of unprecedented violence a year ago made for a somber affair in some areas.
It is Time to Assume the Responsibility of Transforming Mexico: FCH
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
Accompanied by his wife and Secretaries of Defense and the Navy, President Felipe Calderón told cadets that being in the ranks of the Armed Forces means protecting the freedom and rights of society.
Mexico City Ready for Independence Day
 Magnolia Velazquez
The government of Mexico City reported that it is fully ready to protect the security of people attending patriotic festivities planned to take place this week.
Mexico Orders Bolivian Jailed in Plane Hijacking
 Associated Press
A court has ordered a Bolivian preacher kept in jail during the investigation into sabotage and kidnapping charges in the hijacking of a jetliner from the resort city of Cancun.
31 Mexican Police Arrested for Alleged Drug Ties
 Associated Press
Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men.
Mexico Endorses the United Nations 'Blue Heart' Campaign
 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
The recently established Inter-Secretariat Commission to Prevent and Prosecute Trafficking in Persons of Mexico has unanimously approved a United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) proposal to launch the Blue Heart Campaign.
'Viva Mexico,' the Cry that Led a People to Independence
 Allan Wall
Mexico’s Independence Day is celebrated in the month of September, on the 16th (and the previous night). This is surprising to many Americans, who think Cinco de Mayo (May the 5th) is Mexican Independence Day. Not only is Cinco de Mayo not Independence Day, it’s not even a very important holiday in Mexico.
Mexico Now Enduring Worst Drought in Years
 Elisabeth Malkin
Mexico is enduring its worst drought in six decades. Crops are drying up in the fields and water is being rationed in the capital. Residents of poor neighborhoods have hijacked water trucks, and there are other signs of social tensions building.
Mexico Opposition Divided Over Government's Tax Plan
 Michael O'Boyle
Mexico's chief opposition party is divided over a proposed sales tax that is at the heart of President Felipe Calderon's fiscal reform plan, the party's leader in the lower house of Congress said on Friday.
Mexican Ex-Officials to be Tried for Drug Ties
 Associated Press
A Mexico judge ordered eight former top police and prosecution officials in the Caribbean coast state of Quintana Roo to stand trial on charges of aiding drug cartels, the Attorney General's Office said Friday.
Mexico Police Find Over $5 Million Cash in Cargo
 Associated Press
Mexican authorities say they have found at least $5 million hidden in a shipment of ammonium sulfate at a Pacific coast port, and are still counting the cash.
Mexico Charges Bolivian Pastor in Plane Hijacking
 Associated Press
Prosecutors have charged a Bolivian pastor with sabotage, illegal retention of people and attack on a means of transport in this week's hijacking of a plane from the resort city of Cancun, the attorney general's office said Friday.
Mexico Arrests Suspect Linked to 18 Killings
 Associated Press
Soldiers have arrested a man suspected of killing 18 people in a series of attacks this year in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.
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