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In Mexico, Gruesome Slayings Add to Guerrero's Toll
 Ken Ellingwood
Mutilated bodies of nine people turned up in the southern state of Guerrero, authorities said Friday, amid an increase in drug-related violence there.
Cocaine Use Doubles in Mexico in Six Years
 Agence France-Presse
Cocaine use doubled in Mexico in the six years to 2008, the health minister said Friday, arguing that tougher border controls on smuggling has pushed more of the drug into the domestic market.
Mexico Allows Disputed GM Corn Tests
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico on Thursday approved its first permits for genetically-modified test crops of corn, in a controversial move to boost the staple food in the cradle of maize production.
Thousands March Against Mexican Utility Closure
 Associated Press
Tens of thousands of people have marched to protest Mexican President Felipe Calderon's decision to disband a public electricity company.
 Mexico Town Split over Central American Drifters
 Tracy Wilkinson
Migrants fall prey to kidnappers and worse while the Mexican government does little to protect them, rights groups say. But others say the migrants are forming criminal bands and should be deported.
Mexico, Spain Cooperate to Combat International Crime
 UPI
Mexico and Spain are pooling resources to combat organized international crime, drug trafficking and terrorism, one combined effect of which is loss of tax revenue and burgeoning underground economies.
Mexico City Puts Police on Diet
 Agence France-Presse
Authorities in Mexico City are putting the police on a diet, in a health campaign in the world's second-most obese country, after the United States.
Mexico Legislature Cuts Medical Spending
 Yvonne Reyes Campos
The Administration Committee in the Chamber of Deputies has decided to eliminate spending on minor medical services, which represents an annual cost of 75,000 pesos for each of the 500 legislators in Congress, or 37.5 million pesos.
Military and Federal Police "Kidnap" Electricians to Put Them to Work
 Patricia Muñoz & Fabiola Martinez
Workers "are being kidnapped" by federal forces in order to force them to "cooperate" with the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) in power stations that have problems providing electricity to customers, denounced the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME).
Court Blames Mexican Governor for Protest Abuses
 Associated Press
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the governor of a southern Mexican state is responsible for rights abuses during 2006 protests that paralyzed a colonial city and left least a dozen people dead.
Over a Billion Curse Words a Day in Mexico
 Associated Press
Caramba! A new survey says Mexican adults curse an average of 20 times a day, serving up about 1.3 billion swear words daily.
Mexico Tax Reform Debate, Proposals
 Jason Lange & Patrick Rucker
Mexican lawmakers are debating President Felipe Calderon's proposal to raise taxes and lower the government's dependence on Mexico's declining oil industry.
Joint U.S.-Mexican Police Patrols Among Proposed Fixes for the Border
 Tracy Wilkinson
Mexican and U.S. police patrolling the border together? That radical idea is one of the recommendations made by a blue-ribbon panel of scholars, diplomats and other experts that spent most of the year searching for “a new vision” in dealing with cross-border issues as diverse as migration, security and water.
Mexico Drug Yacht Crew Burn Boat
 BBC News
The US navy has released footage showing the dramatic reaction of a crew of a luxury yacht smuggling drugs when it realised it had been discovered.
Mexico Electrical Workers Fight Disbanding of Utility
 Ken Ellingwood
Union threatens legal action to save jobs lost with Calderon's order to dissolve Luz y Fuerza del Centro, which supplies electricity to Mexico City and several neighboring states.
Calderon Budget Set to Pass, Putnam Says
 Jens Erik Gould & Catarina Saraiva
Mexican legislators will back President Felipe Calderon’s plan to raise taxes and cut spending, helping the nation avert a credit-rating downgrade and extend gains in stocks, bonds and the peso, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Putnam Investments say.
Calderon: Address to the Nation
 Presidencia de la República
In order to progress and transform Mexico into the prosperous, fair country we want, we must overhaul the system, correcting the serious problems we have, however costly and difficult the decisions that will enable us to solve them will be, so that our children will have a better Mexico tomorrow.
Mexico Shuts Down State-Run Power Company
 Agence France-Presse
Mexico announced that it was closing a state-run power company in a move that will save the government almost 1.5 billion dollars, sparking union outrage.
President Felipe Calderón Congratulates U.S. Counterpart, Barack Obama
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
The Presidency reports that following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize 2009, President Calderón sent a letter of congratulation to his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama, in which he hailed his having won this prize, which was awarded for his extraordinary efforts on behalf of international diplomacy and cooperation between nations.
Mexico Suffers Bloody Day of Drug Violence
 Agence France-Presse
Thirty five people were killed in Mexico's drug-related violence on Friday, with brutal attacks spanning five states, officials said.
Official's Body Found Hanging from Tijuana Bridge
 Associated Press
The mutilated body of a state official who authorities said was suspected of giving fake driver's licenses to drug gang members was found hanging from a bridge Friday in the Mexican border city of Tijuana.
Mayor Slain in Mexican Border Town
 Associated Press
Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday.
Reporter Says She Won't Pay Mexico's Ex-First Lady
 Associated Press
n Argentinian journalist says she will not pay damages to Mexico's former first lady, despite a court order in an invasion of privacy case.
Clown-Costume Suspects Charged In Mexico Heist
 Associated Press
Prosecutors in western Mexico say they have filed robbery charges against two alleged members of a gang of thieves blamed for a "clown jewels" caper.
Mexico Arrests 1 of FBI'S Most-Wanted Fugitives
 Catherine E. Shoichet
One of the FBI's most-sought fugitives, wanted for the 2002 killings of his girlfriend and her two young sons in Idaho, has been captured in Mexico.
Experience Guides Mexico as Swine Flu Cases Surge
 Marc Lacey & Antonio Betancourt
With the number of cases surging again in Mexico — September had more new cases, 9,231, than any previous month — the government says it has learned important lessons about what works and what does not when it comes to the strain, H1N1.
President Calderón Reports on Job Creation
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón reported that 61,000 formal jobs were created in September, most of which were permanent, the highest growth rate in the past four months.
Mexico Calls US a "Stumbling Block" in UN Climate Talks
 David Fogarty & Chisa Fujioka
The United States came under pressure to show leadership in U.N. climate talks on Wednesday with Mexico saying its neighbor is a stumbling block in efforts to try to craft a tough global climate agreement by December.
Mexican Coastal Cities to Create Tourist Police
 Associated Press
City officials in Mexico's Baja California state are drafting plans for a bilingual police force that caters to American tourists headed south of the border.
Mexico Tax Reform Debate
 Patrick Rucker & Michael O'Boyle
Mexican lawmakers are debating President Felipe Calderon's proposal to raise taxes and lower the government's dependence on Mexico's declining oil industry.
Calderón Blasts Critics
 Maria del Carmen Martinez
President Felipe Calderón offered stinging criticism for opponents of his economic package, denouncing state governments that are asking for expanded federal funding but are unable to fill state budget gaps.
Mild Quake Hits Off Mexican Pacific, no Damage
Anahi Rama & Cyntia Barrera Diaz
A moderate earthquake measuring 5.5 in magnitude struck around 175 miles (281 km) southwest of Puerto Vallarta off Mexico's Pacific Coast on Tuesday but there were no reports of damage.
United Nations Acknowledges Contribution of President Calderón’s Oportunidades Program to Alleviating Poverty
 Suzanne Stephens Waller
President Felipe Calderón declared that the financial crisis will not deter his administration from its goal of alleviating and eradicating extreme poverty, nor will it abandon them, since this is an effort to achieve solidarity and justice.
The National Symbols of Mexico
 bicentenario.gob.mx
In 2010, Mexico will remember the bicentennial of its Independence movement and the centennial of its Revolution with an extensive program of events. Here's a quick look at the treasured symbols of Mexico's colorful past.
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