Tens of thousands protest in Mexico against new president
• http://www.rt.comAt least 32,000 protesters marched through Mexico City on Sunday to protest the “imposition” of the new president.
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Mexico condemns fatal shooting over border by U.S. agent
• ReutersThe shot was fired by a US Border Patrol agent, the ministry said. "The Mexican government has reiterated that the disproportionate use of lethal force in immigration control is unacceptable under any circumstances,"
Mexico returns former ruling party to power
• APMexico's old guard sailed back into power after a 12-year hiatus Sunday as the official preliminary vote count handed a victory to Enrique Pena Nieto, whose party was long accused of ruling the country through corruption and patronage. The second
Mexico's Youth Make Voices Heard Ahead Of Vote
• http://www.npr.org, by Carrie KahnMexicans go to the polls July 1 to choose their next president, and polls show that voters seem inclined to embrace the past.
Mexico's poor provide contrast to glitzy G20
• http://www.aljazeera.com, Al JazeeraPlight of world's poor, some living near the G20 venue, not on agenda for global economic leaders.
Mexican police caught on video kidnapping murder victims
• APIt was all caught on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear. But police weren't making an arrest; they were apparently taking orders from a drug gan
You Should Be Worried That The Drug War ISN'T Dominating Mexico's Presidential Campaign
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Adam TaylorMexico's drug war is thought to have killed 50,000 people in just six years, yet, surprisingly, the drug war is not dominating the debate in the upcoming July 1 election.
NARCOTICS: CIA-Pentagon Death Squads and Mexico's 'War on Drugs"
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Tom BurghardtEarlier this month, the Mexican government arrested three high-ranking Army generals "including a former second in command at the Defense Ministry.
Mexico violence: Monterrey police find 49 bodies
• http://www.bbc.co.uk,Forty-nine mutilated bodies have been found dumped by a roadside near the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico.
'Living, Breathing Archeology' In The Arizona Desert
• http://www.npr.org, by Lauren SilvermanIf you walk through the desert in southern Arizona you can find evidence of a major migration. Water bottles, shoes, food wrappers -
The Political and Social Crisis in Mexico
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Dan La BotzWhile in Mexico in March as part of a labour union delegation from the United States to meet with Canadian and Mexican union officials, I was given this book by a professor of history and design at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Texas for third year warns against spring break Mexico
• By Jim ForsythTexas on Tuesday warned residents for the third consecutive year not to travel to Mexico during the upcoming university spring break season, saying drug cartel violence and other criminal activity are a safety threat even in resort areas.
Mexican official: US travel warning 'ridiculous'
• Associated PressMexico's top domestic security official says a U.S. State Department travel warning on almost half of Mexico's states is "ridiculous" and "out of proportion."
U.S. extends travel warning to Mexico over violence
• www.reuters.comSpreading drug violence, kidnappings and carjackings in Mexico have led the State Department to increase the number of places it says Americans should avoid for safety reasons for the second time in less than a year.
Holder: No cover-up in 'Fast and Furious,' no effort to hide details of the operation
• www.foxnews.comAttorney General Eric Holder vigorously denied a "cover-up" by the Justice Department over "Operation Fast and Furious," telling a House panel investigating the botched gun-running program that he has nothing to hide and suggesting the probe is a "po
The Exodus Begins - Maybe, Anyway
• www.fredoneverything.netNow, American politicians want to send the military to Mexico, and are doing it quietly in the form of retired or “retired” military types, DEA, drones, training, and all the rest of the now-standard camels' noses under other people's tents.
Mexico's cartels build own national radio system
• www.nwitimes.comWhen convoys of soldiers or federal police move through the scrubland of northern Mexico, the Zetas drug cartel knows they are coming.
Mexico acknowledges 2nd Mayan reference to 2012
• news.yahoo.comMexico's archaeology institute downplays theories that the ancient Mayas predicted some sort of apocalypse would occur in 2012, but on Thursday it acknowledged that a second reference to the date exists on a carved fragment found at a southern Mexico
Review the Bidding - by A.X. Perez
• The Libertarian EnterpriseWhile I have no desire to mess around in Mexican politics, Mexico's rulers have tyrannically misused their power and thus created the sorry mess across the Border. First and foremost they have engaged in political corruption.
Anonymous Threatens Mexico’s Murderous Drug Lords
• WiredA ruthless campaign of killing, extortion and kidnapping by Mexico’s powerful Zetas drug cartel has created plenty of enemies, from the Mexican government to paramilitary vigilantes to rival cartels. But now the Zetas have a new adversary: the hacker
Mexico’s President Works to Lock In Military Drug War Tactics
• NY TimesAs the twilight of his presidency sets in, President Felipe Calderón of Mexico is striving to lock in the militarized approach to drug cartels that has defined his tenure, pushing aside public doubts and pressing lawmakers to adopt strategies he hope
Mexico town's mutant pointy boots create a craze
• APThe customer known only as "Cesar of Huizache" had an odd request for shoemaker Dario Calderon: He showed him a cell-phone photo of a sequined cowboy boot with pointy toes so long, they curled up toward the knees. He wanted a pair, but with longer t
Mexican citizens defy the law to defend themselves
• KHOU HoustonNot all of the guns acquired in the US and crossing the border go to the Narco Trafficantes. Many end up in the hands of regular folks looking to survive.
Mexican Security Threat
• arcleinMexico is a problem that has been left to fester on our border for decades and the Left has exploited this war zone to pursue their corrupt anti-American agenda. Right now there is no battlefront more important to the continued existence of America t
Parents of dead Mexican teenager sue U.S. government
• ReutersThe parents of a Mexican teenager allegedly killed last year by a bullet fired by a U.S. Border Patrol agent across the Rio Grande river, on Monday sued the U.S. government for $25 million. The U.S. Border Patrol says Sergio Hernandez Guereca, 15,
Mexican cartel violence prompts calls for bigger National Guard deployment along the border
• Washington PostIN NOGALES, ARIZONA On the dusty hilltops west of U.S. Interstate 19, National Guardsmen with M-4 rifles peer down from camouflage tents and surveillance posts, so close to the border fence they can almost watch TV through the windows of Mexican home
Mexico says its troops killed US man & framed him
• APJoseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store. The next morning, the 32-year-old New York native was dead inside his crashed van on a road outside Acapulco. He had multiple bullet wounds. An AR-15 rifle lay in his han
Mexico Urges Holiday Travelers To Form Convoys "For Their Own Safety"
• Slate.comAir travelers may think they have a lot to worry about this Thanksgiving, what with the strict TSA screenings. But the Associated Press reports that people driving to Mexico are less worried about pat-downs than shootouts.
Four Men Executed in Public by Gunmen in Latest Savagery of Mexican Drug War
• dailymail.co.uk via Rense.comMexico's savage drug war claimed more victims yesterday - when four men were publicly executed.
Mexican president raises possibility of anonymous judges in drug trafficking cases
• APPresident Felipe Calderon said Mexico should consider appointing anonymous judges for drug trafficking trials, an unexpected proposal that he acknowledged contradicts the country's efforts to build a more open judicial system.
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