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We have started to collect the most important news related to Mexico in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
United StatesSeven prisoners are killed and 59 others escape after a riot at a jail in the Mexican town of Nuevo Laredo near the US border, officials say.
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The Mexican army says it has found the largest marijuana plantation ever discovered in the country, in the northern state of Baja California.
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Mexico's Supreme Court says soldiers accused of human rights violations should be tried in civilian, and not military, courts.
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Drugs war strains Mexico's forensic experts
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United StatesThe US approves a regulation requiring firearms dealers in the south-west US to report large sales of some powerful weapons to help combat weapons-trafficking.
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Twenty people who had been held for ransom in a tiny shack in Mexico's northern industrial city of Monterrey are freed by soldiers.
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The power of music in Mexico's most violent city
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Police in northern Mexico find 10 decapitated bodies in the city of Torreon, believed to be the victims of a turf war between drug gangs.
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At least 17 people are shot dead in a bar in Monterrey, in north-east Mexico, in an attack blamed on a turf war between drug gangs.
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United StatesThe US violated international law when the US executed a Mexican citizen, the top United Nations' human rights official has said.
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United StatesA Mexican man is executed in the the US state of Texas after the Supreme Court rejects a White House appeal to spare the man's life.
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Archaeologists in Mexico discover 1,300 year-old stone sculptures of men who probably suffered a terrible death.
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United StatesThe head of the US firearms agency tells Congress that mistakes were made during an operation meant to track the illegal movement of guns to Mexico.
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United StatesMexican trucks will be allowed onto US roads, after Mexican and US officials sign a deal to implement a key trade accord after years of argument.
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A woman who tried to smuggle her husband out of a Mexican prison in a suitcase is caught by guards, it has emerged.
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United StatesMexican police arrest Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, allegedly the third in command of the feared Zetas drug gang.
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United StatesOne US tourist dies and several other tourists and one Mexican crew member are missing after a fishing boast sinks off the coast of Mexico.
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Mexico's main opposition party, the PRI, holds onto Mexico State in elections for governor, with a year to go before the presidential election.
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United StatesThe Texan authorities urge US citizens not to travel to the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo because of a "specific threat" posed by the Zetas drug cartel.
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Tropical storm Arlene has killed at least 11 people and forced nearly 300,000 others to flee their homes in Mexico.
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A suspected Mexican drug gang member confesses to involvement in the murder of scores of migrants last year, officials say.
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Eight players in Mexico's Copa America squad are suspended for six months, with reports claiming they had female guests in their hotel rooms during training.
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United KingdomEngland's World Cup campaign gets off to an inauspicious start as they are held to a draw by Mexico in their opening game of Group B in the Wolfsburg Arena.
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Germany, United KingdomEngland kick off their Women's World Cup campaign against Mexico in a Group B match in Germany from 1700 BST.
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The inside of a Mayan tomb thought to be 1,500 years old is filmed by archaeologists in Mexico for the first time.
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With the help of a tiny camera Mexican archaeologists have filmed the interior of a Mayan burial chamber for the first time.
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The Mexican president, Felipe Calderon, has defended his war against the country's drug cartels during a meeting with people who have lost family members to drug violence.
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United StatesMexico demands a full investigation after a US agent fatally shoots a Mexican man who was allegedly throwing stones as he tried to cross the border.
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Transocean, the owner of the oil rig that leaked millions of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico blames BP for the disaster.
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Mexican officials say they have arrested the alleged leader of the cult-like La Familia drugs cartel, one of the most notorious gangs in the country.
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Hurricane Beatriz weakens to a tropical storm, after threatening popular tourist resorts, including Acapulco, with winds of up to 150km/h (90mph).
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Casa Xochiquetzal, located in the historic centre of Mexico City, provides refuge for 23 elderly sex workers.
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Mexican columnist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who wrote about corruption and drug violence, is shot dead along with his wife and son in Veracruz.
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Thirty-three people are killed in violence blamed on rival drug cartels in one of the deadliest days ever for the Mexican city of Monterrey, officials say.
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United StatesUS firearms agents say they were ordered to step aside and watch as guns were purchased, illegally resold and sent to Mexican drug cartels.
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Mexican prosecutors appeal after judges free Tijuana ex-mayor Jorge Hank Rhon from arrest on weapons charges and rule he cannot be held over a murder investigation.
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United StatesSome 70% of guns seized from crime scenes in Mexico and submitted for tracing stem from the US, according to a US Congressional report.
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United StatesLeaders of a Mexican peace convoy demand US action on drug violence as they cross into Texas, after a week-long journey through Mexico.
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Chilling personal stories from Mexico's narco-war bereaved
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United StatesMexican drug cartels are increasingly targeting US border guards and customs agents with bribes and sexual favours, a US security official says.
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Former mayor of Tijuana Jorge Hank Rhon is charged with stockpiling weapons after soldiers seize guns at his home in northern Mexico.
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Attackers open fire at a drugs rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others.
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