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News: Mexico

We have started to collect the most important news related to Mexico in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Mexico: news

Deadly prison breakout in Mexico

Saturday, July 16th 2011, 2:09
related countries: United States United States
related places: Nuevo Laredo

Seven 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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Mexico finds huge marijuana farm

Friday, July 15th 2011, 7:08
related places: Baja California

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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Civilian trials for Mexico troops

Wednesday, July 13th 2011, 8:48

Mexico's Supreme Court says soldiers accused of human rights violations should be tried in civilian, and not military, courts.
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CSI challenge

Wednesday, July 13th 2011, 0:00

Drugs war strains Mexico's forensic experts
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US curbs Mexico border gun sales

Tuesday, July 12th 2011, 17:15
related countries: United States United States

The 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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Mexican army frees kidnap victims

Sunday, July 10th 2011, 20:49
related places: Monterrey

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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Hip hop hope

Sunday, July 10th 2011, 11:25

The power of music in Mexico's most violent city
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Headless corpses found in Mexico

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 19:41
related places: Torreon

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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Mexico shooting kills 17 in bar

Saturday, July 9th 2011, 8:01
related places: Monterrey

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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UN warns US over Texas execution

Friday, July 8th 2011, 20:11
related countries: United States United States
related places: Texas

The US violated international law when the US executed a Mexican citizen, the top United Nations' human rights official has said.
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Texas executes Mexican national

Friday, July 8th 2011, 2:30
related countries: United States United States
related places: Texas

A 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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VIDEO: Doomed warriors carved in stone

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 15:28

Archaeologists in Mexico discover 1,300 year-old stone sculptures of men who probably suffered a terrible death.
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'Mistakes' in US-Mexico gun sting

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 10:41
related countries: United States United States
related places: Congress

The 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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US-Mexico trucking row resolved

Thursday, July 7th 2011, 9:50
related countries: United States United States

Mexican 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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Mexico suitcase jailbreak fails

Wednesday, July 6th 2011, 9:12

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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Mexico arrests alleged Zetas boss

Monday, July 4th 2011, 18:48
related countries: United States United States
related places: February

Mexican police arrest Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar, allegedly the third in command of the feared Zetas drug gang.
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Tourist dies as Mexico boat sinks

Monday, July 4th 2011, 15:57
related countries: United States United States

One 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 PRI scores election win

Monday, July 4th 2011, 10:17

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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Texas warns of Mexico gang threat

Monday, July 4th 2011, 1:10
related countries: United States United States
related places: Nuevo Laredo, Texan

The 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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VIDEO: Thousands flee floods in Mexico

Sunday, July 3rd 2011, 17:00

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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Mexico detains massacre suspect

Friday, July 1st 2011, 0:37
related places: Tamaulipas

A suspected Mexican drug gang member confesses to involvement in the murder of scores of migrants last year, officials say.
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Mexico players suspended for Copa

Tuesday, June 28th 2011, 18:08

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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England held by Mexico in opener

Monday, June 27th 2011, 17:48
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

England'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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Live - Mexico v England

Monday, June 27th 2011, 15:34
related countries: Germany Germany, United Kingdom United Kingdom

England kick off their Women's World Cup campaign against Mexico in a Group B match in Germany from 1700 BST.
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Camera reveals Mayan tomb secrets

Saturday, June 25th 2011, 1:53

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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VIDEO: Camera uncovers Mayan tomb secrets

Friday, June 24th 2011, 15:37

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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VIDEO: Calderon defends war on drug cartels

Friday, June 24th 2011, 10:19

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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Mexico-US border death sparks row

Thursday, June 23rd 2011, 10:01
related countries: United States United States

Mexico 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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BP 'to blame for Gulf oil spill'

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011, 15:11

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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'Cartel boss' arrested in Mexico

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011, 6:58

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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Mexican Hurricane Beatriz weakens

Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 21:36
related places: Acapulco

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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VIDEO: Refuge for Mexico's elderly sex workers

Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 15:27

Casa Xochiquetzal, located in the historic centre of Mexico City, provides refuge for 23 elderly sex workers.
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Mexico reporter and family killed

Tuesday, June 21st 2011, 8:03
related places: Veracruz

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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Gang wars kill 33 in Mexican city

Thursday, June 16th 2011, 18:55
related places: Monterrey

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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Agents 'let cartels buy US guns'

Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 20:17
related countries: United States United States

US 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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Wednesday, June 15th 2011, 12:32
related places: Tijuana

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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US guns 'fuel Mexico bloodshed'

Tuesday, June 14th 2011, 1:58
related countries: United States United States

Some 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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Mexico 'peace caravan' reaches US

Sunday, June 12th 2011, 0:22
related countries: United States United States
related places: Texas

Leaders 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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The vanishings

Saturday, June 11th 2011, 0:35

Chilling personal stories from Mexico's narco-war bereaved
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US-Mexico border corruption rises

Friday, June 10th 2011, 7:20
related countries: United States United States

Mexican 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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Mexican ex-mayor on gun charges

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 18:01

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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Gunmen kill 11 at Mexico clinic

Wednesday, June 8th 2011, 8:45

Attackers open fire at a drugs rehabilitation clinic in northern Mexico, killing 11 people and injuring two others.
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