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

Mexican forces kill drugs baron

Friday, December 10th 2010, 21:32
related places: Michoacan

Mexican security forces kill a notorious drugs baron during heavy fighting in the western state of Michoacan.
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Japan targeted on climate stance

Friday, December 10th 2010, 6:32
related countries: Japan
related places: Cancun

Countries at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, launch a diplomatic assault on Japan in an effort to soften its resistance to the Kyoto Protocol.
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Mexico police break city blockade

Friday, December 10th 2010, 0:35
related places: Morelia

Mexican police battle drug traffickers, who have been blockading roads into the western city of Morelia with burning vehicles.
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Obama struggling on climate change

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 23:45
related places: Cancun

Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations, is urging delegates from 200 countries to make meaningful progress at the climate conference in the Mexican city of Cancun.
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'Big Ben' sunk to highlight climate

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 22:23

Greenpeace activists have sunk models of iconic structures from around the world into the Caribbean sea in Mexico to highlight the dangers of rising seas as a result of climate change.
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Drug tunnel that links USA and Mexico

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 18:38
related countries: United States

The US authorities have discovered 20 tonnes of marijuana, worth tens of millions of dollars, in one of the most advanced illegal tunnels ever found.
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Climate warning at Cancun summit

Wednesday, December 8th 2010, 6:16
related places: Cancun

Ministers begin talks at the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico, amid warnings that time is running out to curb climate change.
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Extortionists burn Mexico nursery

Tuesday, December 7th 2010, 1:03

Unidentified assailants who apparently tried to extort money from the owners of a kindergarten set the building on fire.
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Mexican army arrests 'hitman' aged 14

Saturday, December 4th 2010, 14:02

The Mexican army has arrested a 14-year-old boy on suspicion of being a hired killer for a drug cartel.
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Can Cancun reach climate deal?

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 22:57
related places: Cancun

Delegates from nearly two hundred countries are gathering in Cancun in Mexico this weekend for UN talks on climate change.
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Mexico arrests 'hitman' aged 14

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 16:43
related countries: United States

The Mexican military arrests a 14-year-old boy suspected of being a hitman for a drug cartel, as he tries to catch a plane to the US.
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Leaks reveal US Mexico concerns

Friday, December 3rd 2010, 7:32
related countries: United States

Secret diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks reveal US concerns that the Mexican army is failing in its fight against drugs cartels.
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US extends Gulf oil drilling ban

Wednesday, December 1st 2010, 21:15
related countries: United States
related places: Gulf, Atlantic

The Obama administration says it will maintain a ban on off-shore oil and gas drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and parts of the Atlantic coast.
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Madonna opens gym in Mexico City

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 10:05

Hundreds of fans turn out to see singer and fitness fanatic Madonna open her first gym in Mexico City.
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Mexico mass grave holds 18 bodies

Tuesday, November 30th 2010, 2:29
related countries: United States
related places: Chihuahua

Mexican soldiers uncover 18 bodies buried close to the US border in Chihuahua, the state worst hit by drug-related violence.
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BP raises $7bn through asset sale

Monday, November 29th 2010, 15:33
related countries: Argentina

BP confirms the sale of its 60% stake in an Argentina-based oil and gas company to raise funds for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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Mexico gang boss 'admits murders'

Monday, November 29th 2010, 10:59
related countries: United States

Mexican authorities capture alleged gang leader Arturo Gallegos who reportedly admits a string of murders, including that of a US consular employee.
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Mexican kidnap release in doubt

Saturday, November 27th 2010, 22:20

There is confusion over a report that a prominent Mexican politican kidnapped more than six months ago has been freed.
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Drug smugglers' rail tunnel found

Saturday, November 27th 2010, 14:13
related countries: United States
related places: California, Tijuana

American and Mexican police have found a drug smugglers' tunnel linking a factory in Tijuana to a warehouse in California.
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Mexico tourists killed 'in error'

Wednesday, November 24th 2010, 22:19
related places: Acapulco

Twenty Mexican tourists kidnapped and murdered in Acapulco were victims of mistaken identity, a suspected drugs baron tells police.
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Mexican held in Canadian's death

Tuesday, November 23rd 2010, 22:31
related countries: Canada

Mexican police arrest a man in connection with the death of a Canadian businessman whose corpse was found in a car boot in a Mexican town.
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Mexico warns returning migrants

Monday, November 22nd 2010, 18:07
related countries: United States

Mexico has advised migrants returning from the US for the winter holidays to form convoys and travel only by day to avoid attack by criminal gangs.
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Gunmen in Mexico kill ex-governor

Monday, November 22nd 2010, 9:38
related places: Colima

Armed men shoot dead the former governor of the Mexican state of Colima, Silverio Cavazos, as he is leaving his house.
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North of the border

Saturday, November 20th 2010, 0:31
related countries: United States

Mexican Revolution through American eyes
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Mexico auctions off 'narco-bling'

Friday, November 19th 2010, 1:52

Mexican authorities are selling off a huge quantity of confiscated jewels, planes, cars and other luxury items, some seized from drug traffickers.
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Grandad the revolutionary

Thursday, November 18th 2010, 10:35

Families recall key figures of the Mexican Revoution
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Cameron downplays climate deals

Wednesday, November 17th 2010, 0:27
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Cancun

UK Prime Minister David Cameron plays down the chances of a global agreement when the next UN climate summit meets in Cancun in Mexico.
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French cuisine on UN culture list

Tuesday, November 16th 2010, 15:11
related countries: Colombia, France

UN cultural organisation Unesco adds France's traditional gastronomic meal to the world's intangible heritage list along with Mexican food and Colombian songs.
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Mexico rescues kidnapped migrants

Tuesday, November 16th 2010, 2:09
related countries: United States

The Mexican navy rescues 10 migrants who had been kidnapped, allegedly by police officers, as they headed towards the US.
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Swamp causes Mexico hotel blast

Monday, November 15th 2010, 19:47
related countries: Canada

An explosion that killed five Canadian tourists and two workers on Sunday at a hotel in Mexico was caused by gas from a swamp, authorities say.
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Seven die in Mexico hotel blast

Monday, November 15th 2010, 1:05
related countries: Canada

At least five Canadian tourists and two hotel staff are killed in a suspected gas explosion at a luxury hotel on Mexico's Caribbean coast.
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Women fight back in Mexico drugs war

Saturday, November 13th 2010, 2:23
related countries: United States

Two housewives with no experience of policing have been appointed to lead the fight against druglords in a Mexican village near the US border.
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War of attrition

Friday, November 12th 2010, 12:23

Battle with drugs cartels puts Mexico's army under pressure
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Stricken liner reaches San Diego

Friday, November 12th 2010, 2:53
related places: San Diego

A disabled cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of Mexico is towed into port in San Diego and evacuates some 4,500 passengers and crew.
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Media 'overplay Mexico violence'

Thursday, November 11th 2010, 10:28
related countries: United States

Mexico's ambassador to the US says international media are giving the wrong impression of his country by focussing too much on drug violence.
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Disabled liner towed toward shore

Thursday, November 11th 2010, 2:13
related countries: United States
related places: San Diego

A disabled cruise ship that caught fire off the coast of Mexico is approaching the US city of San Diego and is expected to arrive within 24 hours.
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US-Mexico gun curbs 'lack focus'

Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 11:43
related countries: United States

US efforts to stem the flow of illegal weapons to Mexico are hampered by a failure to share intelligence and focus on the big traffickers, a US justice department report finds.
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Help reaches stranded cruise ship

Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 9:31

Emergency food supplies are being delivered to a luxury cruise liner stranded off the Pacific coast of Mexico.
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Help reaches stranded cruise ship

Wednesday, November 10th 2010, 3:31
related places: California

A tugboat starts to tow a cruise ship to safety, after an engine fire left it stranded off the Mexican coast with 4,500 people aboard.
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Gulf oil spill firms 'complacent'

Tuesday, November 9th 2010, 19:05

Three firms involved in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill lacked a safety culture and made serious mistakes ahead of the catastrophe, a key inquiry says.
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Mexico mass grave: tourists found

Sunday, November 7th 2010, 8:04

A mass grave discovered in Mexico contained the bodies of 18 kidnapped holiday-makers, it is confirmed.
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Obama backing in Mexico drugs war

Sunday, November 7th 2010, 0:48
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

US President Barack Obama has stressed Washington's support for Mexico's ongoing battle against crime cartels, after a major drug kingpin was shot dead.
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