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.

World news related to Mexico – overview

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• December 24th 2009 – September 19th 2009
• September 16th 2009 – August 15th 2009
• August 13th 2009 – June 8th 2009
• June 7th 2009 – May 3rd 2009
• May 3rd 2009 – April 27th 2009
• April 26th 2009 – March 25th 2009
• March 24th 2009 – February 18th 2009
• February 12th 2009 – December 22nd 2008
• December 20th 2008 – October 26th 2008
• October 26th 2008 – September 10th 2008
• September 9th 2008 – July 23rd 2008
• July 19th 2008 – May 28th 2008
• May 28th 2008 – March 19th 2008
• March 13th 2008 – November 2nd 2007
• November 2nd 2007 – September 10th 2007
• September 10th 2007 – July 18th 2007
• July 13th 2007 – April 3rd 2007
• March 22nd 2007 – January 20th 2007
• January 12th 2007 – October 31st 2006
• October 30th 2006 – September 6th 2006
• September 6th 2006 – August 11th 2006
• August 9th 2006 – June 30th 2006
• June 29th 2006 – May 4th 2006
• April 26th 2006 – January 30th 2006
• January 26th 2006 – November 14th 2005

Mexico: news

Gunmen kill 10 at Mexico clinic

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 18:40

Gunmen shoot dead 10 people at a rehab centre in Mexico, the second such attack this month.
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Mexican police end hijack drama

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 9:07
related places: Cancun

Mexican police free more than 100 passengers after a plane is hijacked by a religious fanatic on an internal flight.
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Mexican attorney general resigns

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 3:32

Mexico's attorney general resigns from what is considered the most dangerous job in the government.
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Young guns

Monday, September 7th 2009, 8:55
related countries: United States

Mexican drug lords recruit US teenage gang members
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Arrest over Mexican drug murders

Sunday, September 6th 2009, 4:17

A senior member of a Mexican drug cartel is arrested over the murders of 17 people at a rehab centre, reports say.
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Security chief arrested in Mexico

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 22:28
related places: Quintana Roo

The secretary for public security is arrested in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo on suspicion of co-operating with drug gangs.
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'No safe place'

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 17:47
related countries: United States

US pastor describes the fear in Mexico's most violent city
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Gunmen target Mexico rehab centre

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 9:42
related places: Michoacan

Attackers kill 17 people in a drug treatment centre near the Mexico-US border, as a top police officer is shot dead in Michoacan.
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BP in 'giant' new oil discovery

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 21:20

Oil giant BP says it has made a "giant" new oil discovery in its fields in the Gulf of Mexico, sending its shares higher.
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Hurricane weakens on Mexico coast

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 19:04
related places: Baja California

Hurricane Jimena weakens after lashing Mexico's Baja California peninsula with heavy rain and winds, forcing thousands to flee.
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Many ignore Mexican storm alert

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 6:59
related places: Baja California

Thousands of residents in Mexico's Baja California peninsula ignore pleas to flee Hurricane Jimena.
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Huge storm nears Mexican resorts

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 15:20

Hurricane Jimena races towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula as officials urge people to leave areas at risk.
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Gun attack kills eight in Mexico

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 21:50

Gunmen open fire on a crowd of young people partying in a Mexican seaside town, killing eight, police say.
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Freakish Mexican salamander on verge of extinction in wild

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 9:27

Fewer than 1,200 of the popular and freakish Mexican axolotl remain in the wild, new surveys reveal.
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Textbook sparks furore in Mexico

Tuesday, August 25th 2009, 9:21
related countries: Spain

A row erupts as Mexico's government distributes a history textbook that makes no mention of the Spanish Conquest.
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In pictures

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 23:49

View from Mexico's dramatic Copper Canyon railway
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Mexico eases drug possession law

Friday, August 21st 2009, 21:26

The Mexican government enacts a law decriminalising the possession of small amounts of drugs, including cocaine and heroin.
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Mexico probe over kidnap deaths

Friday, August 21st 2009, 1:05

Mexico City's anti-kidnapping chief is suspended from duty following a disastrous rescue attempt that left four dead.
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Mexico suffers amid US recession

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 21:40
related countries: United States
related places: June

Mexico's economy shrank by 10.3% between April and June as the global downturn hit exports and swine flu hit tourism.
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Mexico frees 'drug lord' mother

Thursday, August 20th 2009, 8:24

Mexican officials free the mother of a suspected drug gang leader arrested briefly amid a policy of targeting traffickers' families.
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Violence surges in Mexican city

Wednesday, August 19th 2009, 3:27
related places: Ciudad Juarez

More than 40 people are killed in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez in three days, with a family the latest victims.
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Mexico in major customs shake-up

Monday, August 17th 2009, 3:20

Mexico replaces more than 1,000 customs agents at all border points with newly trained staff in a corruption crackdown.
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Mexico favours Brazil trade pact

Sunday, August 16th 2009, 11:48
related countries: Brazil

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon says he will propose a free trade agreement with Brazil, during a trip to the country.
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Mexico prison riot leaves 19 dead

Saturday, August 15th 2009, 7:17
related places: Durango

At least 19 inmates die and more than 20 are injured in a riot in a prison in the northern Mexican state of Durango.
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