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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.

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Mexico: news

Policemen gunned down in Mexico

Monday, November 3rd 2008, 2:01
related places: Michoacan

Eleven policemen are killed during a weekend of drugs-related violence in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
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Top Mexico police officer resigns

Sunday, November 2nd 2008, 3:55

One of Mexico's most senior police officers resigns as the country's bloody anti-drugs campaign continues.
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Drug unit 'corrupted' in Mexico

Monday, October 27th 2008, 20:47

Members of a Mexican anti-drug unit passed information to a drug cartel in exchange for thousands of dollars, prosecutors say.
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Mexico seizes top drugs suspect

Monday, October 27th 2008, 11:01

An alleged leader of one of the world's most powerful drug cartels is arrested after a shootout in Mexico, officials say.
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World's heaviest man weds his long-term girlfriend in Mexico

Monday, October 27th 2008, 10:07

The world's heaviest man Manuel Uribe weds his long-term girlfriend Claudia Solis in front of 400 guests in Mexico.
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Mexico hunts prosecutor's killers

Sunday, October 26th 2008, 5:54

Mexico offers a reward worth $370,000 for information leading to the arrest of the killers of a leading prosecutor.
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Huge cocaine seizure in Colombia

Sunday, October 26th 2008, 3:48
related countries: Colombia

Colombian police seize cocaine with a street value of $200m which was reportedly about to be sent to Mexico.
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Human heads sent to Mexico police

Tuesday, October 21st 2008, 15:20

The heads of four men were delivered in an icebox by a courier service to a police station in northern Mexico, local authorities say.
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Mexico jail riot 'leaves 21 dead'

Monday, October 20th 2008, 22:51
related places: Reynosa

A riot breaks out at a prison in the Mexican border town of Reynosa, leaving at least 21 inmates dead, officials say.
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Mexico blocks Cuban route to US

Monday, October 20th 2008, 22:08
related countries: Cuba

Mexico tightens its immigration rules and agrees to deport Cubans using the country as an entry point to the US.
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Slowdown sends Cemex profit lower

Thursday, October 16th 2008, 10:54
related countries: Venezuela

Mexican cement giant Cemex sees profits fall sharply, following an economic slowdown and the nationalisation of its Venezuelan business.
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Mexico's Norbert weakens to storm

Sunday, October 12th 2008, 12:04

Hurricane Norbert which struck Mexico's western peninsula has weakened as it makes a second landfall, meteorologists say.
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Gunmen kill many in Mexican bar

Friday, October 10th 2008, 15:54

Gunmen open fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing at least 11 people and wounding several others, officials say.
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Mexico unveils crisis spending plan

Thursday, October 9th 2008, 9:39

Mexican President Felipe Calderon announces plans to spend $4.3bn on infrastructure projects amid the world economic slowdown.
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Mexican-bound storm strengthens

Wednesday, October 8th 2008, 21:24
related places: Baja California

Hurricane Norbert strengthens to a Category-Four storm and is forecast to hit Mexico's Baja California at the weekend.
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More Mexican 'gang' victims found

Sunday, October 5th 2008, 2:04

The bodies of 10 more murder victims are found in a Mexican city that is the scene of a vicious drugs turf war.
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Mexicans march over 1968 killings

Friday, October 3rd 2008, 5:55

Thousands march in Mexico City to mark 40 years since security forces opened fire on a student demonstration.
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US Mexicans send less money home

Wednesday, October 1st 2008, 16:38
related countries: United States

The slower US economy sparks a sharp drop in the money Mexican migrants are sending home, official figures show.
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Mexican head steps up drugs fight

Wednesday, October 1st 2008, 8:38

Mexican President Felipe Calderon sends a security bill to Congress to tackle drug-related violence that has killed 3,000 this year.
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'Drug killings' hit Mexican city

Tuesday, September 30th 2008, 8:10
related places: Tijuana

Sixteen bodies are found within 24 hours in the Mexican city of Tijuana, in what police say is part of a spate of drug-related killings.
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Three arrested over Mexico blasts

Saturday, September 27th 2008, 3:14

Mexican police arrest three people suspected of throwing grenades, killing eight people and injuring more than 100 on 16 September.
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Violent visions

Tuesday, September 23rd 2008, 9:41

How children see Mexico's drugs problem
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Trade in tragedy

Monday, September 22nd 2008, 17:01

BBC poll suggests rising drugs trade fears in Mexico
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Mexico plans anti-kidnap police

Saturday, September 20th 2008, 0:56

A specialist police force to tackle kidnappings is established in Mexico, where abduction rates are among the world's highest.
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Mexico seizes $26m in 'drug cash'

Friday, September 19th 2008, 10:22

Mexican troops seize more than $26m in cash stuffed into cardboard boxes, which is believed to belong to a drugs cartel.
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Mexican jail riot leaves 19 dead

Thursday, September 18th 2008, 15:00

At least 19 people are killed and 12 injured in the second riot at a Mexican prison in less than a week, officials say.
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Scores held in global drug bust

Wednesday, September 17th 2008, 22:09
related countries: Italy, United States

Police in four countries arrest about 200 people over an alleged trans-Atlantic drug-trafficking operation.
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Deadly Mexico national day blasts

Tuesday, September 16th 2008, 13:23

At least three people are killed and 50 hurt as explosions hit crowds celebrating Mexico's independence day.
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Evacuations as Ike approaches US

Thursday, September 11th 2008, 17:27
related countries: United States
related places: Texas, Ike

Residents in the US state of Texas take to the roads, as Hurricane Ike churns through the Gulf of Mexico.
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Hurricane Ike ploughs towards US

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 19:17
related countries: United States
related places: Ike

US President Bush declares a state of emergency as Ike, a category two storm, heads across the Gulf of Mexico.
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Mexico kidnap suspects detained

Tuesday, September 9th 2008, 5:03

Mexican police detain five people suspected of involvement in the killing of a teenager whose murder sparked national protests.
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Crime 'damages' Mexico economy

Wednesday, September 3rd 2008, 21:31

Mexico's finance minister says that violence and crime is affecting the economy, cutting growth by 1%.
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Oil slides toward $100 a barrel

Tuesday, September 2nd 2008, 14:56

Crude oils heads back toward $100 a barrel, as oil facilities in the Gulf of Mexico are spared by Hurricane Gustav
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Mass anti-crime rallies in Mexico

Sunday, August 31st 2008, 9:36

Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans attend nationwide protests against a wave of killings and kidnappings.
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Headless corpses found in Mexico

Friday, August 29th 2008, 3:56
related places: Yucatan

Police in the Mexican state of Yucatan have found the bodies of 11 men, decapitated and piled on each other.
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Audio slideshow

Thursday, August 28th 2008, 23:04

Student's journey of lifetime with Mexican circus
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Headless bodies found in Mexico

Wednesday, August 27th 2008, 12:59
related places: Tijuana

Police in Mexico find three decapitated bodies on a rubbish dump in Tijuana, apparently victims of gang-related violence.
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Mexico to combat rising violence

Friday, August 22nd 2008, 8:53

Mexican leaders agree a series of tough measures to tackle rising kidnap and murder rates which have shocked the public.
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Mexico's drug killings 'soaring'

Sunday, August 17th 2008, 0:26

Drug-related killings in Mexico already exceed last year's total despite the deployment of 30,000 troops, reports say.
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Mexican gunmen kill drug patients

Friday, August 15th 2008, 6:59
related places: Ciudad Juarez

Gunmen kill eight patients in a Mexican drug rehabilitation centre, part of a drug gang feud in the city of Ciudad Juarez.
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Riding the trains

Thursday, August 14th 2008, 15:29

Migrants' trek across Mexico in sound and images
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Mexico launches anti-kidnap squad

Tuesday, August 12th 2008, 9:35

Mexico launches an anti-kidnapping squad amid outrage over the abduction and killing of a prominent businessman's son.
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Kidnap capital

Monday, August 11th 2008, 18:10

Mexico public's faith in police dives amid abduction epidemic
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What next?

Friday, August 8th 2008, 17:36

HIV and Aids challenges, as Mexico meeting ends
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Hurricane forms off Mexican coast

Friday, August 8th 2008, 16:59

Tropical Storm Hernan is upgraded to a hurricane after reaching wind speeds of up to 120km/h off Mexico.
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HIV ignorance

Friday, August 8th 2008, 9:56

Teaching health lessons in Mexico's largest prison
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Texas executes Mexican murderer

Wednesday, August 6th 2008, 8:17
related places: Texas

A Mexican man whose case has drawn international legal attention is executed in Texas for rape and murder.
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Clinton wants Aids funding boost

Tuesday, August 5th 2008, 1:30

Former US President Bill Clinton calls for the cost of HIV drugs to be kept down, in a speech to Mexico conference.
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US Gulf states prepare for storm

Monday, August 4th 2008, 21:10
related countries: United States
related places: Gulf

Tropical Storm Edouard could gain near-hurricane strength winds before reaching Texas or Louisiana, US forecasters say.
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US holds Mexican police official

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 4:33
related countries: United States

A Mexican police chief is charged in the US with having more than $0.5m (£254,000) from suspected drug-trafficking.
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Mexico breaks its own 'torta' record with a giant baguette

Saturday, August 2nd 2008, 2:43

Mexican caterers make a 44-metre (44-yard) sandwich in what they say is the longest "torta" in Latin America.
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Slimming down

Thursday, July 31st 2008, 4:23

World's heaviest man takes radical action in Mexico
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Hurricane Dolly lashes Gulf Coast

Thursday, July 24th 2008, 3:18

Hurricane Dolly has reached the Mexico-Texas coast, bringing with it heavy rain and winds up to 100mph (161km/h).
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Kidnapped Koreans freed in Mexico

Wednesday, July 23rd 2008, 4:16
related countries: North Korea

Five South Koreans seized for ransom in Mexico are released, the South Korean foreign ministry has said.
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Mexico's long forgotten dirty war

Saturday, July 19th 2008, 11:02

Duncan Kennedy reports on efforts to find the corpses of Mexico's 'disappeared' in the 1970s and 80s.
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