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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.

World news related to Mexico – overview

Mexico: news

More police for Mexico drugs town

Friday, May 18th 2007, 4:05

Mexico boosts police numbers in the north after 22 die in a gun batttle between drug gangs and security forces.
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Mexican paper closes amid threats

Friday, May 25th 2007, 11:43

A Mexican newspaper shuts temporarily amid continuing attacks and threats from suspected drugs gangs.
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Meeting the world's heaviest man

Saturday, June 2nd 2007, 11:07

Duncan Kennedy meets the Mexican billed as the world's heaviest man and finds out about his special diet.
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Mexican politician slain in city

Wednesday, June 13th 2007, 4:26
related places: Monterrey

A Mexican politician is shot dead in the district of Monterrey, the latest death in a wave of violence.
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Venezuelan TV may air from Mexico

Wednesday, June 20th 2007, 19:04
related countries: Venezuela Venezuela

The head of a banned opposition TV station in Venezuela says he may air programmes from Mexico.
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Mexico suspends police officers

Monday, June 25th 2007, 22:27

Mexico is to suspend almost 300 high-ranking police officers in a bid to rid the force of corruption.
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Rally for Lopez Obrador in Mexico

Monday, July 2nd 2007, 2:54

Supporters of defeated Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador rally in Mexico City.
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Bodies recovered from Mexico bus

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 21:47
related places: Puebla

Rescue workers pull 24 bodies from a bus buried by a landslide in Puebla, in central Mexico.
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Cargo plane crash in west Mexico

Thursday, July 5th 2007, 22:17

Nine people die after a cargo plane overshoots a runway in north-western Mexico, sliding onto a road.
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Strong earthquake strikes Mexico

Friday, July 6th 2007, 4:10
related places: Chiapas

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake rocks the poor southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
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Mexico migrants packed into lorry

Monday, July 9th 2007, 12:41
related countries: United States United States

Mexican police find 289 illegal migrants from Latin American, 226 of them hidden inside a single lorry, officials say.
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Mexico rebels claim oil attacks

Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 23:59

A little-known leftist rebel group in Mexico says it has carried out recent attacks on oil installations.
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Mexico genocide trial suspended

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 21:46
related places: Luis Echeverria

A Mexican court suspends the genocide trial of former president Luis Echeverria over student killings in 1968.
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Mexico migrants locked in lorry

Friday, July 13th 2007, 6:45
related countries: United States United States

Mexican police find 81 illegal migrants locked inside an abandoned lorry near the US border.
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Gulf dead zone to be biggest ever

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 11:01

This year's lifeless expanse of water in the Gulf of Mexico may be the biggest since records began, scientists say.
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US pledges $1m to curb gangs

Thursday, July 19th 2007, 11:03
related countries: United States United States

The US is to spend $1m to help governments in Central America and Mexico combat violent gangs.
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'Key drugs broker' arrested in US

Wednesday, July 25th 2007, 17:13
related countries: China China, United States United States

A Chinese-Mexican man is arrested in the US on drugs charges, four months after police found $205m in his home.
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Mexico to spend 'drugs cash haul'

Friday, July 27th 2007, 11:21

Mexico is to use $205m seized at an alleged trafficker's house for drug addiction treatment and tackling crime.
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Mexico allows gay conjugal visits

Monday, July 30th 2007, 11:08

Mexico City prisons allow conjugal visits from gay partners in response to a human rights commission's request.
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US border fences 'an eco-danger'

Tuesday, July 31st 2007, 17:06
related countries: United States United States

Mexico urges the US to alter plans for expanded fences along their border, saying the barriers threaten wildlife.
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Lula tour pushes Brazil biofuels

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 1:35
related countries: Brazil Brazil

Brazil's President Lula meets his Mexican counterpart Felipe Calderon at the start of a tour to promote ethanol.
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Mexican leads Fortune rich list

Tuesday, August 7th 2007, 7:18

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is ranked by Fortune magazine as the world's richest person, beating Bill Gates.
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Mexico cleric quizzed over abuse

Wednesday, August 8th 2007, 22:19
related countries: United States United States

Mexico's leading Roman Catholic cardinal is questioned by US lawyers over a child abuse case.
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Priest jailed for murdering son

Thursday, August 9th 2007, 22:52

A priest in Mexico who killed his own son to keep him secret from Church officials is jailed for 55 years.
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