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Héctor Tobar, Bureau Chief
Héctor Tobar, whose responsibility extends to Mexico and Central America, has worked for the paper's metro, national and foreign desks. He was the Times' national correspondent for Latino affairs and later concentrated on issues of culture and ethnicity. In 2001, he joined the paper's foreign staff as Buenos Aires bureau chief. In 2005 he won the Inter-American Press Association Award for feature writing for his coverage of South America's troubled democracies. Since coming to Mexico, Héctor has covered Mexico's 2006 election drama, along with elections in Nicaragua and the impact of the drug-trafficking on the region's democracies. He is a native of Los Angeles. EMAILThe bill passes 46 to 19 despite fierce PAN opposition. Backers say thousands of women's lives may be saved.
Authorities say it's the largest drug money haul in history and reflects a vast global trade. Gang said to supply U.S.
MEXICO | YUCATAN
Hurricane gains strength in Caribbean and heads toward Yucatan Peninsula. Tourists and residents leave Mayan Riviera, but brunt of storm might miss Cancun.
A new cocaine trade route to the U.S. cuts a path of corruption and bloodshed
The official count of votes in Mexico's increasingly fractious presidential election began today, with the two leading contenders separated by less than 0.6%.
Legalization of the procedure has meant a big change for pregnant women and girls. Antiabortion activists fear it will be legalized elsewhere.
Conservative candidate Felipe Calderon appeared close to victory today in Mexico's presidential election, but leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he would not yet concede defeat.
The U.S. import has caught on despite the Catholic Church's opposition. It adds a secular flavor to the solemn Day of the Dead.
MEXICO | BAJA CALIFORNIA
The development project has contaminated a freshwater aquifer and could further affect the wildlife habitat, activists say.
SOUTH AMERICA
The quake's magnitude is raised from 7.9 to 8.0. At least 450 people are killed and more than 1,500 injured.
COLUMN ONE
Despite being portrayed as hip gunslingers, the unskilled workers who toil for traffickers are an expendable lot who often die in obscurity.
MEXICO | FOREIGN BUREAU DISPATCH
Guelaguetza is usually a huge tourist draw for the Mexican state, but not this year. Governor joins 15,000 to celebrate as 30,000 foes demonstrate.
CENTRAL AMERICA & MEXICO
The hurricane first strikes sparsely populated territory along the Nicaraguan-Honduran border. Now it's heading toward populated areas inland, but it's also losing strength.
FIRST PERSON
It's a matter of survival in a metropolis where traffic laws have flown out the window.
Calderon picks his chief of staff for the top Cabinet post, a traditional springboard to the presidency.
The town of Tilaco is one of many that have a pilgrimage to honor the Virgin of Guadalupe. Sore muscles are a small price to pay.
In a wide-ranging interview, Felipe Calderon sees a better chance for immigrants to gain legal status in the next administration.
The poster child for immigration activists persuades Congress to ask the U.S. not to deport his mother, who's holed up in a Chicago church.