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Police testing in Mexico inspires little confidence
GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Guadalajara police commander Juan Carlos Martinez took Mexico's national police vetting exam in April 2012. He failed. But no one in government would tell him why. A few months later, he received a phone call from a man...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Civil Rights, Blackmail and Extortion, Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico
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Obama, visiting Mexico, shifts focus from drug war
MEXICO CITY — Against the backdrop of a deadly drug war and shifting security cooperation, President Obama joined his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, here Thursday to promote economic integration, trade and jobs. The two leaders sought to...
Tags: Restraint of Trade, Civil Rights, Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control
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Obama welcome in Mexico City; his entourage, not so much
This post has been updated. See below. MEXICO CITY — President Obama arrived for his two-day diplomatic mission to Mexico on Thursday afternoon with a 54% favorability rating among Mexicans, according to one national poll [link in Spanish]....
Tags: National Government, Mexico, Mexico City, Government, Barack Obama
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A Mexican father's plea to two presidents
President Obama has much to discuss with Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, when they meet in Mexico City this week. No issue, however, is more urgent than the search for peace, justice and dignity for and between our peoples. For seven years,...
Tags: Restraint of Trade, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Mexico, Mexico City
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Mexican columnists ponder Obama visit, wisdom of drug war
MEXICO CITY — When President Obama arrives in Mexico on Thursday, he and his Mexican counterpart, Enrique Peña Nieto, are expected to focus on economic issues. But in the Mexican press, many columnists this week have been more interested in...
Tags: National Government, Human Rights, Mexico, Mexico City, Government
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Activists urge Obama to speak out on Mexico's human rights record
MEXICO CITY -- Activists are attempting to spotlight human rights issues during President Obama's visit this week to Mexico, urging him to publicly condemn what they describe as Mexico’s abysmal record of torture, killings and forced...
Tags: Civil Rights, U.S. Embassy, Career and Workplace, Blackmail and Extortion, Crime, Law and Justice
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President Obama's Mexico visit comes with backdrop of uncertainty
WASHINGTON — President Obama travels to Mexico this week amid signs that the relationship between the United States and its southern neighbor's new government faces a new period of uncertainty after years of unprecedented closeness forged by the...
Tags: Woodrow Wilson, Mexico, Central Intelligence Agency, Mexico City, Government
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The Week Ahead: A king at last, Obama to Mexico, Malaysia divided
A man takes charge in the House of Orange-Nassau Tuesday, April 30 -– Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands becomes king, the first male head of state in 123 years. The 46-year-old heir to the throne will inherit the crown, scepter and...
Tags: Racism, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Government, Immigration Reform Legislation (2013), Barack Obama
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Mexican prison melee leaves 11 dead, dozens injured
MEXICO CITY — A massive early-morning prison brawl Saturday in the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosi left 11 inmates dead and more than 65 wounded, officials said, the latest in a string of violent episodes that have plagued this country&...
Tags: Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Mexico, Organized Crime
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Another domino in Mexico's collapsing drug prosecutions
MEXICO CITY — Gen. Tomas Angeles Dauahare, who once held the plum post of military attache to the Mexican Embassy in Washington, was rumored to be the next defense minister of Mexico. Until that day in May last year when he and three other top...
Tags: Crimes, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, WikiLeaks, Mexico
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Mexico's Operation Cleanup has been a mess
MEXICO CITY — Operation Cleanup was a showcase effort to stamp out corruption within Mexico's elite organized-crime bureau. Twenty-five top law-enforcement officials were arrested in the weeks after the operation was launched in 2008, most accused...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Mexico, Prosecution
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Mexico counts 26,121 missing during Calderon era
MEXICO CITY — The number of people who went missing in Mexico during the six years of former President Felipe Calderon’s administration stands at 26,121, government officials said Tuesday, a figure that would rank among the worst episodes of...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Civil Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, International Law, Human Rights
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