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Mexican union reform effort stays alive -- for now
World NowA dramatic vote in the Mexican senate has kept alive a plan to reform this country’s corrupt and politically-powerful unions, despite opponents’ attempts to smother the idea in the legislature. But the senators' move late Tuesday could also... -
Mexico captures top Zetas drug lord, in major blow to cartel
World NowMexico's navy has captured Ivan Velazquez Caballero, a.k.a. "Zeta-50," a top leader of a faction of the recently divided Zetas drug cartel, in an operation in the city of San Luis Potosi.... -
Mexican officials capture key lieutenant of Sinaloa drug cartel
World NowA drug capo described by Mexican officials as "one of the most important lieutenants" for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the fugitive leader of the Sinaloa cartel, has been captured, the defense ministry announced Sunday. Jesus Alfredo Salazar Ramirez,... -
Take the high road in Mexico
At the beginning of May, with a couple of months to go until the Mexican elections, I interviewed Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the presidential candidate of the leftist Democratic Revolutionary Party. We spoke for more than an hour, most of which he...
Tags: Univision (tv network), Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Communist Party of China, Politics, Voting
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Mexican prosecutors charge top army officers in drug case
World NowMEXICO CITY — The Mexican attorney general’s office has formally charged an active-duty general and three retired high-ranking army officials for their alleged involvement in the drug trade, another bleak reminder of the corruption threat... -
Dozens dead in attacks in Acapulco, San Luis Potosi, Mexico City
World NowFourteen bodies were found in a truck Thursday in the state of San Luis Potosi, at least 16 people have been killed since Sunday in the port of Acapulco, and 12 others were reported killed in 24 hours in metropolitan Mexico City. The string of bloody... -
Surge in violence in Mexico's drug war? Figures are inconclusive
World NowA recent string of deadly incidents tied to Mexico's drug war does not appear to indicate a "spike" in the violence, but does suggest that a new flashpoint has opened as the fearsome Zetas cartel shows signs of splitting apart.... -
Mexico drug war displaces families in Sinaloa highlands
CULIACAN, Mexico — For generations, the extended Hernandez family tended fields of marijuana high in Sinaloa's western Sierra Madre highlands. They sold their crops to representatives of the Sinaloa cartel for a fraction of what the drug would...
Tags: Politics, Government, United Nations, Mario Lopez, Mexico
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Mexico's PRI falls short of congressional majority in vote count
World NowMexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto's party has fallen short of an absolute majority in Congress, election officials said Tuesday, complicating his ability to push through reforms and likely forcing him to negotiate with opposition politicians.... -
Sinaloa cartel, Zetas push Mexico's drug violence to new depths
CULIACAN, Mexico — The cartel henchman nicknamed "El Loco" was reported behind the latest atrocity in Mexico's ever-more-depraved drug war: mutilating 49 people and piling their bodies — heads, hands and feet missing — by the side of a...
Tags: Human Rights, Politics, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Murder
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Mexico City's new subway line alters transit map
World NowA new subway line inaugurated by the mayor and Mexico's president. opened to the public Tuesday in what leaders called the most significant and complex public-works project in recent Mexican history. The new Line 12, or Gold Line, cost about $1.8... -
Mexico signs anti-piracy treaty, setting up battle with activists
World NowMEXICO CITY -- Mexico this week quietly signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, a controversial multinational treaty that sponsors say protects intellectual property but opponents call an assault on privacy and freedom of expression....
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