Articles tagged with mexican
Wed, May 23, 2012
U.S. seeks to seize property of ex-Mexican official
By Jim Forsyth and Jared Taylor
(Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday moved to seize millions of dollars' worth of real estate in Texas ...
Fri, May 18, 2012
Bride's suspected killer may have fled to U.S.-Mexican border
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A man suspected of killing his newlywed bride near Chicago and leaving her in a bathtub in the ...
Tue, May 15, 2012
Mexican divers hope to put one over Chinese
By Carlos Calvi
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico is counting on the youthful energy and ambition of teenager Carolina Mendoza to complement the experience of ...
Mon, May 14, 2012
Mexican couple admit to 27,000-round ammo cache in Texas
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Two illegal immigrants pleaded guilty in Texas on Monday to possessing 27,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition ...
Sun, May 13, 2012
Forty-nine headless corpses found in Mexico
By Luis Ochoa
CADEREYTA JIMENEZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway near Mexico's northern city of ...
Mon, May 07, 2012
Playboy model steals the show at Mexican election debate
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's electoral authority apologized to voters on Monday after a sober presidential debate was upstaged by a former Playboy model ...
Thu, May 03, 2012
Two Mexican journalists found dismembered in eastern Mexico
By Ioan Grillo
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The mutilated corpses of two Mexican photographers were found on Thursday by police in the eastern state of ...
Wed, May 02, 2012
Sofia Vergara bares breasts for Mexican GQ
From WENN.com
The Colombian-born beauty stripped down to a sheer blouse for the photoshoot, leaving little to the imagination and exposing her nipples ...
Mon, April 30, 2012
Former Mexican state treasurer target of U.S. money: laundering probe
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Investigators have moved to seize millions in assets from a former Mexican state treasurer and fugitive under investigation ...
Thu, April 26, 2012
Walmex says working with Mexican authorities
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Wal-Mart de Mexico
Tue, April 24, 2012
Mexican states say no plans to probe Wal-Mart allegations
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Nearly half of Mexico's state prosecuting authorities said on Tuesday they had no immediate plans to investigate allegations of corruption ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Mexican immigration to U.S. at a standstill: report
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The flow of immigrants into the United States from Mexico has come to a standstill and may have reversed ...
Mon, April 23, 2012
Mexican immigration to U.S. at a standstill: report
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The flow of immigrants into the United States from Mexico has come to a standstill and may have reversed ...
Sat, April 21, 2012
Wal-Mart silenced Mexican bribe inquiry
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc, the world's largest retailer, squelched an internal investigation into allegations of bribery at its Mexican subsidiary ...
Sun, April 15, 2012
Mexican cartels trick border crossers into being drug mules
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - The Mexican help wanted ads offer a quick $500 for a simple job - drive a car into ...
Fri, April 13, 2012
Mexican drug cartel leader sent to prison in Colorado
By Robert Boczkiewicz
DENVER (Reuters) - The leader of a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Friday to more than 22 years in prison by ...
Fri, March 30, 2012
Mexican presidential favorite vows to restore peace
By Anahi Rama
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican presidential front-runner Enrique Pena Nieto vowed to quell the growing violence engulfing his country as the campaign ...
Mon, March 26, 2012
Actress Rodriguez: 'I was perfect pick for Ferrell's Mexican movie'
The actress spent her first six years in showbusiness working on telenovelas, and she's convinced her resume helped her land the role in ...
Fri, March 23, 2012
Pope condemns drug trade, corruption in Mexico
By Philip Pullella and Miguel Gutierrez
LEON, Mexico (Reuters) - Pope Benedict at a huge outdoor Mass on Sunday condemned drug trafficking and corruption in ...
Mon, March 12, 2012
Mexico's Slim aims for U.S. Internet TV in 3rd quarter
By Cyntia Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is financing an Internet TV network that will include an interview show with former ...
Sun, March 04, 2012
No clear future for Mexican private broadband plan
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A lack of agreement between media company MVS and the Mexican government over how to unlock a private broadband project is ...
Sat, March 03, 2012
"Sleeping Mexican" proposed mural draws TX protest
By JIM FORSYTH
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A proposed mural of a sleeping, sombrero-topped Mexican man has created a cultural minefield in South Texas ...
Wed, February 08, 2012
Texans sentenced for buying guns for Mexican cartel
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Nine Texas men and women have been sentenced to prison for purchasing firearms for Mexico's Los Zetas ...
Tue, February 07, 2012
Obama campaign returning funds tied to Mexican fugitive
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is returning more than $200,000 in donations from the family of a fugitive casino magnate ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot
(Reuters) - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by ...
Wed, February 01, 2012
Mexican frontrunner favors local investors in telecom
By Ana Isabel Martinez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The favorite to win Mexico's presidential election this July said on Wednesday the country must favor ...
Tue, January 31, 2012
Police nab Mexican drug boat north of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police seized a motorboat packed with more than a ton of marijuana north of Los Angeles and arrested three Mexican men ...
Fri, January 27, 2012
Hacker group Anonymous targets Mexican websites
By Lizbeth Diaz
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The activist hacker group Anonymous attacked three Mexican government websites on Friday in protest at a proposed bill ...
Wed, January 04, 2012
Police nab Mexican drug boat north of LA, arrest 10
(Reuters) - Police seized a Mexican motorboat loaded with more than a ton of marijuana north of Los Angeles early on Wednesday and arrested 10 ...
Fri, December 30, 2011
Mexican candidate sees possible Pemex listing
By Dave Graham and Miguel Angel Gutierrez
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A leading presidential candidate of Mexico's ruling conservatives raised the possibility on Thursday ...
Wed, December 28, 2011
Logo on boxer's shorts trips up Mexican party
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A federal court in Mexico has annulled a local election defeat for President Felipe Calderon's conservatives partly because of advertising ...
Fri, December 23, 2011
Hornets sign Mexican Gustavo Ayon
(Reuters) - Gustavo Ayon has signed a contract with the New Orleans Hornets, becoming just the third Mexican-born player to compete in the National Basketball ...
Mon, November 28, 2011
Mexican truck driver jailed in drug tunnel conspiracy
SAN DIEGO, California (Reuters) - A U.S. judge jailed a Mexican truck driver for 15 years and 8 months on Monday for his role ...
Thu, November 17, 2011
Branson's Virgin eyes Mexican phone market
(Reuters) - Richard Branson's Virgin group has got the green light to tap mobile phone services in Mexico, a market with high penetration that ...
Tue, September 27, 2011
Mexican social media boom draws drug cartel attacks
NUEVO LAREDO, Mexico (Reuters) - Maria Macias used the Internet to denounce the brutality of local drugs lords in this Mexican border city until they ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Power restored in Southwest, Mexico after outage
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Power was restored on Friday to some 7 million people plunged into darkness by a blackout, blamed partly ...
Thu, September 08, 2011
Family of slain Mexican immigrant wins settlement
By Brad Poole
TUCSON, Ariz (Reuters) - The family of a Mexican illegal immigrant shot dead after he crossed the Arizona-Mexico border has accepted an ...
Tue, August 30, 2011
Second Mexican journalist wins U.S. asylum bid
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A Mexican television cameraman who was kidnapped by a drug cartel in northern Mexico last year has been granted political ...
Thu, August 25, 2011
FDA blocks Mexican papayas for salmonella link
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health regulators said they will block all Mexican papayas at the border unless importers can prove they are not contaminated with salmonella ...
Sun, August 21, 2011
Mustangs play growing role in hunt for Mexican smugglers
By Brad Poole
WILLCOX, Ariz (Reuters) - Sturdy, highly strung mustangs from wild herds in the Rocky Mountains are playing a growing role as the ...
Thu, August 18, 2011
California Iraqi-Mexican crime ring busted, police say
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in southern California have arrested 60 people and broken up an Iraqi criminal ring accused of selling drugs, machine guns ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
U.S. returns 33 Mexican troops who strayed into Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors returned 33 Mexican soldiers on Tuesday who inadvertently crossed over the Rio Grande river ...
Wed, July 27, 2011
U.S. returns 33 Mexican troops who strayed into Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspectors returned 33 Mexican soldiers on Tuesday who inadvertently crossed over the Rio Grande river ...
Tue, July 26, 2011
Guns from U.S. sting found at Mexican crime scenes
By Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 122 firearms from a botched U.S. undercover operation have been found at crime scenes in Mexico ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
Special report: New Mexican TV probe hits embattled Slim
By Patrick Rucker and Elinor Comlay
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - First they handed him a record fine. Then they denied him a television license. Now ...
Tue, July 12, 2011
23 indicted in $36 million Mexican drug cartel smuggling
By Keith Coffman
DENVER (Reuters) - A Colorado grand jury has indicted 23 people allegedly linked to the Los Zetas drug cartel in connection with ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Government asks Texas to halt Mexican's death sentence
By Andrew Quinn and Jeremy Pelofsky
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has called on Texas to delay the execution this week of a ...
Tue, July 05, 2011
Drug war bodies expose flaws in Mexican forensics
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Alejandro Espinoza knew his brother and nephew were dead when he saw the photo in the newspaper, their ...
Sat, July 02, 2011
Texas warns against travel to Mexican border town
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The state of Texas warned U.S. citizens on Saturday to stay away from the border town of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Mexican smuggler gets life in prison for killing agent
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Mexican drug trafficker to life in jail for killing a ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
Mexican trafficker gets life in prison for killing agent
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday sentenced a Mexican drug trafficker to life in jail for killing a U.S. Border ...
Fri, July 01, 2011
U.N. asks Texas to commute Mexican's death sentence
By Stephanie Nebehay
GENEVA (Reuters) - The top U.N. human rights official urged the governor of Texas on Friday to call off the execution ...
Thu, June 23, 2011
Mexican killed by U.S. agent trying to cross border
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot dead a Mexican man on the California-Mexico border, U.S. and Mexican authorities ...
Wed, June 22, 2011
U.S. border agent shoots Mexican border crosser
SAN DIEGO, Calif (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent shot dead a Mexican man on the California-Mexico border, U.S. and Mexican authorities ...
Tue, June 21, 2011
Arizona sheriff blames Mexican smugglers some fires
By Tim Gaynor
PALOMINAS, Ariz (Reuters) - Two Arizona wildfires that have scorched a quarter-million acres combined and destroyed dozens of homes just north of ...
Fri, June 17, 2011
U.S. to keep troops at Mexican border until September 30
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Friday that it will keep National Guard troops on the border with Mexico at least through ...
Thu, June 09, 2011
Mexican official challenges Texas travel warnings
By Karen Brooks
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Texas state government warnings to Americans about travel to Mexico are "ludicrous," "misinformed," and may damage the country ...
Fri, June 03, 2011
Mexican drug war scares U.S. teens off smuggling
By Tim Gaynor
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Police in the U.S. border city of El Paso can thank criminals in Mexico for ridding ...
Thu, June 02, 2011
Mexican teens turn to kidnapping in drug war city
By Julian Cardona
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - School dropout Toby was just 15 when he and his friends started kidnapping businessmen, truck drivers and ...
Tue, May 31, 2011
Mexican drug link probed in ambush murder of Texas lawman
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The death of a Bexar County sheriff's sergeant who died in a hail of gunfire as he sat in his ...
Fri, May 20, 2011
Mexican drug cartel boss caught at birthday party
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police said on Friday they captured a suspected drug kingpin from the Gulf drug cartel during what authorities believe was ...
Tue, May 10, 2011
Chipotle rejects Mexican passport as ID: lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, which has fired roughly 500 undocumented workers as a result of immigration audits, was ...
Fri, May 06, 2011
Mexican charged in murder of U.S. border patrol agent
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Mexican man who crossed into the United States illegally has been indicted for second-degree murder in the shooting death of a ...
Tue, May 03, 2011
U.S. should legalize drugs, says former Mexican president Fox
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Former Mexican President Vicente Fox said this week that the only way to end the drug violence plaguing ...
Thu, April 28, 2011
Mexican minors crossing U.S. border at risk: study
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Thousands of unaccompanied children caught crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico are at risk of abuse despite ...
Fri, April 22, 2011
U.S. warns on travel to five more Mexican states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department on Friday broadened its travel warning on Mexico to include parts of five additional states, including a ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Owners of Mexican restaurants face immigration charges
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The owners of a regional Mexican restaurant chain have been indicted on immigration and tax evasion charges as part ...
Wed, April 20, 2011
Owners of Mexican restaurants face immigration charges
By Tim Gaynor
PHOENIX (Reuters) - The owners of a regional Mexican restaurant chain have been indicted on immigration and tax evasion charges as part ...
Tue, April 12, 2011
Jury convicts Mexican trafficker of agent's murder
By Marty Graham
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A federal jury on Tuesday found a Mexican drug trafficker guilty of second degree murder for killing a ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Texas prosecutor's death was suicide: Mexican official
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Autopsy results show a South Texas prosecutor killed himself by ingesting poison over the weekend in Mexico, according to the Mexican ...
Tue, March 22, 2011
Texas prosecutor's death was suicide: Mexican officials
By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Tex (Reuters) - Autopsy results show a South Texas prosecutor killed himself by ingesting poison over the weekend in Mexico, according ...
Thu, March 17, 2011
Mexican legal film allowed to return to cinemas
Presumed Guilty focuses on a pair of lawyers who battle to free a man they believe is wrongly convicted of murder, and features officials ...
Wed, March 09, 2011
Mexican gang members charged in U.S. consulate murders
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities accused 10 alleged Mexican gang members of murdering two Americans and a Mexican man who had ties to the ...
Sun, March 06, 2011
Mexican trucks ready to cross into U.S. territory
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Sunday it expects its first truck to cross into U.S. territory in about four months, a move ...
Thu, March 03, 2011
Police link Arizona beheading to Mexican drug cartel
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police have tied the October beheading of a man in a Phoenix suburb to Mexican drug cartels, saying it was rare for ...
Sun, February 27, 2011
Ferrer outlasts Almagro to retain Mexican Open title
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - World number six David Ferrer successfully defended his Mexican Open title with a three-set victory over fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in ...
Wed, February 23, 2011
Men get prison sentence in Mexican immigrant death
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday sentenced two men to nine years each in prison for roles in the death ...
Sat, February 19, 2011
Mexican army to increase border presence: president
REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - The Mexican army will strengthen its presence on the northern border used by drug smugglers, President Felipe Calderon said on Saturday ...
Mon, February 14, 2011
Top Gear Mexican jibes cut from U.S. version
Presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May came under fire from London's Mexican ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora after making jibes about his ...
Thu, February 10, 2011
Tyson Foods to pay $5.2 mln over Mexican case
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. meat producer Tyson Foods Inc said it will pay $4 million to the U.S. Justice Department and $1.2 ...
Wed, February 09, 2011
Coogan slams Top Gear hosts after Mexican remarks
The British funnyman was stunned to see hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May make the rude comments during a programme broadcast in ...
Mon, February 07, 2011
Superman producer Salkind found in Mexican hospital
Ilya Salkind, 63, flew to his native Mexico City recently to oversee work on a property he inherited from his late mother.
Reports suggest ...
Fri, February 04, 2011
Mexican ambassador complains over Top Gear
Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora was riled by comments made by hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May during an installment which was broadcast ...
Mon, January 31, 2011
U.S. warns Mexican cartels on cross-border violence
By Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday warned Mexico's drug cartels that any attempt to bring ...
Sat, January 29, 2011
Three Mexican murder suspects turn themselves in
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Three Mexican men wanted for murdering a U.S. teenager turned themselves in at an Arizona border crossing point on Saturday, U ...
Fri, January 21, 2011
U.S. court hears Mexican reporter's asylum bid
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist who fled what he said was persecution by the Mexican army began his bid for asylum at ...
Mon, January 17, 2011
Parents of dead Mexican teenager sue U.S. government
By Jim Forsyth
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (Reuters) - The parents of a Mexican teenager allegedly killed last year by a bullet fired by a U ...
Fri, January 14, 2011
U.S. to end "virtual" fence on Mexican border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's administration plans to pull the plug on the troubled "virtual fence" that was meant to better guard stretches ...
Fri, December 17, 2010
Small Mexican drone crashes in Texas, no injuries
By Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera
EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - A small unmanned Mexican drone has crashed near El Paso triggering an investigation by U.S. federal ...
Tue, November 30, 2010
Correction: Mexican troops find 18 bodies near U.S. border
(Clarifies that Palomas is across from Columbus, New Mexico, not the Big Bend National Park in Texas)
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers found ...
Mon, November 29, 2010
Four years on, drug war bleeds Mexican heartland
By Michael O'Boyle and Miguel Angel Gutierrez
MORELIA, Michoacan (Reuters) - A four-year army crackdown in Mexico's methamphetamine-producing heartland has provoked a dizzying ...
Sat, November 27, 2010
Doubts rise over release of Mexican politician
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Diego Fernandez de Cevallos, a prominent former Mexican presidential candidate, remains missing after being kidnapped in May, a government official told ...
Sat, November 06, 2010
Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines ...
Wed, October 27, 2010
Mexican hitmen kill 15 in latest massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen shot dead 15 people at a car wash in western Mexico on Wednesday, the third massacre in just ...
Fri, October 22, 2010
Mexican agents trained in U.S. to fight drug gangs
By Harriet McLeod
NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Twenty-four Mexican customs agents completed a 10-week training course in South Carolina on Friday, the first ...
Tue, October 19, 2010
Mexican Ochoa to receive Bob Jones sportsmanship award
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former women's world number one Lorena Ochoa will receive the 2011 Bob Jones Award in recognition of her distinguished sportsmanship ...
Mon, October 18, 2010
At least 19 killed in fiery Mexican bus crash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed in central Mexico on Monday when a bus crashed into a truck and burst into ...
Thu, October 14, 2010
Drug gangs threaten Mexican mining industry
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mining firms have shuttered a handful of exploration projects in remote areas of Mexico as the industry grapples ...
Tue, October 12, 2010
Paula strengthens into hurricane off Mexican coast
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Paula strengthened into a hurricane on Tuesday as it moved northwest toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, the U.S. National ...
Fri, September 24, 2010
Suspected hitmen shoot another Mexican mayor
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen shot and critically wounded a mayor-elect in Mexico on Friday, the second attack on a public official ...
Wed, September 22, 2010
Threatened Mexican journalist granted U.S. asylum
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican journalist threatened by drug gangs said on Tuesday he had been granted political asylum in the United States ...
Fri, September 17, 2010
Dozens killed in Mexican drug shootouts: reports
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed 22 suspected drug gunmen in a two-hour firefight on Wednesday night, local media reported on Thursday.
The gun ...
Mon, September 13, 2010
Mexican marines capture top drug lieutenant
By Adriana Barrera
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican marines captured a top lieutenant of a leading drug cartel on Sunday, officials said, as authorities intensified ...
Wed, September 08, 2010
Seven Mexican gunmen arrested in migrant massacre
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican authorities arrested seven suspected drug cartel members believed to have killed 72 migrants heading to the United States, in what ...
Sat, September 04, 2010
Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for ...
Fri, September 03, 2010
Four Mexican politicians die in plane crash
OAXACA, Mexico (Reuters) - Two members of Mexico's Congress and two local politicians were killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a ...
Sun, August 29, 2010
Hitmen kill Mexican mayor in drug war state
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen killed the mayor of a small town in northern Mexico on Sunday in a region where two car ...
Fri, August 27, 2010
U.S. staff told to send children out of Mexican city
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - The U.S. government told staff at its consulate in Monterrey to send their children out of the northern Mexican city ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Mexican troops hunt killers of 72 migrants
By Henry Romero
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican troops fanned out in the remote countryside near the Texas border on Thursday as they hunted ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Mexican actress accused of 'Green Card marriage'
Officials pounced on the pair after Drag Me to Hell star Romero's ex-boyfriend exposed the alleged scam marriage to U.S. authorities, reports ...
Thu, August 26, 2010
Mexican beauty lands Miss Universe title
Jimena Navarrete won a one-year scholarship to the New York Film Academy, a luxury Big Apple apartment, jewellery, clothing and footwear gifts and an ...
Wed, August 25, 2010
Drug hitmen dump 72 bodies at Mexican ranch
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican marines found 72 corpses at a remote ranch near the U.S. border, the Mexican navy said ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Ancient human skeleton removed from Mexican cave
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The remains of a prehistoric child were removed from an underwater cave in Mexico four years after divers stumbled upon the ...
Tue, August 24, 2010
Mexican woman wins Miss Universe contest
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jimena Navarrete, a 22-year-old model from Mexico, was named Miss Universe in Las Vegas on Monday, extending Latin America's domination ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Mexican butterflies threatened by severe storms
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fabled monarch butterflies are facing a new threat from severe storms that have devastated some sanctuary forests in Mexico, conservation groups ...
Mon, August 16, 2010
Drug hitmen kidnap Mexican mayor near U.S. border
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen have abducted the mayor of a tourist town near Mexico's northern city of Monterrey ...
Thu, August 05, 2010
Black versus Mexican conflict has New York City worried
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A wave of attacks by black youths against Mexican immigrants has provoked a police show of force and ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
Mexican army kills kingpin in drug war coup
By Alberto Fajardo
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican soldiers killed drug boss Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel on Thursday, the first major triumph this year for President ...
Thu, July 29, 2010
California pot sweep linked to Mexican drug cartels
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California authorities said on Thursday they have made dozens of arrests and destroyed marijuana plants worth billions of dollars on farms ...
Wed, July 28, 2010
Drug hitmen kidnap four Mexican journalists: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen have kidnapped four Mexican journalists who were reporting on organized crime in northern Mexico, the latest attempt by ...
Fri, July 02, 2010
Six killed as Alex floods major Mexican city
By Robin Emmott and Gabriela Lopez
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Intense rain from Hurricane Alex shut down Mexico's richest city, Monterrey, on Friday, as ...
Sun, June 27, 2010
Mexican players protest Argentina opener
By Kevin Fylan
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Argentina took the lead in Sunday's World Cup second round game at Soccer City with a controversial Carlos ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
Hurricanes Darby, Celia move away from Mexican coast
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Darby moved further away from Mexican coasts on Friday and was expected to lose more speed over the weekend, the ...
Fri, June 25, 2010
Hurricane Darby a major storm in Mexican Pacific
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Darby strengthened in the eastern Pacific off Mexico on Friday but was expected to move farther away from land and ...
Fri, June 11, 2010
U.S.-born "Barbie" drug lord takes on Mexican army
By Anahi Rama
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A U.S.-born drug lord nicknamed "La Barbie" for his blond hair and blue eyes is battling ...
Thu, June 10, 2010
U.S. arrests over 400 in Mexican drug cartel sweep
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 400 people accused of having ties to trafficking for Mexican drug cartels were arrested in 16 U.S. states on ...
Sun, May 23, 2010
Arizona border businesses lose key Mexican clients
By Tim Gaynor
NOGALES, Arizona (Reuters) - Adalberto Lopez' family-run musical instrument shop in the bustling Arizona border city of Nogales sells guitars and accordions ...
Thu, May 20, 2010
Mexican Prez Scolds Congress on Guns, Immigration
WASHINGTON D.C. (WTAQ) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon is asking the U.S. to get a handle on guns. Addressing a joint meeting of ...
Sat, May 15, 2010
Key Mexican ruling party politician feared dead
By Mica Rosenberg
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A major figure in Mexican President Felipe Calderon's conservative party was missing and feared dead on Saturday ...
Thu, May 13, 2010
Police detain wife of top Mexican drug lord: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican police have detained a woman said to be the wife of drug trafficker Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman, in the government's ...
Tue, April 27, 2010
U.S. breaks up Mexican drug ring, arrests 34
PHOENIX (Reuters) - U.S. police arrested 34 people and broke up a drug smuggling network that hauled at least 20 tons of marijuana over ...
Fri, April 09, 2010
Mexican acts line up for Vive Grupero festival
By Ayala Ben-Yehuda
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Outside of charity events, convincing an established musician to play a festival for free would seem like a ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
Chieftains' new album explores Irish-Mexican ties
By Leila Cobo
MIAMI (Billboard) - The musical border between Latin and Irish culture has been crossed often by artists from both sides of the ...
Sun, April 04, 2010
Mexican cartels cannot be defeated, drug lord says
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's war on the drug trade is futile even if cartel bosses are caught or killed as millions of people ...
Wed, March 03, 2010
Accused Mexican drug trafficker extradited to U.S.
DENVER (Reuters) - A Mexican accused of being a major supplier of cocaine to the United States has been extradited to Colorado to face narcotics ...
Tue, February 23, 2010
U.S. warns about travel to two more Mexican states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department issued an updated travel alert for Mexico on Monday, adding Durango and Coahuila to a list of ...
Tue, February 09, 2010
Luxury Mexican drug rehab clinic lures U.S. addicts
By Robin Emmott
MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican entrepreneur is luring U.S. drug addicts to plush rehabilitation centers south of the border, even ...
Tue, January 12, 2010
Mexican tycoon Slim's telecom empire loses luster
By Noel Randewich
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican icon Carlos Slim may be one of the world's two richest men, but his telecommunications empire ...
Mon, January 11, 2010
Mel Gibson movie relocates Mexican inmates
By John Hecht
MEXICO CITY (Hollywood Reporter) - More than 200 inmates in the Mexican city of Veracruz have been transferred to alternate prisons so ...
Sun, January 10, 2010
Mexican tycoon Slim's telecom empire loses luster
By Noel Randewich
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican icon Carlos Slim may be one of the world's two richest men, but his telecommunications empire ...
Thu, December 31, 2009
Diabetes on the rise among older Mexican Americans
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The percentage of Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes, the kind closely linked to obesity, has nearly doubled since 1993 ...
Thu, December 03, 2009
U.S. freezes assets linked to Mexican drug gang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has frozen the U.S.-based assets of 22 individuals and 10 companies linked to one of Mexico's ...
Mon, November 16, 2009
Mexican international De Nigris dies in Greece
By Graham Wood
ATHENS (Reuters) - Mexican international Antonio de Nigris has died of a suspected heart attack, his club Larissa confirmed on Monday.
The ...
Sat, October 31, 2009
Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gunmen killed fifteen people on an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, including a prominent farmworker leader, in the latest grisly attack ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
U.S. arrests 300 in raids on Mexican drug cartel
By Tabassum Zakaria
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement agencies arrested 303 people in 19 states over the past two days in the largest ...
Thu, October 22, 2009
U.S. sanctions six persons tied to Mexican drug gang
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday blacklisted six people and one company it said were tied to the Tijuana drug cartel ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Mexican drug hitmen behead 10, chop up bodies
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Drug hitmen beheaded 10 rivals, chopped up their bodies and left them in plastic bags on an isolated road in western ...
Fri, October 16, 2009
Many Mexican migrants stay put in U.S. despite crisis
By Patrick Rucker
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican workers in the United States have lost jobs and faced a crackdown on illegal immigration but are ...
Wed, September 09, 2009
Religious fanatic briefly hijacks Mexican plane
By Anahi Rama and Jason Lange
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Bolivian-born man clutching a Bible and claiming a divine mission hijacked a plane in ...
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