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Five Canadians dead in Mexican hotel gas explosion (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Members of the Red Cross stand near a destroyed area after an explosion at a hotel in Cancun November 14, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - At least five Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion that ripped through the restaurant of a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast,…

Four Canadians dead in Mexican hotel gas explosion (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - At least four Canadian tourists and two workers were killed on Sunday in a gas explosion at a hotel on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, authorities said.

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Gunmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

President Barack Obama voiced support for Mexican President Felipe Calderon, pictured in September 2010, on Saturday in the wake of an operation in which a leader of one of Mexico's biggest drug cartels was killed in a shootout with soldiers.(AFP/File/Ronaldo Schemidt)Reuters - Rival gunmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Hitmen block roads after Mexican drug lord killed (Reuters)

November 6th, 2010

Navy marines walk behind an armored pick-up truck during a gunfight with alleged cartel members in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, Friday Nov. 5, 2010.  During the operation, Mexican marines killed reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, alias 'Tony Tormenta,' or 'Tony the Storm,' according to the Mexican navy.  (AP Photo/El Bravo de Matamoros)Reuters - Rival hitmen blocked roads near the U.S. border and strung up threatening banners on Saturday after marines killed one of Mexico’s top drug kingpins in a government crackdown…

Mexican hitmen kill 15 in latest massacre (Reuters)

October 27th, 2010

Relatives of 14 partygoers killed when gunmen broke into a home in Ciudad Juarez on October 23, cry during the funeral. Police found two headless corpses Tuesdasy linked to the massacre, amid drug violence that also killed a US citizen near a bridge to Texas.(AFP/File/Jesus Alcazar)Reuters - Suspected drug hitmen shot dead 15 people at a car wash in western Mexico on Wednesday, the third massacre in just a few days, putting new pressure on…

Gunbattles stir panic in 2 Mexican border cities (AP)

October 20th, 2010

Tonnes of marijuana are being incinerated at the military base Morelos in Tijuana October 20, 2010. Soldiers seized 134 tonnes of marijuana on Monday in Mexico's biggest-ever pot haul, the army said. Heavily armed soldiers raided a series of homes in a poor suburb of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, California, and came under fire at least once as they took the drugs, also arresting 11 suspected traffickers. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW SOCIETY)AP - Mexican soldiers battled gunmen in two cities across the border from Texas on Wednesday, prompting panicked parents to pull children from school and factories to warn workers to…

Mexican authorities seize 105 tons of marijuana (AP)

October 19th, 2010

A police officer guards packages of seized marijuana during a presentation for the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. On a conjoined operation with the army, local and state police seized 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana Monday, by far the biggest drug bust in the country in recent years. Eleven suspects were detained. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Mexican security forces seized at least 105 tons of U.S.-bound marijuana in the border city of Tijuana on Monday, by far the biggest pot bust in the country…

Mexican marine, 3 gunmen killed in shootout (AP)

October 15th, 2010

Forensic officers walk toward the crime scene after a shootout between unknown gunmen and soldiers on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, late Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010. According to the local media, at least five gunmen and a soldier were killed during the shootout. (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Mexican marines battled suspected drug cartel gunmen whose allies erected at least a dozen roadblocks in the northeastern city of Monterrey, authorities said Friday. One marine and three…

Mexican lake victim possibly mistaken for other (AP)

October 15th, 2010

AP - The American tourist who reportedly was shot and killed by Mexican pirates on a border lake may have been a victim of mistaken identity, a U.S. consulate official…

Mexican leader sends bill to disband local police (AP)

October 7th, 2010

A little girl cuts out a smiling sun during occupational therapy at the Ciudad Juarez branch of Mexico's DIF family development agency August 16, 2010. Neither Mexico's government nor the various independent groups studying organized crime keep track of the number of children dubbed AP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon has sent lawmakers a proposal to abolish Mexico’s notoriously corrupt and ineffective municipal police forces.


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