Mexicans

Five Canadians, two Mexicans dead in Cancun resort 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,…

Mexicans fear turf war after drug kingpin’s death (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Mexican federal police present two suspected members of the Los Zetas drug cartel and weapons confiscated during their capture at a news conference at the federal police center in Mexico City October 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mexican Federal Police/HandoutReuters - For Mexicans living in the battleground between two of the country’s biggest drug gangs, the threat of even worse violence is rising as the Zetas try to grab…

Vote shows Mexicans have little faith in any party (AP)

July 5th, 2010

People count votes during local elections in Ciudad Victoria in Tamaulipas state, Mexico, Sunday July 4, 2010.  A dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after a campaign marred by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels' power, including the killing of Rodolfo Torre, the PRI's candidate in Tamaulipas state whose brother ran in his place and won. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - After a Super Sunday of elections across Mexico that was widely seen as a test for the 2012 presidential race and the nation’s future, the winner turns out…

Mexicans vote elections besieged by drug violence (AP)

July 4th, 2010

A soldier, top left, stands guard inside the headquarters of the Tamaulipas state government in Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, Friday July 2, 2010. Mexico will hold local elections Sunday after the assassination of a gubernatorial candidate Rodolfo Torre, the Institutional Revolutionary Party's candidate for governor of Tamaulipas state.  (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - More than a dozen Mexican states held elections Sunday after campaigning besieged by assassinations and scandals that displayed drug cartels’ power. The party that ruled Mexico for 71…

Calderon defends drug war, many Mexicans skeptical (AP)

June 16th, 2010

Police officers stand in formation during a presentation of drug dealing suspects to the media in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Gunmen slaughter 19 men at a rehab clinic. Sixteen bodies are dumped in a northern city. Twelve police officers die in an ambush. Soldiers kill 15 gunmen outside…

FBI: Mexicans chased away US agents after shooting (AP)

June 10th, 2010

Relatives and friends of Anastasio Hernandez carry his casket towards a church before funeral services Wednesday, June 9, 2010 in San Diego. Hernandez died May 28 after being shocked by a stun gun during a fight with U.S. Border Patrol agents as they were escorting him to a border gate to return him to Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)AP - Pointing their rifles, Mexican security forces chased away U.S. authorities investigating the shooting of a 15-year-old Mexican by a U.S. Border Patrol agent on the banks of the…