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Army, drug gangs battle in Mexico amid blockades (AP)

March 19th, 2010

Police stand next to a trailer truck that was stolen and then used as a barricade by gunmen in the city of San Nicolas on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico Friday March 19, 2010. Local authorities say suspected cartel gunmen stole vehicles and used them to blockade two roads leading out of Monterrey during the last two days in an apparent attempt to impede police or military patrols.(AP Photo)AP - A shootout in the northern city of Monterrey killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier Friday. Suspected gang members also blocked roads leading out of…

FBI: No evidence Mexico hit men targeted Americans (AP)

March 16th, 2010

A federal police officer stands outside the US Consulate where the US flag flies at half staff in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Monday, March 15, 2010.  U.S. and Mexican officials say they're looking into why a suspected drug gang ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate on Saturday, killing an American couple and a Mexican man.  (AP Photo/Miguel Tovar)AP - Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties…

Investigators seek motive in 3 slayings in Mexico (AP)

March 15th, 2010

Soldiers patrol a crime scene where a crashed car sits in Ciudad Juarez, Sunday, March 14, 2010.  A U.S. consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office.  (AP Photo)AP - The two families climbed into white SUVs and almost simultaneously left the children’s birthday party put on by the U.S. consulate. One headed deeper into one of the…

New border violence erupts with Mexico cartel rift (AP)

March 13th, 2010

AP - This border city and others near the eastern end of the U.S. border escaped the worst of Mexico’s bloody drug war for years, but now the bodies are…

8 youths die in attack on party in western Mexico (AP)

March 13th, 2010

Mexican Navy Marines escort an injured man after he was detained at a clinic during an operation on the outskirts of the northern city of Monterrey, Mexico, Friday March 12, 2010. According to local media, the Navy detained six men and a woman at the clinic, where they were recovering from wounds allegedly suffered during a gun battle against federal forces at a highway a day earlier.(AP Photo)AP - Gunmen burst into a party in western Mexico and killed eight youths and left another person wounded on Friday.


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In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings (AP)

March 11th, 2010

Gay couples kiss after getting married at City Hall in Mexico City, Thursday, March 11, 2010. The couples wed under Latin America's first law that explicitly approves gay marriage. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - Two glowing brides in matching white gowns and four other same-sex couples made history in Mexico City on Thursday as they wed under Latin America’s first law that…

Lawyers in Mexico church sex abuse case resign (AP)

March 8th, 2010

AP - A Mexican lawyer said Monday he has resigned from handling the case of a woman and her sons who claim the males were sexually abused as boys by…