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Weeks of rains leave thousands homeless in Mexico (AP)

September 8th, 2010

People use make-shift boats to cross a flooded avenue in Villahermosa in Mexico's Tabasco state, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010.  Weeks of torrential rains have unleashed flooding in huge swaths of southern Mexico, forcing tens of thousands of people from their homes. (AP Photo/America Rocio)AP - Tens of thousands of people have abandoned their homes across southern Mexico to escape flooding from weeks of torrential rains, and forecasts are predicting even more rainfall.


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Tropical Storm Hermine makes landfall in Mexico (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Tropical storm Hermine is seen in this satellite image courtesy of the National Hurricane Center. REUTERS/National Hurricane Center/HandoutAP - Tropical Storm Hermine slammed into Mexico’s northern Gulf coast near the U.S. border late Monday with winds of 60 mph (95 kph), lashing Mexico and southern Texas with…

Soldiers fire on family’s car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP)

September 6th, 2010

A family member holds a photograph of Alejandro Leon Castellanos, 15, who died when soldiers opened fire on the family vehicle, at the family home on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Sept. 6, 2010.  Soldiers apparently shot at the car when the driver failed to stop at the checkpoint Sunday on the highway from the northeastern city of Monterrey to Laredo, Texas, according to state authorities. Castellanos' father Vicente Leon Ramirez also died in the shooting.  (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family’s car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.


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Hurricane watch issued for coasts of Mexico, Texas (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Tropical storm Hermine is seen in this satellite image courtesy of the National Hurricane Center. REUTERS/National Hurricane Center/HandoutAP - Mexican authorities opened shelters and warned people to watch out for mudslides Monday as Tropical Storm Hermine approached the northeastern border with Texas, the second major storm to…

El Salvador: 3rd migrant survived Mexico massacre (AP)

September 6th, 2010

Relatives of Armando Nieto carry his photograph at a ceremony where people retrieved the bodies of relatives who were killed in Mexico, at a military base in Comalapa, El Salvador, Sunday Sept. 5, 2010.  Nieto is one of 72 migrants who were killed, allegedly by the Zetas drug gang, in August in northern Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border.  (AP Photo/Edgar Romero)AP - A third man survived last month’s massacre of 72 migrants by suspected drug traffickers in Mexico and is now in the United States, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said…

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed.  (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the…

Ecuadorean survivor urges migrants to avoid Mexico (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - One of two known survivors of a drug gang’s massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants urged others in an interview broadcast Thursday…

Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

AP - Mexico’s military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.

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Calderon: Mexico shows gains in security, economy (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

Mexico's Interior Secretary Jose Francisco Blake, right, hands the government's annual state of the nation report to Lower House President Francisco Ramirez Acuna at Congress in Mexico City, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon will give his annual state of the nation address on Thursday.  (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)AP - President Felipe Calderon delivered his latest “state of the nation” report to Congress on Wednesday, saying Mexico has made gains in security and is enjoying its strongest economic…

Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre (AP)

September 1st, 2010

Forensic experts inspect the coffins containing the remains of 16 Hondurans who were killed in Mexico while trying to reach the U.S. border, before returning the bodies to family members in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Wednesday Sept. 1, 2010. The bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants, who were allegedly killed by a Mexican drug cartel, were found within 100 miles of the U.S. border on Aug. 24. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)AP - A second migrant survived the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans near the border with the U.S., Mexican authorities confirmed Wednesday, and they said he has given…