(MEXICO CITY) — A natural gas tanker truck lost control, hit a center divider and exploded on a highway lined by homes in …
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Legalizing Marijuana and Other Ways the U.S. and Mexico Can Win the Drug War
There was a lot of drug-war hand-wringing in the U.S. leading up to President Barack Obama’s visit to Mexico this week. That’s because Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is in change-the-conversation mode: he wants the
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Obama’s Mexico Visit: Not Just About the Drug War Anymore
When former Mexican President Felipe Calderón waged his war on drug cartels, the media were guaranteed a crime photo op every few weeks. Alleged gangsters were thrust before the press along with heaps of guns, money and …
Mexico Seeks New Security, Economic Agenda with U.S.
(MEXICO CITY) — Mexico is ending the widespread access it gave to U.S. security agencies in the name of fighting drug trafficking and organized crime as the country’s new government seeks to change its focus from violence to its emerging economy.
The change was confirmed by Mexico’s Foreign Ministry on Monday as the government lays
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Mexican Journalists March Against Attacks on Press
(XALAPA, Mexico) — Officials in Veracruz state say they know who killed Regina Martinez. The muckraking reporter, found beaten and suffocated in her house, was just the victim of a robbery, according to prosecutors and a local …
Quake Causes Buildings to Sway in Mexico City
(MEXICO CITY) — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mexican state of Michoacan on Sunday night, causing buildings to sway 200 miles away in Mexico City.Some people evacuated buildings in the capital, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. State officials in Michoacan also said they had no reports of casualties
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The Rise of Mexico’s Vigilante Militias: Will They Help or Hurt the Drug War?
Frustrated by the government’s lack of progress against criminal gangs, local communities are fielding their own security forces
Julio Cu Camara, Mexico City’s Sewer Diver
52-year-old Julio Cu Camara dives into the sewage system in Mexico City about four times per month, working anywhere from 30 minutes to six hours to make repairs. His diving suit and helmet weigh more than 80 lbs., protecting him …
Mexico’s New Boom: Why the World Should Tone Down the Hype
I couldn’t be happier that Mexico’s economy is rebounding. After barely 2% average annual growth between 2000 and 2010, the country’s GDP expanded almost 4% in 2011 and 2012. Investment is booming and the middle class is …
Mexico Goes After the Narcos — Before They Join the Gangs
The country’s latest addition to its anticrime strategy is stopping kids from joining cartels
A Gang Rape Reinforces Acapulco’s Decline, but What of Mexico’s Other Resorts?
The once iconic tourist mecca no longer attracts the huge numbers it once did, but tourism is till booming in the rest of Mexico
France Celebrates Return of Convicted Kidnapper From Mexican Prison
Mexico’s Supreme Court frees Florence Cassez after seven years in prison for a 2007 kidnapping conviction that justices ruled was flawed by rights violations. Could that be the start of deep judicial reform in Mexico?
Return of the Zapatistas: Are Mexico’s Rebels Still Relevant?
Subcomandante Marcos has re-emerged to remind Mexico that his movement, while slightly faded, is still entrenched in Chiapas
