Category: Mexico
November 14, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Mexico: PRI and PAN Fight For Governorship Of Michoacán
Today in Latin America Top Story — Elections ended Sunday in Mexico’s Western state of Michoacán with the country’s top two parties both claiming victory in the governor’s race. President […] Read More >
November 10, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Authorities Abuse Human Rights In Drug War Fight, Report Says
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican authorities, including the widely esteemed and U.S.-trained Marines, have committed hundreds of human rights abuses, according to a report issued by Human […] Read More >
November 3, 2011 > Staff
Mexico: Anonymous Hackers’ Project Against Zetas Falls Into Confusion
Top Story — The plan by Mexican members of hacker group Anonymous to expose collaborators with the Zetas drug cartel in retaliation for an alleged kidnapping seem to have collapsed, […] Read More >
October 27, 2011 > Erwin Cifuentes
Mexico President Signs Safety Law For Nurseries
Over two years since a fire claimed the lives of nearly fifty children in Mexico, President Felipe Calderón signed into law a landmark proposal to regulate the country’s day care […] Read More >
October 27, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Arrests Top Zetas Leader In Veracruz Along With 5 Others
Today in Latin America Top Story — The Mexican navy arrested an alleged leader of the Zetas drug cartel in the Gulf coast port city of Veracruz. Carlos “The Bam […] Read More >
October 18, 2011 > Erwin Cifuentes
Mexico City Legislators Push To Ban Bullfighting
Mexico City may soon follow the lead of the Spanish province of Cataluña and ban all forms of bullfighting. A pair of opposition politicians representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI, […] Read More >
October 17, 2011 > Staff
Mexico: Calderón Claims PRI Considers Deals With Drug Cartels
Today in Latin America Top Story— As election season in Mexico begins to heat up, President Felipe Calderón said that members of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) may work […] Read More >
October 13, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico Arrests Zetas Leader Suspected Of Ordering Monterrey Casino Attack
Mexican defense officials said Thursday that they captured a top member of the Zetas drug cartel, who allegedly ordered the arson attack on a casino in Monterrey that killed 52 […] Read More >
October 12, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Aids U.S. To Foil Iranian Assassination Attempt Of Saudi Ambassador
Today in Latin America Top Story — After being denied entry to Mexico, an Iranian-American man was arrested by U.S. authorities for allegedly plotting to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to […] Read More >
October 11, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico: Activists File Complaint Against Calderón For Drug War Human Rights Violations
Human rights activists filed a criminal complaint with the International Criminal Court at the Hague against Mexican President Felipe Calderón for his alleged role in the commission of war crimes […] Read More >