Category: Mexico
June 14, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexican Judge Orders The Release Of Jorge Hank Rhon For Lack Of Evidence
UPDATE: After being released from custody early Tuesday, Baja California state prosecutors immediately rearrested Jorge Hank Rhon in connection with a murder investigation. A Mexican judge ordered the release Tuesday […] Read More >
June 14, 2011 > Staff
Mexico’s Carstens Meets With Geithner; Says Lagarde Appointment Could Be “Conflict of Interest”
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexico’s central bank head Agustín Carstens was in the United States Monday to meet with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner in an effort to […] Read More >
June 13, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico Discovers 210 Migrants Hidden In A Truck In Chiapas
Police in Mexico discovered 210 migrants Sunday, hidden inside a truck near the country’s southern border with Guatemala. Officials discovered the people after stopping the truck at a highway checkpoint. […] Read More >
June 9, 2011 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Return Former Tijuana Mayor Jorge Hank Rhon To Baja As Federal Prisoner
Today in Latin America Top Story — Mexican federal prosecutors formally charged Wednesday the former mayor of Tijuana with illegal possession of a large cache of firearms and ammunition and […] Read More >
June 8, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Juárez Police Chief Will Fire 400 Officers To Clean Up Force And Combat Drug Cartels
The new police chief of Ciudad Juárez announced that he plans to lay off 400 officers by the end of the year, during one of his first interviews since taking […] Read More >
June 7, 2011 > John Sevigny
My Last Night In Mexico: Photographer Flees Country After Violence Erupts In Saltillo
John Sevigny, a native of Miami, is a photographer and writer who lived in Mexico for 10 years. He left the country last week because of the rising violence in Saltillo, an episode he […] Read More >
June 3, 2011 > Staff
Mexico Debates Drug War Death Toll Figure Amid Government Silence
Today in Latin America Top Story — With no official figure released for the death toll in Mexico’s drug war for the last six months, the country’s news media are […] Read More >
May 31, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico Investigates Grenade Attack On Newspaper In Saltillo
The Mexican Attorney General’s (PGR) office began an investigation into a grenade attack on a newspaper in the northern state of Coahuila. The attack occurred around midnight on Sunday in […] Read More >
May 25, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Mexico’s Agustín Carstens Bids To Head IMF; Faces Tough Competition From France’s Lagarde
Mexican central bank chief Agustín Carstens announced his bid Tuesday to head the International Monetary Fund (IMF), after former chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn stepped down earlier this month in the midst […] Read More >
May 24, 2011 > Staff
Mexican Authorities Discover Mass Grave In Durango; Bodies Signal Split In Sinaloa Cartel
Today in Latin America Top Story — Police in Mexico discovered a mass grave in a vacant car repair lot in the northern Mexican city of Durango. The grave, which […] Read More >