Category: North America

Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Says Money Laundering Influenced Election

Top Story — Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday accused Enrique Peña Nieto, the apparent victor in Mexico’s July 1 presidential elections, of laundering money to finance […] Read More >

Mexico: Paper Ends Drug Violence Coverage After Attack

Top Story — La Mañana newpaper in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, announced Tuesday that it would no longer cover violent crime after an attacker threw a grenade at the paper’s offices. […] Read More >

Mexico Demands Investigation Into Cross-Border Shooting

Top Story — The Mexican Foreign Ministry said Sunday that a U.S. Border Patrol agent shot and killed a Mexican citizen on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, demanding an investigation into […] Read More >

Mexico Car Bomb Kills Two, Injures 7 More

Top Story — A car bomb exploded Tuesday morning in the Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, killing two police officers and wounding seven more people. The bomb had been placed outside the home […] Read More >

Peña Nieto, PRI Victory In Mexico

Top Story— Mexican voters returned the Institutional Revolutionary Party to power on Sunday after PRI candidate and front-runner Enrique Peña Nieto outpaced his rivals to win Mexico’s presidential elections with […] Read More >

Mexico: “Yo Soy 132” Movement Seeks To Influence Presidential Elections

MEXICO CITY — On his May 11 visit to the Ibero-American University in Mexico City, Mexican presidential hopeful Enrique Peña Nieto was received by a crowd of students holding signs […] Read More >

Arizona: Jan Brewer Orders Redistribution of SB 1070 Training Video

Top Story — Anticipating that the U.S. Supreme Court will uphold the bulk of SB 1070, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has asked to redistribute a training video originally sent to law enforcement across […] Read More >

Immigration Activists Join May Day Protests

NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of immigration activists and undocumented workers joined labor unions and Occupy Wall Street protesters Tuesday  to commemorate the international workers’ holiday, May Day. Similar protests were […] Read More >

Mexican Congress Votes To Compensate Crime Victims

Top Story — Both houses of Mexican Congress approved a law to compensate victims of crimes that will be partially financed by assets seized from organized crime groups. The law […] Read More >

Arizona Officials Encouraged As Supreme Court Reviews Immigration Law

Arizona officials, including Gov. Jan Brewer, emerged from the courtroom encouraged by the justices’ statements, though Brewer had an uncomfortable encounter with the crowd of protesters outside. Read More >