Category: North America
July 19, 2012 > Staff
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 >
July 12, 2012 > Staff
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 >
July 10, 2012 > Staff
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 >
July 4, 2012 > Staff
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 >
July 1, 2012 > Staff
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 >
June 22, 2012 > Marisa Raditsch
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 >
June 14, 2012 > Staff
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 >
May 2, 2012 > Carolina Ramirez
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 >
May 1, 2012 > Staff
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 >
April 26, 2012 > Staff
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 >