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200,000 Mexicans Protested the Mexican Drug War in 2011
May 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, 200,000 Mexicans protested the 38,000 who have died during the Mexican Drug War in 2011. Mexicans in at least 25 of the country’s 31 states protested to “stop the war, for a just and peaceful Mexico." continue reading »
Dying for the Truth
April 10, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Book Reviews
Shootout in Eastern Mexico Leaves 1 Dead, 9 Arrested
July 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One suspected criminal was killed and nine others, including six Guatemalans, were arrested following a shootout between the security forces and gunmen in Xalapa, the capital of Mexico's Veracruz state, security officials said. continue reading »
3 Dead, 16 Wounded in Mexican Bar Brawl
May 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Three men were gunned down following an argument with a woman at a bar in Ocotepec, a city in the central Mexican state of Morelos, prosecutors said. The woman made a telephone call after the argument and told the people on the other end, "come over here," the Morelos Attorney General's Office said in a statement, citing eyewitness accounts. continue reading »
Mexico: Pres. Calderon Defends Top Security Officer Amidst Allegations
May 16, 2011 | by McClatchy | Latino Daily News
As Mexicans call for the resignation of the country’s top security official, Pres. Calderon is defending the man said to have “worked for the creation of a civilian police force that is professional.” continue reading »
Pancho Villa’s Great Nephew New Top Cop in Mexico’s Quintana Roo
May 6, 2011 | by Associated Press | Latino Daily News
The name Carlos Bibiano Villa Castillo may not be familiar to many outside of Mexico, but the retired Mexican army general, and new ¬head of coast state Quintana Roo’s department of public security is the great nephew of the revolutionary leader Pancho Villa. continue reading »
