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Mexico City: Free BlackBerry App Alerts Users Prior to Major Earthquakes
April 5, 2012 | by El Universal | Latino Daily News
Mexico City is offering a free app for those with BlackBerrys that alerts users prior to massive earthquakes. The app will alert the city’s 20 million residents up to 50 seconds before an earthquake hits. continue reading »
160,000 Businesses Left Mexico in 2011 Due to Violence
April 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
More than 160,000 businesses left Mexico last year due to persistent violent crime woes, according to the president of the country's largest business group, Coparmex. continue reading »
Owners of Guiness and Johnnie Walker Want to Buy Jose Cuervo Tequila
April 4, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The British spirits group, Diageo, is getting close to becoming the owners of the Jose Cuervo tequila brand according to some reports. The eponymous Mexican tequila brand has been privately held for 200-years by the Beckmann family. continue reading »
May 6th - First Mexican Presidential Debate
April 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The first debate among the four candidates seeking the presidency in Mexico's July 1 general elections will be held on May 6, organizers said Tuesday. continue reading »
Mexico’s President Calderon Urges U.S. to Ban Assault Weapons
April 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. President Barack Obama, Mexico's Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday concluded a summit that highlighted their commitment to greater cooperation on security and economic advancement in North America. continue reading »
Narco Leader Benjamin Arellano-Felix Sentenced to 25 Years & $100 Million Asset Forfeiture
April 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart today announced that Benjamin Arellano-Felix, nearly 60, the former leader of the Tijuana Cartel/Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO) was sentenced to serve 25 years in federal prison. continue reading »
6.0 Aftershock Hits Guerrero and Oaxaca, Mexico Today
April 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A magnitude-6.0 earthquake rocked an area between the southern Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca on Monday, but no injuries have been reported, the Mexican Seismology Institute said. continue reading »
Largest Solar Farm in the World Coming to U.S.-Mexico Border
April 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
SolFocus, announced the launch of a landmark solar power plant in Baja California near Tecate, Mexico, with construction starting in late 2012 and being operational before the end of 2013. continue reading »
Mexico’s Ivonne Suffers Relapse - Hospitalized for Depression and Paranoia
April 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Ivonne, the famous Mexican singer and twin sister of Ivette, has been admitted into a treatment facility in Monterrey, Nuevo León, for depression and paranoia. continue reading »
Former President of Mexico, Miguel De La Madrid Dead at 77
April 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Former President Miguel de la Madrid died early Sunday at a Mexico City hospital after a long battle with emphysema, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said. He was 77. continue reading »
Ciudad Juarez Mayor Says His City is Not the World’s Deadliest
March 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The mayor of this Mexican border metropolis rejected a U.S. official's suggestion that Ciudad Juarez is the world's most dangerous large city. "We're not the world's most dangerous cit continue reading »
There is No Mayan Apocalypse Prediction Says Mexican Astronomer
March 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Neither the Mayans' texts nor their calendar contain predictions of an apocalypse later this year, but regrettably "pseudoscientific media outlets are talking about the end of the world, based on supposed prophecies and the Mayan calendar," Mexican astronomer Marte Trejo Sandoval said. continue reading »
Amnesty International Blasts U.S. Over Detained Immigrants Treatment
March 29, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The U.S. government is not meeting its obligations under international law to ensure respect for the rights of immigrants regardless of their legal status, Amnesty International USA says in a report released Wednesday. continue reading »
U.S. and Mexico Agree to Share $6 Million in Forfeited Assets from Money Transfer Business
March 28, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Mexican Attorney General Marisela Morales Ibáñez today signed a letter of intent for the United States to share approximately $6 million in forfeited funds continue reading »
Search of Mexican Prison in Tabasco Finds Drugs, Knives, Alcohol
March 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
According to Spanish-language news source El Excelsior, Mexico's federal police performed a surprise search of a Tabasco Prison a facility and found a number of alarming items. Upon searching the prison's State Center continue reading »
Latin American Investments in Nuclear Energy Vary from Nation to Nation
March 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The massive earthquake and tsunami that caused a nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan last year has rekindled an international debate about the risks of nuclear energy. continue reading »
Guards Foil Attempted Prison Escape in Mexico
March 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Police and guards foiled an attempt by inmates to escape from a prison in Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, over the weekend, state officials said, adding that a police officer was wounded in the incident. continue reading »
Murder of Transgender Advocate Agnes Torres Sulca in Mexico Condemned
March 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) condemns the murder of Agnes Torres Sulca, a trans person and human rights defender of lesbians, gays, trans, bisexuals and intersex persons (LGTBI) in Mexico. continue reading »
Issue of Church’s Role in Child Sex Abuse Surfaces in Pope’s Mexico Visit
March 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexicans who denounced the sexual abuses committed by Marcial Maciel (1920-2008), founder of the Legion of Christ, asked Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday to acknowledge the church's responsibility in covering up his case and to announce that "never again" will pederasty be tolerated. continue reading »
10,000 Victims of Violence in Mexico Remain Unidentified
March 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Nearly 10,000 bodies of victims of organized crime-related violence, including Central American and Mexican migrants, remain unidentified in Mexico, activists told the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States. continue reading »
