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8 Cubans Escape From Immigration Detention Center in Mexico
June 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A bulletin has been issued for eight Cuban migrants who escaped from an immigration detention camp in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said. continue reading »
Drug Lab Explosion Kills 1, Injures 3 in Mexico
June 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
One person was killed and three others were seriously injured in a blast at a suspected clandestine drug laboratory in the northwestern Mexican city of Culiacan, military spokespersons said. continue reading »
Mexican Government Authorizes Witness Protection Law
June 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Felipe Calderon signed into law a measure authorizing benefits - including new identities - for people who find themselves at risk due to their participation in judicial proceedings, Mexico's attorney general said. continue reading »
Mexican Court Overturns Ruling, “Queen of the Pacific” Will be Extradited to the U.S.
June 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Mexican federal court ruled that a reputed drug trafficker known as the "Queen of the Pacific" can be extradited to the United States. The judges overturned a January ruling blocking the handover of Sandra Avila Beltran on grounds that U.S. authorities were seeking to try her on the same charges as those she had already been acquitted of in Mexico. continue reading »
Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso Gets $205 Million Pemex Rig Contract
June 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Billionaire Carlos Slim's Grupo Carso said its Operadora Cicsa unit received contracts worth $205 million from state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, to build three offshore oil rigs. continue reading »
Body of Kidnapped Federal Police Commander Found Near Water Park
June 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The charred body of a federal police commander was found with signs of torture and asphyxiation in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, officials said Saturday. continue reading »
Mexico Shocks Bosnia Late
June 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A last gasp winner from Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez was the difference in Mexico’s 2-1 victory over Bosnia this week. continue reading »
Mexico Receives $400m To Benefit Forestry Programs
June 2, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico received $392 million, of which $350 million are a loan from the World Bank and $42 million are from the Forest Investment Program, or FIP, for developing woodlands, officials said. continue reading »
Canada Hosted the Annual Mexico-Canada Alliance
May 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Patricia Espinosa met with Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird in Ottawa to discuss bilateral affairs and the upcoming G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. continue reading »
Mexico’s Telecom Industry Saw Nearly 12% Growth in First Quarter
May 30, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's telecom industry grew 11.9 percent in the first quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year due mainly to strong performance by the satellite TV, mobile telephony and long distance segments, the Federal Telecommunications Commission, or Cofetel, 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 »
Mexican Rights Activist to Discuss Anti-Violence Movement With Presidential Candidates
May 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Poet and human rights activist Javier Sicilia plans to meet with Mexico's four presidential candidates this week to lay out the position of his Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, or MPJD, on security and victims of violence. continue reading »
Six Cartel Gunmen Arrested with Large Collection of Firearms in Mexico
May 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Soldiers arrested six drug-cartel enforcers and seized an arms cache in the western state of Michoacan, Mexican authorities said Friday. continue reading »
Mexican Woman Supports Family By Selling Metal Recyclables in Chicago
May 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexican immigrant Erika Lopez is known as "the iron lady" because for two years she has scoured the streets of Chicago in search of discarded metal objects, mattresses and all kinds of recyclable material that she later sells to support her four daughters and jobless husband. continue reading »
Pablo Azar Pleads for Improved Living Conditions for Diego the Lion
May 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
After viewing video footage and photos of Diego, the suffering young lion confined alone to a barren enclosure in Mexico's Zacango Zoo, Mexico City–born El Talismán star Pablo Azar has fired off a letter on PETA's behalf to local and national wildlife officials to ask them to expedite Diego's relocation to a U.S. sanctuary that is standing by to accept him. There, he would be afforded room to roam and get to enjoy the company of other big cats. continue reading »
2,500-year-old Altar Unearthed By Mexican Archaeologists
May 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An altar and a stela estimated to date from as early as 800 B.C. were found at the Chalcatzingo archaeological site in the central state of Morelos, Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History, or INAH, said. continue reading »
Death Threats Force Human Rights Lawyer To Leave Mexico
May 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Mexican attorney who specializes in human rights cases announced he is leaving the country temporarily because of death threats. Vidulfo Rosales Sierra, legal counsel for the Tlachinollan Mountain Human Rights Center, is the second rights activist in less than a month to flee Mexico. continue reading »
Former Mexican Governor Apprehended on Corruption Charges
May 25, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The former governor of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur was arrested here on corruption charges, officials told Efe. continue reading »
Mexico’s PRI Party Disavows Politician With Links to Cartels
May 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Mexico's PRI, poised to retake the presidency this year after more than a decade in opposition, sought on Wednesday to distance itself from a prominent party member accused by U.S. authorities of taking bribes from drug cartels. continue reading »
Mexican Team Has Potential For Success At London Olympics
May 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Mexican athletes competing in the Summer Olympics have the potential to make a good showing, 2012 London Olympics delegation head and Mexican Olympic Committee member Jaime Cadaval said. continue reading »
