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Mexican Immigrant Sells Empanadas and Mexican Pasties at Chicago Laundromats
May 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff
With a booming business preparing and selling food products, Mexican immigrant David Martinez practices just the kind of entrepreneurship the Chicago municipality seeks to promote among immigrants. But David is undocumented and though he does not dismiss the possibility that he might one day formally establish a business, his immediate goal is to survive after losing his job at a wholesale bakery. continue reading »
$1.3M Found On Board Mexican Plane that Crashed in Ecuador
May 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The small Mexican-registered plane that crashed last weekend in Ecuador was carrying $1.3 million, police said. Santiago Alfonso Lopez Monzon, 22, and Cruz Alfredo Solis Lopez, 36, who had Mexican documents, died in Sunday's accident. continue reading »
Charges Against Mexico’s Student Protesters in Michoacan Dropped
May 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The government of the western Mexican state of Michoacan has dropped charges against 10 Michoacan University of San Nicolas de Hidalgo, or UMSNH, students arrested April 28 after protests that r continue reading »
JUST IN: One of Mexico’s Best Known and Beloved Writers, Carlos Fuentes Macias, Dies at 83
May 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
One of Mexico’s best known and beloved writers, Carlos Fuentes Macias, has died at age 83 years old at the Angeles del Pedregal Hospital in Mexico City, today sometime around noon. continue reading »
Mexican Journalists Under Siege, 7 Attacks in 4 Days
May 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Seven journalists and media outlets have been attacked in Mexico in the past few days, with officials or people linked to politicians possibly involved in three of the incidents, the Foundation for Freedom of Expression, or Fundalex, said. continue reading »
Popocatepetl Volcano Continues to Rumble and Spew Ash a Mile High
May 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Popcatepetl Volcano is known in Mexico by its Spanish name Volcån Popocatépetl which means the Smoking Mountain and today the volcano is being true to its name. continue reading »
Eleven Detained in Rhode Island for Trafficking Heroin for Mexican Narcos
May 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Eleven individuals were arrested on Thursday and Friday and ordered detained on drug and firearms charges resulting from an eight-month federal law enforcement investigation into the trafficking of heroin into Rhode Island by an alleged Dominican organization with ties to Mexican drug cartels. continue reading »
Murders in Juarez Leave Strewn Body Parts and State Prosecutor Dead
May 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Murders in Juarez left a Chihuahua General Attorney prosecutor and her son dead while in an unrelated incident body parts were found strewn in a local parking lot. continue reading »
Deportation of Hispanic Mom from Colorado Suspended
May 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff
The mother of a brilliant student in Colorado was set free after authorities suspended her scheduled deportation for a year, apparently in response to a mobilization by pro-immigrant groups. Norma Galindo, who was being held in a jail for the undocumented in Aurora, east of Denver, left there at 5:30 p.m. Friday a continue reading »
Mexico’s Carlos Slim Will Enter U.S. Wireless Market
May 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Regional wireless giant America Movil, controlled by Mexican multi-billionaire Carlos Slim, said Thursday it has agreed to acquire a 100 percent stake in U.S. wireless carrier Simple Mobile, Inc., a unit of T-Mobile USA. continue reading »
Ultimate Hikers Begin Trek from Mexico to Canada
May 14, 2012 | by UT San Diego
Hikers have set out to tackle the multi country, 2,650 mile hike beginning in the small border town of Campo, Mexico and ending many months later in Canada. The hike, taking several months to complete by only a select few that begin it, takes its travelers along the famous Pacific Crest Trail. continue reading »
Eva Mendes Remains Coy About Relationship With Ryan Gosling on Ellen Show (VIDEO)
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Eva Mendes and Ryan Gosling put breakup rumors to rest when the hot couple was spotted holding hands in New York City. The duo, who met on the set of The Place Beyond The Pines, have yet to officially confirm their relationship. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, the popular talk-show host joked about their non-confirmed relationship, asking the actress in a roundabout way. continue reading »
49 Headless, Nude Bodies Found on Highway in Nuevo Leon as Warning to El Chapo Guzman
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Mexican authorities at an afternoon press conference lay blame on the brutal narco turf battles for the massacre that left 49 headless bodies on the highway between Reynosa and Monterrey in the state of Nuevo Leon. continue reading »
Mexican Heart-throb Luis Miguel Finishes Tour in Madrid
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Luis Miguel, the Mexican singer who best embodies the romantic ideal on both sides of the Atlantic, put the finishing touches on his first concert tour of Spain in five years with a show in the Spanish capital. continue reading »
4 Arrested In Connection With Massacre in Mexico Have Link to “Los Zetas” Cartel
May 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Police in the western Mexican state of Jalisco have arrested four suspects in the massacre of 18 people whose bodies were found this week outside the city of Guadalajara, officials said. continue reading »
