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Mexican Businessman Caught on Video Beating Employee Now in Jail
February 16, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Mexican businessman Miguel Sacal has been placed in preventative detention seven months after he was caught on video beating a parking attendant at his luxury apartment building in this capital, police told Efe. continue reading »
Mass Wedding in Mexico On Valentine’s Day Joins More Than 3,000 Couples in Holy Matrimony
February 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
More than 3,000 couples participated in a mass wedding on Valentine's Day in Ciudad Juarez, a border city in northern Mexico, continuing a tradition that started seven years ago. continue reading »
LATINO BLOTTER: Man Accused of Raping Children Arrested in Mexico
February 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Authorities say they have arrested a man who not only allegedly sexually abused children but may have also given them a skin disorder. According to th continue reading »
“Beauty and the Beast” Remake to be Directed by Mexican Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro
February 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will direct and produce a new version of "Beauty and the Beast" for Warner Bros. Studios, the online edition of Variety magazine reported. continue reading »
Mexico and China Celebrate 40-Years of Diplomatic Relations in Beijing
February 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Representatives of the governments of China and Mexico, including high-level lawmakers and Chinese Communist Party officials, attended a ceremony Tuesday in Beijing to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. continue reading »
550 Year-Old Carvings Depicting Aztec Myths Found in Mexico City
February 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A total of 23 pre-Columbian stone plaques dating back approximately 550 years, with carvings illustrating such Aztec myths as the birth of the god of war Huitzilopochtli, were discovered by archaeologists continue reading »
ICE hands over 14,237 unaccompanied minors to Mexico in ‘11
February 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
U.S. authorities handed over 14,237 unaccompanied children and teenagers of different nationalities found traveling alone on the border to Mexico last year, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said. Of the minors handed over to authorities in Mexico, 11,520, or nearly 81 percent, were Mexican and the other 2,717 were of various unspecified nationalities. continue reading »
Record Number of Tourists Visit Mexico in 2011
February 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Mexico registered "nearly 190 million tourists," of whom 22.67 million were foreigners, in 2011, eclipsing the record 185.7 million tourists registered in 2008, the Tourism Secretariat said. continue reading »
African Americans Charged with Driving Undocumented Mexican Migrants into Country, $300 a ride
February 13, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Five Los Angeles-area residents have been indicted for operating a human smuggling scheme that relied largely on African-Americans to transport loads of illegal aliens from the U.S.-Mexico border to the Los Angeles area. continue reading »
Controversial Ad Selling Baby for Its Organs in Mexico Pulled
February 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
An apparent attempt to sell a baby on the MercadoLibre Web site has sparked indignation and heated controversy on social networks and has forced the company to deny its responsibility in the matter. continue reading »
Kidnapped Musician Found Dead In Spite of Family Paying Ransom
February 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
A singer who was kidnapped in Monterrey, the largest city in northern Mexico, was found dead even though his family paid ransom for his release, state officials said Sunday. continue reading »
H1N1, Swine Flu, Making Comeback in Mexico - Over 1,000 Cases Reported in January
February 12, 2012 | by Health Finder
It was just about three years ago that a strange new strain of flu first appeared in Mexico, then spread across the border to the United States and eventually much of the globe. continue reading »
Suspected Kidnappers Lynched, Burned by Angry Mob in Mexico
February 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Three suspected kidnappers were lynched by a mob in Chalco, a city in Mexico state, which surrounds the Federal District and forms part of the Mexico City metropolitan area, officials said. continue reading »
HSN Narco News- 3 Found Brutally Murdered in Northwestern Mexico
February 11, 2012 | by El Blog del Narco
Mexican authorities found the bodies of three people, all with their throats slashed and bearing signs of torture, on a road near the northwestern town of San Ignacio, officials said. All of the victims, including a 67-year-old woman, had been strangled and the three bodies had been dumped outside the school administration office for the town, located in Sinaloa state, a municipal police spokesperson said Friday continue reading »
Protest the Grammys! Reinstate the Musical Categories now! Music Rights is Our Fight! NILP ALERT
February 11, 2012 | by HS News Staff
Insiders at the Recording Academy quietly eliminated 31 categories of awards from the Grammys this year, at least 15 of them which are received predominantly by people of color. continue reading »
