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Chiapa de Corzo Mexico: Tourist from Switzerland raped

Chiapa de Corzo
2-13-2016
esdiario.com.mx reported a young tourist from Switzerland was raped and her two companions, of Argentina, were seriously injured by two men in the ecotourism center of Chiapa de Corzo, they reported police and the Public Ministry sources. They explained that last Thursday, two men armed with knives intercepted foreigners when they were in the Belisario Dominguez bridge to visit the Canyon Sink. Around 16:00, foreigners asked three men who were in the place about where the piers were Sumidero Canyon. Read Article

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Cozumel, Mexico: Two Passengers from U.S. on Cruise Ship Arrested for shoplifting

February 27, 2016 riviera-maya-news.com/Cozumel, Q.R. – Two American tourists were jailed on Thursday after store security caught them shoplifting. The pair, who arrived on the island of Cozumel via Carnival Cruise Line, were seen stealing from three different stores at Royal Village Shopping Plaza, a popular tourist district where cruise ships disembark. Around 3:00 p.m., […]

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Horror Story of one U.S. businessman in Mexico jailed for more than 8 months

mexiconewsdaily.com reported an American businessman who was jailed for more than eight months in Nayarit said he won’t be returning to Mexico any time soon despite his 20 years in business here. Entrepreneur Troy Bachman of Brightwood, Oregon, was freed late last month after being charged with fraud in connection with the alleged non-payment of […]

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Mexico: Pope’s jet attacked by laser on final approach to Mexico City

Pope’s jet attacked by LASER as it approached Mexico City: Crew reports being targeted by ‘green laser 15 miles away’ dailymail.co.uk/Darren Boyle reported The Papal Airbus A330-202 was on final approach to Mexico City Airport Flight AZ4000 was passing 8,000 feet when the pilot reported a laser attack The aircraft landed moments later without any […]

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Engineer sues company for sacking, after request made not to return to Mexico for safety reasons

ENGINEER ALLEGES BEING HELD BY LOS ZETAS AT GUNPOINT, FIRED AFTER REQUESTING HE NOT TRAVEL TO MEXICO GUIDETRAVEL.BIZ REPORTED a Chicago engineer is suing his former employer for allegedly firing him after he had a bad run-in with Los Zetas. A Chicago-based engineer claims his employers showed him the door after he plead with his […]

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Escalating homicide rates in Mexico impacts country’s average life expectancy

Escalating homicide rates in Mexico are affecting the country’s average life expectancy. nytimes.com/RACHEL NUWER reported…According to research published in the journal Health Affairs, the life expectancy for Mexican men aged 15 to 50 fell by 0.6 percent from 2005 to 2010. “In most countries, homicides do commonly occur, particularly among young people,” said Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, […]

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Mexico: Rocky Point Safety Issues

abc15.com reported the only advisory that applies to Puerto Peñasco is U.S. travelers shouldn’t drive at night, and use the Lukeville Port of Entry. The advisory says “…you should exercise caution while transiting Vicam in southern Sonora due to roadblocks that can be instituted ad hoc by local indigenous and environmental groups. U.S. citizens visiting […]

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Mexico City: Safe or Not for Tourists?

lawstreetmedia.com/blogs/Jillian Sequeira / Mexico City is a bustling metropolis that attracts millions of visitors from across the world every year. The city is home to Frida Kahlo’s restored house, the Floating Gardens of Xochimilco, the prestigious Souymaya Museum, and dozens of other historic cultural sites. It is no wonder that it has has been ranked […]

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Quintana Roo Mexico: String of women murdered minimized by authorities

27 Nov 2015 mg.co.za/ “A string of women have been killed in Mexico’s top holiday destination, but the authorities are trying their best to downplay the murders.” Quintana Roo is Mexico’s sunshine state, a booming tourists’ playground that draws record numbers of holidaymakers to its golden beaches, coral reefs and Mayan ruins. But, in recent […]

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Mexico, U.S. Border: Increase in prices by human smugglers

npr.org It has gotten harder for undocumented migrants to sneak into the U.S. from Latin America. That has led to a rise in the price charged by human smugglers.

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Mexico: U.S. embassy recommends tourists avoid travel in Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Jalisco, Nayarit

Most Dangerous Areas of Mexico The U.S. Embassy urges tourists to avoid travel in the States of Sinaloa, Oaxaca, Jalisco and Nayarit. Elpais.com/Elena Reina reported the United States has issued an alert to warn its citizens about the risks of visiting some destinations in Mexico. Directly mark some States as “banned” for government staff and […]

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Nevado de Toluca Mexico: Five Missing Tourists Rescued

unotv.com reported…Rescued five tourists lost in the Nevado de Toluca – Dawn on Tuesday, the Lightning Group managed to rescue five tourists were missing in the Nevado de Toluca. Rescue items arrived at the place to search and after several minutes, they managed to locate them later to give them the necessary attention. Read Article

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Report: Lack of Cooperation between U.S./Mexican authorities to combat illegal arms smuggling

Theguardian.com reported efforts to combat illegal gunrunning from the United States to Mexico have stumbled in recent years, hampered by a lack of cooperation between US and Mexican officials, according to a report from a US federal watchdog agency obtained by Reuters. Blood, mud and lube: how El Chapo’s luck came up short in small […]

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Family of Chapo Guzman tried to trademark his name for commercial ventures

theguardian.com reported the family of recaptured cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán tried to trademark his name for the purposes of producing merchandise including clothing, watches, walking canes and even Christmas tree ornaments according to applications lodged with the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI). Read Article

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Mexico: Chapo faces increased security, moved from cell to cell without warning

theguardian.com reported deeply concerned that the world’s most notorious drug kingpin Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán could escape for a third time, Mexico has beefed up security at his prison, moving him between cells, reinforcing the floor of his cell and placing a 24-hour guard on his door. Guzmán, captured on Friday six months after a […]

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Mexico: Drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been captured

(CNN)Drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been captured, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto announced Friday via Twitter. “Mission Accomplished,” the President wrote. “We have him.” Read Article

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Mexico: 30 Armed Men Attack village of Quetzaltcoatlán, kill seven

(Prensa Latina) reported about 30 armed men attacked the village of Quetzaltcoatlán, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, where they killed seven people, it was learned today. According to testimonies of the people, the attackers entered yesterday early in the morning, closed the entrances to the community and broke into the houses of at least […]

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Mexico: Military Budget at unprecedented levels

telesurtv.net reported Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto spent more on the military budget in 2014 than any other previous Mexican government, Sin Embargo reported Tuesday. Analyzing the Swiss-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s Military Expenditure Database, the Mexican news outlet revealed that Peña Nieto’s administration closed 2014 with a record military budget reaching US$8.66 billion, […]

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Water Supply in Mexico City

Theguardian.com reported….the Aztecs built a city of floating gardens here 700 years ago that became known as “the Venice of the New World”. The vast lakes that once filled the plain were, however, steadily drained by settlers. In the 16th century, Spanish conquistadores rapidly accelerated the process, and modern engineers have almost finished the task, […]

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Report on the players behind Mexico’s drug violence

bbc.com reported (2014)Tens of thousands of people have been killed in drug-related violence in Mexico over the past seven years. Most of the violence is attributed to fighting between rival drug gangs for control of territory and drug shipment routes. Who are these groups and who are they fighting against? Who are the main players? […]

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Temixco, Mexico: Mayor murdered within 24 hours of being sworn in

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Surge of Drugs from Mexico into U.S. across border

krgv.com reported one of Brownsville’s southmost property owners said he is fed up with all the drugs crossing on his land. Rusty Monsees said he is seeing an increase in activity from the river. He’s also getting more phone calls about the activity. Monsees has become the liaison between authorities and his neighbors. “The amount […]

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Wanted U.S. Teen detained with mother in Puerto Vallarta Mexico

theguardian.com reported that 18-year-old Ethan Couch and his mother had been missing since 10 December, when Couch broke his probation for killing four people while driving drunk “Crossing over to Mexico is not a difficult thing to do,” Anderson said, pointing out that US authorities do not check who is leaving the US and instead […]

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Sinactraho, Mexico’s union to defend rights of domestic workers

bbc.com/ “Conditions for women who work in homes in Mexico are very precarious,” says Marta Leal Morales, general secretary of the newly-formed National Union of Domestic Workers (Sinactraho). “We decided that this union would be to defend the rights of domestic workers, so they could have a better quality of life.” According to the country’s […]

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Mexico: Expat from Canada dies while serving prison sentence

Canadian dies while serving prison sentence in Mexico thestar.com reported Bruce Vigfusson was jailed for beating a thief who invaded his home, says son, who is asking the Canadian government for help repatriating his father’s body. The family of a Manitoba man who died in Mexico while serving a prison sentence in the country is […]

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Mexico, tragic Christmas for motor vehicle accidents

mexiconewsdaily.com reported it has been a tragic Christmas for the victims and families of three serious motor vehicle accidents in three different regions of Mexico. Heavy fog has been blamed for a 57-vehicle pile-up on the Circuito Exterior Mexiquense in the Estado de México municipality of Teoloyucan in which six people died Thursday morning.Traffic on […]

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Puerto Vallarta Mexico: Police unit ambushed, one officer dead

vallartadaily.com reported the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) confirmed that a unit of the Puerto Vallarta police department was ambushed killing one policeman and injuring another in an area that leads from the community El Colorado to El Veladero. FGE reported that the police officers were on regular patrol when they were attacked by an armed […]

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Surge of Minors into U.S. from Mexico on Texas Border, National Guard still deployed

theguardian.com reported Republican Texas governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday extended the deployment of National Guard troops at the Mexico border due to a spike in the number of unaccompanied minors entering the country. The order comes in the wake of US Border Patrol figures that show more than 10,000 unaccompanied children crossed into the US […]

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Mexico: Senate approves law giving foreigners right to hearing before deportation

eleconomista.com.mx repoted the Senate approved the creation of the right to a hearing for foreigners who are subject to deportation for participating in political affairs who are prohibited, exercise by itself or by proxy some of the rights of Mexican citizens or violate the principles of the Republic. With 78 votes in favor, four against […]

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Mexico’s Army in Deep Crisis

Three out of 10 fail confidence, honesty assessments elpais.com reported the Mexican Army is in deep crisis. The Tlatlaya case and the disappearance of the normal school of Ayotzinapa have questioned the efficiency of military security tasks. We now know that in their internal evaluations have not been as successful. In the last decade three […]

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Two U.S. citizens indicted for smuggling sea turtle eggs from Mexico to U.S.

TURTLE EGGS WERE OBTAINED IN Nayarit, Mexico, Tried to enter U.S. via San Diego reuters.com reported a Southern California couple has been indicted in San Diego federal court on charges of smuggling sea turtle eggs into the United States from Mexico, officials said on Wednesday, a first for prosecutors in the border region. Jose Jimenez, […]

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U.S. to begin test of facial and eye scans of foreigners entering from Mexico on border

sbsun.com reported nearly half of the people living in the U.S. illegally are believed to have entered the country legally and stayed on expired visas. To combat the problem, the federal government on Thursday is launching one of its most ambitious efforts to track them. U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin capturing facial and […]

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Coca Cola pulls Christmas ad after accusations of racism

nydailynews.com reported Coca-Cola is facing heavy criticism after airing an ad that some have deemed racist. Still available on YouTube, the now-pulled advert features a gaggle of white hipsters bringing Coke to an indigenous village in Mexico. The visitors help the locals build a weird Christmas tree out of wood and plastic red Coke bottle […]

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Mexico: Dengue Fever Vaccine cleared for public use

AFP reporte the first-ever vaccine against dengue fever, which affects up to 400 million people per year, will be publicly available for the first time after being cleared for use in Mexico, French manufacturer Sanofi said Wednesday. “It’s a very important moment in the history of public health,” Olivier Charmeil, head of the company’s vaccines […]

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Mexico: Two Missing Australian tourists may have been found dead, waiting confirmation

bbc.com reported friends of two Australian tourists missing for more than a week in Mexico will travel to Sinaloa following a report that the men’s van has been found, one of the friends said Sunday. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Dfat) issued a statement confirming that the pair’s car had been found, but […]

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Mexico Prisons: Unique forms of employment for inmates

bbc.com reported after spending almost a year in one of Mexico’s most feared maximum security prisons, Jorge Cueto-Felgueroso knows a thing or two about dealing with adversity. In 2012 he was charged with fraud, and thrust into the midst of 13,000 inmates at Puente Grande Prison, in central Mexico. Mr Cueto-Felgueroso, a lifelong entrepreneur, was […]

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U.S.: 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children illegally cross border in Oct.

theguardian.com reported nearly 5,000 unaccompanied immigrant children were caught illegally crossing the US border with Mexico in October, almost double the number from October 2014, according to US Customs and Border Protection data. Also, in the figures released Tuesday, the number of family members crossing together nearly tripled from October 2014 – from 2,162 to […]

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Mexico City International Airport: Boeing 737 crash landing

theguardian.com reported the landing gear collapsed on a Boeing 737 as it landed at Mexico City’s international airport, authorities have said. Emergency crews rushed to the runway after the plane’s left-side wheel strut apparently buckled as it touched down. The plane, operated by the Mexican airline Magnicharter. Read Article

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Canadian Expat Couple murdered in Mexico, Arrest Made

humbernews.ca reported reaction continued Thursday to news that Mexican authorities have arrested a man in connection to the recent murder of a Canadian couple. The arrest was made Wednesday. The bodies of Edward Kular, 84 and Nina Discombe, 72, were discovered on Sunday by their gardener in their lakeside home in the town of Ajijic […]

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POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC STORM HITS MEXICO

capital weather gang reported… Early Friday, the monstrous storm Patricia became the strongest hurricane ever measured by the National Hurricane Center. At 6:15 p.m. local time Friday, the extremely dangerous Category 5 storm made landfall along the coast of southwestern Mexico. It is expected to unleash destructive winds, torrents of rain, and a devastating storm […]

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Mexico: Kidnap Express Crime fell in 2014, common crime stabilizes, rise in homicides

Common Crime in Mexico Remained Steady in 2014, Survey Shows WSJ.com/Anthony Harrup reported Kidnappings fell sharply but number of homicide victims reported by the government began rising in April/ Kidnappings, including so-called “express” kidnappings where victims are held for hours instead of days or weeks, fell to 102,883 from close to 132,000 in 2013, Inegi […]

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Mexican tourists killed in probable accidental military ambush in Egypt

theguardian.com reported…Visitors were said to have been travelling in convoy in an area of desert when they were attacked At least a dozen tourists and their guides have been killed in what is reported to be an accidental attack on their convoy by Egyptian security forces. Some of the tourists are reported to be Mexican […]

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Mexico: U.S. citizen being wrongfully imprisoned according to family

katu.com reported a local father has been wrongfully imprisoned in Mexico, according to his brother, who spoke exclusively with KATU’s On Your Side Investigators Tuesday. Derek Bachmann said his brother, Troy, has been behind bars for nearly four months in horrible conditions. Derek told KATU he’s been able to talk with Troy by phone for […]

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Mexico City: Superhero protecting pedestrians in city where vehicles rule

Mexico City (AFP) reported – On the mean and traffic-choked streets of Mexico City, a fearless superhero is fighting to protect the planet from the worst the internal combustion engine can throw at it. The mighty Peatonito (Little Pedestrian) pushes cars blocking the path of pedestrians, creates crosswalks with spray paint, and climbs on vehicles […]

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Chapo Guzman does it again, escapes from prison in Mexico

(Reuters) reported – Mexico’s most notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman broke out of a high security prison on Saturday night for the second time, escaping in a tunnel built right under his cell, and heaping embarrassment on President Enrique Pena Nieto. The kingpin snuck out of the prison through a subterranean tunnel more […]

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Mexico may lift visa requirement for tourists from Ecuador

Andes).- María Landázuri, vice minister of Human Mobility in Ecuador, informed Friday that authorities from such country and Mexico will settle a visa wavering agreement for Ecuadorians that travel to the North American country for tourism, 90 days, a decision she considers “fair and necessary.” “We expect to settle this process in the following days, […]

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Telling Time in Mexico

csmonitor.com/ Whitney Eulich – Time is one of the stickier issues facing anyone living or working abroad. Whereas an American in the United States might know that “just a second” could mean up to a five-minute wait, how should that same person interpret “right now,” ahorita, in Mexico? (Look out: You might be waiting over […]

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Cancun Mexico: Drunk U.S. tourist injured by crocodile, did not heed warning signs

dailymail.co.uk reported a drunk tourist cheated death after scaling a barbed wire fence of a crocodile enclosure at a Mexican holiday resort in Cancun. Paramedics say American tourist Matthew Eldsberry, 27, was attacked on Wednesday by one of the reptiles after ignoring warning signs in English and Spanish to enter the off-limits area. He was […]

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Citilcum Mexico: Kots Kaal Pato, the killing of innoncent animals in the name of celebration

vice.com reported Every year, without fail, the locals in the Yucatán city of Citilcum,celebrate a tradition known as Kots Kaal Pato. Basically, it’s a day when the whole town puts on their best clothes, gathers around a huge city center scaffolding and then proceed to kill a whole bunch of innocent animals, mostly for the […]

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San Miguel de Allende Mexico: U.S. Expat murdered, beaten to death by gang

ARE YOU TRAVELING OR LIVING OVERSEAS? BE SURE TO READ TOURISTKILLED.COM TO MONITOR WORLDWIDE EVENTS processo.com.mx reported that a US citizen who attempted to stop a gang from stealing his scooter outside a bar in San Miguel de Allende, was beaten to death. Oliver Daniel Caraco, 53 years -agent real estate in this city-from the […]

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Mexico City Cab Drivers up in arms over Uber

washintonpost.com/Joshua Partlow – reported in recent months, Mexico City’s taxi drivers, who operate the largest fleet in the world, with 140,000 registered cabs, have rallied together to try to drive out Uber. Against their high-tech adversary, some taxi drivers have gone old school: baseball bats to windshields, slashed tires, bare fists. One day in late […]

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Mexico: 066 to be official nation-wide emergency number, still kinks in system

mexiconewsdaily.com reported The Chamber of Deputies has approved legislation that will make 066 the official, nation-wide emergency number for civil protection, emergency response and denunciations. But there is some work to be done if the service is to function better than it has. Deputies approved the amendment to the National Public Safety System Law with […]

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Mexico: Leader of Human Trafficking group, detained

The leader of a human trafficking organization was arrested March 31 in Tenancingo, State of Mexico, United States authorities announced yesterday. Paulino Ramírez Granados was on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) list of 10 most wanted human traffickers. An investigation into the Granados organization began in 2000 when a victim who had been […]

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Fires, Gunfire erupt in Jalisco Mexico

Mexico (AP) — At least seven people died as flames and gunfire erupted around the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Friday when a military operation targeting a violent drug cartel was launched at the start of a three-day holiday weekend. Suspected cartel members stopped buses and trucks to block key highways in the state […]

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Jalisco Mexico: Military helicopter shot at, makes emergency landing

Guadalajara (Mexico) (AFP) – Gunmen forced down a military helicopter in western Mexico on Friday killing three troops, as deadly violence erupted across Jalisco state during a new operation to capture drug cartel leaders. Seven people were killed across Jalisco, including the three soldiers, two gang suspects, a state police officer and a civilian, the […]

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Mexico: In last two years 181 U.S. visitors murdered

iexpats.com reported in the past two years, 181 US visitors have been murdered in Mexico. Lawless organised crime gangs are preying on tourists and business travellers in some areas of Mexico, according to a warning from the US State Department. Criminals are targetting American and European tourists in several states, says the alert. Crimes include […]

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Mexico: Radioactive material Stolen from truck in Cardenas

iaftica.com AFP reported authorities issued an alert for several Mexican states Wednesday after thieves snatched potentially deadly radioactive material used for industrial radiography. The iridium-192 source, marked X-571, was inside a container when it was stolen on Monday from a truck in Cardenas, a town in southern Tabasco state, the interior ministry said in a […]

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U.S. Department of State Warnings for Travel in Mexico

The U.S. Department of State warns U.S. citizens about the risk of traveling to certain places in Mexico due to threats to safety and security posed by organized criminal groups in the country. U.S. citizens have been the victims of violent crimes, such as kidnapping, carjacking, and robbery by organized criminal groups in various Mexican […]

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ISIS reportedly operating in Mexico near U.S. border

inquisitr.com reported the Islamic State (ISIS) reportedly is operating in northern Mexico, just minutes from the U.S. border and a few miles from El Paso, Texas. If this latest report from Judicial Watch is accurate, ISIS is working alongside drug cartels and human traffickers to penetrate the U.S. homeland from a dangerous, gang-controlled staging area […]

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North Korea accuses Mexico of illegally detaining ship

(Reuters) reported – North Korea accused Mexico on Wednesday of illegally detaining one of its ships with some 50 crew and warned it would take “necessary measures” to release the vessel, which United Nations sanctions monitors say belongs to a blacklisted shipping firm. The 6,700-tonne freighter Mu Du Bong, which had come from Cuba, ran […]

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Mexico: 8.5 million dollar gold heist at mine refinery likely inside job

japantimes.co.jp reported a robbery of $8.5 million in gold from a mine refinery in Mexico’s western Sinaloa state was likely an inside job, authorities said Wednesday. Sinaloa’s interior minister, Gerard Vargas Landeros, told reporters that the caper at the facility of Canada-based McEwen Mining Inc. had to have been pulled off by either employees or […]

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Tenancingo, Tlaxcala Mexico: Ground Zero for Lucrative Sex Slave Trade

TheGuardian.com/ Nina Lakhani reported….Méndez, like thousands of other vulnerable women in Mexico, was hoodwinked by a family of traffickers in Tlaxcala, the country’s smallest state just two hours south of Mexico City. This is a deeply religious place, where the indigenous Nahua people united with the Spanish to conquer the mighty Aztecs, but which over […]

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Los Cabos Mexico: Canadian Tourist Found Beaten to Death on beach

nationalost.com reported a 50-year-old Canadian tourist is the latest victim of violence in Mexico. The body of Marty Gary Atwood was found at a secluded beach at the southernmost tip of Baja California Wednesday, Mexican state prosecutors said. The man, who reportedly had family in Cape Sable Island, N.S., had a fractured skull and appeared […]

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Cabo San Lucas Mexico: Tourist from Canada killed as whale jumps into boat

abcnews.go.com/AP reported the port director in the northwest Mexico beach resort of Cabo San Lucas says a Canadian woman has died from injuries suffered when a surfacing gray whale crashed onto a tourist boat. Port director Vicente Martinez confirmed the 45-year-old woman’s death Wednesday. Read Article

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More North Americans Moving to Latin America

latino.foxnews.com reported the warmer weather. The beaches. The lower cost of living. The many options for health care coverage. And the proximity to the United States. Those are among the top reasons that Americans increasingly are looking south of the border to retire, or for those not yet ready to comb gray hair, to start […]

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Mexico: Tourist from U.S. found dead, was hiking near Tepoztlan

theguardian.com reported … a Mexican civil defense official said on Friday searchers had found the body of an American man who went missing in rugged mountains in central Mexico four days ago, after going on a hike. Carlos Mandujano said a search team found the body of Hari Simran Singh Khalsa, 25. The civil defense […]

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Tepoztlan Mexico: Tourist from U.S. reported missing

Looking for foreign Tourist lost in Tepoztlan excelsior.com.mx REPORTED: They seek a foreign lost in Tepoztlan He went to a spiritual retreat; the young American sent a picture via your mobile phone, from the place where he was. Hari Simran Singh Khalsa, 25 years old, originally from New York, in the United States, is reported […]

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Mexico: President Nieto issues warning over protests in case of missing protesters

telesurtv.net reported at a press conference, Enrique Peña Nieto said he will address corruption allegations this week and issued a warning over protests demanding justice in the case of the 43 missing the Ayotzinapa protesters. ​Mexican President Peña Nieto has said that while he will try to establish a dialogue with protesters demanding justice over […]

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Mexico: Basic Basket of Goods Inflation Rate Surges 5.10 percent annual rate

jornada.unam.mx reported…Mexico, DF.In October, inflation returned to exceed the goal of between 3 and 4 percent set by the Bank of Mexico to settle at 4.30 percent registered in the same month of last year. Monthly rate, i.e. compared with September of this year, inflation was 0.55 per cent. In both cases the inflation exceeded […]

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Mexico: Security chief, wife shot dead in Tamaulipas

bbc.com reported a Mexican security chief has been shot dead in the north-eastern state of Tamaulipas, officials have confirmed. They said Ricardo Nino Villarreal and his wife were killed on Saturday as they drove in the neighbouring Nuevo Leon state, but their bodies were only found by passers-by the following day. He was one of […]

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Guadalupe Mexico: Many residents have fled across border to U.S., flee drug war

nytimes.com reported…But shades of the yearslong drug war that gripped this gritty part of Chihuahua State known as the Valley of Juárez remained intact. Abandoned buildings where broken windows reflected graffiti were common, and unmaintained streets and empty shops sat near the town square. The emptying of Guadalupe comes at a time when officials in […]

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U.S. Federal Agents Permitted Components for making Grenades to illegally enter Mexico

telesurtv.net reported U.S. federal agents allowed components for manufacturing grenades to illegally enter Mexico. The Department of Justice (DOJ) report indicated that the artillery parts were destined for drug cartels. U.S. federal agents allowed components for manufacturing grenades to illegally enter Mexico. The Department of Justice (DOJ) report released this week indicated that the artillery […]

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Nuevo Leon Mexico security model reduces crime

latino.foxnews.com/EE reported Nuevo Leon, once considered one of the most dangerous and violent states in Mexico, has reduced its crime rate by using a security model that supporters contend can be implemented across the country. The northern state’s security model has focused on coordinating the actions of the security forces, increasing the level of professionalism […]

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Mexico City ranks 2nd worse in survey for safety of women on public transport

Thomas Reuters Foundation/YouGov conducted surveys of 15 capitals and New York City regarding women’s overall safety on public transportation. Mexico City ranked 2nd worst after Bogota Colombia in the world. Here are the specific rankings for Mexico City. Confidence in Authorities How confident are you that authorities would investigate if you were to report harassment […]

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Mexico considering move to include black identity on census survey

NYTIMES.com reported an official survey of around 4,500 households this month asked about African descent and preferred terms as part of plans to include the question on a national housing and population survey of 6.1 million households next year, a broad snapshot of the country in between the main censuses. It has not yet been […]

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Guadalajara Mexico: Police operation against piracy ignites civil unrest, injuries

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (01 / NOV / 2014) .-informador.com.mx reported tTwo policemen injured, four arrested four burning vehicles, looted convenience store, service of Macrobús suspended … and Historical Center in chaos for three hours. It is the balance after a crackdown on piracy is out of control yesterday Guadalajara Police and the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) […]

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Mexico: police are questioned in disappearance, killing of three U.S. siblings

trust.org reported Mexico has questioned local police over the disappearance and killing of three U.S. siblings in the troubled northeastern state of Tamaulipas, the state attorney general said on Saturday. Erica, 26, Alex, 22, and Jose Angel Alvarado, 21, went missing on October 13 from the cartel-riddled border city of Matamoros. Their decaying bodies were […]

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Mexico holding Chinese ships suspected of containing iron ore from drug cartel

hellenicshippingnews.com reported authorities in Mexico have been holding four Chinese ships and their crews since May as they try to end drug cartels’ involvement in iron ore sales. Some 95 Chinese crew members are on the ships, sources with knowledge of the matter say, and they are encountering health problems related to being stuck on […]

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Mexico: Knights Templar leader will fight to the death

theguardian.com reported Mexican cartel boss vows to fight to the death instead of surrendering Net may be closing on Knights Templar leader Servando Gómez, alias La Tuta, as he releases rambling online video message. The fugitive leader of one of Mexico’s most violent and bizarre drug cartels has said that he regrets choosing a life […]

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Mexico: President meets with families of missing students

bbc.com reported Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has met the families of 43 students who went missing last month. They travelled to Mexico City from the state of Guerrero, where the students disappeared after clashing with police. During several hours of talks, the families, angry at the official response, made 10 key demands. The president […]

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Mexico: New Mass Grave Unearthed in Cocula

Mexican authorities searching for 43 students who disappeared after clashing with police last month are investigating a suspected mass grave. Mexico’s attorney general said the testimony of two arrested members of a drug gang had led them to the site. He said police officers had confessed to handing the students over to the drugs gang […]

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Mexico: Children being murdered, mutilated, recruited by gangs in drug war

thetimes.co.uk reported children are being murdered, mutilated and recruited by gangs in Mexico’s brutal drug war in sharply escalating numbers, with at least 2,000 killed in the past eight years. Infants have been murdered in their car seats, shot in the head and dumped in fields or even killed in the arm…….READ ARTICLE/SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED

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Mexico: Changes in Immigration law took effect on Friday October 17th

October 17, 2014 Update theyucatantimes.com reported….there are a number of big changes in Immigration law (specifically for Mexican Consulates – SEGOB), taking effect today, including a new 10 year visitor’s visa (no permission to work) for family members of a Mexican citizen or of current Residente Temporales and Residente Permanentes: ~ “Visa de Visitante (Larga […]

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Charreria Horses, part of Mexico’s heritage take on new life after retiring

msahable.com/AP reported Mexico’s national sport, charreria, is a kind of rodeo made up of different equestrian competitions — complete with glamorously dressed horses. Since their arrival from Spain in the 1500s, horses have been a rich part of Mexico’s history. And there is perhaps no better representation of the country’s unique culture and national identity […]

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Mexico: One expat’s thoughts on how life abroad is impacting her daughter’s life

elephantjournal.com/Via Crystal Blue/ After living abroad for a year and a half now (in the Mexican Caribbean and the Marshall Islands) with my 7-year-old daughter, I have compiled a list of the many reasons this has ruined my daughter’s life forever. I have ruined my daughter’s life because… 1. She gets confused as to which […]

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Mexico enlists strategy against Ebola virus from spreading

elcomercio.com reported Mexico, gateway to Latin America from the United States, trying to lift a sanitary barrier against Ebola on its northern border, poring deported migrants and repelling to cruise passenger Texas, where there is alarm for several infections. With still fresh in 2009 being the epicenter of the H1N1 flu epidemic trauma, Mexico triggered […]

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Mexico: Carnival Cruise Ship denied access to dock, passeger may have bee exposed to Ebola

washingtonpost.com reported the cruise ship carrying a Texas health-care worker who “may have” handled lab specimens from Dallas Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is headed back to the United States after Mexican authorities failed to grant permission for the ship to dock off the coast of Cozumel, according to a Carnival spokeswoman. The Carnival Magic […]

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Tamaulipas Mexico: Citizen Journalist Reporting on Crime, Murdered, pictures placed on her Twitter account

globalvoicesonline.org reported Citizen groups in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas reported yesterday that Twitter user María del Rosario Fuentes Rubio​​ had been kidnapped and murdered. Although it is unknown who was responsible for her death, photographs of Fuentes Rubio’s body appeared on her Twitter stream. Her Twitter account ​@Miut3 ​was suspended shortly thereafter​. After […]

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Mexico: Attacks on Catholic Priests up 80% in two years

indcatholicnews.com reported attacks on Roman Catholic priests in Mexico have increased by 80% over the past two years, according to a new report released by the Mexican Catholic Multimedia Centre (CCM). CCM reports that six priests have been killed and three others have been the victims of forced disappearances since President Enrique Pena Nieto came […]

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Tulum Mexico: American owner of wildlife park kicked and asphyxiated to death by camel

theguardian.com reported an American owner of a wildlife park in the Mexican resort of Tulum has died after being kicked, bitten and sat on by a camel, and authorities have seized the private facility’s animals pending an investigation. Rescuers had to use a rope tied to a pickup truck to pull the enraged camel off […]

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Mexico: Violence flares as anger continues over missing students

theguardian.com reported Mexico violence flares as fury grows over fate of missing students Demonstrators attack government building with rocks and Molotov cocktails in protest at alleged abduction by police. Firefighters tackle fires in Chilpancingo after city hall was set on fire by demonstrators in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. Photograph: Jorge Dan Lopez/Reuters Hundreds […]

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Members of money laundering scheme in Spain detained, working for Mexican cartels

plazadearmas.com.mx reported The national police of Spain arrested nine members of an “office” of Mexican drug money laundering, who seized 385,000 euros in cash and nine vehicles. While California reported an investigation by customs agents from the United States that led to identify to a Mexican company of snacks that served as a facade to […]

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Guadalaraja Mexico: AR-15 Assault Rifles seized, being manufactured at local farms for criminal groups

PARTS OF ILLEGAL RIFLES COMING FROM THE UNITED STATES excelsior.com.mx reported for the first time in Mexico have been discovered and secured factories of high-powered weapons, which sold them to organized crime. The General Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Jalisco yesterday revealed that in this city were found two farms where it was manufactured […]

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Guadaljara Mexico: Gunmen murder on-air activist at radio station

theguardian.com reported two gunmen walked into a radio station and killed a local activist while he was presenting his weekly radio programme, prosecutors in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa said. It was the first on-air killing in recent memory in Mexico. The victim, Atilano Román Tirado, headed a group of about 800 farm families […]

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Playas Rosarito Mexico: expats concerned about crime, cost of living

Fulano.info reported…PLAYAS DE ROSARITO – The perception of crime and the difficult economy in Rosarito are the main worries among the Americans who live in this municipality, which are estimated to be some 14,000 Americans. When they saw the Tourism and Foreign Resident Assistance Protocol, American citizens who live n Rosarito said that, regrettably, many […]

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Playa Del Carmen Mexico: French tourist beaten, robbed by taxi driver

Fulano.infor reported PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Quintana Roo – A foreigner was brutally beaten by a taxi driver early Tuesday morning on colonia Colosio, and then had his belongings stolen. Sebastien “N,” originally from France, had bruises and fractures which required emergency operations. The visitor said he was on vacation in this tourist destination when he […]

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Iguala Mexico: More mass graves discovered

bbc.com reported four more mass graves have been found near the southern Mexican town of Iguala, where 43 students went missing last month, officials say. There is no word on the number of the bodies discovered in pits on Thursday. The discovery came during a huge operation to find the students, who disappeared after clashing […]

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Cozumel Mexico: Tourist robbed of $600 in bag snatching, thief gets away

quequi.com.mx reported a tourist who was walking in the avenida Rafael e. Melgar overnight was the victim of a lone thief, which snatched her handbag, which contained $600, same that it was aided by the tourist police, who on Board of a patrol carried out a tour of the area, while they were successful in […]

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Arizona Mexico Border, harsh politics

theguardian.com reported the high desert of Arizona is where border politics become a harsh, sometimes sinister experience – one that threatens to unseat two of the most vulnerable House Democrats standing for re-election in November’s midterm elections. Republicans have identified two neighbouring districts in southern Arizona as their best prospect for picking up seats in […]

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Jalisco Mexico: 463 women died from breast cancer in 2013

unomasuno.com.mx reported the director general of the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Héctor Raúl Pérez Gómez, reported that in 2013 463 women died because of breast cancer, so the health sector in the State is attached to detect and prevent this disease. He said that in Mexico and most of Latin America its detection occurs in […]

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