The State Health Department, reported that in the first two months of the year, there have been 90 cases of dengue, of which 51 are of classical and 39 hemorrhagic. The secretary, Rafael Delgado Alpuche said that is the Benito Juarez municipality Cancun, which presents major problems about the high incidence of cases. Read Article
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Mexican authorities said they have 12 farms Bachoco poultry company in which detected H7N3 avian influenza virus, “highly pathogenic”. “We have located five more affected farms, which have 12 production units with the virus,” said the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food (SAGARPA) in a press release on Sunday. Read Article
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The U.S. federal government has dismantled 26 drug-smuggling tunnels in this town on the border with Mexico over the past three years, the most recent of which was discovered this week. Federal authorities on Wednesday found a cross-border tunnel that had just been completed on the Arizona side, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in […]
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According to lapoliciaca.com, a man about 35 years old was killed on the streets of Hamburg, in the Zona Rosa, where another man was shot at least four times. The incident occurred shortly before noon, when the victim, who has not been identified, walked into the street of Genoa. Witnesses said a man wearing dark […]
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“600,000 pesos. In order to provide accurate data on the owner of the page Tamaulipas value “. The message of the pamphlets in recent days have appeared in several border cities of Tamaulipas state, northeast of the country, is clear: a reward of nearly 36,000 euros in exchange for the administrator who can identify a […]
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unionjalisco.mx reported ….In a new chapter embarrassing for traffic cops. Comes this video that highlights what many know, but rarely documented in video, as on this occasion. Everything happens on a road in Aguascalientes, when a traffic officer, which is not enough to distinguish whether municipal or state, but bears the insignia “protect and serve”, […]
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Elcomercio.com reported an investigation determined that the nine suspects posing as policemen and vigilantes Road Traffic Commission. So mobile checkpoints mounted in strategic places of peripheral channels of Guayaquil to assault truckloads of merchandise. They were arrested on 2 February in a raid in Bastion Popular (north of Guayaquil). The officers presented the alleged evidence: […]
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In Mexico teen pregnancy is socially discriminated, without recognizing that the majority of cases is a result of sexual abuse, rape and social isolation. In the case of the 9 year old girl who gave birth in Jalisco, we talk about a case of sexual violence, as in any type of sex with minors, half […]
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channel5belize.com reported that two well-known Belizean businessmen from the north are in lockdown in Mexico City after what is considered the biggest drug raid in Chetumal on Thursday evening involving one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels. Both men were caught in an alleged drug transaction at the house of a reputed Mexican drug lord […]
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The war on drugs in Mexico has largely stayed away from its capital city. But now some police chiefs are warning the violence could spread. On Sunday, 18 suspected members of La Familia cartel were arrested in connection to recent killings in Mexico City’s suburbs.
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Also, another female called meet the revised schedules as it should be, because they come when they want and leave the same way, in addition to the abuse by managers, being a clear example of the sex workers to be reviewed every 15 days and that they left each month. In turn, asked the State […]
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oem.com.mx reported in Córdoba, Veracruz. – Elements of the State Investigation Agency (AEI) with support from members of the Municipal Police Cosolapa, Oaxaca, managed the location and thus the rescue of a housewife that municipality, who was a victim of a virtual kidnapping after receiving calls from individuals claiming to belong to a criminal group […]
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Residents of the community of Santa Teresita de Don Diego in San Miguel de Allende, said they were dismayed by the news that Joyous Heart was killed inside his house. To the people the news they fell by surprise, the woman had no relatives in Mexico. “He was very kind lady but never talked to […]
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Noroeste.com.mx reported that the Regional Deputy Justice in Mazatlan received a complaint from a tourist of being assaulted by a taxi driver on Saturday February 9, 2013. The alleged assault took place during Carnaval celebrations. Read Article THE NEWS ARTICLE DID NOT PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE ALLEGED ASSAULT OR THE ORIGIN OF THE TOURIST.
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According to yucatan.com.mx, a Canadian tourist suffered three strokes, one after another, died February 9, 2013. yesterday Canadian Marvin Blake, 71, to come down from the Acropolis in the archaeological site of Ek Balam. The Canadian tourist arrived in the area to board a bus, along with a group of the Riviera Maya, about 3 […]
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ultra.com.mx reported that in Tlaxcala, there was an increase in cases of respiratory diseases. So far this year there have detected more than 26 000 cases, reported the Ministry of Health of the state. Banuelos Jorge Morales, deputy director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health of Tlaxcala, said: “We are talking to have a […]
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Frontera Comalapa, Chiapas. – Elements agency group conducted an operation in the town of Frontera Comalapa, where they managed to rescue five Central American women, including a minor, who were victims of human trafficking. These actions were led by the Attorney General of the State (PGJE), in coordination with personnel from the Ministry of Security […]
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elmundo.es —– “Acapulco has deteriorated because there is no authority, not prevented the crime, not prosecuted, not investigated, not punished and impunity is what has made it the most violent city in Mexico and the second in the world, after Honduras San Pedro Sula.’s almost a failed state. ” The president of the NGO Citizens […]
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milenio.com reported …….. The case of the 9 year old girl who became mother to give birth to a small nearly three kilos of weight and is being investigated by the Attorney General staff of the State of Jalisco (PGJEJ), they seek to establish if the minor was a victim of sexual abuse or was […]
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San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur. – According to peninsulardigital.com, an unwise “U” turn at the 030 + kilometer 920 of the highway San José del Cabo – Cabo San Lucas, at the roundabout FONATUR made the vehicle they were traveling two ladies in their sixties and both Canadians, slammed into a Suburban, being […]
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According to latarde.com.mx, the Reynosa COEPRIS released a health alert to the possibility that the local market is selling one type of insulin “pirate” allegedly used to control diabetes in people with this disease. Therefore, the verification personnel available to the unit concerned, is being given the task of traveling to pharmacies and drug distributors […]
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Authorities in Mexico said nine policemen were killed in an ambush in the state of Guerrero, to the southwest of the country. The state attorney’s office said that police officers were attacked during the night of Tuesday. Read Article
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CANCUN, Q. Roo. – So far this year there have been four deaths of foreign tourists, which is worrying, as they have occurred in a short time, which in a sense that people want to affect close to this tourist destination . According to sipse.com, most of the tourist deaths were caused by negligence, said […]
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A deadly blast that killed at least 37 people at Mexican state oil monopoly Pemex’s headquarters in Mexico City was caused by a build-up of gas, the government has said on Monday. Read Article
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This past Saturday, a citizen from the United States who worked for a circus was mauled to death by one of his tigers during a performance in Etchojoa, Sonora Mexico. The deceased was a native of the U.S. and worked as Circus tiger tamer Suarez, one of the cats who bit him and injured his […]
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Sexual Assaults, Rapes took place when ten armed men entered the tourist’s bungalow in colony Alfredo V Bonfil, Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico. According to elmundo.es, seven Spanish tourists reported being raped Sunday night in a neighborhood near the resort city of Acapulco on the west coast of Mexico. According to the Attorney (prosecutor) General of the […]
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Primary municipalities where violence occurred: Calera, Fresnillo, Guadalupe, Juchipila, Miguel Auza, Noria de Ángeles, Río Grande, Sombrerete, Valparaíso, Vetagrande, Villanueva, Villa Hidalgo y Zacatecas Fntrzacatecas.com reported that a total of 55 people dead, including four women, and 15 detainees is the bottom line of a very violent first month of this year, according to figures […]
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lasillarota.com reported that two tourists were shot by members of the Community Police for not stopping at one of their checkpoints located in the community of Las Mesas in the town of San Marcos, while returning from Ventura beach. Augusto Cardona and Maria Patricia Gomez Rodriguez Padilla, from the Federal District, filed a complaint with […]
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fronteraensenada.info reported that two tourists from the United States driving in an all terrain vehicle were involved in a head on collsion near Ojo Negros in Baja California, Mexico. Apparently they were driving at a high speed on a dirt road when the accident occured. The American driver tried to pull over for an oncoming […]
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CROPS IMPACTED: white maize, beans, garbanzo, grain sorghum, safflower, various vegetables, potatoes, wheat Governor has requested assistance from Federal Government. Read Article
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eluniversal.com.mx reported the Department of Public Safety reports that through inter-institutional work done in conjunction with members of the Ministry of National Defense, Navy of Mexico and Federal Police arrested 18 people who are related to his alleged role in high-crime impact and recent violent events in the Valley of Toluca….Salvador Neme Sastre, head of […]
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radioformula.com.mx reported that the Ministry of Public Security of the Federal District rescued a businessman during a kidnap attempt. The Ministry of Public Security of the Federal District (SSPDF) rescued a businessman who had been kidnapped by three men who were trying to take him to a safe house in the city of Pachuca, Hidalgo. […]
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According to donga.com,Chris Anderson, former editor of the U.S. magazine Wired, founded 3D Robotics in San Diego three years ago to develop drones, or unmanned civilian reconnaissance planes. A drone is not a weapon, but a do-it-yourself product that looks more genuine than a toy. The problem was the competition from China that featured cheap […]
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Federal District Ministerial Authorities reported that 24 members of the organization “Defenders of Christ”, held in Tamaulipas, 14 foreigners were sent to their home countries, three Mexicans claim to the Attorney General in the Federal District and the rest were released on law reserves. The three people held by staff of the National Institute of […]
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One hundred injured and at least 25 people (17 women and eight men) left a toll of an explosion yesterday in the building of the tower B2 Petroleos Mexicanos, where more than five hours by federal authorities, the City and the Mexican …..The interior minister, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong, announced that it will convene international […]
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Is necessary to prevent the Crusade Against Hunger, from donations from agribusiness, to be used for the promotion of GM crops with false arguments and to promote the consumption of non-industrialized food culture of the population. Under the Decree on the National System for the Crusade Against Hunger, the National Association of Rural Producers Distributors […]
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SOURCE: http://yucatan.com.mx 1. In 2012 Labboun Rafic Mohammed (Muslim cleric) with alleged links to Hezbollah was arrested in Merida Mexico. He was also a fugitive from U.S. justice. 2. He arrived in Yucatan and apparently used a network of Lebanese government officials. These officials colluded with parties in Belize who provided a fake passport from […]
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noticierostelevisa.esmas.com reported that for the first time, Mexico’s military engineering collaborated on a work within the territory of another country. It is building a road in the area of customs with Belize, whose authorities requested support from the Mexican government. The largest German Homes Estrada, military engineer of the Department of Defense, explained that this […]
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The domestic auto industry closed 2012 with record numbers, to achieve a production of around 75,000 million, which places it in an enviable international sixth, up from Brazil, and on the heels of South Korea. Mexico remains the fifth largest exporter of auto parts worldwide, down from China, USA, Japan and the top of the […]
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Mexico City. Private banks operating in Mexico ended 2012 with a historic amount of profits. The whole system of institutions, mostly controlled by foreign firms, achieved net profits last year by 87 000 126.20 million pesos, 20.6 more than those in 2011 and a rate fivefold the expected growth of the economy in that period, […]
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The president of the National Commission of Human Rights (CNDH), Raúl Plascencia Villanueva, regretted that despite progress in respect for fundamental guarantees, enforced disappearances, inhuman and degrading treatment, torture, illegal searches and arrests in mostly associated with operating public security institutions, “are more present than the past few years.” In presenting his annual report to […]
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Elpais.com reports: “There is no curfew, but after nine at night, Torreón is a ghost town,” says Professor Robert Lopez Franco, former director of the School of Social and Political Sciences , alarmed by the breakdown of the social fabric. “Our youth is being annihilated by poverty, drugs and weapons,” he adds. The feeling of […]
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According to excelsior.com.mx, the Attorney General’s Office (FGE) reported the location of a foreign tourist who remained missing since last week in the east of the entity and who was found unharmed. The agency reported that the Australian citizen spotted Bojana Jokic, reported missing in the city of Valladolid after an operation by the Ministerial […]
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Nogalesinternatinal.com reported that a Nogales, Sonora woman was allegedly busted with more than a half-million dollars worth of methamphetamine on Friday at the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said that its officers at the port discovered more than 33 pounds of the drug in a Hyundai sedan driven by 42-year-old […]
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rnw.nl reported …………It is not elitist, is produced in large quantities, is worth billions of dollars and changed the economy of many families, we talk about the kidnapping, a booming new industry, scourge of young and old, rich and poor. Gavin Strong, global risk analyst specializing in Mexico, risk consultancy, Control Risks said in its […]
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Source: huffingtonpost.com– Mexican officials say they have broken up a bizarre cult that allegedly ran a sex-slavery ring among its followers on the U.S. border. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute says 14 foreigners have been detained in the raid on a house near Nuevo Laredo, across the border from Laredo, Texas. Those detained include six Spaniards, […]
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Milenio.com reported that an armed commando killed this morning when police director Hostotipaquillo, Lucio Rosales Luis Astorga, the crime occurred in the intersection of Javier Mina and Ocampo in the center of that population. The melee, which was confirmed by the authorities, began at approximately 9:00 am this morning. Bodyguard and one of the assailants […]
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ACTIVISTS DEMAND REMOVAL OF Felipe Calderon Harvard’s faculty. Ilfinanciero.com.mx reported that on Tuesday January 29, authorities received Harvard University 34.605 signatures gathered by activists Eduardo Cortes and John Randolph thereby demanding the revocation of the former academic stay of Mexico, Felipe Calderon. Eduardo Cortes Rivadeneyra, the main driver of the petition to Harvard, published today […]
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According to vanguardia.com.mx, Civil Protection reported ashfall in populations of the decks and Atenquique Ejido, in the county seat of Tuxpan and Huescalapa…The Colima Volcano recorded the early hours of Tuesday a “low-magnitude event”, causing ashfall in the villages near the colossus. Jalisco Civil Protection reported on his Twitter account, @ PCJalisco, which “showed ejection […]
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Esmas.com reported that in a year an average smoker in Mexico spends about four thousand 800 pesos in cigarettes, which not only result in a waste of money, but in a real health risk, revealed the Federal (CJF) He stressed that the country’s 7.1 million addicted to snuff and six is the number of cigarettes […]
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Diariodeguerrero.com.mx reported Among the ornamental plants that the city is standing on the ridges of the main avenues of the capital, yesterday we found a marijuana plant, which exceeded 40 inches in height and at least 10 inches larger than the group of plants in which it was. The plant “Juanita”, was found on the […]
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One person was arrested after firing a gun against strikers of the Union of Employees of the University Michoacana (SUEUM) who kept a guard in University City facility in Morelia, two weeks ago, and managed to slightly injuring two them. According to the police report, on Monday night a person 38 years of age was […]
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Morelia, Michoacan Morelia, Michoacan. – This Sunday killed a tourist from North America in the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Chincua saw, Michoacán. David Queen, a 72-year-old from Washington DC in the United States. According to the findings of a number of tourists who were with him, after walking for miles on the hill at one time […]
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Ladimir Dvorak, 89-year-old native of Illinois, Chicago for 17 years who visited for a period of one month to the hotel Sea Adventure, was found dead in room 217. It was 08:15 hours on Sunday when hotel workers in Punta Sam Road were dismayed at the news. A Beliboy at 7:30 am knocked on the […]
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Unionyucatan.mx reported that Ukrainian tourist disappears in Yucatan, her boyfriend was murdered Maryna Burakova, whose boyfriend Oleksandr Batychko found dead in Yucatan, is sought by family and friends, who accuse the authorities Yucatecan bureaucracy. In Ukraine, Maryna Burakova relatives began searching for the girl who was vacationing in the Yucatan, the Mexican southeast same place […]
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Ciudad Juarez start breathing after hold for three consecutive years the sad title of being the most dangerous city in the world, and remain in second place in 2011, virtually tied with San Pedro Sula Honduras. Killings, femicide, kidnapping, rape and extortion have built the terrible image of this border city, and numerous works have […]
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Monterrey. – It was announced last minute, which has placed a number of calls “narcofosas”, confirming the discovery of five bodies, however, there is still no official information regarding that could be some of the bodies these elements of the band. Elements of Civil Force of Nuevo Leon, started operating in the town of Mina, […]
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Mexican police are searching for 12 musicians and eight roadies who went missing after a gig on Thursday night. Kombo Kolombia, who are all Mexican but play Colombian music, played a private show in Hidalgo in the country’s north, but haven’t been heard from or answered mobile phones since. Read Article
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Garcia Luna in the FBI’s sights Source: Saturday, January 26, 2013 | Borderland Beat Reporter un vato Patricia Davila Proceso (1-24-2013) Translated by un vato for Borderland Beat [Translator’s note: this story is relevant because one of the individuals involved, Genaro Garcia Luna, was President Calderon’s head of national security and led the Calderon administration’s […]
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Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition The Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition crossed the border on 30th day of November, 1940.starting out on perhaps one of the greatest automotive stories of all time. In scope and magnitude it surpasses those pioneer automobilists that first crossed the United States at the turn of the century The Richardson Expedition crossed […]
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aljazeera.com reported that Mexico’s top court has freed a French woman convicted of kidnapping, ruling that her trial was tainted and ending a seven-year prison ordeal that strained diplomatic ties. Florence Cassez, 38, was serving a 60-year sentence that opened up a rift between France and Mexico after she was arrested in 2005 at a […]
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SOURCE: texasgopvote.com Closing Air Defense System on U.S./Mexico Border On January 17th, 2013, Exelis Systems Corporation sent out an email (see email below) to all of its employees informing them that on March 15th, 2013 all TARS Air Defense Mission Operations will permanently cease. These TARS Air Defense sites were under the control of the […]
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Customs and Border Protection showcased 14,000 pounds of marijuana seized at the Mariposa Port of Entry at a news conference on Tuesday. The drugs are estimated at $7 million. The marijuana was discovered by Border Protection officers during a high risk shipment inspection on January 15. Read Article
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Publimar.mx reported that Andreas Zimmermann Hagen, age 19, purchased drugs with a companion and had both gone to the beach in Mazunte Pochutla district. They made purchases of drugs and the victim inhaled the illegal substance. His friend later woke up and found Zimmermann Hagen deceased. Authorities were contacted and the body moved to the […]
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Colombia seized 826 kilograms 3000 cocaine that allegedly belonged to the criminal gang Los Urabeños and it would be sent to the cartel Los Zetas in Veracruz Bogotá. – The National Police of Colombia seized late on a load of 826 kilograms 3000 cocaine allegedly belonged to the criminal gang Los Urabeños and it would […]
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animalpolitico.com reported that between 2008 and 2010, Mexico has detected 320 cases of trafficking for slavery, specifically for sexual exploitation and forced labor subjugation and two cases in which the victims they were excised organs, according to the Report Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2012, published last December by the United Nations Office for Drugs […]
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According to rpp.com.pe, the U.S. military will train Mexican military in fighting organized crime with the tactics used to fight the terrorism of Al Qaeda. According to U.S. officials and military documents cited by the Associated Press, the Pentagon created for this purpose a new special operations headquarters on U.S. soil. The center, located in […]
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noticias.terra.com.mx reported that Nanco Tentle Gregoria was responsible for monitoring women who were forced into prostitution in the streets of Colonia Candelaria, but was captured and sentenced to 15 years in prison after one of the victims managed to make contact with an acquaintance who helped expose the their attackers. The acquaintance of the victim […]
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A total of 158 municipal police officers were arrested Friday in Durango State, northern Mexico, for his alleged links to organized crime, according to the prosecutor Sonia Yadira de la Garza . The operation affected the municipal Public Security addresses of the locations of Lerdo (150,000 inhabitants) and Gómez Palacio (350,000) and was attended by […]
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The aircraft crashed after takeoff from Angel Corso, in the city of Chiapas, for reasons that still remain unclear. Among the eight victims, three were children under age. Staff of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the accident happened when the plane took off private terminal. Civil Protection Director of the state government, […]
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laht.com reported that the Anonymous group of activist hackers took responsibility for attacks on the Web sites of Mexico’s defense and navy departments. Hackers gained access to all of the information in the defense department’s computers, Anonymous said on Twitter… Read Article
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Elpais.com reported that Carolina Bustamante Bustamante, 39, shows his card FM2, immigration document that allows a foreigner residing in Mexico for five years. “These papers do not give them to anyone. I have them because I am a worker, not a criminal. Many lies have been told, “he says. Since her husband and his brother, […]
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Elpais.com reported that Mexico City, considered one of the safest places in the country in recent years, has suffered this weekend a wave of unprecedented violence. Since last Friday to Monday, 23 people were killed in separate incidents in various delegations of the Federal District. That figure, coupled with the deaths of 16 other people […]
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Over 8000 500 people remain in one of the poorest municipalities in the country. It is for fourth in misery, says the declaration of the priority areas in the year 2011, 14th place, according to statistics from INEGI. There is no work, subsistence crops are depleted, the daily diet can become an instant soup or […]
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According to the newspaper excelsior.com.mx, money laundering and weapons training are the main points in the relationship between Mexican drug cartels and alleged international terrorist groups operating in the country as Hezbollah. Although not confirmed links between drug trafficking and terrorist groups by Mexican authorities, according to experts and a review by the Strategic Studies […]
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In less than 10 days, a second tourist jumped off the floor of his hotel in Cancun. According to the police report, an American tourist, 49, rushed from the second floor of the hotel Golden Parnassus, located at kilometer 15 of the hotel zone, dying in hospital while receiving medical attention. The incident was reported […]
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The Mexican Army revealed a list of 101 military offenses committed nearly 10,000 over the past six years on the streets, ranging from theft, murder, housebreaking, protection for the escape of suspects, planting and transporting drugs, abuse and violence against persons, treachery and even clandestine burials and exhumations, which mostly acts and were punished by […]
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nogalesinternational.com reported: Note to drug smugglers: If you get lost while hauling a pot load, it’s probably best to ask directions from someone other than the Border Patrol. A 21-year-old U.S. man learned that lesson the hard way on Thursday night after he approached agents from the Sonoita Station while hauling a stack of lumber […]
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sipse.com reported their bodies were found at 23:40 pm last Tuesday and had runny liquid food remains in the mouth and nose. Susan Bimmore, 53 year old Donna Marie Botto, 54, both of the United States, came together for four days for a holiday in this tourist destination, died yesterday drowned together on the beach […]
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Prensaglobal.com reported at around 6:00 pm on Friday January 11, 2013, there were reports that a woman was allegedly thrown from the tenth floor of Hotel Dreams by her husband. After a police investigation, police believed that Stephanie Carslon suffered from extreme depression which contributed to her action. The married couple Steven and Stephanie Carslon […]
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Three of them, according to the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) are Asian criminal organizations that supply the Sinaloa cartel of precursor chemicals for the manufacture of synthetic drugs. According to a report by the agency, the Deputy Attorney Specialized Investigation of Organized Crime (SEIDO) found, in meetings with representatives of Latin American countries, there are […]
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The Ministry of Public Security of Coahuila, reported the arrest of the chief of police in Matamoros, Edgar Cabrera, carrying two guns for the exclusive use of the Army and an envelope with white powder with the characteristics of cocaine. He was arrested and remanded to the PGR this morning while returning from Saltillo, after […]
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rpp.com.pe reported that Police discovered refrigerators, televisions and fans during a surprise inspection in a prison in the northern state of Coahuila, officials said. The Attorney General of the State of Coahuila said in a statement that the appliances were found yesterday in a review of more than three hours in cells and common areas […]
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Milenio.com reported that Graco Ramirez, governor of Morelos, called a slander designated by an officer under Walmart on bribes made in Mexico. Consultation document here involving the Graco Ramirez and director of INAH. “The theme designated by an officer under walmart is sheer calumny. I have never met and agreed payments. I was not a […]
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According to NRCU Ukrainian Radio, “A 25-year-old Ukrainian has been killed in Mexico; he was found dead in the state of Yucatan in the south east of Mexico. Local police said he was probably killed because of the large sums of money.””The body of 25-year-old Oleksandr Batychko with marks of violence was found in his […]
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Miamiherald.com reported that authorities in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas say a bacterial disease has killed five babies and sickened 41 others in a remote indigenous community that is experiencing a wave of intense cold and rains. Read Article
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The Ministry of Labour and Social in Quintana Roo attended in 2012 more than 16,000 claims of employees who were fired without justification from their workplaces, mainly private companies, was announced, Patricio de la Peña Ruiz de Chavez, head of the agency. In 2012 it was recovered more than 50 million pesos were paid to […]
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Noticaribenews.blogspot.com reported that young man named Mark Christopher Rogers, 21, a native of Canada, died after falling from the second floor of the Hotel Great Parnassus Cancun, located at kilometer 17 in the Hotel Zone. The Judicial Police had received a report of the death of the tourist at 2:30 am today, to move to […]
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The new federal administration will maintain the growth “gradual” in the price of gasoline to reduce the subsidy that is exerted on these fuels, said Undersecretary of Revenue, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit, Miguel Messmacher Linarta. “We are keeping this policy of gradual slippage at the moment,” the official said, but added that failure […]
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17 cases of people affected by carbon monoxide and butane gas in Sonora was reached after posting eight new cases from 23 to 29 December, a figure that is usually lower than the 54 that were taken last year said Sergio Olvera Alba. Director of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Public Health of the State […]
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After installation of Mixed Operations Base on the border with Michoacán and Jalisco, police Township Marcos Castellanos were returned to the corporation to which they had given up for fear of organized crime activities. Authorities of the state government, confirmed that about 11 uniformed municipal, 25 who formed the corporation, patrolling the streets of the […]
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The Attorney General of the State of Chiapas (PGJECH) announced yesterday the arrest of the former mayors of Chicomuselo, Ixhuatán, Cacahoatán, Ocozocoautla de Espinosa, Reform and Francisco Leon, accused of embezzlement and conspiracy, who surrendered his statement in prison, although government sources state that there will be more arrests. Read Article
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Operations in the International Airport of Mexico City (AICM) in Terminal 1 and 2 were suspended on Friday due to a fog bank in the area causing zero visibility. A total of 16 landings were diverted to alternate terminals such as Acapulco, Morelia and the Bajio. Read Article
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The Permanent Commission of Congress asked the Federal Competition Commission, an investigation into possible anticompetitive practices in the field of civil aviation passengers, by Grupo Aeromexico, on domestic routes is operand. The PRI, under his deputy Manuel Anorve, presented the proposed grandstand that Aeromexico is investigated: Read Article
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Nineteen years ago today, the neoliberal North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect, and in response, the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista National Liberation Army; EZLN), a group of rural indigenous peoples and leftist intellectuals, rose up, using the internet and a global community of rights activists to object to the impact of […]
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IPSNEWS.NET reported there are 429 prisons in Mexico, according to the latest report by the ministry of federal public security. Of that total, 15 are run by the national government, 10 by the authorities in Mexico City’s Federal District, 91 by municipal governments, and the rest by the states. Studies indicate that the prison population […]
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Mazatlan, Sin. – lineadirectaportal.com reported a tourist from the United States committed suicide by jumping from the sixth floor of a hotel located in the marina area on the Chad-Cerritos Avenue this morning. The unidentified body did not contain any identification. The tourist jumped from the sixth floor of the Crown Plaza Hotel, died almost […]
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According to the New York Times, Wal-Mart de Mexico was an aggressive and creative corrupter, offering large payoffs to get what the law otherwise prohibited, an examination by The New York Times found. Wal-Mart longed to build in Elda Pineda’s alfalfa field. It was an ideal location, just off this town’s bustling main entrance and […]
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At least eight people were killed and eight others injured today in three clashes between police and gunmen suspected of organized crime in the border between the states of Jalisco and Michoacan (western Mexico). Sources of public safety and the prosecution of Michoacan told Efe that four policemen were killed Briseñas Township this morning to […]
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