Mexico

Dumbo of the deep: Discovered in the ocean abyss, the elephant-eared octopod

What do you get if you cross an octopus with an elephant? But with its elephant-like appearance, it's easy to see why this odd creature, found more than a mile beneath the ocean, has been nicknamed Dumbo by scientists. The...

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Thousands back Mexico's shadow president (AFP)

AFP - Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his would-be presidential term.

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Experts Discuss Legalization of Some Drugs to Reduce Crime

Drug smuggling gangs in Mexico have turned some parts of that country into a war zone. At the same time, arrests for drug offenses in the United States have soared, contributing to a jail population that is the highest in the...

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Money Trickles North as Mexicans Help Relatives

MIAHUATLÁN, Mexico — During the best of the times, Miguel Salcedo's son, an illegal immigrant in San Diego, would be sending home hundreds of dollars a month to support his struggling family in Mexico.

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Mexican American former anti-drug chief's reputation on trial

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Nov 22, 2009 1:19 PM EST Reporting from Nogales, Ariz. - Around here, the grim joke goes, most people work for the government or the mafias. Or both. Richard Padilla Cramer apparently had bested...

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Illegal Weapons Trafficking Grows in Mexico

This is a report about the criminal gangs who smuggle weapons to Mexican drug cartels. Among them is the group known as The Arabs , who operate from southern Texas to Central America to procure weapons for the Zetas in Mexico....

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How Convenient

You really need to put on your Bizarro World filter to parse this Washington Post story celebrating the U.S. takeover of Mexican law enforcement and intelligence apparatus exciting new spirit of cooperation engendered between...

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Government Negotiations with OCEZ Cast Further Doubt on Rumored Narco Connection

Chiapas Government Commits Over a Million Pesos, Land to OCEZ Despite Claims that the Peasant Organization is a Drug Trafficking Front Group By Kristin Bricker Via the Narcosphere November 22, 2009...

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Border violence sparks a boom in security training

Security firms see border boom Rise in kidnappings prompts more who cross regularly to seek training By DANE SCHILLER HOUSTON CHRONICLE ANTI-KIDNAP TIPS Security experts offer advice: • No routine: Avoid driving same route and...

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