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13 bodies found in drug-plagued Mexican state

Culiacán :: Mexico | about 9 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Posted by kalex

Thirteen bullet-riddled bodies were found along a dirt road Thursday in Mexico's Sinaloa state, home to the powerful cartel of the same name. The victims, whose hands were bound, were found near the town of Coyotitlan along with 80 bullet...

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Alcohol impaired Pahokee deputy killed in crash, test shows

Fernández :: Mexico | about 16 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: Palm Beach Post

Manuel's blood alcohol level of 0.02 is enough to cause impairment, but well below the 0.08 threshold to be considered legally drunk, according to an outside expert's report released today. The revelation ended a tormenting waiting period for the families...

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13 killed in Mexico 'drug state'

Mexico City :: Mexico | about 7 hours ago | Conflict & Tragedy

Source: BBC

Passersby found the bodies near a stolen truck in the northwest of the state on Thursday. It comes a day after a leading newspaper, El Universal, said that at least 5,000 people had been killed in drug-related violence this year....

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Hills Heidi's 'biggest mistake'

Mexico City :: Mexico | about 15 hours ago | Entertainment News

Source: The Courier-Mail

He's manipulative and seems to have power over Heidi," Darlene Egelhoff, 46, told Us magazine about the hush-hush marriage. The Hills , a scripted reality TV drama spin-off of MTV's Laguna Beach, is huge in the US. It premieres on Channel 9 on...

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LA Times: Some in Mexico want the death penalty reinstated

Mexico City :: Mexico | about 10 hours ago | Political News

Source: Androscoggin News

The increase in slayings and kidnappings related to the nation's war on drug traffickers has created a climate of fear. Legal experts see too many obstacles to restoring capital punishment. December 5, 2008 The initiative from Humberto Moreira, governor of...

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CNBC: Mexico consumer confidence rises in November

Mexico City :: Mexico | about 15 hours ago | Business News

Source: Uinta County News

Mexico's consumer confidence index rose to 83.9 points in November from 82.0 points in October, the national statistics agency said on Thursday...All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is...

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US gives Mexico anti-drug funding

Mexico City :: Mexico | 1 day ago | Technology News

Source: BBC

The move is part of the Merida Initiative, a $400m (£270m) scheme to assist Mexico's efforts to take on the drugs trade. US Ambassador Tony Garza formally unveiled the programme, which includes the donation of helicopters and surveillance aircraft, in...

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Heidi Montag's mom lashes out at new son-in-law

Cabo San Lucas :: Mexico | 1 day ago | Entertainment News

Source: Baltimore Sun

Darlene Egelhoff, 46, of Crested Butte, Colo., also says she'd like to "see a blood test from Mexico," because it wouldn't surprise her if Heidi had been drugged by her boyfriend and dragged to the altar. "He's manipulative and seems...

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Mexico Drug Cartels Send Message of Chaos, Death

Tijuana :: Mexico | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Washington Post

Videos of executions are posted on the Internet, as taunts, as warnings. Corpses are dumped on playgrounds, with neatly printed notes beside them...When someone rolled five heads onto the dance floor in a cantina in Michoacan state two years ago,...

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Camels found wandering in Mexican border city

Juárez :: Mexico | 1 day ago | No category

Source: Lexington Herald-Leader

Two camels nibbling on a pine tree along a street in this desert metropolis on the Texas border. Police tried lassoing the animals, which lunged at the officers with snapping teeth as onlookers chuckled. But in the end, officials say...

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