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BBC
| almost 2 years ago
Seven prisoners have been killed and 59 others have escaped after a riot at a jail in northern Mexico near the US border, officials say. Five guards are also missing and are believed to have aided the mass prison breakout in Nuevo Laredo town.
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BNO News
| almost 2 years ago
Consulate General in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez on Friday issued an emergency message for U.S. citizens in Mexico, warning them of threats of violence against U.S. government interests in Chihuahua state.
The emergency message, which were...
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NY Daily News
| almost 2 years ago
A new video game about the ongoing drug war in Mexico has turned into a true border fight, with critics claiming it portrays the United States ' neighbor to the south in a bad light. In the video game "Call of Juarez: The Cartel," users can play as a...
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Epoch Times
| almost 2 years ago
Mexican Army soldiers patrol the Mariscal neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on May 2008. AFP/Getty Images) The drug-related violence in Mexico is costing the country billions by chasing away legitimate business, which is hampering the country's...
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Pakistan Chronicle
| almost 2 years ago
Mexican journalist Armando Rodriguez, renowned for his coverage of gangland slayings in his hometown of Ciudad Juarez, lay dead in a casket, shot by suspected cartel hitmen. As his colleague Jorge Luis Aguirre drove to the funeral home in the dismal...
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CNN
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's president approved several changes to the country's constitution Wednesday aimed at cracking down on human trafficking. President Felipe Calderon announced two of the changes -- one that requires those accused of human trafficking to be...
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CNN
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's president approved several changes to the country's constitution Wednesday aimed at cracking down on human trafficking. President Felipe Calderon announced two of the changes -- one that requires those accused of human trafficking to be...
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KTUV
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's president approved several changes to the country's constitution Wednesday aimed at cracking down on human trafficking. President Felipe Calderon announced two of the changes -- one that requires those accused of human trafficking to be...
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Taiwan News
| almost 2 years ago
The Mexican Army, Navy and Interior Department say they will respect a Supreme Court opinion that rights abuses cases involving military personnel should be tried in civilian courts. The joint statement says the armed forces will cooperate in...
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United Press International
| almost 2 years ago
A Mexican drug cartel may be smuggling military-grade weapons through El Paso, Texas, and Columbus, N.M., into Mexico, a former intelligence officer said Phil Jordan, a former CIA operative, told the El Paso Times that the Zetas drug organization...
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The Courier-Mail
| almost 2 years ago
The attacks yesterday were the latest in a wave of deadly shootings that have gripped the country, where some 37,000 people have been killed in largely drug-related violence since 2006. Mexico's most violent city - by unknown gunmen wielding AK-47...
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BBC
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's Supreme Court has ruled that soldiers accused of human rights abuses against civilians must be judged in civil and not military courts. A Mexican minister said it strengthened the nation's respect for human rights. In 2006, thousands of...
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AP Online
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's supreme court said Tuesday that cases involving military violations of the civil rights of citizens should be tried in civilian courts, as recommended by an international tribunal.
But the justices stopped short of...
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Macleans
| almost 2 years ago
Mexico's supreme court says cases of military violations of citizens' civil rights should be tried in civilian courts, as recommended by an international tribunal. But the justices stopped short of automatically taking all such cases out of military...
