”Mexico” News

Mexico police, angry residents clash over suspects

CUIJINGO, Mexico – Police rescued four suspected kidnappers from a town hall surrounded by hundreds of angry residents who wanted to punish them themselves. The four men, some of whom had been beaten, were hustled out of the town hall Tuesday in Cuijingo, in 11 13 2009 6:22AM (...more)

Mexico's Drug War: Violence Too Close to Home

Mexico 's illegal drug trade used to be relatively civilized, made up of small-time traffickers who smuggled marijuana and heroin into the United States and the corrupt officials who accepted their bribes to look the other way. Both sides followed
03 12 2009 6:35AM (...more)

New Resort in Mexico Targets Adventurous, Eco-Conscious Travelers

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07 25 2008 12:29PM (...more)

Mexico claims to Gulf shrink with island's loss

MEXICO CITY (AFP) – The island of Bermeja, which appears on ancient maps of the Gulf of Mexico as a barren speck of land, does not exist in reality, a study has concluded. The loss of an 80-square-kilometer (31-square-miles)
06 25 2009 2:12AM (...more)

Mexico paper launches voodoo promo against US team

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican newspaper began encouraging soccer fans to cast a voodoo hex on the United States ahead of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier in Columbus, Ohio. Readers of the Record could trade
02 10 2009 12:17AM (...more)

Bus crashes into escaped circus elephant in Mexico

MEXICO CITY - A five-ton elephant escaped from a circus and wandered onto a busy highway, where it was hit by a bus and died on Tuesday.
09 24 2008 11:21AM (...more)

Bodies of 24 people killed execution-style found in Mexico

MEXICO CITY, (AFP) - The bodies of 24 people killed execution-style have been found near a national park in Mexico state in Mexico , a local prosecutor told AFP.
09 13 2008 9:40PM (...more)

Mexico's top court refuses to reverse capital's abortion law

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico's supreme court on Thursday rejected a bid to reverse a law which allows abortions in the country's capital, with the support of eight out of 11 judges.
08 29 2008 10:37PM (...more)

U.S. economic slowdown likely to bring Mexican workers north

TEZIUTLAN, Mexico — As the U.S. economy heads south, Mexicans may have to head north.
04 19 2008 5:07PM (...more)

Aztecs devised sophisticated arithmetic system

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using written symbols such ashearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecs maintained anarithmetic system that was far more complex than previouslyunderstood, scientists said on Thursday.
04 8 2008 8:20AM (...more)