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Aug 5, 2011 1:43 AM CDT

Mexico Town's Entire Police Force Quits

20 officers quit after 6 colleagues killed

(Newser) - The surviving 20 officers in a northern Mexican town have turned in their badges after an attack by gunmen killed three officers on Tuesday. A previous attack in May killed the force's chief and two other officers. State and federal police have moved in to take over police work...

Mexican Drug
Boss: I Ordered
1,500 Murders

Aug 1, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

Mexican Drug Boss: I Ordered 1,500 Murders

'El Diego' led notorious La Linea cartel in Juarez

(Newser) - A suspected drug cartel leader arrested in Mexico has confessed to ordering the killings of 1,500 people, reports the BBC . Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, also known as El Diego, is the 33-year-old leader of the Juarez cartel La Linea, according to police. He's also suspected of planning a...

Mexico Accidentally
Invades Texas

Mexico Accidentally Invades Texas

Dozens of troops stray over border bridge

(Newser) - What may have been the largest incursion by foreign troops onto US soil since the Japanese invasion of Alaska's Aleutian Islands occurred in Texas this week. Four Humvees carrying a total of 33 Mexican soldiers accidentally strayed into US territory, crossing the boundary line on a bridge across the...

14-Year-Old Convicted of
4 Beheadings in Mexico

Jul 27, 2011 11:28 AM CDT

14-Year-Old Convicted of 4 Beheadings in Mexico

US-born hitman dubbed 'El Ponchis' didn't call any witnesses

(Newser) - A US-born teenage hitman has been sentenced to three years in a Mexican prison—the maximum sentence possible for one of his tender age. Edgar Jimenez Lugo, who was known as “El Ponchis” (“the Cloak”), has admitted to beheading four men, but says he did so under...

Ariz. Nabs $39K
for Border Fence
on First Day

Jul 21, 2011 11:49 AM CDT

Ariz. Nabs $39K for Border Fence on First Day

State lawmakers launch website to seek donations

(Newser) - It's a long way to $50 million, but Arizona lawmakers are happy with the first day's results of their pitch for donations to build a border fence. Their newly launched website got 884 online donations for a total of about $39,000 in its first 17 hours, reports...

Drug Cartels Kill 41
in Mexico in 24 Hours

Jul 10, 2011 6:06 AM CDT

Drug Cartels Kill 41 in Mexico in 24 Hours

Police say Zetas responsible for three major incidents around Mexico

(Newser) - It's been an extra-bloody 24 hours in Mexico this weekend, with more than 40 people killed in three cities in Zeta drug-cartel-related violence on Friday night and yesterday, reports the AP . At least 20 were killed in a bar in Monterrey late Friday when at least two gunmen launched...

Texas Executes Humberto Leal After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal

Texas Executes Mexican
After Appeal Rejected

Jul 8, 2011 5:06 AM CDT

Texas Executes Mexican After Appeal Rejected

Humberto Leal dies for rape, murder of teen

(Newser) - A Mexican citizen was put to death in Texas soon after the US Supreme Court and Gov. Rick Perry rejected appeals from the White House , among others, to spare his life to protect American interests. The court, by a 5-4 majority, decided against delaying the execution until Congress could consider...

White House
Seeks Delay in
Texas Execution

Jul 7, 2011 2:10 PM CDT

White House Seeks Delay in Texas Execution

Mexico native Humberto Leal scheduled to die by lethal injection today

(Newser) - The Supreme Court is considering whether to block a Mexican citizen's execution for the rape and murder of a teenager in a case that pits Texas justice vs. international treaty rights. The White House was among those pleading for a stay, saying the case could affect not only foreigners...

Mexico: Missing Boaters
Could Still Be Alive

Jul 5, 2011 12:05 PM CDT

Mexico: Missing Boaters Could Still Be Alive

Rescuers continue their search for 7 missing men

(Newser) - Mexican rescuers continued to scour the Gulf of California for seven US tourists whose fishing boat capsized two days ago, saying they were extending their search because the men could still be alive in the warm, calm waters. One American has been confirmed dead in the accident, which came after...

Suitcase Jailbreak Foiled

Jul 5, 2011 2:17 AM CDT

Suitcase Jailbreak Foiled

Mexican woman busted after leaving prison visit with excess baggage

(Newser) - Prison guards in Mexico stopped a nervous-looking woman who was wheeling a bulky suitcase out of the prison following a conjugal visit ... and found her common-law-husband inside. Inmate Juan Ramirez Tijerina, who is serving a 20-year sentence for illegal weapons possession, was curled up in a fetal position, AP reports....

1 Dead,
6 Missing
as Tourist Boat
Sinks Off Baja

UPDATED

Jul 4, 2011 3:01 AM CDT

1 Dead, 6 Missing as Tourist Boat Sinks Off Baja

Mostly Americans on Mexican Fishing Trip

(Newser) - One passenger drowned and six were still missing today after a tourist fishing boat with several Americans sank yesterday off Baja, Mexico. Rescuers plucked 37 passengers and crew members from waters after the boat was struck by a storm a day after it set sail from San Felipe on the...

Mexico Bans Soccer Stars for Bringing Women to Hotel

Jun 30, 2011 1:06 PM CDT

Mexico Bans Soccer Stars for Bringing Women to Hotel

Players suspended for 6 months, fined $4K

(Newser) - Proving once again that professional male athletes and the fair sex do not mix—yet always do anyway—eight Mexican soccer players have been benched for the Copa Americana tournament for the sin of bringing women to their team hotel, CNN reports. The men, who were caught with the women...

Mexico Nabs
Drug King
'El Brad Pitt'

Jun 17, 2011 10:37 AM CDT

Mexico Nabs Drug King 'El Brad Pitt'

Nicknamed stemmed from disguise he wore

(Newser) - Mexico’s federal police have arrested the alleged leader of the armed wing of the Juarez Cartel—one Marco Antonio Guzman, also known as “El Brad Pitt.” Guzman was nabbed on Wednesday in Chihuahua, the northern Mexican state that’s home to Ciudad Juarez, site of an estimated...

Mexico Hops on Suit Over
Georgia Immigration Law

Jun 16, 2011 10:03 AM CDT

Mexico Hops on Suit Over Georgia Immigration Law

10 other countries also sign on

(Newser) - Mexico and 10 other countries have filed amicus briefs in a lawsuit that asks a judge to declare Georgia's new immigration law unconstitutional and block it from being enforced. The lawsuit was filed two weeks ago by civil liberties groups, who are asking US District Judge Thomas Thrash to...

70% of Guns
Seized in Mexico
Come From US

Jun 14, 2011 9:03 AM CDT

70% of Guns Seized in Mexico Come From US

Numbers are actually down from 2009

(Newser) - A whopping 70% of guns seized in Mexico in 2009 and 2010 came from the United States, according to figures from the ATF. Of the 29,284 firearms recovered by authorities during that time, 15,131 were made in the US and another 5,373 were foreign guns that moved...

Mexico City Volcano
Spews Ash Cloud

Jun 3, 2011 4:05 PM CDT

Mexico City Volcano Spews Ash Cloud

Popocatepetl isn't in danger of erupting, however

(Newser) - The Popocatepetl volcano that towers over Mexico City began rumbling again today, shooting a blast of ash about 2 miles above its crater at dawn. The 17,886-foot mountain, nicknamed "Popo," shook for several minutes before the ash burst out. People were urged to stay at least 7...

Mexico's Future Hinges
on Monterrey's Cartel Plight

analysis

Jun 1, 2011 9:35 AM CDT

Mexico's Future Hinges on Monterrey's Cartel Plight

Once-thriving city falling victim to drug cartel violence

(Newser) - Mexico's future may well be playing out on the streets of the city of Monterrey, says Reuters in a special report. The city had once been a shining model of entrepreneurial success, a lure for foreign companies, and a symbol of Mexico's global ambition. Now it's on...

Singing Teacher
Keeps Kids Calm
During Shootout

May 31, 2011 3:43 AM CDT

Singing Teacher Keeps Kids Calm During Shootout

Monterrey kindergarten teacher hailed for bravery

(Newser) - A Mexican kindergarten teacher who calmly led her class in song as a drug cartel gun battle raged nearby has been honored for bravery. In a video of the heartbreaking scene, which went viral after a local news site found it on her Facebook page, Martha Rivera Alanis can be...

Mexico Cartel Battle Kills 29

May 27, 2011 1:40 AM CDT

Mexico Cartel Battle Kills 29

Fighting forces thousands to flee homes

(Newser) - Yet another bloody battle in Mexico's drug war has left at least 29 bodies in fake military uniforms lying dead among more than a dozen bullet-riddled vehicles in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit. Investigators believe the highway battle between members of the Zetas and Sinaloa cartels began when...

Police Find Inmate Bar
in Mexican Prison

May 25, 2011 4:04 PM CDT

Police Find Inmate Bar in Mexican Prison

It even had a pool table

(Newser) - Until this week, the best place to be imprisoned may have been ... Mexico? Police shut down a bar inside a prison in northern Mexico that plied inmates with beer, tequila, and vodka, reports AP . They even had a pool table. The deputy director of the low-security prison in Chihuahua state'...