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Organized Crime in Mexico: Way More than just Drugs..kidnapping and human trafficking too - 0 views

For many years, US-Mexico security has concerned itself with combating drug trafficking organizations in Mexico. However, organized crime experts assert that drug trafficking in Mexico may account ...

started by zoe_cunningham on 01 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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If you're a Journalist, Don't go to Mexico - 4 views

Mexico has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for journalists. In most cases reporters have been targeted for their coverage of organized crime and corrupt officials. According to...

started by zoe_cunningham on 01 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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Mexico now Home to World's Richest Person-http://www.palmbeachpost.com/money/mexicos-sl... - 3 views

Reflecting the extreme dichotomy of wealth distribution in Mexico, and the tendency for dominant monopolies, Mexican tycoon Carlos Sim is now the richest man in the world. He owns a telecom company...

started by zoe_cunningham on 12 Mar 10 no follow-up yet
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Semana Santa means religious festivals and time off school/work this week in Mexico - 0 views

Semana Santa has a special meaning for the Yoremes of Sinaloa in Northern Mexico. Their unique dances, songs and prayer rituals are evidence of the religious synchretism that has occured between Ca...

mexico religion

started by zoe_cunningham on 01 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Rachel Barnard

Mexico City Offers Bikes in Attempt to Reduce Pollution - 3 views

this seems like a good idea but only 30min? is that enough time to get to your destination?

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US Consulate in Mexican Border City Forced to Close After Gunfire, http://www.sfgate.co... - 0 views

Several shootings between police officers and drug cartel members in the border town of Reynosa, Mexico resulted in many dead and wounded, and also forced the US consular office to close in the fac...

Mexico

started by zoe_cunningham on 28 Feb 10 no follow-up yet
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Strong Earthquake kills 2 in Mexico, Rattles US - 0 views

On Sunday, a major 7.2-grade earthquake hit Baja California near the Mexico-US border, causing chaos as mass blackouts and evacuations of hospitals and nursing homes swept the cities. Two Mexicans ...

started by zoe_cunningham on 06 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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Human trafficking in Mexico targets women and children - 2 views

Touching clip including personal accounts of human trafficking victims: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/01/13/mexico.human.traffic.drug/index.html Babies are sold to order to American custom...

started by zoe_cunningham on 16 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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2 soldiers, 2 gunmen killed in shootout in Northern Mexico - 1 views

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100414/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico The Mexican army says two soldiers and two gunmen died in a shootout in a northern Mexico area that has seen a recent spike ...

started by zoe_cunningham on 16 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
evaurelia

Drug gangs kill nine in Honduras as violence grows - 0 views

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/11/AR2010041102099.html There is a turf war in Honduras over the territories of the drug traffickers. 9 were killed in a bloody attack...

started by evaurelia on 16 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
Kathryn Dungy Voigt

'Ice-pick that killed Trotsky' found in Mexico | World news | The Guardian - 2 views

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    They should collect some of the blood and clone him.
zoe_cunningham

10-year-old's pregnancy fuels Mexican abortion debate - 2 views

A young girl raped by her step-dad in the Yucatan peninsula is only a month too late for the 90-day cut off after which abortion becomes illegal in cases of rape. Her step-dad now in jail, the girl...

started by zoe_cunningham on 22 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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Mexico's Coajomulco indigenous community suffers at the hands of evil Coca Cola - 1 views

The indigenous people living in the mountainous region just outside Cuernavaca City are literally having their water taken out from under them. Denied by the government the right to dig wells that ...

started by zoe_cunningham on 12 Apr 10 no follow-up yet
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