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Mexico goalkeeper arrested for helping kidnap gang
Former goalkeeper from the Mexico’s international soccer team Omar Ortiz was arrested for aiding a group of kidnappers. From a reuters.com story, “The 35-year-old Ortiz admitted helping to pick out…
Police Find 10 Bodies in Mexico Clandestine Graves
As seen in abcnews.go.com, “Prosecutors announced Monday they have found another clandestine grave holding 10 bodies in the northern Mexico state of Durango, bringing to 14 the number of such…
X-ray found drugs hidden in nacho cheese cans, officials say
In the latest creative venture to smuggle drugs into the United States, packages of methamphetamine were found inside cans of nacho cheese and jalapeno cans during a search at San…
Mexican border city reports record high murders
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the U.S. – Mexican border with El Paso, Texas, has had almost 2,000 murders so far this year. The city has one of the highest murder…
Cocaine use doubles in Mexico
Over the past six years, Mexico has seen a doubling of cocaine use due to increased availability, reports the Hartford Courant. “The report said 2.4 percent of Mexicans aged 12…
Canada rejects Mexican police officer’s claim for asylum
[The Globe and Mail]– Ottawa rules that his government will protect him. But Gustavo Gutierrez says it was the authorities who advised him to flee, and he is certain that…
New swine flu wave hits Mexico, closings unlikely
The next wave of swine flu has arrived, and Mexicans are bracing for an outbreak that may be even larger than the one here last spring that became a pandemic.…
Mexico Police arrest 5 in drug rehab executions
Police have arrested five men accused of dozens of murders, including two mass killings at drug treatment centers in this northern Mexico border city. Police say the men were members…
Mexico cartels kidnap, kill migrants headed to U.S.
[The Star]– Mexico’s violent drug gangs are increasingly kidnapping illegal migrants for ransom and forcing them to carry narcotics into the United States as they muscle into the lucrative trade…
Mexico closes drug rehab centers after attacks
Authorities have closed 10 unregistered drug rehabilitation centers in Ciudad Juarez and say they are going after others they fear may serve as cover or recruiting grounds for drug trafficking…
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