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Missionaries with Ties to North Texas Found Murdered in Mexico John and Wanda Casias have lived near Monterrey, Mexico, for the past 30 years. They moved there to do missionary work. But they had ties in North Texas to Liberty Baptist Church in Lewisville. ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:54:42 -0500
Woman undergoes facial surgery after beating in Mexico Mexico beating suspect confesses CALGARY - Another Canadian woman says she was accosted at the Mexican resort where Sheila Nabb was violently assaulted. Nabb, 37, was beaten unconscious in an ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:17:30 -0500
Brazil may break car agreement with Mexico BRASILIA, Brazil -- Brazil may end a decade-old automotive trade pact with Mexico and start charging tariffs on cars imported from that country as it battles a growing trade deficit in the sector, ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:21:14 -0500
Mexican Homebuilder Issuance Eases Liquidity Concerns homebuilders this year. However, we view the progress of two industry leaders tapping the bond market during January as a positive step toward liquidity conservation in a period of heavy ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:30:15 -0500
Seized cash triggers political furor in Mexico MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The discovery in Mexico of almost $2 million cash in the luggage of a state government official has triggered a round of mud-slinging in the run-up to the presidential ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:17:50 -0500
US Attorney General Faces Renewed Criticism Over Mexico Gun Operation U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has faced a new round of Republican criticism over a controversial tactic in which U.S. authorities allowed gun buyers to move arms into Mexico, destined for drug car Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:16:41 -0500
Road to recovery for Calgary woman beaten in Mexico will be long, says husband CALGARY -- A Calgary woman badly beaten at a Mexican resort has succesfully undergone extensive reconstructive surgery and is beginning her long recovery with the support of her family, her husband ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:48:28 -0500
2 Texas Missionaries Are Killed Two Christian missionaries from Texas were killed at their home near Monterrey, relatives and the United States Embassy said Wednesday. The missionary couple, John and Wanda Casias, had been living ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:38:52 -0500
Mexican army sends more troops to west Mexican federal prosecutors said Tuesday they have launched an investigation of former officials from the violence-wracked northern border state of Tamaulipas, and three ex-governors say they are ... Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:37:31 -0500
Mexican accused of beating Calgary woman says he confessed under torture CALGARY -- A Calgary tourist at the Mazatlan resort where Sheila Nabb was viciously beaten says he nearly had an altercation with the prime suspect as the accused and his wingman preyed on ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:04:17 -0500
U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot (Reuters) - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:17:07 -0500
Relief for the Tarahumara Indians in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Chihuahua state has really gotten the attention of federal officials. My inbox is chock full of press releases from government ministries and the Mexican marines ... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:52:20 -0500
Mexican City Will Not Charge For Seating Along Papal Route (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24200)MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, January 31 (CNA) .- The mayor of the Mexican city of Leon has announced that the city will not charge people for special ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:56:28 -0500
Mexico says drought also hurting marijuana growers Soldiers incinerate marijuana plants at an illegal plantation found during a military operation on Friday at the Culiacan mountains, northern Mexico, Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The drought in northern ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:32:50 -0500
Mexicans overcharged billions for phone and Internet, study says Mexicans have been overcharged $13.4-billion (U.S.) a year for phone and Internet services as the industry dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim gouges customers and keeps the economy from growing, a ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:09:04 -0500
Mexico to push broadband via fibre auctions The Mexican government aims to promote high speed internet adoption in part by the sale of concessions which will allow the winning bidders to utilise state-owned fibre-optic lines and to build ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:31:47 -0500
Risk appetite returns and MXN is set to test 12.90 again Back to positive mood after the majority of EU member agreed to intensify surveillance of their budgets and to give the EUR commission power to enforce rules governing spending and borrowing. Only ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:23:04 -0500
Much unsaid as Romney cites his tie to Mexico MIAMI - Mitt Romney, who rarely discusses his ancestry, has repeated a striking comment in Florida in recent days to soften his rhetoric about immigration and woo the crucial Hispanic voting ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:40:33 -0500
GOP ex-patriates sleep at the wheel while Democrats in Mexico are active Mexican chapters of Democrats Abroad are mobilizing their forces for the 2012 U.S. elections. With hundreds of thousands of U.S. expatriates residing in Mexico, absentee votes from south of the ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:07:48 -0500
Suspected drug cartel killer of 75 nabbed by Mexico cops; confesses International News: MONTERREY, An alleged member of the Zetas drug gang whom Police in northern Mexico have captured has confessed to killing at least 75 people, including many who were pulled off ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:52:44 -0500
13-year-old killed in Tijuana described as funny, helpful TIJUANA -; A well-liked San Ysidro Middle School eighth-grader was mourned on both sides of the border Monday, two days after he was shot to death while attending a family birthday celebration in ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:15:36 -0500
Mexican oil firm posts nearly $25 bn surplus in 2011 Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said Tuesday it posted a trade surplus of $24.99 billion in 2011, up 28 percent from the prior year. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:30:10 -0500
Mexico police rescue 7-year-old locked in school MONTERREY, Mexico -; Municipal police say a 7-year-old was locked inside a classroom by his teacher as punishment for supposed misbehavior and left alone for six hours until he was rescued by ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:55:06 -0500
Slim denies he has monopoly on Mexico telecom MEXICO CITY -- Telephone magnate Carlos Slim denied Tuesday that he has a monopoly on telecommunications in Mexico, disputing a report by an international economic forum that say a lack of ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:44:32 -0500
Calgarian remembers Mexican suspect hitting on drunk women at resort MAZATLAN, Mexico -- A Calgary tourist at the Mazatlan resort where Sheila Nabb was viciously beaten says he nearly got into an altercation with the prime suspect as the accused and his wingman ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:07:15 -0500
Mexican beating accused forced into confession Will you continue to visit Mexico? The man arrested and charged with attempted murder in the brutal beating of a Canadian tourist in Mexico on Jan. 20 told a Mexican newspaper he has no idea what ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:06:19 -0500
Mexican accused of beating Calgary tourist says he confessed under torture CALGARY -- A Calgary tourist at the Mazatlan resort where Sheila Nabb was viciously beaten says he nearly had an altercation with the prime suspect as the accused and his wingman preyed on ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 01:05:48 -0500
Mexico broadband project stuck in stalemate Mexico .The bandwidth, briefly used to transmit radio using microwaves in the 1990s, has been dormant for most of the last decade, sparking calls from competitors for it to be put up for grabs ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:37:58 -0500
Police nab Mexican drug boat north of Los Angeles and arrested three Mexican men, the latest seizure as traffickers try to beat tougher border security by taking to the waves, authorities said on ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:37:16 -0500
Mexican General, 29 Soldiers on Trial for Homicide A Mexican army general and 29 soldiers under his command in a town on the border with Texas are being tried on charges of torture, homicide, drug trafficking and other crimes, a top government ... Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:27:54 -0500
Feds deport woman to Mexico, activists had rallied By msnbc.com staff and news services Federal immigration authorities have deported a 22-year-old woman from Ohio over the objections of activists who feared she could be suicidal if sent back to ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:28:45 -0500
Mexican police in Juarez confined to hotels after death threats Mexico City - Police in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez were confined to three hotels in the wake of a series of death threats and killings of police officers, Mexican media reported ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:04:41 -0500
Argentine ex-spy accused of sex trafficking The daughter of former Argentine intelligence officer Raul Martins will arrive in Mexico this week with evidence that her father is running a sex trafficking ring in the Mexican resort city of Cancun, Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:20:13 -0500
Abducted Mexican ambassador freed in Venezuela The Mexican ambassador to Venezuela, Carlos Pujalte, and his wife were freed early Monday, hours after being kidnapped in the capital city of Caracas, said a spokesman of the Mexican embassy. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:02 -0500
Drought and Cold Snap Cause Food Crisis in Northern Mexico Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:25:51 -0500
Mexican Museum joins Smithsonian Institution as affiliate Follow this company orbit. It is the only San Francisco museum to be named an affiliate of the Smithsonian, which is based in Washington, D.C., and is the largest museum in the world. By ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:07:53 -0500
Mexican Official Flies With $1.9M in Luggage A Mexican state official was detained as he got off a government-owned plane with $1.9 million crammed into a briefcase and a backpack, prosecutors announced Monday, touching off allegations of ... Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:05:20 -0500
UPDATE 1-Mexicans overcharged billions for phone, web-study * OECD says Mexicans pay $13.4 bln a year too much * Sees total cost to economy of $129 bln over 5 years * Lack of competition holding back economic growth MEXICO CITY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:34:33 -0500
Four die in Mexico prison fight Four inmates were killed and seven wounded in a fight at the Aquiles Serdan prison in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, state officials said Sunday. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:50:09 -0500
Coca-Cola plans to invest $1 bn in Mexico in 2012 The Coca-Cola Co. plans to invest $1 billion in its operations in Mexico this year as part of a $5 billion long-term investment plan, CEO Muhtar Kent has said. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:50:06 -0500
Cold weather, flu kill 72 in Mexico Cold weather in Mexico has left 40 people dead while 32 have died due to flu, the government said. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:20:07 -0500
Joint probe into cocaine shipment to UN headquarters New York / NationalTurk – The misterious shipment of 18 kg of cocaine from Mexico to the UN headquarters in New York without specifying a sender or addressee remains as a big question here. ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:39:10 -0500
Mexico loses $50 bln/year in illegal outflows - report MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - About $50 billion a year is siphoned illegally out of Mexico due largely to tax evasion and trade manipulation, a report showed on Sunday. At least $872 billion has flowed ... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:25:51 -0500
Tijuana Xolos get reality check from Santos TIJUANA -; Just in case the Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles forgot what it was like to lose, forgot what it was like to surrender soft goals, forgot what it was like before Antonio Mohamed became coach, ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:44:32 -0500
Migrant trash piles up at remote US-Mexico border areas By Tim Gaynor RIO RICO, Ariz (Reuters) - Picking her way into the desert brush, Raquel Martinez gathered scores of plastic water bottles tossed in an Arizona desert valley near the Mexico border, ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:51:06 -0500
Mexican beating suspect faces 14 years in prison A Mexican man arrested in connection with the brutal beating of Canadian tourist Sheila Nabb at a five-star resort could face up to 14 years in prison if convicted. Authorities trotted out Jose ... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:04:19 -0500
Arrest made in Mexico hotel beating Beating victim Sheila Nabb could be ready to fly home from Mexico, but the city where she was attacked remains under scrutiny as a potential trouble ... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:30:20 -0500
Mexico beating suspect confesses CALGARY - The Mazatlan man charged with attempted murder of Calgarian Sheila Nabb confessed and apologized to her family during a press conference Saturday.Jose Ramon Acosta Quintero, 28, sat before ... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:22:28 -0500
